Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Vijay Chokal-Ingam anotaura kuti akazvifananidza nomunhu mutema apo akakumbira kupinda muzvikoro zvokurapa muna 1998 nokuti aidavira kuti aiva nomukana uri nani wokugamuchirwa. Mukoma mukuru womuseki Mindy Kaling akataura zvine nharo kuti akagamuchirwa bedzi muchikoro chokurapa mukupera kwama 1990 nemhaka yokuti akazviita munhu mutema. Achinyora pane rake blog, Almost Black, Vijay Chokal-Ingam anoti akanzwa kuti aifanira kuchinja chitarisiko chake kuti apinde muSt. 'Ndakanga ndatsunga kuva chiremba uye ndaiziva kuti mitemo yokugamuchira vanhu vashoma pasi pechiito chakanaka yakanga iri, ngatitii... isinganyanyi kuomesa here?' akanyora kudaro Chokal-Ingam. 'Ndakapinda chikoro chokurapa nokuti ndakati ndiri mutema. Chinhu chinosetsa ndechokuti handisi.' Chokal-Ingam anobvuma kuti hanzvadzi yake haina kumutsigira panguva yokuedza kwake magariro evanhu uye yakamukumbira zvakananga kuti asazviita. Anoti muna 1998 akaveura ndebvu, akagura'mashizha ake marefu eIndia' uye akabatana neOrganization of Black Students panguva iyoyo. Kuchinja chitarisiko chake kwakanga 'kwakakatyamadza kwazvo zvokuti hama dzangu pachangu dzesangano hadzina kundiziva.' 'Vijay mukomana wechikoro chechikoro cheIndia-America akava Jojo mukwikwidzi weAfrican American Affirmative Action kuchikoro chezvokurapa,' akadaro, achitaura kuti Jojo raiva zita repakati raakaberekwa naro. Kunyange zvazvo webhusaiti yake, AlmostBlack.com, ichiratidza hunhu pamwe chete nemifananidzo yaChokal-Ingam semurume wechiIndia-America (kuruboshwe) uye murume mutema (kurudyi), haatauri kana akapfuura nenzira imwechete yekunyorera semurume wechiIndia-America sezvaakaita murume mutema. Somunhu wechiIndia-America ane GPA ye3.1, MCAT ye31 uye ari nhengo yeSouth Asian Student Association, haana kufunga kuti aizopinda muchikoro chezvokurapa, asi nokuchinja chitarisiko chake uye kuchinja kwesangano revadzidzi, akafunga kuti aigona kupinda mune zvimwe zvezvikoro zvakanakisisa munyika. 'Ndakava mukwikwidzi akakomba pane zvimwe zvezvikoro zvikuru zvokurapa muAmerica, kubatanidza Harvard, Wash U,...
Vijay Chokal-Ingam anotaura kuti akazviita munhu mutema uye akagamuchirwa muSt. Louis University Chikoro cheMishonga muna 1998. Akasarudza kuti aizova nomukana uri nani wokupinda muchikoro chokurapa kudai akanga ari mutema panzvimbo pomurume weIndia-America. Anorondedzera zvaakasangana nazvo pawebhusaiti yake, Inenge Nhema uye anotsoropodza chiito chakanaka. Anotaura kuti akaveura musoro wake, akagura'mashizha ake marefu eIndia' uye akabatana neSangano reVadzidzi Vachena.