Sources have stated that as PV Sindhu has prepared to take on world number one Carolina Marin in the gold medal match of women’s Badminton singles at Rio Olympics, Indians have poured in wishes for her in thousands and the people of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana which likely prompted a Google search for Sindhu’s caste.
On Saturday it was reported that that both states have claimed Sindhu was their daughter or ‘ammayi’ and The Hindu paper went on to say that people have looked up her caste also because her parents had a love marriage, a situation where caste differences are often ignored.
It is stated that the phrase ‘PV Sindhu Caste’ promptly appears as a search suggestion as soon as one types PV Sindhu in the Google search bar and after digging deeper through Google Trends, it was found that ‘pv sindhu caste’ was a highly-searched term, peaking on August 20th, 2016, after she has won the silver medal in the finals.
Both players Sindhu and Malik, had their struggles which are evident in the fantastic games they play and to reduce them to their caste identities is debilitating their life’s resolve, their perseverance and everything that they put in to reach that stage which got them accolades from the country and the world.
