Vijay Chokal - Ingam claims he posed as a black man and was accepted into the St. Louis University School of Medicine in 1998 . He claims he would have a better chance of getting into medical school if he was black rather than an Indian - American man . Tells of his experiences on his own blog , Almost interviews and criticizes affirmative action . He claims he shaved his head , trimmed his ' long Indian eyelashes ' and joined the Organization of Black Students . Kumar - das says younger sister bang Kaling ' strongly disagreed ' and his family ' does not agree with the book '
Vijay Chokal-Ingam claims he posed as a black man and was accepted into the St. Louis University School of Medicine in 1998 . He decided he 'd have a better chance of getting into medical school if he was black rather than an Indian-American man . Tells of his experiences on his own blog , Almost Black and criticizes affirmative action . He claims he shaved his head , trimmed his 'long Indian eyelashes ' and joined the Organization of Black Students . Chokal-Ingam says younger sister Mindy Kaling 'strongly disapproves ' and his family 'does not agree with the book '