As the country celebrates Assam-born Lovlina Borgohain and PV Sindhu's medal win at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, interests around their caste and religion have grown manifold.?
Google searches about Borgohain and Sindhu's caste and religion peaked over the past one week after their respective performances, and wins, at the ongoing Olympics games.
Lovlina Borgohain's religion becomes the third most searched topic related to the Indian boxer on Google.
The boxer scrited history as she became the first woman from her state to guarantee a medal in Boxing for her country after reaching the semi-finals.
She managed to achieve the feat after a comfortable victory against Nien-Chin Chen of the Chinese Taipei 4-1 in the welterweight (69kg) quarter-finals.
Borgohain still stands a chance to win gold, and while sports aficionados around the country were busy celebrating her achievement, many are spending much of their time on finding out her religion.
Google searches around PV Sindhu's caste peaked on August 1 post her bronze win at the Olympics.
Most of the searches for PV Sindhu's caste came from states such as Telangana, Haryana, UP, Bihar, Delhi, and Rajasthan.
States such as Manipur, Goa, Assam, Kerala, West Bengal, and Odisha accounted for most search traffic for Lovlina Borgohain's religion.