India, July 26 -- An Indian-American doctor has spoken out after a light-hearted video about her bindi attracted a wave of racist and anti-Indian comments online.

It all started after Dr Karishma Reddy, a US-based plastic surgeon, shared a video recounting an incident from her days as a medical student. She described the incident as a "light, fun memory". But the clip triggered a wave of hate, prompting her to address the abuse in a follow-up video.

In her first video, Reddy recalled an encounter during her rural medical rotations at the Medical College of Georgia.

"As a medical student, when you go on your rural rotations, nobody really prepares you well for those. I went to the Medical College of Georgia. I showed up in this tiny tow...