During a post‑Commonwealth Games 2026 celebration in Glasgow, Assam‑born boxer Lovlina Borgohain noticed that an Indian restaurant’s branding used a distorted map of India that excluded the Northeast and wrongly showed Jammu and Kashmir. Her video criticism went viral, leading the Boxing Federation of India’s president to back her concerns and press the restaurant to rectify the depiction immediately.
AT THE CELEBRATORY DINNER held for India’s boxing contingent at the ‘Mister Singh’s India – Home of Curry’ restaurant in Glasgow, Olympic Medalist and Indian Boxer Lovlina Borgohain expressed her dissatisfaction over the inaccurate depiction of the Indian map used on the eatery’s napkins, hand towels, and logo displayed outside the establishment. In a viral video, Lovlina pointed out how restaurants used the inaccurate map of India that omitted the Northeast and wrongly depicted Jammu and Kashmir
The Indian boxing contingent saw a historic win at the Commonwealth Games 2026, clinching seven gold and three silver medals, a total winning tally of 10. The team gathered at a restaurant in Glasgow, called 'Mister Singh’s India – Home of Curry' for their celebratory dinner. Therein, Lovlina Borgohain, who herself hails from the north-eastern state of Assam, noticed that the paper napkins, hand towels, and the restaurant’s logo outside used an incorrect Indian map which entirely excluded the seven north-eastern states, and inaccurately depicted Jammu and Kashmir.
In the video that has gained significant traction online, Lovlina, holding one of the restaurant's napkins in which an incorrect Indian map was used, remarked how “our” north-east wasn't included in the Indian map that was used in the restaurant’s napkins and hand towels. She further said that the restaurant’s logo emblazoned outside too didn't include the north-east and stated that “our Indian map was cut.”
"Please don't take this the wrong way. I felt a little hurt by this. In the map of India, our North East is missing... As someone from the North East, I can say that really hurts us,” Lovlina was heard saying in the video.
President of the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) Ajay Singh echoed Lovlina’s remarks, and also noted how Kashmir too wasn't included in the Indian map. Both Lovlina and Ajay urged the restaurant to fix the Indian map as soon as possible.
"It was an Indian restaurant where we were having food and few people told me that the napkin and logo of the restaurant has an India map printed in which the north east map is missing and Kashmir's part is also not correct. I felt really bad about it, and raised my voice against this issue to the owners. They said it's a British map that's why northeast is missing and apologised for the same. Having said that, they will change the map," Lovlina said in a statement given to India Today.
After Lovlina’s video started gaining traction on social media, Mister Singh’s India issued a public apology and promised to redesign its logo and make changes in its paraphernalia.
In their clarification posted on their Instagram handle, the restaurant wrote, “Mr Singh’s India, is very proud of our Indian heritage and ancestry, for almost 32 years we have served, for India and around the world. First and foremost, we would like to unequivocally apologise for the depiction of the wrong map of India. We will take immediate steps to correct this. Once again our sincere apologies, we never wanted to offend anyone rather wanted to serve with pride to the Indian contingent.
Mister Singh’s India also promised to change its logo with the proper Indian map. However, soon after the restaurant’s statement went online, it deleted its official Instagram handle as negative comments and poor ratings continued to pour in.
Lovlina Borgohain is an Indian professional boxer from Assam. She is an Olympic medalist, having won the bronze medal in the women's welterweight event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. At the Commonwealth Games 2026 held in Glasgow, Lovlina won the silver medal in the women's 75kg boxing category.
Lovlina is also a recipient of the Khel Ratna Award, India's highest sporting honour, and Arjuna Award, India's second highest sporting honour. In 2022, she was appointed as the deputy superintendent of police by the Assam Police in 2022.
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