Lovlina Borgohain flags missing Northeast on India map at Glasgow restaurant
A celebratory dinner for India’s record-breaking boxing contingent at the Commonwealth Games 2026 took an unexpected turn after Olympic medallist Lovlina Borgohain pointed out that a map of India printed on the restaurant’s napkins had omitted the Northeast. The boxer said the depiction was hurtful and urged the restaurant to ensure it represented every part of the country correctly.
Speaking to IANS after the team’s visit to Mister Singh’s India – The Home of Curry in Glasgow, Lovlina, who hails from Assam, said she was disappointed to see the inaccurate map displayed both on the napkins and outside the restaurant.
“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. Yes, even outside, the map that’s displayed has cut off the North East. As someone from the North East, that really hurts us. That’s all I wanted to say. Please keep this in mind next time. Thank you so much,” Lovlina said.
Her concerns were echoed by Boxing Federation of India (BFI) president Ajay Singh, who pointed out that the map also did not fully depict Jammu and Kashmir. Singh urged the restaurant management to withdraw the inaccurate design and replace it with a correct representation of India’s territorial boundaries.
The restaurant, a well-known Indian dining destination in Glasgow that has frequently hosted touring sports teams and dignitaries over the years, had not issued an official statement on the matter at the time of writing.
INDIA’S BOXING CELEBRATION OVERSHADOWED
The controversy unfolded just hours after India completed its most successful-ever boxing campaign at the Commonwealth Games.
The women’s team led the charge with five gold medals as Preeti Pawar, Jaismine Lamboria, Sakshi Chaudhary, Arundhati Choudhary and Priya Ghanghas all finished on top of the podium in their respective weight categories. Sachin Siwach and Ankush Panghal added two more gold medals in the men’s competition, taking India’s tally to a record seven boxing titles.
Lovlina narrowly missed joining that list after settling for silver in the women’s 70kg final, losing 4-1 to Australia’s Emma-Sue Greentree in a closely fought contest.
The visit to the restaurant was meant to celebrate one of the finest boxing campaigns in India’s Commonwealth Games history. Instead, the conversation shifted from medals to a map that Lovlina felt failed to represent the country in its entirety, prompting calls from the Indian boxing contingent for the depiction to be corrected.
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