a representative for the comedienne told us weekly she has been estranged from vijay chokal-ingam ` for years ' and claimed she ` was not aware of his decision to apply to medical school in the late 1990s .
` my sister mindy kaling has denied knowing anything about her brother 's controversial choice to be black when he applied to medical school under a different name and race .
' this comes as chokal-ingam , 38 , admitted his sister has told him she is ` ashamed ' of him for opening that