[2][3][5] While children of her age roamed the village looking for berries, she used to look for Bhut Jolokia pepper which she ate with salt.
[2][5] Anandita's chilli eating was aired on Zee TV's reality show Shabaash India on August 29, 2006.
On Thursday night, April 9, 2009, Anandita performed her feat at the district library auditorium, Jorhat before hundreds of people for a Channel 4 programme on global food being anchored by celebrity British chef Gordon Ramsay.
[1][2][4][5] According to Diganta Saikia, one of the event coordinators, the Guinness authorities had earlier asked them to authenticate this with a supervised recording of the feat.
[1][2][5] The coordinators accordingly asked Ramsay to be the adjudicator for Guinness and he agreed to pursue Anandita’s claim as the world's 'hottest woman' by submitting video clippings.