In 1991 she went with another expedition and was the only woman from the outside world to ever visit the Jarawa. In order to not scare the tribe, Madhumala first stayed on the boat, but soon after the Jarawa women noticed her, they started yelling “Milale chera” which would translate to “friend come here”, they even did an impromptu dance to show their joy of seeing a woman in the team. After the woman came closer to Madhumala, they started examining her hair and skin. Nobody expected the scientist to do what she did next. In order to show her support and friendship, Mudhamala embarrassed one of the tribe’s women, which resulted in a happy reaction from the tribe.