A Girl from NORTH EAST INDIA Nagaland Has Found the Perfect Weapon to Fight INDIAN Racism

[Acknowledge]

Delhi is not exactly and wholly the real racist.

The thing is, this 'racist' crowd is usually the low IQ pre-independence migrants who upon arriving, got housing and lands for free, traded for decades in selling and buying houses and got rich. Now their generations have money but not the brains or education to know about our country's beautiful diversity and places and people.

SO these morons think that they own everything in Delhi. Now their good for nothing college-age kids have money to spend and enjoy materially but cannot get into a decent college while people from NE are either getting in through government allotment or through sheer hardwork and commitment. Many such jokers cannot digest others succeeding and hence they call names and attack.

Many times these hot headed idiots get beaten up in response too.

I disagree with your assessment.

Delhi is no longer any one ethnicity's dominance. Migration has ensured people of all regions and walks of life call Delhi home.

Even hardworking students who enter DU for example, call the North Easterners' chinkis or prefer to not hang out with them. Blaming ignorance and/or lack of competence(hardwork or intelligence) is factually incorrect as being the major factor of racism. It is a minor factor.

Most of the times, the cause of racism is seeing some people as 'others' because they don't fit in the definition(looks/language/behaviour) of 'us'.

While our text books hound us since our birth about 'unity in diversity', the reality is that for most people until and unless they see this 'diversity' when they are growing up, they are unlikely to suddenly accept the different people as 'us'.

In that sense there are only 2 real solutions to this -
1. Education
2. Migration

I'd rate migration as even more important than education. When you see the ordinary kid in Delhi growing up with some kids from North East (either ethnically but born in Delhi or migrated) in their school or neighbourhood you will see a life long change in their behaviour.

And that is what has started happening now. The constant trickle of migration from North East is acquiring critical mass in that now kids are finding someone of North East background sometime during their school days (in either school or neighbourhood).

Its similar for South Indians. You find a lot of South Indians in Delhi or Ahmedabad , etc with their kids growing up there.

That is what is the real change.

Caveat - this phenomenon of acceptance and intermarriage is almost exclusively in the upper-middle class or upper class.

But this initself is a big change from say 2 decades ago when the upper or upper-middle class of people of their respective regions had a superiority notion about their own vis-a-vis 'others' from other regions of India.

But since the middle and lower classes follow the uppers with a lag period of a generation. It means really good news for our kids.

This has happened because of changing nature of jobs. A young engineer studying in Delhi gets a job in Bangalore or Hyderabad or a boy from a village near Hyderabad is working in Gurgaon and settles there. The middle class now migrates across India lot because of jobs and education.

This was hardly there two decades ago.
This is the result of jobs and education becoming dynamic and distributed across India in its linkages.

 

[Walling Naga]

Except some stereotyping or say discrimination by some section of people from "mailand" most of the people has embraced the people of Northeast and personally I have received overwhelming good gestures,
Yes, it's a fact that some people misunderstand us due to our skin color or physical appearances, except for some rare incidents (Like Arunachal college boy incident) our community doesn't feel much insecured in Indian states and cities.
But fact is fact, there are still many section of people who usually looks down on women from Northeast as cheap and easy going people and I have personally encounter edited such incidents..

 

[Pakistan First]

@kahonapyarhai

Nice article. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Tshering22]

Except some stereotyping or say discrimination by some section of people from "mailand" most of the people has embraced the people of Northeast and personally I have received overwhelming good gestures,
Yes, it's a fact that some people misunderstand us due to our skin color or physical appearances, except for some rare incidents (Like Arunachal college boy incident) our community doesn't feel much insecured in Indian states and cities.
But fact is fact, there are still many section of people who usually looks down on women from Northeast as cheap and easy going people and I have personally encounter edited such incidents..

That is a phenomenon well known in NCR region around Delhi. Gurgaon has issues with that since most of the locals have sold their lands and have become overnight rich but are bird-brained still with thick skulls used to manual work and zero awareness or education.

You won't find this anywhere in Punjab, Himachal, J&K, Rajasthan or MP and even UP.

Though many are nice as you say (I stayed in Delhi for a significant portion of life due to my father's job profile before settling back), some sections will take time to improve.

I disagree with your assessment.

Delhi is no longer any one ethnicity's dominance. Migration has ensured people of all regions and walks of life call Delhi home.

Even hardworking students who enter DU for example, call the North Easterners' chinkis or prefer to not hang out with them. Blaming ignorance and/or lack of competence(hardwork or intelligence) is factually incorrect as being the major factor of racism. It is a minor factor.

Most of the times, the cause of racism is seeing some people as 'others' because they don't fit in the definition(looks/language/behaviour) of 'us'.

While our text books hound us since our birth about 'unity in diversity', the reality is that for most people until and unless they see this 'diversity' when they are growing up, they are unlikely to suddenly accept the different people as 'us'.

In that sense there are only 2 real solutions to this -
1. Education
2. Migration

I'd rate migration as even more important than education. When you see the ordinary kid in Delhi growing up with some kids from North East (either ethnically but born in Delhi or migrated) in their school or neighbourhood you will see a life long change in their behaviour.

And that is what has started happening now. The constant trickle of migration from North East is acquiring critical mass in that now kids are finding someone of North East background sometime during their school days (in either school or neighbourhood).

Its similar for South Indians. You find a lot of South Indians in Delhi or Ahmedabad , etc with their kids growing up there.

That is what is the real change.

Caveat - this phenomenon of acceptance and intermarriage is almost exclusively in the upper-middle class or upper class.

But this initself is a big change from say 2 decades ago when the upper or upper-middle class of people of their respective regions had a superiority notion about their own vis-a-vis 'others' from other regions of India.

But since the middle and lower classes follow the uppers with a lag period of a generation. It means really good news for our kids.

This has happened because of changing nature of jobs. A young engineer studying in Delhi gets a job in Bangalore or Hyderabad or a boy from a village near Hyderabad is working in Gurgaon and settles there. The middle class now migrates across India lot because of jobs and education.

This was hardly there two decades ago.
This is the result of jobs and education becoming dynamic and distributed across India in its linkages.

I am basing my analysis in the times that I grew up in (mainly 80s and 90s) and at that time this level of urbanization didn't exist.

 

[swnjo]

My community

Which tribe bro ?

 

[Bombaywalla]

The problem is only in some parts of Delhi (though I haven't been personally discriminated ever).

Thousands of NE students live, work and study in cities like Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Shimla, Pune, Dehra Dun, Bhopal, Kolkata, Kochi, Coimbatore, Pondicherry etc.

Nothing and I mean NOTHING happens there against them.

They are safe, happy and comfortable.

I've got a ton of friends from the NE here in Bombay city, and never once have I heard a racial slur being used against them. NOT ONCE.

This is a thread for the average pdf dumbass to feel happy about their miserable little existence.

 

[911]

I am basing my analysis in the times that I grew up in (mainly 80s and 90s) and at that time this level of urbanization didn't exist.

A lot has changed trust me .

That is a phenomenon well known in NCR region around Delhi. Gurgaon has issues with that since most of the locals have sold their lands and have become overnight rich but are bird-brained still with thick skulls used to manual work and zero awareness or education.

Gurgaon district and Gurgaon city have distinct culture, latter being mostly urban. You are absolutely right about the land owners whose land are leased to factories owners, they are mostly uneducated so it will take maybe 1 more generation to get educated.

As for Gurgaon city, where i live, is vastly populated and now more diverse than it ever was years back. Coming across people from different parts of the country is norm here.

 

[punit]

The problem is only in some parts of Delhi (though I haven't been personally discriminated ever).

Thousands of NE students live, work and study in cities like Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Shimla, Pune, Dehra Dun, Bhopal, Kolkata, Kochi, Coimbatore, Pondicherry etc.

Nothing and I mean NOTHING happens there against them.

They are safe, happy and comfortable.

not long back Bihari was used as abuse in Delhi.

 

[SrNair]

The problem is only in some parts of Delhi (though I haven't been personally discriminated ever).

Thousands of NE students live, work and study in cities like Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Shimla, Pune, Dehra Dun, Bhopal, Kolkata, Kochi, Coimbatore, Pondicherry etc.

Nothing and I mean NOTHING happens there against them.

They are safe, happy and comfortable.

Well ,noone is safe in Delhi .Hate to say ,a lots of UPites and Biharis making things more worse.
We know what they call us South Indians.

Oh I can vouch for that.
Until my previous generation, it was unthinkable for a Bhutia to marry anyone but a Bhutia (or Lepcha or Nepali). And my wife is from Punjab.

Similarly, I have seen a lot of Punjabi guys marrying girls from Tamil Nadu and Kerala and Gujaratis marrying bongs.

Good thing I say.

In some time, we will eliminate regionalism since everyone will know every regional language.



Yes I am. Though my paternal side is ancestrally from Lachen (north Sikkim).

Its reducing over time as more and more North East students are integrating with the rest of the people.

In the Uni's and all, till even a few years back students from North East hung out and stuck with others from the same region/tribe.

A lot like South Indians just hung out with other south indians. Or north indians with north indians.

That's changing pretty rapidly now. Not that it has stopped. But there's atleast 30% change ...I can say there's substantial difference in these last 5 years. Maybe all the civil society churn that has happened in the 5 years is to be credited. Whatever the case may be. You find a lot more mixed groups now. That is the bedrock of change.

Surprising number of intermarriages happening now as well between people of different regions nowadays.

Well ,one of my neighbour ,an uncle ,Army man married her girl from NE.That Aunty knows malayalam very well .They have two childrens older than me.
She still speaks her mother tongue.But dont know the specific region

 

[Bitter Melon]

I disagree with your assessment.

Delhi is no longer any one ethnicity's dominance. Migration has ensured people of all regions and walks of life call Delhi home.

Even hardworking students who enter DU for example, call the North Easterners' chinkis or prefer to not hang out with them. Blaming ignorance and/or lack of competence(hardwork or intelligence) is factually incorrect as being the major factor of racism. It is a minor factor.

Most of the times, the cause of racism is seeing some people as 'others' because they don't fit in the definition(looks/language/behaviour) of 'us'.

While our text books hound us since our birth about 'unity in diversity', the reality is that for most people until and unless they see this 'diversity' when they are growing up, they are unlikely to suddenly accept the different people as 'us'.

In that sense there are only 2 real solutions to this -
1. Education
2. Migration

I'd rate migration as even more important than education. When you see the ordinary kid in Delhi growing up with some kids from North East (either ethnically but born in Delhi or migrated) in their school or neighbourhood you will see a life long change in their behaviour.

And that is what has started happening now. The constant trickle of migration from North East is acquiring critical mass in that now kids are finding someone of North East background sometime during their school days (in either school or neighbourhood).

Its similar for South Indians. You find a lot of South Indians in Delhi or Ahmedabad , etc with their kids growing up there.

That is what is the real change.

Caveat - this phenomenon of acceptance and intermarriage is almost exclusively in the upper-middle class or upper class.

But this initself is a big change from say 2 decades ago when the upper or upper-middle class of people of their respective regions had a superiority notion about their own vis-a-vis 'others' from other regions of India.

But since the middle and lower classes follow the uppers with a lag period of a generation. It means really good news for our kids.

This has happened because of changing nature of jobs. A young engineer studying in Delhi gets a job in Bangalore or Hyderabad or a boy from a village near Hyderabad is working in Gurgaon and settles there. The middle class now migrates across India lot because of jobs and education.

This was hardly there two decades ago.
This is the result of jobs and education becoming dynamic and distributed across India in its linkages.

Northeasterners have been part of Bangalore from even when I was a kid and I don't recall anyone treating them as not being "Us."

 

[Walling Naga]

Which tribe bro ?

Ao Naga

 

[SBUS-CXK]

I guess the whole world is conspiring against India. It is always funny to see how some Indian members on this forum accuse others of all sorts. Yet, they are always on the defensive when such abhorrent stories appear in the media related to their country. Nationalism has blinded these people.

Indians in the face of weak country, there is always a sense of superiority. Similarly, in the face of powerful countries India the same arrogant arrogance.

 

[RepublicOk]

Racism is a problem but it's mainly confined to Northern India.
Lots of NE students in Southern states, but we hardly find major incidents of racism there.

 

[wiseone2]

A new slam poem called Five rules for whomever it may concern by Vinatoli Yeptho, a student at the National University of Juridical Sciences, was shared more than 2,000 times on Facebook over the last week.

Most people found it immensely inspiring because it has opened avenues for discussions around the racism that people from Northeast India have to face in the rest of the country.

Vinatoli Yeptho. Source: Facebook

When I first met my friend Amorette, who is from Meghalaya, during the orientation program of our college, I was suddenly insecure about wearing my faded kurti for such a special occasion. There she stood in a fancy striped dress and sandals with straps. After talking to other girls I found that not only was a she really pretty, but was also exceptionally bright. She had topped the college entrance examination for a course in communication studies. We became best friends within two months and were inseparable. I even visited her hometown Shillong, where I met some of the friendliest people I know. What I learned from her and her family (apart from some really spooky folktales), was how to use a pinch of diplomacy while dealing with people! Somehow, that has always been the way I felt about people from the Northeast. Not only do they carry themselves with immense elegance, but they are also very graceful in their mannerisms.

But women from the Northeast are often ridiculed for being fashion savvy and are objectified with tags like ‘bimbettes’ or ‘sluts’. Vinatoli raises this issue in her poem when she says, “If I smile at you with cherry red lipstick, I do it out of courtesy and not curiosity.” She talks about clothes, culture, food and even folktales.

Her poem attempts to teach viewers that each person from the Northeast India comes from a culture that is distinct and unique.
On returning to the hostel after a long day of field work, Amorette would enumerate all the xenophobic comments she had to deal with. In her usual style of maintaining a casually pleasant demeanour, she would brush aside these comments with a charming smile. One day, after a particularly obnoxious man decided to ask her if she was from China and if she was travelling to India on a tourist visa, we decided that she should come up with a generic answer to such insensitive probing. She now tells everyone who asks her too many questions about her ethnicity that she is “a refugee from North Korea.” If the questions don’t stop at that, she adds that she is hiding in India because the supreme leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-Un has branded her a “national traitor”.

We have to admit that some of us have racist tendencies because of our misconceptions and prejudices about how people from a certain part of the country are supposed to behave. People from the Northeast have a lot to deal with, other than the neglect and indifference. And Vinatoli’s anger about this is apparent towards the end of the poem when she talks about how she will deal with people who look at her with “lust and hatred”; people who refuse to follow the rules listed it in the poem:

“..remember my forefathers were head hunters. I was born out of a clan of warriors. Remember the world’s hottest chilli is growing in my grandmother’s garden.”


http://www.thebetterindia.com/66208/nagaland-racism-slam-poetry-breaking-stereotypes/

it will disappear. it can reduce

I guess the whole world is conspiring against India. It is always funny to see how some Indian members on this forum accuse others of all sorts. Yet, they are always on the defensive when such abhorrent stories appear in the media related to their country. Nationalism has blinded these people.

some people will deny problems. it is natural. a lot of us find solutions to issues
keep in mind India has survived inspite of diversity

Pakistani elite could not handle East Pakistan

 

[Mamluk]

This girl does not look Indian at all.

Is this phenotype common in North Burma or among Tibetans?
ATTN Burmese and Chinese forumers.