*Statutory warning: if it does not make any sense to you then you have two options: 1. Refrain from reading it. 2. Read and consider me as a total gasbag.
Yesterday an incident happened, that shook me. For the first time I felt ashamed for being an Indian. The girl who belonged to the North-Eastern part was being eve-teased in public.
People call them with different names: 'Chinky', 'Chini', 'Nepali' etc. They ask them stupid questions: 'How do you see things?', 'Are you Chinese?' etc
Is this how the youngest country in the world treat its fellow citizens?
There are a lot of North-East Indians who travel to the mainstream India for job opportunity, higher education or in a hope to live a better life. What do we do? We kill, rape, harass, kidnap or mentally torture them. Aren't they Indians? Doesn't this country belong to them as it belongs to us?
Well people from North Eastern part are also taught the same states and their capital as it was taught to us. While I've not personally met many Indians from the northeast, I think the situation can be summed up pretty well by a dialogue from the 2007 film "Chak De India!":
Two female athletes arrive in Delhi from Manipur and Mizoram to play for the Indian national hockey team. The coordinator says something like:
"Welcome! We are glad our guests from the farthest corners of India could join us".
The girls stare in silence and the man asks "What's wrong? Aren't you happy?"
And the girls reply, "How can we be happy if we are regarded as guests within our own country?"
Reason why North-East Indians are better and different from the mainstream Indian:
1. They have great fashion sense. They like to wear some fabulous dresses not to reveal their body, not to excite you. If you are outraged by the dresses they wear, either you are culturally less educated or you are mentally sick.
2. When it comes to music they have awesome taste. They like Jason Mriaz, Taylor Swift, Rihanna and obviously don't like Himesh Reshamiya or Yo Yo.
3. They are fun filled persons. You can never get bored with them.
4. If it comes to their smile, I bet nothing can beat them.
5. If you are food lover you will definitely enjoy their company.
6. Yeah, they have beautiful eyes, beautiful hairs, all natural.
7. They are kind, polite and full of humanity. If she smiles at you it doesn't mean that she is gonna sleep with you. Grow up. She smiles because they believe in dignity for all.
8. Parents, they love their children in the very same way as in other parts of India. Father is always passionate about his wards dream. Mother, Even infinite numbers of words will not be enough for me to explain a northeastern mother.
9. THEY ARE INDIANS. How can anyone call them Nepali, Chini or Chinky? They also serve this motherland.
10. When it comes to natural beauty Sikkim can't be beaten.
I found subtle racism in people from mainstream India on this issue.
Most of us are ignorant about the sensitivity of the issue and consider calling N-E Indians as "Chinky".
Do I blame the entire nation?
NO.
I blame our Education Curriculum that hasn't mentioned even a single word about the history, culture of about 40 million INDIANS.
Secondly I blame so called "NATIONAL MEDIA" according to whom 'National' means Delhi, Mumbai and other metros. North-East stories rarely comes in the media.
Third, There is lack of Public Apathy. India is not limited to Delhi, UP, Mumbai or Punjab.
I was personally told by a girl from Mizoram that she doesn't feel safe living in my city! She's being followed by people, commented for her short dresses, she was sexually harassed. Why are we being so In-Human? Why can't we give them a world they deserve? STOP JUDGING PEOPLE!
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