NE girls and Delhi

As far as we know, the student and professionals working in Delhi includes both boys and girls. If the offences committed were of racial nature, even boys should be attacked. But why is it that only girls are harmed? There is no incidence of north-east boys being attacked in Delhi.

Morever there are chinky students from Bhutan, Nepal, Korea etc. studying in Delhi. Why is it that an Arunachali, a Naga, a Mizo being in the focus? It is time the girls from hill states introspect.

The media in north east talks big of 'free culture' in the region. But in reality, all people in hill towns like Kohima, Aizawl and Itanagar are indoors right in the evening. After 7 pm, one will not find any shop open, any vehicle or girl on the streets and roads. Why is it that a Mizo girl thinks that she can roam about in Delhi at 2 'o' clock in the night. It is known that north east tribes like Nagas, Mizos, Arunachalis etc did not wear clothes some decades back. So they have the habit of wearing short and skimpy dresses. Since this is their habit, they can go and study in Australia. There they will get the royal treatment which chinkys get in Australia.

Delhi doesn't need lessons of discrimination when the north east tribes are best in it. They are good in emotional blackmail and blaming others for all their wrongs. And they have a north east media like Dhritarashtra who supports the nonsense blindly and throws all blame on Delhi. To know why some NE girls get into trouble in Delhi, one has to go to Delhi and see what a weird, vulgar and awkward image they have made for themselves and the region. North East boys also dress in a very unsmart and third class manner, with cargo pants, half pants, tattoos and rings, spikes etc. Maybe because they are tribal, they do not know to dress decently.

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Capital protests against teenager’s killing

A candlelight vigil in Munirka village to protest violence against the North-East community in Delhi on Friday.

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EW DELHI: “Women in Delhi should be free from violence and fear,” read a placard at a candlelight vigil held in Munirka here on Friday to protest against the killing of 19-year-old Ramchanphi Hongray, a Manipur-based Naga girl, in the Capital this past week.

About 75 people walked through Munirka village holding candles, banners and placards.

“Women in general and women from the North-East region in particular are subject to a great deal of harassment in the Capital. Just because people from the North-East look different, they are subject to racial and cultural discrimination and their rights are also violated,” said Jagori member Nandini Rao.

Echoing her view, Control Arms Foundation of India member Elizabeth Imti said: “Women from the North-East feel a sense of insecurity here. There is a feeling of being racially profiled and discriminated. This is because we are stereotyped and perceived as soft targets.”

Also protesting against the treatment meted out to students from the North-East, JNU Students’ Federation of India secretary P.K. Anand said: “People from all over the country come to the Capital to study and work. A safe environment must be ensured for them. Students from the North-East must not be discriminated against as they too have the right to study, work and live securely.”

Romeo, a 35-year-old businessman from Manipur who came to the Capital 20 years ago to find better prospects, said he came here seeking better education and to escape the insurgency in Manipur. “People from the North-East here feel misunderstood and looked down upon. We have a different culture which people should be aware of and also understand.”

Elaborating on cultural differences in the context of gender relationships, Mr. Romeo said: “We have very close knit communities back home where there are no barriers for interaction between men and women. Friendliness and communication is encouraged and we develop friendly equations with everyone. Here, however, if a woman smiles it is misconstrued as a sexual advance. Therefore North-East women are often perceived as loose when they may be only friendly.”

Speaking about cultural differences, North-East Network member Monisha Behal said: “In Uttar Pradesh girls are often married early. In Haryana if a couple marries without consent of the family there may be honour killings. However, in the North-East, men and women work together and interactions between them is the norm.”

Ms. Behal said there was a need for a change in attitude and also institutional change. “Since there is not much awareness about the culture of people from the North-East they are often misunderstood. Their role in the freedom struggle and the sacrifices they made have also not been highlighted much,” she added.

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Stunning admission: Nagaland ministers, govt. employees in the list of well wishers funding NSCN

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n a startling disclosure, one of the major militant outfits of the Northeast, the NSCN-K has said that the outfit collects taxes from all ministers and government employees of Nagaland. Though it is a known fact that all militant outfits collect taxes forcefully from the general public as well as from the government employees, this is the first time, a senior leader of the NSCN has openly admitted it. Mention may be made that recently the Union Home secretary GK Pillai during his visit to Kohima had expressed Certre's concern over growing menace of extortion, intimidation and kidnappings in Nagaland. Perhaps this may be the first time any militant organization has made such a revelation of collecting taxes from ministers and government employees. And this could come as a big jolt to various central and state security agencies operating in the region and their claims of doing their best to plug or contain the menace of flow of funds to various militant outfits. One of the senior leaders of the NSCN-Khaplang Kughalu Mulatonu, speaking exclusively to NETV at the Khehoi designated camp of GPRN/NSCN disclosed that they collect taxes from all Ministers and all Government employees of Nagaland. He however denied the practice to be extortion and rather said it tax, donation from the well wishers. What is interesting is that the NSCN leader has denied it to be extortion, something the Centre is concerned about in Nagaland. From what Mulatonu has said, it is clear that the outfits have had their reach even to the level of ministers in the form of well wishers to ensure their sources of funding did not run dry. This makes it clear why there has never been halt in the inflow of funds to the outfits. Mulatonu, however, flatly denied that his outfit has any hand in extortions and abductions. According to the NSCN leader in politics and revolution any act committed in the name of nation is not a crime, but sacrifice. Crime to him is act aimed at individual interest. Mulatonu said he has already clarified to the Union Home Secretary that any cadre found guilty of kidnappings and extortions outside the law of NSCN would be punished.

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