What do you say, when certain section of the society, run in
fear and panic despite repeated assurance from all sections of the authority not to panic? It simply means that there
absolutely is no trust in the people who give you that assurance!
Now ask why they don’t trust the people who assure them not
to panic, the answer is obvious! They have learned their lesson not to trust
the politicians and police from their past experience.
The Police in Bangalore and Pune have claimed that not a
single complain was registered so far regarding violence or assault of
north-east people in their respective cities dismissing that the fear and panic
of the north-eastern people are a result of some rumour!
Was that so surprising when every north-east male showed up
in the police station, he was seen as a substance abusing trouble maker and
whenever a north-eastern female showed up in the police station, she was seen
only as an immoral, characterless slut? So why would any sane person showed up
in the police station to complain only to be accused of being moral-less?
When a north-eastern student was beaten to death; he was
dismissed as a drug addict by the police, when a north-eastern student was raped;
her character was questioned by the police! If such grave cases that involve the
north-eastern people were considered not worth registering as a valid police case,
now tell me how can we trust the police?
Perhaps the panic in Pune and Bangalore is caused by rumour,
which certainly is not, but why would a person in his right mind who have
experienced systematic discrimination in their everyday life in mainland India take a chance of trusting the
perpetrator of such discrimination???
Anyhow how can we complain about discrimination that comes
in various forms? There are the spoken
and unspoken discrimination that each and every north-eastern people face in
their everyday life in the mainland. Now tell me how would we register a case
about a man who abruptly started singing some vulgar song with a sneer in their
face as we passed them? How would we register a case against someone who
suddenly looked away and started crying ‘chowmein’ as soon as we passed them?
By the way, what has the authorities (Central & State) do to ease the situation beside giving a hollow assurance? The central government gave assurance of safety to the north-east student, but why is it silent about the illegal migrants who caused the whole thing in the first place? Isn't silence about the illegal migrants being a sign of support and preference when all they gave to the north-east people is verbal assurance?
To my north-eastern friends, I want to say don’t panic or
fear, but don’t take your chances either! It’s about time we consider our
position in India –are we the lesser Indian as we often feel? The answer to that question will not make you
any safer, but it will at least tell you what to do next!
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1 comment:
Good one!! refugee in our own land??? Displaced not by development, natural calamities etc but by HATRED!!
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