[Assam] mainland vs northeast in delhi

[mc mahant]

This whole thing sums up the usual feelings in Delhi:
-We love you for all  the free booty we fleece from you.
-We love you for the employments you generate in Mainland while we convert you to  a zombie
-We love you for justifying our undeserved lifestyle
-We love you for making us feel like a great Country -which we are not
But we hate you because you do not trust us
But we hate you because you are just about beginning to realize what we have done to you
That is why we continue to divide you and make you infight 
That is why we create NE,NEDFi(for Pithaa Ponaa), DONER........( you are declared unusual)
That is why we flatter your Ego through smooth talkers like Manishankar:"You are the Mainland"
That is why we make Kirip (our insider) who promises 
                      "Chaliha said he would take up the issue with the authorities."
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> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:43:02 -0700> From: xourov at yahoo.com> To: assam at assamnet.org> Subject: [Assam] mainland vs northeast in delhi> > having been in delhi for sometime as a student, i see> it is getting worse.> > x> > http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070712/asp/frontpage/story_8048182.asp> > Right intentions, wrong message> - Delhi police accused of dividing India into> ‘mainland’ & ‘Northeast’> NISHIT DHOLABHAI> > New Delhi, July 11: Delhi police’s advisory to youths> from the Northeast studying in the capital is being> seen by most as segregating the region from the> so-called mainland.> > The minister for development of the northeastern> region (DoNER), Mani Shankar Aiyar, had only recently> discouraged the use of this syntax. “There is no> mainland, you are the mainland,” he had told a> reporter in Shillong.> > Aiyar was unavailable for comment on the booklet> released by Delhi police, but those who responded> seemed to cringe at the thought of someone advising> students from the region to change their food habits,> customs and manner of dressing to assimilate into the> “mainstream”.> > Dipankar Gupta, professor of sociology at Jawaharlal> Nehru University, said the police’s advice not to> create a “ruckus in the neighbourhood” by cooking> “smelly dishes” and dress decently was gratuitous, to> say the least.> > “The police come up with these advisories, but there> is no implementation. There should be a departmental> memo of some sort that if a person from the Northeast> is harmed, punishment will be stringent,” Gupta said.> > Moses Kharbithi, who is doing his MPhil at JNU, said> the advisory was tantamount to undermining the ability> of Northeast students in New Delhi to assimilate. “I> wonder if they have given such booklets to students> from the South,” he said.> > Kharbithi said the fact that the booklet was> well-intentioned could not mask the sense of> discrimination.> > Asom Gana Parishad MP Arun Kumar Sarma and his> Congress colleague Kirip Chaliha said there was no> denying the need to spruce up security for students> from the region in view of some incidents in the> recent past. But commenting on food habits and> clothing was unfair, the duo said.> > “How can one tell somebody what to eat and how to> dress?” Sarma asked.> > Chaliha said he would take up the issue with the authorities.> > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________> Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC> > _______________________________________________> assam mailing list> assam at assamnet.org> http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
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