[Assam] mainland vs northeast in delhi

Fri Jul 13 19:19:06 PDT 2007

<Educate the "mainstream" Indians that India > 
If they can be Educated/Re-educated at all.
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Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 03:11:13 +0100From: malabikabrahma at yahoo.co.ukTo: priyankoos at yahoo.co.in; pseude at yahoo.com; assam at assamnet.orgSubject: Re: [Assam] mainland vs northeast in delhiWhat do you think is a better choice :1.  Ask the NE people to be more "mainstream like" in their food or dress habits. May be even suggest they undergo  plastic surgery to look more "mainstream" like .2. Educate the "mainstream" Indians that India is a diverse country and not all look like Harayanvi and "honorable practises" like dowry and female infanticide.Looks like Delhi  police will choose option 1.Priyankoo <priyankoos at yahoo.co.in> wrote: 
and why  people from the NE region MUST assimilate to the mainstream culture? In case of Assam haven't we seen more than 90% of the non-Assamese population never trying to "assimilate" with the local culture?If there is a failure on part of the NE population in "assimilating" to the mainstream culture, may be the reason is the same as why the non- Assamese population in Assam never "assimilated" to the local culture/s.bestPriyankooPriyankoo <priyankoos at yahoo.co.in> wrote: 
"Assimilation" is not the aim of the booklet. It just forces some dos and don'ts to people from a particular region. In any case, a booklet is never helpful for any kind of "assimilation".bestPriyankooSANDIP DUTTA <pseude at yahoo.com> wrote: 

There is no problem with "assimilation" for students or citizens from Assam. This advisory should be better worded and directed at our bros from Nagaland, Mizoram and Manipur who stay apart not just in Delhi but in other parts of India too.

Rgds,
Sandip
----- Original Message ----From: Malabika Brahma <malabikabrahma at yahoo.co.uk>To: xourov pathok <xourov at yahoo.com>; assam at assamnet.orgSent: Friday, July 13, 2007 7:33:28 AMSubject: Re: [Assam] mainland vs northeast in delhi
I wonder if similar "circular" was issued to Indians in the US ( regarding the spices we use), how would the Indians react ?
xourov pathok <xourov at yahoo.com> wrote:
having been in delhi for sometime as a student, i seeit is getting worse.xhttp://www.telegraphindia.com/1070712/asp/frontpage/story_8048182.aspRight intentions, wrong message- Delhi police accused of dividing India into‘mainland’ & ‘Northeast’NISHIT DHOLABHAINew Delhi, July 11: Delhi police’s advisory to youthsfrom the Northeast studying in the capital is beingseen by most as segregating the region from theso-called mainland.The minister for development of the northeasternregion (DoNER), Mani Shankar Aiyar, had only recentlydiscouraged the use of this syntax. “There is nomainland, you are the mainland,” he had told areporter in Shillong.Aiyar was unavailable for comment on the bookletreleased by Delhi police, but those who respondedseemed to cringe at the thought of someone advisingstudents from the region to change their food habits,customs and manner of dressing to assimilate into the“mainstream”.Dipankar Gupta, professor of sociology at JawaharlalNehru University, said the police’s advice not tocreate a “ruckus in the neighbourhood” by cooking“smelly dishes” and dress decently was gratuitous, tosay the least.“The police come up with these advisories, but thereis no implementation. There should be a departmentalmemo of some sort that if a person from the Northeastis harmed, punishment will be stringent,” Gupta said.Moses Kharbithi, who is doing his MPhil at JNU, saidthe advisory was tantamount to undermining the abilityof Northeast students in New Delhi to assimilate. “Iwonder if they have given such booklets to studentsfrom the South,” he said.Kharbithi said the fact that the booklet waswell-intentioned could not mask the sense ofdiscrimination.Asom Gana Parishad MP Arun Kumar Sarma and hisCongress colleague Kirip Chaliha said there was nodenying the need to spruce up security for studentsfrom the region in view of some incidents in therecent past. But commenting on food habits andclothing was unfair, the duo said.“How can one tell somebody what to eat and how todress?” 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 listassam at assamnet.orghttp://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org

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