<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: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL
PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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 <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]> 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: xourov
pathok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
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