Eighteen years after it was declared a national project, the Upper Siang multipurpose project hasn’t moved much. Fresh local protests have now deepened the uncertainty. Seen as India’s counter to China’s mega dam, it’s a tightrope walk for Centre – to strike a balance between public sentiment and the nation’s needs.
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Having lived in the northeastern states of Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland for more than two decades, I can confirm that the native tribes of these regions do not even consider themselves as Indians. I can distinctly recall the atrocious slogan of the Khasi youth during the tumultuous late 1970s – “Khasi by birth, Indian by chance’. Similar is the case with each of these tribes.
The Indian nation for them is the benevolent and magnanimous provider – the state which keeps providing endlessly, be it money or food or oil or any other requirement. These tribes never even ask themselves once – what do we give to the nation in return?
The only time the ‘Indian patriot’ inside the Arunachali wakes up is when he can hear Chinese boots in the vicinity of his home. Having heard of the horror stories of how China enforces Han Chinese dominance and cultural assimilation in Tibet, these tribes are afraid of China doing the same to them. Hence, their ‘love’ for secular and democratic India.
Yet, they don’t consider the mainland Indian as their own and never miss an opportunity to attack and intimidate him.
Having lived in the northeastern states of Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland for more than two decades, I can confirm that the native tribes of these regions do not even consider themselves as Indians. I can distinctly recall the atrocious slogan of the Khasi youth during the tumultuous late 1970s – “Khasi by birth, Indian by chance’. Similar is the case with each of these tribes.
The Indian nation for them is the benevolent and magnanimous provider – the state which keeps providing endlessly, be it money or food or oil or any other requirement. These tribes never even ask themselves once – what do we give to the nation in return?
The only time the ‘Indian patriot’ inside the Arunachali wakes up is when he can hear Chinese boots in the vicinity of his home. Having heard of the horror stories of how China enforces Han Chinese dominance and cultural assimilation in Tibet, these tribes are afraid of China doing the same to them. Hence, their ‘love’ for secular and democratic India.
Yet, they don’t consider the mainland Indian as their own and never miss an opportunity to attack and intimidate him.
This site is about fifty kilometres down river from the 60,000 megawatt Chinese project in Tibet. In a seismically active zone.
Having lived in the northeastern states of Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland for more than two decades, I can confirm that the native tribes of these regions do not even consider themselves as Indians. I can distinctly recall the atrocious slogan of the Khasi youth during the tumultuous late 1970s – “Khasi by birth, Indian by chance’. Similar is the case with each of these tribes.
The Indian nation for them is the benevolent and magnanimous provider – the state which keeps providing endlessly, be it money or food or oil or any other requirement. These tribes never even ask themselves once – what do we give to the nation in return?
The only time the ‘Indian patriot’ inside the Arunachali wakes up is when he can hear Chinese boots in the vicinity of his home. Having heard of the horror stories of how China enforces Han Chinese dominance and cultural assimilation in Tibet, these tribes are afraid of China doing the same to them. Hence, their ‘love’ for secular and democratic India.
Yet, they don’t consider the mainland Indian as their own and never miss an opportunity to attack and intimidate him.