There has been a spate of attacks & prejudicial incidents amid the coronavirus epidemic, highlighting longstanding racism against those from the northeast.
In the midst of the 21-day lockdown, multiple cases of people from the Northeast being called ‘coronavirus’ and other racist slurs have emerged in the city.
By being prejudiced towards people because of how they look and where they come from, you are not just being a racist, but also a xenophobe and a bigot.
The Union Home Ministry's communication comes a day after a Manipuri woman alleged that an man spat on her and called her 'corona' in Vijay Nagar, New Delhi.
Working on a plan for the next 18-24 months on how to draw down regular forces from security duties in Northeast, Army Chief General M.M. Naravane says.
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November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
People who look like Chinese, and the real Chinese people, will face discrimination for many many years to come because of this pandemic. This is true not only in India, but all over the western world. people blame China for starting this virus which may or may not be true.
Indians will be warm towards others as long as they don’t view them as a prejudiced threat. The moment they think it’s a threat and mind you, all for the wrong reasons, like a Muslim, NE Indian, Dalit, JNU, then all the hate and vile comes out and makes them look petty and very and medieval minded…
Not only racism, North Easterners had to even face violence from Muslims in India, during the Rohingya crisis. Many North Easterners had to leave cities like Bengaluru because local governments failed to protect them from the terror of Muslims.
Nonsense attitude, this need to be corrected through awareness but people of these states also needs to understand and look at how they themselves treat non-locals in their state. Recent example of attacks in Meghalaya shows that.
People who look like Chinese, and the real Chinese people, will face discrimination for many many years to come because of this pandemic. This is true not only in India, but all over the western world. people blame China for starting this virus which may or may not be true.
Indians will be warm towards others as long as they don’t view them as a prejudiced threat. The moment they think it’s a threat and mind you, all for the wrong reasons, like a Muslim, NE Indian, Dalit, JNU, then all the hate and vile comes out and makes them look petty and very and medieval minded…
Not only racism, North Easterners had to even face violence from Muslims in India, during the Rohingya crisis. Many North Easterners had to leave cities like Bengaluru because local governments failed to protect them from the terror of Muslims.
Nonsense attitude, this need to be corrected through awareness but people of these states also needs to understand and look at how they themselves treat non-locals in their state. Recent example of attacks in Meghalaya shows that.