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Emergency? Have you been to NE
Seven Sisters Post | Walter Fernandes:
But very few mainland human rights activists will remember that since 1958, the Northeast has lived under AFSPA before which the Emergency fades into insignificance. Many of them will even add that it is required to save the region for “free India”. They point out that much of India has ignored Irom Sharmila for 11 long years but it took Anna Hazare all of three days of fast to get the government to act on his demands.
The Northeasterners living outside the region experience distrust and feel that they are treated not as Indians but as “chinkies” and that their culture is not considered Indian since it is different from the dominant Gangetic valley culture. In reality, their Mongoloid identity can be an asset. They can be a gateway to Southeast Asia and China. But much of mainland India seems to view their “chinky” feat ures as a threat and wonder whether they are allies of the Chinese and of other “enemies”. Many in the region believe that the Centre views the diversity of the Northeast only as a problem and gives it a law and order interpretation. AFSPA signifies this distrust that is visible also in the behaviour of the security forces.
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