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When identity is problematic : Northeast Echoes
The Telegraph | Patricia Mukhim | Oct. 26:
The spate of attacks on people of the Northeast in Gurgaon and Bangalore recently has been labelled racist attacks for want of a better expression. But it is important to look at the profiles of the people who commit such crimes on northeasterners. Is the anger and fury of the attacker/s fuelled by our looks, our behaviour and our attitudes? Do they fear the northeasterner as a potential rival for jobs/occupations? Or, are they simply human beings who did what they did from fear, desperation or cruelty?
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