Ugly and heinous racism and hedonistic tendencies towards/against those Indians who hail from the north eastern part of the country are certainly the flavour of the season as far our national capital is concerned, prefer not to believe me and call me sensational and biased, well then, sample this for thought...........
The grotesque, inhuman and diabolic death of the student hailing from ArunachalPradesh was only the proverbial icing on the cake as racist taunts, slurs, unpalatable comments about their hair, vestments and allegedly " loose lifestyles, inflated prices and much more are the daily stock in trade for those who hail from the north east............
A few students from the north east have actually accomplished the seemingly herculean task of speaking, reading and writing the preferred lingua franca of the national capital namely Hindi fluently, but this too has not stopped auto drivers, vegetable vendors and other such unscrupulous elements from fleecing them blind at any and every given opportunity..........
" I speak Hindi with the barest trace of an accent and a modicum of familiarity, yet continue to be be robbed blind by autowallahs, sabjiwallahs, rediwallahs and am continually asked the question whether I hail from China", Susan Massey a Delhi University research student and resident of Satya Niketan painfully admits.............
Sample this now, Ram Gogoi a student of the national capital's prestigious Ramjas College left no stone unturned and literally scoured the length and breadth of every lane and by lane adjoining his alma mater in 2013 in an effort to secure a roof over his head.............
"Most if not all landlords simply turned me out or then simply refused to entertain me until one mammonesque landlord condescended to rent out a room to me at the princely rent of Rs. 11,500/- per month, while my fellow students hailing from other states were paying him the seemingly pithy sum of Rs. 6,500/- per month for similar accommodation; not only this, he also collected a year's rent as security deposit up front", Gogoi goes on to add...........
The story is no different in the case of the thousands of students hailing from the north eastern part of the country who frequent the national capital in search of elusive "quality" education each year, while the North Eastern Women's Hostel provides a partial answer to the numerous prayers of the female students, the male students are largely left to fend for themselves...........
Having no where else to turn, they end up being preyed upon by avaricious landlords and estate agents who charge them twice the price and then behave as if they are doing us a huge favour by either letting out their rooms or then helping us procure the same.............
" Many an opportunistic landlord does not even deign to return the 'security' deposit that they collect from us up front as they know that we have nowhere to turn", IK Singh a student of the national capital's iconoclastic Kirori Mal College candidly admits..........
And so a brutal tale of repression, subjugation and blatant racism continues unabated even as a significant majority of our hypocritical and escapist countrymen and women prefer to look the other way and dole out inanities and platitudes by the dozen as they are not subjected to the same inhuman treatment on a daily basis...........
The grotesque, inhuman and diabolic death of the student hailing from ArunachalPradesh was only the proverbial icing on the cake as racist taunts, slurs, unpalatable comments about their hair, vestments and allegedly " loose lifestyles, inflated prices and much more are the daily stock in trade for those who hail from the north east............
A few students from the north east have actually accomplished the seemingly herculean task of speaking, reading and writing the preferred lingua franca of the national capital namely Hindi fluently, but this too has not stopped auto drivers, vegetable vendors and other such unscrupulous elements from fleecing them blind at any and every given opportunity..........
" I speak Hindi with the barest trace of an accent and a modicum of familiarity, yet continue to be be robbed blind by autowallahs, sabjiwallahs, rediwallahs and am continually asked the question whether I hail from China", Susan Massey a Delhi University research student and resident of Satya Niketan painfully admits.............
Sample this now, Ram Gogoi a student of the national capital's prestigious Ramjas College left no stone unturned and literally scoured the length and breadth of every lane and by lane adjoining his alma mater in 2013 in an effort to secure a roof over his head.............
"Most if not all landlords simply turned me out or then simply refused to entertain me until one mammonesque landlord condescended to rent out a room to me at the princely rent of Rs. 11,500/- per month, while my fellow students hailing from other states were paying him the seemingly pithy sum of Rs. 6,500/- per month for similar accommodation; not only this, he also collected a year's rent as security deposit up front", Gogoi goes on to add...........
The story is no different in the case of the thousands of students hailing from the north eastern part of the country who frequent the national capital in search of elusive "quality" education each year, while the North Eastern Women's Hostel provides a partial answer to the numerous prayers of the female students, the male students are largely left to fend for themselves...........
Having no where else to turn, they end up being preyed upon by avaricious landlords and estate agents who charge them twice the price and then behave as if they are doing us a huge favour by either letting out their rooms or then helping us procure the same.............
" Many an opportunistic landlord does not even deign to return the 'security' deposit that they collect from us up front as they know that we have nowhere to turn", IK Singh a student of the national capital's iconoclastic Kirori Mal College candidly admits..........
And so a brutal tale of repression, subjugation and blatant racism continues unabated even as a significant majority of our hypocritical and escapist countrymen and women prefer to look the other way and dole out inanities and platitudes by the dozen as they are not subjected to the same inhuman treatment on a daily basis...........
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