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When disaster happens, people aid each other regardless of background. Maybe people pushing Khilonjia politics need to get that right.

Look at the internal ethnic tensions within Assam: the multiple communities and tribes. One difference in language or land causes violence like fire. Or the recent border clashes in Assam-Arunachal Border.

Imagine living in a place where people of the same country battle one another over border issues.

Living in India is the only thing which unites all these factions. Without India, they would all hate each other tenfold and reduce each other to shreds.

One little ethnic spillover, some tribes being here or there, and a single incident is enough to start communal violence far worse than anything in North or South India.

Jai Bharat, let us all be united.

This is ubiquitous throughout the NE. People hate being treated racistly but are themselves racist and hate all outsiders.

Assam has seen massacres against migrants of all origins, yet people scarcely know of it. When something happens to an Assamese person in the mainland, everyone becomes concerned. This is a very one-sides relationship.

How long can you keep up this discriminating and marginal attitude? The more people find out, the more relations will deteriorate.

And as we have seen, Northeast Indians hate each other more than anyone else. The simplest of border complications and ethnic differences kickstart communal wars between people. It maybe a border riot between two NE states or even a violent conflict between rival ethnic groups. Assam knows this very well.

So why let this continue? We know pushing away North Indians will ruin the land anywayy

Everytime you slip into the comments of some mixed ethnic couple with the Man being mainlander and Woman being local, they are so negative that you can't even compare them to Hitler.

What need is there for this attitude? Are you not citizens of this country? How can you complain about being called "Chinese" "Nepali" when you don't even consider your fellow countrymen worthy of marriage.

All this exclusivism and endogamy will not help the state, it will alienate further. So learn to live and let live.

I have noticed this obvious trend as have many others in Northeast Indian forums. Arunachal is no exception despite it being more pro-India.

You have all these guys cherrpicking these events where some man assaults a woman but just that the man is a Mainlander and the woman is a Northeasterner. What is this? You do realize that locals can commit crimes too?

This type of endless victim-posturing is terrible, it gives off the wrong impression and just offers fuel for dirty racists to brag, saying "oh, look what we are doing to your women while you do nothing!!!". It makes you all look weak and pathetic so stop it.

Mainland men have helped NEs a lot. Lots of them have good intentions. There are many cases where NE tribals have assaulted women. Will you please take more care in highlighting that?

It's not right to stereotype people, especially the ones whose tax is feeding you.

For too long, Muslims of india have been questioned regarding their loyalty. It was never even considered that someone else could be a problematic people.

However with the recent growth in knowledge about the north east , we have found that there are trends within the region of hostility and disloyalty towards the centre.

I am not stereotyping , but you can see this trend happening literally. Muslims have been criticised for not standing up for Vande Mataram, but the same thing happened in Mizoram and Nagaland as well.

Mizoram is a good state when it comes to hygiene, civic sense and political stability. But the question of integration can't be ignored. How can you not stand up for Vande Mataram if you are in India. It's one of the basic things.

Not to mention the casual Xenophobia in the state. The irritation of locals when Mizo women marry non-Mizos. And the policies of keeping people out.

Don't forget the incident where Lal Thanhawla was criticized by the MNF for partaking in Hindu rituals and accused of forsaking Christianity. How can you have this level of hostility towards the mainstream culture? What if mainlanders realize this en-masa

All this hostility and condescension on Mainlanders will pay you badly. Where will you go when you need proper treatment? Obviously Delhi or Bangalore.

If you need High-paying jobs or good titles, you will be in Mumbai, Bangalore or Pune.

NE states don't have a lot of proper facilities and are known for bad roads. Not to mention the constant militancy in many places. And the Xenophobia involved in throwing outsiders out.

Why must you bite the hand that feeds you?

So learn to respect the country and land before you doom yourself.

Every four months, we get a news article or video about a Northeastern person being mocked or attacked in the streets of Mumbai, Delhi or somewhere in Himachal.

It is tragic and a lot of the cases are probably not recorded.

But do you think it is spun in the news more than the pattern is. Not to be rude, but these types of news make us look like easy targets.

Not to mention, Northeastern people have been responsible for several rude incidents with outsiders and sometimes physical altercations with non-locals. The media doesn't pick on those case.

Do you think there is clear bias and obvious mistaking in patterns.

Sikkim is special because it's very pro-India and doesn't have any case of insurgency or rebel. Plus, it is not geographically or culturally connected to any of the seven sisters.

I haven't seen any major anti-Indian movements in the state. And there has been zero insurgency here even after the annexation.

Do you agree with the Title and believe there are factors behind this?

We get news of it every few months every few. It first started in 2014, with the demise of Nido Tania and it never stopped.

It makes India look overtly racist and gives off the impression of being systematically discriminatory.

Well, lots of cases in the NE exist too, where outsiders have been mistreated and humiliated. That recent Manipur video revealed a lot about local psychology.

We never get any major news about Northeast Indians screwing up. So do you think the media is biased.

People cherrypick one or two incidents of someone being called "Chinese" in Delhi and say "Ooo, India racist, I hate the people". The media dwells too much on this topic that gets the public frustrated, believing we are whiny losers that just cry all the time.

Meanwhile NE ethnonationalists have outright killed people, burned down homes and displaced hundreds of thousands. Let's not forget the Bru Reang ethnic cleansing in Mizoram where Mizo orgs forced the entire Bru Reang community out of the state. And this is from the most peaceful and rehabilitated state in the NE(other than Sikkim which never had militancy). Mizoram's ethnic homogeneity did not come through peaceful means.

Plenty of racism cases in the media are just incidents of two individuals fighting but it gets turned into a communal issue by people with an agenda. This type of pandering and mollycoddling will make people feel too much power and let them abuse the power, possibly just making fake cases of racism.

If we are to live in this country, we have to love it and love the people. We can't be parasites and dissidents all the time.

After all, let's be honest, Northeast Indians hate each other far more than mainlanders.

Let's be serious. The news just pushes too much of the narrative of "oo NE guy got called Chinki in Delhi or Mumbai". Yes, there are cases of NEs being attacked and discriminated against but they are depicted too often as if every second guy is willing to harrass and exclude you.

It doesn't help and honestly just makes Northeast Indians look like crybabies who complain all the time.

Some cases aren't even racial and the media just calls it racist for sensationalism. This allows bad people to utilize allegations of racism for power grabs and evading bad situations.

I mean, are we less racist? Outsiders too often get the short end of the stick in Nagaland and other parts of the Seven Sisters. NE ethnonationalists are more violent and exclusivistic than any mainland extremist yet no one knows.

People have gotten killed and mistreated here yet no one cares for them.

If we want to live in this country as equals we gotta let things be balanced and let the truth come out.

It has honestly gone too far. It was small and barely noticeable at first. But it has blown out of proportion.

Sure I know you all have grievances with the Centre, the policies and the bad behaviour by many migrants that enter. But that doesn't justify antagonizing the whole of the country.

People are literally making fun of mainlanders, making jokes about civillian atrocities and talking about separating from the country. How can you bite the hand that feeds you?

Not to mention, we already have the problem of "racism" cases against us that are exaggerated by the media. NEs and Axomiyas have been racist to outsiders too, but the popular media doesn't pick up on that.

Seriously, this needs to cease. I can't emphasize it enough. It doesn't make anything better. It just brings more hostility and racism towards us. And makes it unsafe for our people who are studying/working outside. How do you think North Indians will feel when they see all the offensive posts?

So stop and love this country.

Those account and trolls are probably here too, but they need to hear this. Stop what you are doing.

So many accounts have been found, promoting NE ethnic superiority, ruthlessly mocking mainlanders and shitting the entire country of India. You do realize what you are doing? You are biting the hand that feeds you.

Already, many mainlanders are getting tired of our constant complaining and cries for racism. Now you add this unneccesary hostility and unprovoked racism.

Twitter and facebook have started note of it too. Doyichi/ airfilter is the prime example. None of this is a secret anymore. Northeast Indians are racist and act bold in their areas. The word is out.

Thankfully, it's usually just trolling but some accounts go too far and start supporting violence on innocents or militancy or straight up glorify China. What was the point of all that begging for sympathy if you are like this. Let me remind you, China will not be good to us. They will flood us with their people, change our culture and not see us as equal. India is much better.

If you live in India(which 99.9% of us do) you have to love and respect the land and people. Stop this disgusting behaviour.

It's just calling for worse counter-reactions and making it more dangerous for our people in the mainland.

You already have missionaries who changed the whole cultural design of the region. And trends from all over the world get in here.

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However, people act as if some amount of Indo-Aryan or Hindu cultural assimilation will be the end of all things. Right now, we are trying to integrate the nation and the Northeast is a part of it. How long can it remain de-industrialized and isolated?

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Don't we need to get along?

We are all in India right now. It's inevitable there will be some mixing, be it of culture or people. We can't resist forever.

All the insurgent outfits are dying out. Insurgency as a whole is losing support. The Centre has already vowed to wipe out militancy by 2029, starting with Manipur.

Despite the reduction in violence, the strong ethnic chauvinist sentiment has not gone. Even relatively pro-India states like Arunachal Pradesh fight over ST status, APST designation and ILP. Hell, one of the main demands of the Meitei community is to gain the ST status.

History has seen violence against outsiders- Bengalis, Biharis, Marwaris, UPians, Nepalis etc. have all gotten the short end of the stick. There were large scale pogroms against Bengalis in 1980s Assam. Manipur had "Mayang Hallo" and Meghalaya had "Beh Dkhar".

The face of NE ethnic hatred can get very ugly as we can see against Manipur. Even insiders haven't been spared. Nagas vs Kukis. Internal beefing between communities in Assam. The peaceful and well-behaved state of Mizoram has mostly achieved its stability due to its homogenity, as we can see; it literally oversaw the large-scale displacement and attacks on the Bru Reang minority in 1997, whose memory is still lingering.

How long can this keep on? What will the mainlanders do when they realize how tribalistic and favouritistic Northeasterners are? What if they start demanding that we pay special tax or use extra documents to enter their lands like they have to here?

And what if they learn about the scores of massacres done against the outsiders in here by either the public or militants? Do you not think they will be angry?

We cry a lot about racism, but politically, we are more blatantly racist than them. Even now, outsiders have been extorted, attacked, kidnapped or outright killed. Tell me please. What will the future be?

Should we just start to be truly loyal citizens and dial down the ethnic chauvinism?

Can it be that even if 500 or a 1000 years pass, 2025 or 2010 will be analyzed and seen very accurately as compared to how we know 1960 or 254 A.D

Especially since we have video, audio and notes that the past didn't have?