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  • North East Is It A Part Of India? Plight Of Students

    One would find scant coverage of news from the North east of India.

    Many are not even aware of the States in the North eastern Part of India,which in a paternalistic way called as the Seven Sisters of India.

    Indian media wakes up on the issues of the North east when there is an insurgency activity, election, Rape or a Corruption case erupts up.

    Many students from the North East study in Indian Universities, especially in the South, like the Manipal Group of Institutions in Karnataka ,Bangalore and Anna University in Tamil Nadu.

    The students do not get the same treatment as the other Students.

    In fact in some campuses thee are separate Mess facilities  for them.

    In Hostel room allocations, these students are grouped together.

    They do not get a chance to mingle with the other students,

    On their part the North Indian Students do not make an effort to mingle with the others.

    There is also a (mis) conception that they are untrustworthy.

    The students who  stay out side the Hostel do not even get accommodation easily.

    In the unfortunate case of a Girl from the North East getting molested, there seems to be no action unless the students resort to strike.

    Unless we assimilate them we can not complain that they are being mistreated by India,

    Time for us to ponder and mix with them freely without waiting for the Government to announce some useless paper schemes only to make money by politicians.

    Manipur Girl rape
    Girl from Manipur raped

    Story:

    I first discovered that ‘we’ were seen as ‘different’ when we moved to Chandigarh. I was 16, and rather surprised when we were visited at lunchtime by Mrs. Khunjoo , who lived in the next apartment. Surprised because we don’t generally expect visitors at lunchtime. Certainly not visitors who spring lithely over the balconies as Mrs Khunjoo did.

    “Will you have lunch” my mother , ever hospitable asked her, the first time she manifested.

    “No no sister,” she said. “i just want to see.”

    “What do you want to see?”,I asked.

    “No, please , just what you are eating ?”

    She advanced upon our table. My Mother uncovered our serving dishes. She stared at it like some mystery was to be uncovered.

    “Arre!” said Mrs Khujroo. “Rice? Dal?”

    We do these things. We eat rice and dal but Mrs Khujroo was hoping that she would see something exotic.

    “Do people from Nagaland really eat dogs?” asked my landlady when she first learnt that I was from the North East. She was offended when I walked out of the room. Mrs Vaidya (named changed to protect the innocent, namely me) failed to even realise that what she said could be offensive. Mrs Vaidya represents mainland India’s opinion about the seven states of North East India. But at least she has given me a place to stay. Many other North-Eastern students have been turned away because they don’t “look like us”. The other thing is institutional. Don’t believe it? Consider this.

    One of India’s proudest moments was at the opening ceremony of the XIX Commonwealth Games. It was one of those moments when one feels proud to be part of such a great Indian Union. The Indian contingent marched in led by Abhinav Bindra proudly carrying our Indian flag. Before him, the signboard holder was wearing the Mizo tradition Puanchei dress. Such a proud moment for the North East to be finally recognised at a event of this scale.

    The very next morning the Times of India front page had a photograph of the Indian contingent. “All the teams were led out by girls wearing saris in different styles, except for the Indian team, which was heralded by a girl in a Naga dress.” So much for a “knowledgeable” leading daily.

    No North Eastern student in a mainland metropolitan city would be surprised by this sheer ignorance. It has become a part of their lives and an accepted fact that they do not belong here. Nor has the mainland made them feel like they’re part of this country. Hundreds of students come every year from the North East to seek admission in Delhi University. The joy of seeking admission is often cut short by the difficulties faced in the capital. Racial discrimination, language barriers, sexual harassment and trouble finding accommodation are only some of the numerous problems.”

    ..”

    A Khap Panchayat called by Bhagwant Singh(President), Bhartu Rathi(Secretary), and Dhiraj Tokas (husband of Counsellor) from Munirka has ordered the landlords in Munirka area to evict all the tenants from North East within 3 months, as per tweets by Bina Nepram ( twitter ID @BinaNepram), noted activist from Manipur.

    Also, there is Facebook update status message by here , sent to us by Twitte handle @Jorebungley.

    This Facebook update reads,

    The matter was first reported last night by What’s Up Darj ? and was subsequently reported by TheDC [Details here: http://goo.gl/xni0Yn%5D.

    TheDC has also come to know that those who called for Khap Panchayat are relatives of Ashish Tokas alias Vicky who has been arrested on the charges of raping a 14 year old child from Manipuri. Following the threat, concerned people from North East are currently gathering at the Vashant Vihar Police Station.

    TheDC team and people of Darjeeling strongly condemn this RACIST act and request the Central and Delhi governments to take appropriate action against the perpetrators.

    After tragic killing of Nido Tania, supposedly in a racial attack on 29 Jan 2014, students and activists from North East India have been protesting against racial discrimination in Delhi.

    This incident has not been picked up by mainstream media yet.

    Source:

    http://www.northeastblog.in/north-east-india/does-the-north-east-belong-to-india/

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  • “Gang Rape Victim Jyoti Singh Pandey” Father Interview

    Various names have been given to the New Delhi Gang Rape victim,Nirbhaya, Damini, Amaanat, Braveheart all of them contextual.

    Now the victim’s Father has revealed her real name,Jyoti Singh Pandey.

    This requires a lot of inner strength from a bleeding heart.

    Delhi Gang Rape victim
    Jyoti Singh Pandey a.k.a.Nirbhaya Delhi Gang Rape victim

    The  Delhi Gang Rape Timeline.

    RAGE AND PROTESTS: HOW THE INDIA RAPE CASE HAS UNFOLDED

    • December 16 – The woman is gang-raped and attacked on a bus in Delhi
    • December 18 – Angry protestors begin to take to the streets to call for a government crackdown on rape. Protests last for days
    • December 19 – Three of the men accused of raping the young woman – Vinay Sharma, Pawan Gupta and Mukesh Singh – appear in court for the first time
    • December 22 – 72 people are hurt as protestors clash with police in Delhi
    • December 23 – Indian Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinate orders a review of rape laws
    • December 23 – Three of the accused appear at court with an angry mob calling for the death penalty outside
    • December 25 – A policeman allegedly trampled during anti-rape protests dies. Eight people are charged with his murder
    • December 27 – The injured student is flown to Singapore for treatment as her condition worsens
    • December 29 – She dies after suffering a heart attack and organ failure
    • January 4 – The attack’s other victim Awindra Pandey claims that police took two hours to take him and his companion to hospital following the attack
    • January 7 – 150 people attempt to cram into a courtroom as all five of the accused appear to face charges for the first time
    • January 8 – Guru Asaram Bapu sparks outrage by claiming that the victim was as much to blame as the attackers for not being more friendly to them

    Father Speaks:.

    Father of Delhi gang rape Victim.
    Heartbreak: Badri Singh, father of the woman who was gang-raped and murdered in India, has said that he had been hopeful that his daughter would make a full recovery from her horrific injuries

    ‘Speaking to ITV1’s Daybreak, Mr Singh said: ‘When we went to Singapore she was not conscious but she had tears in her eyes. Then I realised she was in a really bad state.

    ‘I couldn’t think what to do at that time, I was like a bird without wings, I was neither here nor there.

    ‘So when I thought she might get better, I used to get filled with some hope. When I was told that she might not get well and might have to have an operation I felt uncomfortable.

    ‘It was difficult for me, but when she was put on a ventilator it gave me some hope that she would get better. I thought she might get better and she would live.’

    Mr Singh said that his daughter’s death 13 days after the horrific attack has ‘brought an awakening’ to Indian society and called for his country to no longer turn a blind eye to attacks on women.

    He added that he would like to see a new law or a hospital named after his daughter.

    Describing his daughter, Mr Singh said: ‘When she was born my aunties and uncles always used to carry her around, those were really lovely days.

    ‘Right from the start her ambition was to be a doctor. Her main aim was that our family wouldn’t have to suffer any more, she wanted to put the difficult life behind us, wipe out our poverty.

    ‘She also wanted to make sure I didn’t have to keep working hard late in life.’

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    ………Mr Sharma said that he would contest Indian police‘s handling of evidence after prosecutors claimed to have forensic evidence which links the men to the attack.

    A 17-year-old who is also accused of the woman’s rape and murder will appear at a youth court separately.

    Meanwhile, the victim’s companion on the night of the attack, 28-year-old software engineer Awindra Pandey, has spoken out about the terrible ordeal and his friend’s horrific injuries.

    He told The Times that his efforts to flag down help from passing motorists after the pair had been dumped in the road were ignored for 20 minutes.

    Mr Pandey said that police were reluctant to help his friend despite her injuries.

    ‘She was asking for water and complaining of pain in her stomach,’ he said.

    ‘She was bleeding heavily. They (the police) asked me to put her in the van.’

    He said that the pair, who were not dating, had been to a cinema in the city to see Life of Pi but were unable to persuade a rickshaw driver to take them all the way back to the Dwarka suburb where the woman lived with her parents.

    They were dropped halfway home, when a phone call from her mother asking her to hurry home prompted them to board an illegal bus with blacked out windows.

    Mr Pandey confronted other passengers when they began insulting the pair but they soon produced iron rods, he said.

    He said that he was beaten and fell to the floor of the bus.

    First hand account of the incident.

  • ‘Gang Rape Victim,Delhi Dies’ Rape Pledge

    The girl who was brutally gang raped, died in Mount Elizabeth Hospital in the early hours of Saturday ,29/12/12.

    Delhi Gang Rape Victim
    Delhi Rape Victim in Hospital/

    At least now let’s introspect where we went/are wrong and try to ensure that women do not suffer this fate in future.

    Agitation sin Public,screaming ,damaging public property and the sensationalism by Television Channels with their eyes on TRP of the issue, will not solve the problem.

    The process of punishing the Rapists should be swift within a short time frame and there would be no Adjournments during the Trial.

    Let us remember we have our Mothers,Sisters, Wives and Daughters as well.

    Let us curb the instinct of trying to bed every woman in sight.

    Let us revert to our system of Family values, such as respecting elders,treating women with courtesy.

    Let us go to the rescue of the women in distress instead of being Voyeurs.

    When I say ‘We’ I Include Women.

    Resolve that we will not dress provocatively in the name of freedom of women.

    Freedom shout will not bring the dead girl alive.

    Shun the midnight outings ,pub culture.

    Accompany your women folk in the nights.-this includes your girl friend , if you are serious about the relationship.

    If you are in need of sex, visit places reserved for these activities.

    Imbibe the Western Culture for Discipline,Industry,eye for Detail and not for anything else.

    Remember, other wise the next victim could be your Mother,Sister, Wife or Daughter.

    ‘Story:

    “The patient had remained in an extremely critical condition since admission to Mount Elizabeth Hospital,” hospital chief executive Kelvin Loh said.

    “She had suffered from severe organ failure following serious injuries to her body and brain. She was courageous in fighting for her life for so long against the odds but the trauma to her body was too severe for her to overcome.

    “We are humbled by the privilege of being tasked to care for her in her final struggle,” Mr Loh said.

    A team of eight specialists had tried to keep the patient stable, but her condition continued to deteriorate over the two days she was at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, he added.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20860569

    According to the police, the victim is a medical student from Dehradoon, who is doing her internship in Delhi. Her friend an Engineer both boarded a private bus with tinted glass window from Munirka, south Delhi to Palam around 9.45 Pm. Her friend told police that the men on bus harassing her, which he confronted them. After that all incident happen, he was hit by the iron road several times on his head and the women dragged to driver’s cabin, where she was R*ped and later both victim threw out the bus. Police filed the case against the rapist and send both victim’s to AIIMS, from where main victim refer to Safdarjung Hospital due to her critical condition.

    http://www.hitlatest.com/delhi-gang-rape-case-in-detail-what-punishment-should-be-hang-to-till-death/

    Brutality.

    On Tuesday morning when the victim came to sense, after 36 hours did not able to speak. She write on a paper “Life my leg and clean my throat”. According to the doctors of SafdarjungHospital the condition of the victim is very critical; her pulse rate is 130 which are more than normal. Her plates and blood pressure are going up and down. Doctors say that they are watching this kind of brutally case first time in his career, only a psycho can do this kind of work.(hit latest)

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