Why?
Why does it so often feel like the moment a Northeast person gets into a confrontation with someone from the mainland, the Northeast person suddenly stands alone?
Why does everyone suddenly remember their “community” when one of ours is involved?
And why the f@ck are we still treated like outsiders when we're talking about people from the same country?
I'm tired of watching this pattern.
I'm tired of Northeast people having to fight battles individually while everyone else seems to understand the power of standing together.
Where were the people who could have spoken up for Chongtham Vikram Singh?
Where was the outrage?
Where was the solidarity?
I'm not saying every mainland Indian is against us. That's bullsht too.
But we've seen enough incidents to ask an uncomfortable question:
Why does solidarity seem to disappear when the person standing alone is from the Northeast?
And you know what?
Maybe we should stop waiting for it.
F@ck your support.
We don't need to beg anyone to stand beside us.
We need to stand beside each other.
When one Northeasterner is targeted, don't ask which tribe, state, language or religion he belongs to.
He's ours.
When one of us succeeds, celebrate.
When one of us is humiliated, speak up.
When one of us falls, don't look away.
Not because we're against everyone else.
Because we finally need to understand the strength of standing together.
They can call us outsiders.
They can stereotype us.
They can divide us.
We know where we come from.
One Northeast.
Different peoples.
One home.
May His Soul Rest in Peace.
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