| ID | 129401 |
| Title Proper | Let not racism spread |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Bezboruah, D. N |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | On January 29 this year, Nido Tania, a 19-year-old student from Arunachal Pradesh studying in Delhi was beaten up with iron rods by some traders of Lajpat Nagar after an altercation with a shopkeeper who had made fun of the young student's hairstyle. The post-mortem report shows that his death was caused by severe head and lung injuries. The police have arrested six people whose bail applications have been
turned down. Considering the crime rate in Delhi, this would probably have been written off as just one of those things. After all, India's capital city is witness to several murders, rapes and robberies every day. However, the brutal killing of Nido Tania cannot be dismissed as just one of those things simply because one cannot run away from the fact that he was killed because of the accident of his birth-because someone from Arunachal Pradesh did not look like someone of his age from mainland India. And yet there could be no question of denying his Indian nationality and citizenship. |
| `In' analytical Note | Dialogue Vol.15, No.3; January-March 2014: p.17-20 |
| Journal Source | Dialogue Vol.15, No.3; January-March 2014: p.17-20 |
| Key Words | Arunachal Pradesh ; Contemporary Issue ; Security ; Indian Nationality ; Indian Citizenship ; Social Crime ; Social Violence ; Northeastern Scan ; Nido Tania ; Delhi ; Ethnicity |