Two apparently similar incidents took place in two corners of India in a span of two days. Just one made big news. A woman from a Northeast state was spat at by a man in Mumbai in what was apparently a racist act. He allegedly called her 바카라corona바카라 in reference to her Mongoloid features. It can be safely presumed that he read into her looks a connection to China, where the global pandemic currently ravaging the world originated. The incident was widely reported, Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray said such acts will not be tolerated, the police registered a case and the National Commission for Women began its own investigation.
Around the same time, three women from a neighbouring state working as nurses at a private hospital in Assam바카라s capital Guwahati, also faced allegedly racist taunts. A group of men called the women 바카라coronavirus바카라. The incident revealed what most people in the region refuse to acknowledge바카라racism in Northeast societies.
One of the women was clearly taken aback. 바카라In Delhi, they don바카라t understand that people from the Northeast and China are different, but in Guwahati, at least, they should understand,바카라 news portal Scroll.in quoted Kshetrimayum Bidyabati Devi as saying. 바카라We are feeling so bad,바카라 the native of Manipur said, adding that she faced racist slurs at least twice.
Neither the victims nor the hospital reported the matter, but the police suo motu filed a case and started an investigation. 바카라A group of men shouted 바카라coronavirus바카라 at three of our nurses two-three days ago. They have been subjected to physical abuse as well,바카라 the private hospital바카라s founding director Prakritish Bora told a news agency. When contacted, a senior police official said, 바카라We have recorded the statements of the nurses and hospital authorities. We are now tracing the culprits. Strict action will be taken against them.바카라
The Assam incident came amid a spate of racist attacks on people from the Northeast, all of them linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. A 25-year-old woman from Manipur was allegedly spat on in Delhi바카라s Mukherjee Nagar area recently. The accused was arrested after the woman alleged that he spat on her and yelled 바카라corona바카라.
Despite several measures by the central and state governments, people of the Northeast have been facing racism across India, mainly because of their looks and food habits, often considered 바카라uncivilised바카라 in many parts of the country. Racism has also led to incidents in which several people from the region have been killed in hate crimes.
