caroline recalls and virtually every northeasterner at the agitation had a story to illustrate how racial discrimination had become a daily thing in their lives here her classmate ampee tasung says that the jibes and barbs are invariably about the way northeast people look and the way they dress we belong to the same country how do we fight our own like this she asks having said that we realize its so pointless and petty after college i once went out to lajpat nagar market with friends the only consolation is that all the northeastern states are one in this protest dinesh a dayal singh college teacher was among the few mainland faces at the protest on saturday as hundreds of boys and girls from the eight northeastern states marched down the lanes where nido had gone looking for his friends home on wednesday locals peered out of their windows or lounged around on their balconies gazing at the protesters go by i managed to flee i wonder why they dont make fun of bollywood stars who wear western clothes