lenmem dai of arunachal is in town to train at the indian agricultural research institute my family has lived in arunachal since 1940 once while returning alone from lajpat nagar market around 9pm someone grabbed me from behind the next day i was asked to vacate the house i am invariably asked to get my senior even though im an independent advocate she practices in delhi and claims she feels discriminated against even in the courts ive been in delhi for eight years and have faced racial slurs back home we are brought up in a liberal progressive atmosphere were holding hands free myself and fled i was at nehru boys hostel at dilshad garden in 1999 a friend tolkham maring a naga student from manipur was brutalized by locals as he protested against racial taunts i narrated my experience to my landlady and got to know the man was her nephew none bothered to join or express solidarity some bitter memories made him join the march after 15 years its the same apathy he said why didnt the cm join our protest he wondered i try to ignore it but its very obvious new delhi he was born and brought up in arunachal retaliation hardly helps manipurs caroline maninee and holong ngomamai from nagaland say while returning i was alone and it was about 9 pm when someone grabbed me from behind john tehi a law intern from arunachal was bitter because aap had given the protest a miss we are united nido tania died because of a racist attack protesters at lajpat nagar insisted on saturday when i came to delhi i too faced similar discrimination despite my north indian looks only the other day someone taunted my friend for her slit eyes calling her makkhi ki aankh flys eye here sexism and racism seem to dominate its evident they think a northeast woman cannot practice on her own among those marching was leyi a lawyer who is from arunachal pradesh they are taught that its fine to poke fun at us caroline and holong have on numerous occasions been called nepalese and asked where their home states are we reported the incident to police but nothing happened it professional mayuri saikia name changed doesnt believe in sloganeering anymore how can we even expect their parents to join the agitation as i tried to turn around he covered my mouth with one hand and said chinki whats your price not long back we saw cm arvind kejriwal hold a dharna at rail bhavan to save his minister somnath bharti from being punished for racial discrimination the homogeneity of the gathering bore out much of what they were claiming for hardly any local face showed up barring a few students union members schoolchildren call us names chinki chowmein what notsuch impressionable minds are taught to see us as different i studied at a south delhi college she hit back and called her tormentors bhains ki aankh buffalo eyes