A tha dawn khawp mai…
Source: India Today
The next time you decide to call a person from the North-East a ‘Chinki’, you could end up cooling your heels behind bars for the next five years.
Growing incidents of racial discrimination and verbal abuse against citizens from the North-East have forced the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to send a letter to all the states and Union Territories, asking them to book offenders guilty of atrocity against people from the region under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act since a significant number of persons from the North-East belong to the Scheduled Tribes.
Under the law, an offender can end up spending five years in jail and the accused could be denied anticipatory bail as well. And in case the police fail to act on a complaint, he/ she could be imprisoned for a term which should not be less than six months and may be extended to a year.
The Act, considered draconian by many because of its harsh provisions, was put to use vigorously in Uttar Pradesh during Mayawati’s rule to check atrocities against people from the lower castes. According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), 6,272 persons were booked under the Act in Uttar Pradesh in 2010. But the implementation of the Act has been rare when it comes to major cities. Just 16 persons were booked under the Act in Delhi in 2010.
In the letter, MHA joint secretary (centre-state) S. Suresh Kumar has admitted that people from the North-East do face abuse in major cities and feel insecure.
“A sizeable number of persons belonging to the North-Eastern states are residing in metropolitan cities and in major urban areas of the country for education and employment. It is reported that people originating from these North-Eastern states are facing discrimination as they are addressed with derogatory adjectives or face discrimination in the form of targeted attacks, assault, molestation and other atrocities,” the letter, a copy of which is in possession of Mail Today, states.
“This has caused considerable anguish and distress in the minds of people from the North-East. Hence, it is of utmost importance that this feeling of insecurity and negativity in the minds of the people should be assuaged by an adequate and pro-active response that would not only reassure them but also prove that the government would not tolerate discrimination in any form,” it adds.
The MHA estimates that most North-East persons in major cities belong to the ST category. According to a provision under Section 3 of the SC/ ST Act , an offence will be committed if any member of the SC/ ST category is “deliberately insulted and humiliated in public view.”
Not just the victim, but anyone who knows that an offence has been committed under the Act can lodge a complaint. The police are empowered under the Act to arrest the offender without any warrant and launch an investigation.
The MHA letter says that if a complaint is received from any citizen hailing from the North-East but no follow-up action is taken, then a “serious view” should be taken against the police officer concerned and also the officer incharge of the police station.
“If the complainant from the North-East is a member of the Scheduled Tribes, then the provision of Section 4 of the SC/ ST Act should be invoked,” the letter states.
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Ka fon hi chu charge lai tih...
June 4th, 2012 at 12:01 pm
A tawp phah a ngem? Hemi news a rawn chhuak chiah chu India rama twitter a milar angreng ve deuh @gkhamba chuan hei hi a rawn tweet nghal a…
You can now go to jail for calling someone from the North East chinki. Personally, I prefer “waiter”.
:-/
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June 4th, 2012 at 12:15 pm
Pakhat han tang chhin phawt se
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June 4th, 2012 at 12:15 pm
chini chini bhai bhai
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June 4th, 2012 at 12:22 pm
Karkhat ah pakhat tang seh an sim deuh mahna
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June 4th, 2012 at 12:29 pm
bahadur
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June 4th, 2012 at 12:33 pm
Ka ngaihsan hlawm bik loh tehreng nen a leh, intentawnna.
tren tren
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June 4th, 2012 at 12:35 pm
lol…an tih loh phah chu ka ring chuang lawww..
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June 4th, 2012 at 1:13 pm
India leh Mizoramah hian dan chu a tam khawp mai a, kenkawh leh zawm an ni lutuk lem lo a nih hi maw..
An duh leh Chinky, Pinky, Nepali, Chinese,.. pawh min ti se, eng atan mah hian ka ngai lem lo…
Ngaihsak miah lo hian awm tawp ila a tawk chiah… 
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June 4th, 2012 at 1:23 pm
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June 4th, 2012 at 1:46 pm
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June 4th, 2012 at 1:47 pm
Kan thawhpui vai nu hian vai/vai ho ti a ka sawi ri hi a lo hre ngun deuh emawni nikhat chu “enge vai” tiin min zawt a, ka thiam ang ang in ka hrilhfiah a (Bihari, Bengali,S.Indian etc etc Indian hmelpu ho hi mizo tawng chuan vai an nia ka ti a…) a hnu a vai tih hming ka lam rik hlek chuan min en hra tawh zel…lol…min discriminate a ti ve tlat…haha!!chinki/chinese tih te chu eng ah mah ka ngai bik lo…mahse rape/molest/attack etc kan tawk thin hi chu a thinrim thlak ve thawt a ni…discriminate ka face hmasak ber ah ka complaint dawn tren tren…vai pa pakhat tal jail ah khung teh ang…lolz…
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June 4th, 2012 at 2:08 pm
Hma kan sawn hret hret zel e. Indian kan nih kan accept an duh chuan, India mi dik tak kan nih min accept hmasa rawh se.
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June 4th, 2012 at 2:13 pm
Hmel chinki deuh deuh, entirnan post tupa te ang tan hi chuan a huathlala awm ve thin bawk em alawm le.
Keini hmel hi chu sap deuh zaih aniang vawikhat mah ka la tawng ve lo hlauh 
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June 4th, 2012 at 2:42 pm
“chinkis”min ti tu apiang jail ah kan thawn te chuan sawrkar in jail asak belh angai ang
Kei chu Tihar jail ah ngat ka khung ang.
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June 4th, 2012 at 2:49 pm
hetiang anga min kotu tam zawk hi chu lehkhathiamlo an ni sia…hetiang dan a chhuak tihpawh hi an hriat ka ring ngut loe a….
Min han ko leh liam2 phot mai teh se, vai / vaichhia kan ti ve thin tho…:)
‘zawnga’ tih te pawh ‘i hmeltha’ tihna emaw an tia, an khi ve vur2 tho…
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June 4th, 2012 at 2:53 pm
hahaha
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June 4th, 2012 at 3:01 pm
Haha @Aste 13, tumaw hmel chinki
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June 4th, 2012 at 3:13 pm
#15…
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June 4th, 2012 at 3:37 pm
#17 sheldy…misual ah hian Bolo te, Sammo Hung te, Bruce lee te kan nei vek alawm, Manny Pacquiao te pawh
Hmanah kan vai thianpa pakhat pawh Funlian tih hlirin kan ko a, a lawm ve thei lutuk
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June 4th, 2012 at 3:59 pm
@8 sawi ang deuh khian, kei pawn pawi ka ti lem lo khawp mai,
mi kan koh nawmnah a min koh nawmnah na huat leh daih si ang te, fiamthu lamah pawh hian fiam let kan dawl leh dawn loh chuan mi fiam vak loh mai tur, te ka tia 
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June 4th, 2012 at 4:10 pm
Ka sawi thin, ka sawi leh thin ang…
(A dik vek kher lo mai thei bawk a)
Khawi hmunah hian misual leh kawhmawhbawl pawl hi an awm teh meuh mai. Mahse, vai (eng hnam pawh) hua leh an sualzia hmu thei deuh hi, hnamdang chungah an rilru put dan a ngil vakin ka hre lo…
Vairam ka zin ve hmaa train-a vai an sualzia an sawi chamchi a. Ka vawikhat zinnaah kimki dekin ka awm a. Pathian zarah (ka vannei a ni mahna), chuanpui hrehawm tak ka tawn awm ka hre lova; hmelhriat chawp, nel taka ka biak theih leh thian hiala ka neih ka tawng nual thung…
Chuvangin, kan sawisel leh kan digest theih loh tam zawk hi chu, kan chapo er awr vang hi a ni chawk…
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June 4th, 2012 at 4:38 pm
North Korean, Somalian, Pakistani pawh min ti se ka brandy ni a tui loh phah lovang.
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June 4th, 2012 at 4:42 pm
Vai polite deuh ka tawng zeuh2… Vai lungmawl nitin deuh thaw ka tawng.
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June 4th, 2012 at 5:12 pm
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June 4th, 2012 at 5:26 pm
vai chhia kan tih ve ngawt pawh hi sim ve ila..hehe
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June 4th, 2012 at 5:38 pm
Vai leh a hmite hi ka kawmngeih vak lem lo.
tren tren
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June 4th, 2012 at 5:53 pm
vai tih hrim hrim hi chu ‘chhia’ a tel loh chuan hman hreh hauh loh tur. Bhai tih atanga lo kal a nia.. Mawi deuh a sin.. Mizo in hnam dang kan sawina tawngkam mai a ni.
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June 4th, 2012 at 5:54 pm
Ka la duh tawk lo.., kan inpuang pah te’ng..
Kar hmasa khan clinic-ah north indian tleirawlte-in a uite chungchangah dilchhut taka zawhna min zawh avangin, kanadiga tlangval pakhat, a ui entir turin kan ck emaw a ti a, a haw tau daih
Ka ngaihtuah mai mai a, Mizoramah khian vai Doctor tlangval, pa lian vak lo lenghalin clinic-a nula rei deuh biain, Mizo tlangval inentir turin hmanhmawh rilru deuhin nghak ta se. Vai Doctor kha a hau hrepin a khawih duh hial ang em le? Tlangval bansek leh lian tha deuh khan, min zilh hrep dawn emaw ka tia, ngawi rengin a titau a, a haw daih..
Mizo kan sual, kan thin a ram ka tihna ni lovin, pate hian ka rilru ka’n tilian/zau lui hram hram a ni e…
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June 4th, 2012 at 6:06 pm
Ekhai, manipuri meitei ho chu a huam ve lo a ni maw..
Chinki intih te chu a na lo teih teih e, vai satliah leh kawtthlera vak rawlai mai maite chuan min lo chhaih mahse ka tawte pawh a sai love. Engemaw lai deuh khan N.E hmeichhe ho sawi (refer) nan a remchang ema ‘keini chinki girls ho hi’ ka inti ve thlazen peka, ka thiannu Punjabi pakhatin, “Engatinge Chinki i intih ve ziaha, kei chuan ka ti ve ngailo asin” alo ti zeka, ka inngaihtuah ve rauh rauh tawh.
Ka thiannu pakhat Punjabi tho hian N.E ho chu kan hrehrang lo che u, kan angkhat en vek che u a ti vel zuah zuaha, keini pawhin vai kan ti vek che u, kan hrehrang reng reng lo che u ka’n ti ve salha, “Vai chu enge a awmzia, inhmuhsitna tawngkam anih loh hram ka beisei” a ti chung mai mawle.
N.E mite hi kan hmel leh incheina avangin min thliar hrang tehmeuh mai, mahse kan diklohna pawh tam tak a awm ve. A engamah hmaa ‘victimised’ rilru kan pu hma lutuk hi chu a tha ber lo, a chhan chu he ‘stigma’ hi chuti maiin a reh dawn lo, dan kenkawh avangin a bo ringawt lovang, thil tam takah kan insiamthat ve a ngai zawk a ni. kan thlen chin apiangah hian vai ho ngaihsan loh theihloha awm hi tum zawk teh ang u, mizote tal hi chuan. An sual vek biklo, mihring ve tho an ni. N.E mi min hmusit vek bawk heklo, case tam takah hi chuan kan minority status avangin ‘hmuhsit’ leh ‘endawng’ niin kan inhre hma lutuk ve bawk a ni.
PS: N.E tribal te ai chuan central tribal ten a nawlpui ang chuan hmuhsit leh thlauhthlak an hlawh/tuar nasa zawk
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June 4th, 2012 at 6:11 pm
Bazara vai nula (vai tha chi ti mai ang) ka chhuahpui laia ‘nepali’ min lo tih trum baka huat kha ka la nei awm lo e. Saala
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June 4th, 2012 at 8:07 pm
Chingky Eye tih man tir ai chuan Rape ching ho leh phakar deuh deuh ho hi man na dan siam zawk se ka ti zawk. Chinky Eye leh Eye neih lo ah chuan han buaina em em tur pawh chu ka hre hlei lo va!!!
Kan chinky eye neih vang a min admire tu te pawh an awm tho a lom!
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June 4th, 2012 at 8:15 pm
Hmanah chuan ka haw ve thin, tunah chuan engahmah ka ngai tawh lo. Ka kalpel vel mai mai, an sim dawn chuang lo.
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June 4th, 2012 at 9:54 pm
# 27, vai tih hi bhai tih atanga lo chhuak a nih ka va ring lo chiang tak em!
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June 4th, 2012 at 10:23 pm
chinki min tih leh vaichhia ka ti ve a. Kan inrul. Ka haw hran lo.
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June 5th, 2012 at 1:17 am
‘Chinki’ min tih chang a tam a , mahse a tone a zirin ka hua in ka haw lo a . Stereotyping leh derogatory deuha hman anih chuan ‘god’ pawh min ti se, ka haw tho ang. A word ngau ngau “Chinki” tih ai mah chuan a ken tel fo, Racial profiling leh discrimination kha a huat thla la zawk te ka tia
oh btw, ‘Vai’ chu hmanlai Sap hunlai a Vai Coolie ho ‘Bhai’ tia in ko thin, kan Mizo Pi leh Pu ten ‘Vai’ tih a an lo lam tak ani an tih thin tak kha
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June 5th, 2012 at 1:59 am
Vaingalsin/vai-chhia chu kanla ti thiang ani maw hairehai
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June 5th, 2012 at 3:07 am
Thlanrawkpa khuangchawi thawnthu ah Vai tih hi a lang daih tawh. Bhai tih kan hriat hma, British ho pawh kan hriat hma khan. (Sawi ve mai mai)
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June 5th, 2012 at 8:37 am
Rooney Opa # 37 tupa vai mawngkhak pirin nge maw ‘bhai’ atanga lak tifo mai hi le? Vai tih te chu hmanlai atanga thil te (small) emaw, engvak nilo sawi nan emaw lampang hman, tawngkam kan neih daih tawh anih hmel ie:Vaihmarcha = hmarcha techi, vaihmite = tho te chi adt. vaingalsin/thlangkawrvai/vaichhia = typical/mainland Indian sawina…(India atanga Arab ram thleng hi vai ka ti vek). Burmese ho pawh Kawl-vai tiin Mizo ten kan ko
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June 5th, 2012 at 8:44 am
“Chinki” an tih che u leh “E.T.” ti ve ula ani mai alawm…an mitmu len len nen
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June 5th, 2012 at 11:50 am
Dan chu an han siam ta a mahse a kenkawh lam pang hi chu hau tak thin a. I lo thlir phawt mai teh ang u……
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June 5th, 2012 at 4:22 pm
Hrehom ka tih ber chu Metro ah Female-dhaba ah kan han chuang a, kan NE mi hmeichhia, sexy tok in, bedroom/disco a intih sexy na niom tak tak a inchei a an ron chuan ve hian, ka zak thin.
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June 5th, 2012 at 4:29 pm
Indian han intih pawh hi a hrehawm chang a awm ve zeuh tho mai a
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June 5th, 2012 at 4:53 pm
#41 hairehai bathrobe ha ka hmu tawh Delhi lamah. A facebook-ah pawh a tarlang vah
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June 5th, 2012 at 4:55 pm
lrp #42 I’m a Mizo, born and raised in India…don’t get me wrong, i’m not a typical Indian.
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June 5th, 2012 at 5:07 pm
@44..Pu HV..indian tih chuan..luck a har tlat!! sawi ngai ve ziah a
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June 5th, 2012 at 5:36 pm
lrp #45 tun hma, penpal uarlai te, yahoo sg uar tan laite khan ‘From India” tih chuan min add ṭha duh ngai vaklo hairehai
Chuvangin, a citizen angin sawi a fuh, not as nationality. Mizo tih hi kan nationality a sual der bawk si lova!
Nationality: Nationality is membership of a nation or sovereign state, usually determined by their citizenship, but sometimes by ethnicity or place of residence, or based on their sense of national identity
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June 5th, 2012 at 5:59 pm
1990′s chho vel ( rei ve leh ta hle mai) ah Hyde/bad kawtthler ah thawmhnaw neih nalh ber nen in chei ve tat a, ‘Nepali kawr lum zuar’ ti a min lo deuh sawh kha chuan lung a awi lo ve thei khawp mai………Kan thianpa’n vawi khat chu ‘NPLi ho chu kan Bawngpu te an nia’ tih pah a a tin deuh uaih min ti hre chhuak. Mahse Korean a tang mi in lo kal an tih chuan Nui khi leh sung……Ni em…Pi Aduh??
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June 5th, 2012 at 10:20 pm
Racial lampang hi sawi a tam ang hu hian ka la tawng ve der lo thung rel chhung ah pawh nise………a sual deuh emaw leh inti engemaw ve deuh chi ho an nih mai kan ring deuh ringot ah hetiang ang ho hi chu…..
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June 5th, 2012 at 10:42 pm
#47 haha Nepali chu an hmeltha asin, Mizoram ami bawngpu kan hmuh ang ho nilo hi changkang tak tak Nepal ram mi ngei pawh an tam ve mai.
#48 malsta keipawh racism vang hian ka la buai em em hranlo, mahse Mizo thenkhatin vai ang min ti tehfo leh vai hoin mizo i ang min ti lawi si hi chu hriatthiam a har ka ti
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