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Directions (Q. 51-60):
Read the passagecarefully and answer the questions given belowit. Certain words/phrases are given in bold tohelp you locate them while answering some ofthe questions.
Every now and again we hear of a personfrom one or the other of the north-eastern Statesof India being harassed, sexually molested orbeaten up by irate landlords, mostly in Delhi. Ifwe go by statistics then it appears that peoplefrom Manipur are most discriminated against inDelhi. But it is also true that every second northeasternerin Delhi, working in malls and retailoutlets or the hospitality services, is fromManipur. The protracted militancy and completefailure of the Manipur government to createmeaningful employment for its youth havepushed them to desperate edge from where theonly escape route is a ticket to Delhi to findsome job - any job to keep body and soultogether.
The last horrific crime against a person ofnorth-eastern origin happened on January 29this year when Nido Tania, a 19-year-old studentfrom Arunachal Pradesh, was beaten black andblue because he protested against beingridiculed for his hairstyle. Nido succumbed tohis injur ies. Following this incident, abeleaguered UPA government set up acommittee to inquire into this incident andsuggest measures to prevent similar outrageousacts against people from the eight north-easternStates working and studying in Delhi. Funnily,the committee consists of retired bureaucrats, many of whom don’t have any inkling aboutwhat it is to be a women travelling through thedark lanes of Delhi’s non-Lutyens’ areas.
For the first time a television channel labelledthe Nido Tania episode a racial crime. After thatthe word “racism” gained currency in the media.And that is not far from the truth. The people ofthe northeast are racially different. They lookdifferent; they have different eating habits andcuisines that can be scrumptious for some andrepulsive to others. Their dances are myriad andtheir socialisation processes are different too.They choose their own life partners and dowryis unknown. Racially there are the Tibeto-Burman groups such as the Nagas, Mizos,Bodos, Garos, etc, and the Mon-Khmer group(Khasis and Jaintias). This is the reason whyIndia is called diverse country. But while it iseasy to use jargon like “celebrating diversity,”or to term northeast a “rainbow country” it ismuch more difficult to assimilate and appreciatethese diverse cultures and not to be disdainfulof the cultural mores of people from this region
But people of the eight north-eastern Statesare themselves ethnically divided. There aremajor tribes and minor tribes. The so-called majortribes such as the Nyishis of Arunachal Pradeshor the Ao and Angami tribes of Nagaland lord itover the smaller tribes who live on theperipheries of development because evendevelopment is skewed and happens alongthese ethno-centric fault-lines. It would beerroneous to assume that the people of the eightStates are socially homogenous and that theycoexist happily with each other. Within theStates there are ferments for greater autonomy.For instance, Meghalaya has three major tribes– the Khasi, Jaintia and Garo. The first two areof Mon-Khmer origin and the last a part of theTibeto-Burman race. The Garos have always feltneglected and have now demanded a separateState. These demands for greater autonomy arenot always peaceful. In fact, the idiom ofengagement with the state has always beenviolent and insur rectionary because theinsurgents claim that the state does notunderstand the language and metaphor of nonviolentassertions.
Test II
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Directions (Q. 51-60):
Read the passagecarefully and answer the questions given belowit. Certain words/phrases are given in bold tohelp you locate them while answering some ofthe questions.
Every now and again we hear of a personfrom one or the other of the north-eastern Statesof India being harassed, sexually molested orbeaten up by irate landlords, mostly in Delhi. Ifwe go by statistics then it appears that peoplefrom Manipur are most discriminated against inDelhi. But it is also true that every second northeasternerin Delhi, working in malls and retailoutlets or the hospitality services, is fromManipur. The protracted militancy and completefailure of the Manipur government to createmeaningful employment for its youth havepushed them to desperate edge from where theonly escape route is a ticket to Delhi to findsome job - any job to keep body and soultogether.
The last horrific crime against a person ofnorth-eastern origin happened on January 29this year when Nido Tania, a 19-year-old studentfrom Arunachal Pradesh, was beaten black andblue because he protested against beingridiculed for his hairstyle. Nido succumbed tohis injur ies. Following this incident, abeleaguered UPA government set up acommittee to inquire into this incident andsuggest measures to prevent similar outrageousacts against people from the eight north-easternStates working and studying in Delhi. Funnily,the committee consists of retired bureaucrats, many of whom don’t have any inkling aboutwhat it is to be a women travelling through thedark lanes of Delhi’s non-Lutyens’ areas.
For the first time a television channel labelledthe Nido Tania episode a racial crime. After thatthe word “racism” gained currency in the media.And that is not far from the truth. The people ofthe northeast are racially different. They lookdifferent; they have different eating habits andcuisines that can be scrumptious for some andrepulsive to others. Their dances are myriad andtheir socialisation processes are different too.They choose their own life partners and dowryis unknown. Racially there are the Tibeto-Burman groups such as the Nagas, Mizos,Bodos, Garos, etc, and the Mon-Khmer group(Khasis and Jaintias). This is the reason whyIndia is called diverse country. But while it iseasy to use jargon like “celebrating diversity,”or to term northeast a “rainbow country” it ismuch more difficult to assimilate and appreciatethese diverse cultures and not to be disdainfulof the cultural mores of people from this region
But people of the eight north-eastern Statesare themselves ethnically divided. There aremajor tribes and minor tribes. The so-called majortribes such as the Nyishis of Arunachal Pradeshor the Ao and Angami tribes of Nagaland lord itover the smaller tribes who live on theperipheries of development because evendevelopment is skewed and happens alongthese ethno-centric fault-lines. It would beerroneous to assume that the people of the eightStates are socially homogenous and that theycoexist happily with each other. Within theStates there are ferments for greater autonomy.For instance, Meghalaya has three major tribes– the Khasi, Jaintia and Garo. The first two areof Mon-Khmer origin and the last a part of theTibeto-Burman race. The Garos have always feltneglected and have now demanded a separateState. These demands for greater autonomy arenot always peaceful. In fact, the idiom ofengagement with the state has always beenviolent and insur rectionary because theinsurgents claim that the state does notunderstand the language and metaphor of nonviolentassertions.
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