V K Shashikumar publishes an email from Nenem Misao in response to an article titled “Drug Peddling by Northeast Girls” published in a tabloid, Mail Today.
Linked by Jo. Join Blogbharti facebook group.Every community has its population of drug peddlers and prostitutes or are you saying there are no drug peddlers and prostitutes in the rest of the indian population? this is the classic indian sexual hypocrisy rearing its head again. stereotyping its women as sati savitris and women from other communities as “loose and immoral”. the customers for this market are all the delhi north indian population if u want to get down to stereotyping. but that is not hte point.
I can bear such prejudices and tactless comment by some tom, dick or harry. But by a member of the fourth estate? That really freaking hurts. Made be pour out my heart at this whole issue too. I don’t know how long people are going to stereotype us with the first image that comes to their mind.
Why North East Girls alone? As if mainland Indian ladies are very good natured. I think this prejudice, even from the fourth estate, should be taken seriously and the so called leaders should take up this issue. They talk about our way of dressing as vulgar, revealing when they themselves dress like that (mini skirt, tight jeans, revealing shirts and the list goes on). Is there no prostitutes among the mainland indians?