Jamia report says discrimination against N-E people rampant in metros
24 Jan 2014 12:17 AM GMT
The recent alleged racial discrimination at Khirki Extension highlights the plight of foreigners in the national capital, but are not the only ones facing such treatment. A large number of Indian people from North-East have similar experience of living in Delhi and other metro cities. If a recent report of Jamia Millia Islamia’s Centre for North East Studies is believed, discrimination against North-East people is rampant in metro cities, including Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Kolkata. ‘Women from North-East have faced various kinds of decimation and challenges; 32 per cent women faced discrimination in Delhi, 35 per cent in Mumbai, 22 per cent in Bengaluru and 11 per cent in Kolkata in their day life,’ says the report.
Anamika Deb Roy, coordinator of the report, released by Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research, while releasing the report said, ‘Of the 215 women, 32 per cent were interviewed in Delhi, followed by Mumbai 35 per cent, Bengluru 22 percent and Kolkata 11 percent. This difference was primarily because several women refused to participate in the study.’
According to the report, two-thirds of women had frequently suffered varying forms of discrimination in their everyday life in the workplace, while travelling, at college and university and in the neighborhood. The most common forms of discrimination are overcharging by taxi/auto rickshaw driver, passing lewd comments, eve teasing, molestation, mistaken as a foreigner and overcharging by shopkeepers and physical harassment by young men.
Anamika Deb Roy, coordinator of the report, released by Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research, while releasing the report said, ‘Of the 215 women, 32 per cent were interviewed in Delhi, followed by Mumbai 35 per cent, Bengluru 22 percent and Kolkata 11 percent. This difference was primarily because several women refused to participate in the study.’
According to the report, two-thirds of women had frequently suffered varying forms of discrimination in their everyday life in the workplace, while travelling, at college and university and in the neighborhood. The most common forms of discrimination are overcharging by taxi/auto rickshaw driver, passing lewd comments, eve teasing, molestation, mistaken as a foreigner and overcharging by shopkeepers and physical harassment by young men.
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