An Excerpt from the report of MEDHA SHRI Times News Network,Delhi Times-TOI(19/06/09)
Life in a metro…
Says Lamtinthang, “Our lifestyle is different from that of the Delhiities and if one of them was to come and stay in Manipur, they too would have to make adjustments. So, one should be willing to do so and also interact with not just people from their own state, but everybody else too.” He adds, “However, girls need to be extremely careful.”
What’s in a name?
Students from the Northeast are often referred to as Chinkys. “When we walk down the road, people in Delhi call us Chinky, Nepali, Bahadur, etc,” says Livingson, a student of Economics at Ramjas College. He adds, “I have a lot of friends from Bihar and Haryana, but we don’t mock at them by calling them Biharis or Jats. Also, I don’t have a problem in being called a Chinky, provided it is not done with the intention to put us down.” Chips in Kaipou, “Some people call us Chinkys to insult us, that’s when I get offended. We too have nicknames for each other, but we utter them with the right intention.”
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