Let's stop pretending there's no racism in India

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An Article published in THE HINDU written by 
Yengkhom Jilangamba  
who  is a Visiting Associate Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi. 

Click the link below to read the article


INSENSITIVE MAINLAND: Students from the north-east protesting instances of discrimination. Photo: V.V. Krishnan

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