North East Support Centre and Helpline were initiated at a meeting at the New Delhi YMCA on September 5, 2007. It will be launched at a larger meeting of major North East and Tribal groups, perhaps on September 22, 2007. The exact date and venue will be informed later.
The concept of the Centre took shape at encounters that Dr. John Dayal, Member of the National Integration Council, Government of India, National President of the All India Catholic Union [founded 1919] and Secretary General of the All India Christian Council, had with youth, specially young women from the North Eastern States, including Sikkim, in various Malls, Coffee shops and Restaurants and in the major universities and colleges in New Delhi and neighbouring cities. They had many problems, but a major issue was sexual harassment at the workplace and the street, a sense of loneliness and the apathy of the police and other authorities.
A deeper study has shown the vulnerability of a newer generation of youthful workers and students from the North East. The smaller number of youth who came in the Seventies to Nineties were of educated persons coming for Graduate and postgraduate studies and for jobs in senior positions. The new generation of young people includes many who are not even school graduates. They live as paying guests, in informal hostel situations and in far flung areas where they are lonely with no traditional support structure.
Looking at the recent incidents of attempt rape in auto rickshaws and taxis, sexual harassment in Gurgaon Mall and rape in 2005, a need of a support centre and helpline has felt among many of the north easterners.
With this concern, Dr. Dayal along with Mr. Sangtam - Former Congress MP from Nagaland and Rev. Madhu Chandra - Regional Secretary of All India Christian Council and National Secretary of All India Confederation of SC/ST Organizations --met Commissioner of the Delhi Police, Mr. YS Dadwal, IPS and briefed him and his officers on the harassment meted out to the north east young men and women
The initial response to suggestions for a Support Centre has been very positive. SMS messages to Rev. Chandra show the range of support from officials, youngsters and students from north east India, studying and working in Delhi and NCR.
A Preliminary Meeting was called at YMCA Tourist Hostel, New Delhi on September 5, 2007 at 5:30 PM by Dr. John Dayal and Rev Chandra. Mr. Anil Chamadia - Dalit activist and Journalist, Rev. Letlal Haokip, Associate Pastor of Kuki Worship Service, Delhi; Mr. Ambika Hongsha, Secretary Paul Mission India, Ms. Lansinglu Rongmei, Supreme Court Lawyer and Legal Secretary of All India Christian Council, Dr. Achan Mungleng - Independent Researcher & Activist, Dr. Alana Golme participated.
An Ad hoc committee was setup with Ms. Lansinglu as President, Rev. Letlal as Secretary, Mr. Ambika Hongsha as Treasurer, Rev. Madhu Chandra & Anil Chamadia as Media Secretaries and Dr. John Dayal as a patron tougher with invitee patrons from among Members of Parliament and senior professionals from the North East. The present ad hoc committee with membership open for representation from all north eastern states will function as the core group. They have been authorised to get the North East Support Centre and Help Line registered with the government.
The Aims and objectives of North East Support Centre and Helplines include providing proactive assistance to the North East India communities studying, working and living in Delhi and NCR. It will, of course, also help anyone who seeks assistance, particularly young Tribal women from Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.
The new initiative was immediately extended full support by All India Catholic Union, United Christian Forum, All India Christian Council and All India Confederation of SC/ST Organizations.
To meet the immediate need at the time of crisis, new initiative will setup the helpline network in different zonal of Delhi and NCR.
North East Support Centre
New Delhi
Email: nesupportcentre@gmail.com
http://www.nesupportcentre.blogspot.com/
9868184939
The concept of the Centre took shape at encounters that Dr. John Dayal, Member of the National Integration Council, Government of India, National President of the All India Catholic Union [founded 1919] and Secretary General of the All India Christian Council, had with youth, specially young women from the North Eastern States, including Sikkim, in various Malls, Coffee shops and Restaurants and in the major universities and colleges in New Delhi and neighbouring cities. They had many problems, but a major issue was sexual harassment at the workplace and the street, a sense of loneliness and the apathy of the police and other authorities.
A deeper study has shown the vulnerability of a newer generation of youthful workers and students from the North East. The smaller number of youth who came in the Seventies to Nineties were of educated persons coming for Graduate and postgraduate studies and for jobs in senior positions. The new generation of young people includes many who are not even school graduates. They live as paying guests, in informal hostel situations and in far flung areas where they are lonely with no traditional support structure.
Looking at the recent incidents of attempt rape in auto rickshaws and taxis, sexual harassment in Gurgaon Mall and rape in 2005, a need of a support centre and helpline has felt among many of the north easterners.
With this concern, Dr. Dayal along with Mr. Sangtam - Former Congress MP from Nagaland and Rev. Madhu Chandra - Regional Secretary of All India Christian Council and National Secretary of All India Confederation of SC/ST Organizations --met Commissioner of the Delhi Police, Mr. YS Dadwal, IPS and briefed him and his officers on the harassment meted out to the north east young men and women
The initial response to suggestions for a Support Centre has been very positive. SMS messages to Rev. Chandra show the range of support from officials, youngsters and students from north east India, studying and working in Delhi and NCR.
A Preliminary Meeting was called at YMCA Tourist Hostel, New Delhi on September 5, 2007 at 5:30 PM by Dr. John Dayal and Rev Chandra. Mr. Anil Chamadia - Dalit activist and Journalist, Rev. Letlal Haokip, Associate Pastor of Kuki Worship Service, Delhi; Mr. Ambika Hongsha, Secretary Paul Mission India, Ms. Lansinglu Rongmei, Supreme Court Lawyer and Legal Secretary of All India Christian Council, Dr. Achan Mungleng - Independent Researcher & Activist, Dr. Alana Golme participated.
An Ad hoc committee was setup with Ms. Lansinglu as President, Rev. Letlal as Secretary, Mr. Ambika Hongsha as Treasurer, Rev. Madhu Chandra & Anil Chamadia as Media Secretaries and Dr. John Dayal as a patron tougher with invitee patrons from among Members of Parliament and senior professionals from the North East. The present ad hoc committee with membership open for representation from all north eastern states will function as the core group. They have been authorised to get the North East Support Centre and Help Line registered with the government.
The Aims and objectives of North East Support Centre and Helplines include providing proactive assistance to the North East India communities studying, working and living in Delhi and NCR. It will, of course, also help anyone who seeks assistance, particularly young Tribal women from Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.
The new initiative was immediately extended full support by All India Catholic Union, United Christian Forum, All India Christian Council and All India Confederation of SC/ST Organizations.
To meet the immediate need at the time of crisis, new initiative will setup the helpline network in different zonal of Delhi and NCR.
North East Support Centre
New Delhi
Email: nesupportcentre@gmail.com
http://www.nesupportcentre.blogspot.com/
9868184939
13 comments:
It's a very good initiative which every NE people not only students will benifit in all time to come.I really appreciate your venture.Good work done.Keep it up.
People should be aware of the fact that north easterns are not foreigners. They belong to this country and will always be a part of it. This initiative should be concidered by the people from other parts of the country too.
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Such supports are always very good. People of NE are not foreigners but do they realise when they are in NE?. I have always heard NE people (specially Nagas) saying they are not Indians. My request - let the inheritance come from within. First let us change our own mind set and call ourselves - INDIAN.
This is in response to the above comment by Anonymous where he/she mentions hearing NE people (specially Nagas) saying they are not Indians- First of all, we are not treated like Indians. I am from north east, however I am born in delhi...i still feel like i dont belong here. most of the people don't even know which states falls under north East. when I say I am from Arunachal, most people respond by saying,"Oh...Himachal???...I have been been through all kinds of racial crap like being called chinky, chinese, nepali, nepalan,loose character, gotten eve teased, been interogatted by Delhi Assoholic cops who think if a North East is out late at night, she's probably a prostitute..even friends and collegues have mentioned on various occassions in a typical delhi style, "yaar, pls don't mind, but shit happens because majority of NE girls are slutty..."so there.And please do watch LokSabha/Rajsabha in DD Metro if you ever get time. Whenever a politician from NE tries to say something, people start getting up from there and leaving, as if thinking,what the F*** this has to do with us, so lets get outta here.Also, the kind of mentality, behaviour which specially the North Indians portarit, we just fail to feel proud about it, so we don't really feel proud to be an Indian. And what is an Indian by the way, the whole concept of a country sucks...people have made this boundry by joining invisible dots on a piece of paper. People should be first human. And I do wish, so called "indians" would get their country's geography right. I also want to explain why people from NE hate the word "Chinky or Chink" . This word has a very wrong connotation or meaning attached to it.This word originated in Vietnam, where the US army would rape vietnamese women and their bastard children were called Chinks. Besides that, why should anyone call NE people chinks, do we call all north indians Bihari or Dhoti watever. Whoever thinks, NE girls are slutty, should look at the rest of the crowd. So many hardcore Delhi girls do the same stuff which young people do, like going out, partying, drinking, multiple BF"s so and so fourth. its just they do it "chupke chupke" , kahin mummy ko pata na lag jayeah.....lol....There's nothing slutty about it, people in general whether from NE or any part of the country or world like to have fun . However, here in India, in so called Delhi, NE girls are sidelned or where we come into focus/limelight becuase of our looks, our dressing sense, the food we eat , our taste in music.... Hey, we cant help it if we are drop dead georgeous right..ha ha ha.LOL. And trust me, Delhi guys are big time tharkis. They themselve make NE girls a figment of their pornographic fantasy and then they say, "slut hai saali"!!!! And Delhi girls, don't be jealous of our looks. Our genes are excellent so the nice hair and skin and obviously we love to dress up well, just like all the other girls in the World. And Uncle ji's and aunty ji's, you would be horrified, if you actually knew what your nice, decent kids are doing behind your backs. So stop pointing fingers at us. And don't taKe this personally,was just replying to your comment.Enjoy!!!!Life is too short!!!! Cheers...
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