Question

article on stereotyping the north east face

Answer 1

They are all tribal people:

Well, there are currently eight states in India’s northeast, all of which consist of people from diverse cultures, communities and ethnicities. The names of the eight states are listed below for the sake of the forgetful public:

Assam

Manipur

Mizoram

Nagaland

Sikkim

Tripura

they are illiterate:

In 2013, Tripura held the highest literacy rate in the country, exceeding even Kerala’s literacy rate. Before making a judgement, one should also look at our infrastructure and quality of education.

They are Christians:

The northeastern states consist of people from diverse religions. A single religious identity should not be stamped just because most of us here have ‘uniform flocks

They can’t speak Hindi:

I agree that we are not perfect in everything. However, when it comes to speaking in Hindi, despite being a ‘northeastern’ myself, I invite anyone and everyone to have a conversation in Hindi with me.

They are all ‘cannibals’:

Again, stop abusing your fertile imaginations. Rarely is such a massive, wholesale cultural misrepresentation visible.