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Racist hate after Meghalaya honeymoon murder: Northeast people demand apology
India Today
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6/10/2025
When a man on his honeymoon was found murdered in Meghalaya, India’s racist instinct kicked in.
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When a man on his honeymoon was found murdered in Meghalaya,
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India's racist instinct kicked in.
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Without evidence, many blame the people of the Northeast,
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calling them savages and killers.
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But as the truth comes out, it's time they ask,
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why is racism against Northeastern Indians still so normalized?
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Going to the extent of inciting people
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to actually take revenge
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against the residents of the people of Meghalaya.
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While the police in Meghalaya were still investigating,
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many on social media blamed the entire Northeast.
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Not the wife, not the unknown culprits,
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but the tribal communities of Meghalaya.
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These weren't just a few trolls.
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It was a wave of dehumanizing, castist and racist rhetoric,
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reducing an entire region to violent stereotypes,
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calling them cannibals, human traffickers, criminals,
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and all without a single piece of evidence.
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As it turns out, the real story was very different.
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The wife, Sonam Raghuwan, she was arrested,
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not in Meghalaya, but all the way in Uttar Pradesh.
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Police say she hired hit men to kill her husband.
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She was allegedly having an affair.
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No one from Northeast was involved.
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Even Shumdarang called out the knee-jerk reactions
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and prejudices faced by people from the Northeast.
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But by then, the damage was done.
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Meghalaya's name had been dragged through the mud
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and the people of the Northeast were once again reminded
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that to many mainland Indians, they're still outsiders.
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Some taxi drivers claimed that they even saw a decline in tourism.
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We're taxi drivers, we're getting a little hurt.
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This isn't new.
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From Delhi to Bangalore to Mumbai,
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students and professionals from the Northeast
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regularly faced discrimination.
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Called chinky, told to go back, denied homes, jobs, respect.
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When young men and women, boys and girls come from the Northeast
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to different parts of India, they're often teased
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for that very same physical features.
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And when something like this happens,
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it doesn't take long for racism to bubble up again.
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Meghalaya's Chief Minister Konrad Sangma said it clearly.
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Our government and the state have been defamed,
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and none of the accused are even from Meghalaya.
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Civil society groups have demanded an apology,
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not just for the wrongful blame,
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but for dangerous, unchecked racism.
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India can't keep saying unity and diversity
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while treating Northeasterners like second-class citizens.
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Racism in India doesn't always come in the form of slurs.
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Sometimes it comes in silence.
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In blame, in who we think looks like a criminal.
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Maybe it's time we look in the mirror
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and add Northeast history and culture to our textbooks,
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not just our travel plans.
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