Stuge Posted June 3, 2012 Posted June 3, 2012 The next time you decide to call a person from North-East a ähinki? you could end up cooling your heels behind bars for the next five years. Growing incidents of racial discrimination and verbal abuse against citizens from the North-East have forced the Ministry of Home affairs (MHA) to send a letter to all the states and Union Territories, asking them to book offenders guilty of atrocity against people from the region under the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act since a significant number of persons from the North-East belong to the ST. Under the law, an offender can end up spending 5 years in jail and the accused could be imprisoned for a term which should not be less than six months and may be extended to a year. The Act, considered draconian be many because of its harsh provisions, was put to use vigorously in Uttar Pradesh during MayawatiÃÔ rule to check atrocities against people from the lower castes. According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), 6,272 persons were booked under the Act in Uttar Pradesh in 2010. But the implementation of the Act has been rare when it comes to major cities. Just 16 persons were booked under the Act in Delhi in 2010. In the letter, MHA joint Secretary (center-state) S.Suresh Kumar has admited that people from the North-East do face abuse in major cities and feel insecure. Å¢ sizeable number of person belonging to the North-Eastern states are residing in metropolitan cities and in major urban areas of the country for education and employment. It is reported that people originating from these North-Eastern states are facing discrimination as they are addressed with derogatory adjectives or face discrimination in the form of targeted attacks, assault, molestation and other atrocities, the letter, a copy of which is in possession of mail today, states. ŵhis has caused considerable anguish and distress in the mind of people from the North-East. Hence, it is of utmost importance that this feeling of insecurity and negativity in the minds of the people should be assuaged by an adequate and pro-active response that would not only reassure them but also prove that the government would not tolerate discrimination in any form, it adds. The MHA estimates that most North-East persons in major cities belong to the ST category. According to a provision under Sec 3 pf the SC/ST Act, am offence will be committed if any member of SC/ST category is Ã…Ã…eliberately insulted and humiliated in public view. Not just the victim, but anyone who knows that an offence has been committed under the Act can lodge a complaint. The police are empowered under the Act to arrest the offender without any warrant and launch an investigation. The MHA letter says that if a complaint is received from any citizen hailing from the North-East but no follow-up action is taken, then a ÅÔerious view should be taken against the police officer concerned and also the officer in-charge of the police station. Ūf the complainant from the North-East is a member of the ST, then the provision of Sec 4 of the SC/ST should be invoked, the letter states. http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/north-east-racial-slur-home-ministry-sc--st-act-jail-term/1/198828.html
Lurker Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 When did this word - Chinki - made it to Indian mainstream vocabulary anyway? I spent 4 years of my Engineering with about 100 or so, if not more, folks from NE states and can never remember this word being uttered. Or back my hometown which sees a lot of Budhist tourists. Or in Bombay where I worked. Honestly this word was introduced to me, and most folks like me, when we travelled abroad and were introduced to whole Asian Chinki thingy. I agree it is disrespectful but since when did it became a mainstream word in the first place??
rkt.india Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 what is chinky? yah ato log nick name rakhte hain apne baccho ka ye
GautiMaan Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 Chinki is used to compare them with the Chinese people right?I've heard girls from N.E being called thus
Needforspeed Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 I have heard people being said to have 'Chinki' looks. Never heard it as an insult.
Stuge Posted June 4, 2012 Author Posted June 4, 2012 When did this word - Chinki - made it to Indian mainstream vocabulary anyway? I spent 4 years of my Engineering with about 100 or so, if not more, folks from NE states and can never remember this word being uttered. Or back my hometown which sees a lot of Budhist tourists. Or in Bombay where I worked. Honestly this word was introduced to me, and most folks like me, when we travelled abroad and were introduced to whole Asian Chinki thingy. I agree it is disrespectful but since when did it became a mainstream word in the first place?? I have heard a lot of people calling them chinki or chinks in Delhi while I was in college . Pretty disgusting if you ask me .Its like they are from another planet .Now a days its getting more common with call people from North Eastern states that way .
nikred Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 When did this word - Chinki - made it to Indian mainstream vocabulary anyway? I spent 4 years of my Engineering with about 100 or so, if not more, folks from NE states and can never remember this word being uttered. Or back my hometown which sees a lot of Budhist tourists. Or in Bombay where I worked. Honestly this word was introduced to me, and most folks like me, when we travelled abroad and were introduced to whole Asian Chinki thingy. I agree it is disrespectful but since when did it became a mainstream word in the first place?? I heard Chinky used many times as a kid. I have used it too. I am sure no know meant it as a racial slur. But now I understand it I do not use that term.
asterix Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 I first came to know this term from my college mates from Delhi, Punjab & Haryana... Back in late '80s...
Swing_n_Speed Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 I have heard a lot of people calling them chinki or chinks in Delhi while I was in college . Pretty disgusting if you ask me .Its like they are from another planet .Now a days its getting more common with call people from North Eastern states that way . Yea, I've seen the same in Pune too. Group of North Eastern folk walking down a road, and someone would scream Chinki and other insults. So this is good stuff from the ministry of home affairs.
Lord Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 I heard Chinky used many times as a kid. I have used it too. I am sure no know meant it as a racial slur. But now I understand it I do not use that term. I had a friend who hailed from Sikkim n I called him chinka all the time n he didnt seem to mind it.maybe even he didnt know it was racial:haha:
nikred Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 So lungi is still fair game. ....as long as you dont pull it. :agree:
Aaku Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 Ya my chinki friend gets really mad if someone other than her close friends call her chinki :omg:
Prakat Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 I had a friend who hailed from Sikkim n I called him chinka all the time n he didnt seem to mind it.maybe even he didnt know it was racial:haha: there's a whole bollywood song dedicated to that insult. Kanchi re kanchi re Is nothing but Chinka re chinka re
Prakat Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 Ya my chinki friend gets really mad if someone other than her close friends call her chinki :omg: Tell chinki I said hi.
Aaku Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 Tell chinki I said hi. Humme bhi hiii shiii keh diya karo:icflove:
Stuge Posted June 4, 2012 Author Posted June 4, 2012 haven't heard that word.. Seems like its not popular in central part of India . Yea, I've seen the same in Pune too. Group of North Eastern folk walking down a road, and someone would scream Chinki and other insults. So this is good stuff from the ministry of home affairs. Problem would be implementation of it as with any other law . They are made but no one cares to implement it .
Prakat Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 haven't heard that word.. Your posts are like looking at the taj mahal on top of mount everest. Please make your signature shorter.
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