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ONGOING

PROJECTS

HATE CRIMES – PREJUDICES AND VIOLENCE

FACED BY PEOPLE FROM THE NORTH

EASTERN STATES AND MEASURES TO COUNTER –

AN EMPIRICAL STUDY (2018 ONWARDS)

The project seeks to examine the growing trend of cases of prejudice and violence
against the people of North East in what is today colloquially referred to as – ‘hate
crimes.’ Cases such as that of Nido Tania (Arunachal Pradesh), Souloni Akha
(Manipur), suspicious death of Richard Loitam (Manipur) and murder and attempted
rape of Ramchanphy Hongray (Nagaland) all point towards a growing intolerance in
various metro cities towards people from the North-Eastern regions of India. The

present study is an attempt to map the experience and vulnerabilities of people from
the North-East residing in metropolitan cities. Data detailing the various aspects of
prejudice, violence and intolerance has been collected for the said purpose from the
following cities – Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, and Bengaluru with the
sample size of approximately 1200. The project has been sponsored by ICSSR.

8 Prof. G. S. Bajpai is the Principal Investigator for the study.