Outsiders, Insiders & Others

In the last week, a simmering problem just boiled over. There has been violence against the “North Indians”. And, I am surprised that people are surprised. I am appalled. I am horrified. But, I am not surprised. Infact I expected it to happen rather earlier. In the last 13 years that I have been back in Mumbai, the murmurs against ‘north indians’ have been growing slowly but strongly. ‘They take away our jobs’ is the common refrain.’it is becoming unsafe because of them’ is another common refr

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