Ignorant mainlanders seem to be unaware of our existence as an inextricable part of India.Sensitise students by adding #AChapterForNE to begin with;for #NortheastMatters.The land of rich heritage, exotic flora/fauna & impeccable culture, NE is more than a resource frontier alone.
#TruthBreaking: Massive success for the Twitter Storm held by over 30-students organisations across the country.
Both the hashtags - #NortheastMatters & #AChapterForNE - are trending at the top three slots on Twitter.
A culmination of 150,000 tweets has been tweeted. (1/2)
There is absolutely no doubt that the #NorthEastMatters. It's essential that a chapter on the NorthEast is included in the NCERT syllabus.
We must know our own country better.
Today, I am joining Twitter Storm not only as a representative but as a common citizen of North East India.
The world needs to know about us and learn about our history, geography, culture and other aspects. 1/3) #NortheastMatters#AchapterforNE@PMOIndia@DrRPNishank@ncert
As we are currently seeing the increased rate of racial discrimination towards the north-easterners, people from other parts of the country are also seen directing racial slurs and have been showing their ignorance towards the presence of the north-eastern states. (1/n)