{"id":9739,"date":"2017-11-23T00:35:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T19:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=9739"},"modified":"2017-11-23T00:35:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T19:05:00","slug":"an-outsiders-account-of-arunachal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2017\/11\/23\/an-outsiders-account-of-arunachal\/","title":{"rendered":"An outsider\u2019s account of Arunachal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Dear Editor,<\/strong><br \/>\nI write this letter with extreme pain and agony. I am writing this letter to expose my vulnerability of being from the mainland and also being a non-tribal. I am basically from Kerala and had come here from Delhi to teach for APPSCCE-2017.<br \/>\nI had come here in mid July and started teaching in an academy at G extension, opposite SBI, Naharlagun.<br \/>\nThe trouble began by the time my classes were getting over; the manager of the institute began to delay my payment. I was forced to stop the class.<br \/>\nI had to move out of the institute and I started staying with one of my students. I had informed the students about my fiasco and many came forward to support me. After getting in touch with many of the students, I came to know that this has become a regular phenomenon in many of the coaching institutes. The teachers leave out of fear or because of the fact that nobody is there to support them. Moreover they are in a tribal state and are really scared to meddle with the locals and any criminal case against an SC\/ST can effectively ruin their career. And many local managers of these coaching institutes take on these vulnerabilities of the teacher\u2019s from the mainland and our sufferings are going unnoticed.<br \/>\nArunachal is a state that I love for its scenic beauty and its tribal flavour. This was my second time to Arunachal. During my first time, I had a very good outing and went back with some precious memories from students with another institute.<br \/>\nBut the institute that I have mentioned in my letter has literally ruined my life here. My amount worth 1.79 lakh is pending and I have literally no way of getting it back because of the intimidating nature of the manager.<br \/>\nHe won\u2019t dare to do it against an APST but being from outside I am at a huge disadvantage here. I am just a voice of many who have left with bitterness in their heart.<br \/>\nMany a times we hear about people from the northeast getting discriminated in cities in mainland. But here unfortunately and opposite case is happening.<br \/>\nThere\u2019s a good chance that I may even go back without even a penny in my pocket or even with some threats of violence. But it\u2019s bringing a bad name to this wonderful state and many of the beautiful people I love.<br \/>\nA few rotten apples are ruining an entire bunch here.<br \/>\nAlso such managers are the product of the corruption and lack of ethics which is rampant in the society here.<br \/>\nMany a times we here about the politicians being corrupt in Arunachal. But it should be understood that the society itself is getting corrupted and the elected politicians are just a reflection of the society.<br \/>\nI write this letter as a citizen of India and also as a fellow human being.<br \/>\nInstead of pleading to Lord Buddha at Monasteries or in innumerable churches and Donyi Polo shrines, I plead to the civil society of Arunachal to support your brothers like me from mainland when their basic rights are trampled here.<br \/>\n<strong>Yours,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Ajay T Joseph<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Editor, I write this letter with extreme pain and agony. I am writing this letter to expose my vulnerability of being from the mainland and also being a non-tribal. I am basically from Kerala and had come here from Delhi to teach for APPSCCE-2017. I had come here in mid July and started teaching [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9739","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-readers-forum"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9739\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}