[Assam] About Your Article in the Deccan Chronicle

[Dilip and Dil Deka]

Dear Ms. Shukla,
I am of Assamese origin (Oxomiya as pronounced in the state), settled in USA. I saw your letter to Sarangapani and I had to respond. Here are some facts:
1. There are seven states in the north east of India, Oxom and Nagaland being two of them.
2. Some Nagas do eat dog meat, though that is not their staple diet.
3. The people in the other six states in the north east do not eat dog meat.
4. Your branding all of north east as one shows you need to be more aware of the current political situation in India and what led to the creation of mini states in the north east.
5.If your gripe is about the Naga student torturing an innocent animal, you should pursue punishment in the court through intervention of the Indian equivalent of SPCA. 
6. Your attempt to categorize the people from the north east as barbaric just helps India's disintegration. Newspaper articles like yours are destructive.
7. Have you ever wondered what people in Guwahati, Shillong or Kohima think of the people from other parts of India and their habits? Oxomiyas believe that northerners have caused the over population and mass pollution in Oxom. But they do not go about publishing articles about northerners.
I'll not accuse you of ignorance but I do accuse you of arrogance and uppityness.
Dilip Deka
Houston, Texas, USA