From previous issue
The terms Northeast migrants and ‘Northeasterners’ refer to “those people from the Northeast who trace their lineage to East and Southeast Asia and as such are members of ethnic minorities racially distinct from the communities in the rest of India, even when accounting for the diversity of India’s population.”
Read more / Original news source: http://www.thesangaiexpress.com/citizenship-identity-and-belonging-the-northeast-migrants-in-delhi-3/