Ramaswami: Since the outbreak of the coronavirus in India, incidents of hatred towards people from Northeast India have again come under the spotlight. Many cases of people from the Northeast being called ‘Coronavirus’ were reported from the National Capital, Pune and other parts of the country. This is indeed a sorry state of affairs where despite using many soft and persuasive techniques, such incidents keep repeating. Since the Nido Tania incident (2014), a slight tinge of satisfaction still prevails that print and digital media did their bit to sensitise people regarding the issues related to their fellow citizens from the Northeast. But amongst all the other stakeholders of society, the government has done the least to address the challenges related to racial violence/comments on people from this part of the country. Currently, the police file an FIR under Section 509 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) if any derogatory remarks are passed against a woman from the Northeast, which is no different from the pre-2014 situation.