A peek into the mist

Few Years back I was on a weekend Trekking trip with a diverse group who were all extremely passionate about nature and Mountains. All along the trip to the Starting point of the Trek from the Club, all of them Looked Exciting and always spoke about how they aspire to trek along the Lush North East mountains and Specifically about Khasi and Jaintia Hills.

On the early morning after the successful completion of the trek, while we were gathered around for the Breakfast, I struck up a conversation with a Young lady who was from Bangalore and was part of the group that was very vocal about their passion about the North East. The conversation moved along the Common interest of Nature, Books, Animals and hovered around the Pets. While Sipping the Morning Coffee, Casually she mouthed out " Our Pets are not safe from the North East people who have infested the city". To say that I was shocked would have been a gross understatement. The shock must have shown in my face. So she backed her initial claim by indignantly insisting, " They eat dogs and so they come with bags and kidnap our pets. I have seen one incident that happened in my friends house that was captured in camera. So I keep asking everyone to boycott these guys". This was followed with some not so charitable utterances of catcalls and name throwing about North East people in general. I was reeling with the gross bigotry at her outburst which was wrong at so many levels.

𝑷𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉-𝑬𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒎, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒔𝒎 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆, 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕. 𝑼𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒄 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒍𝒕, 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆-𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 ‘𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓’, 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔, 𝒎𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒙𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒗𝒊𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔. 𝑷𝒆𝒓𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔, 𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉-𝑬𝒂𝒔𝒕, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒋𝒐𝒃𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆.

On the other hand, from college days I have seen many defending the AFSPA and few vehemently denouncing as government oppression. One could easily place both and against on the left and right of the argument.

Between the gross bigotry that people from North East state have to face here and the political divide the subject of the Governance in NE evokes, the subject seemed to exist in a limbo. The broader audience never had any idea about the Demography, history or current affairs that went with the NE states.

Few years back I happened to Read Samrat Choudhary's travelogue "The Braided River: A Journey Along the Brahmaputra" which offered a rare view into the Life and History along the lands of Brahmaputra river.

Following that, this book, "Insider Outsider: Belonging and Unbelonging in North-East India" offers a peek into the myriad of the issues that exist in the North east States, ranging from Assam to Arunachal.

It speaks of how the Diverse Population came about after the British, how they created the line that separates the outsiders Vs the insiders and how and why the Bengali's in General, both Hindus and Muslims, are treated as unwanted outsiders by the "Indigenous" and are the at the receiving end of the Violence and Bigotry.

"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒍𝒊 𝑯𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒖 𝒑𝒐𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒅𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒔, 𝒕𝒘𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏."

"𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒋𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒎, 𝒊𝒇 𝑲𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒊 𝑷𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒍𝒊 𝑯𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒖 𝒐𝒇 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒕. 𝑵𝒐𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆. 𝑨𝒍𝒔𝒐, 𝒖𝒏𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑲𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒊 𝑷𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒍𝒊 𝑯𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒖𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏’𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒄𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕. 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔, 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒎𝒂𝒋𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 ‘𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚’. 𝑰𝒏 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂, ‘𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒋𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒔’ 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒂 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒗𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆."

"𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒚 𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒖𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒍𝒊 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝑵𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉-𝑬𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂 𝒂𝒔 𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒓, 𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒍𝒊 𝒑𝒐𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒉 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒙𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆."

It explains how after the independence the compulsion of political necessity, the state Lines were redrawn multiple times that made the separation of tribal and Non Tribal Groups rigid and thereby drive the fault lines stronger.

𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑵𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉-𝑬𝒂𝒔𝒕, 𝒘𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒙𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒂 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒆’𝒔 𝒐𝒘𝒏 ‘𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅’ 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒇𝒖𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 ‘𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓’. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒊𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒊 𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒖𝒏𝒋𝒂𝒃𝒊 𝒐𝒓 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒊 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒍𝒊 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒌𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒚 𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 ‘𝑶𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑮𝒐 𝑯𝒐𝒎𝒆’ 𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 ‘𝒗𝒂𝒊’ 𝒊𝒏 𝑴𝒊𝒛𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒎 𝒐𝒓 ‘𝒅𝒌𝒉𝒂𝒓’ 𝒊𝒏 𝑴𝒆𝒈𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒂. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓, 𝒂 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔.

It speaks in the Native voice how the Indian Union treats North East States and how the successive governments have run a reign of Terror after Independence and trample Individual Groups as if they were no citizens of Indian Union allegedly to stop the fault line that was created by the administration in first place.

It also speaks how the Single-minded Oppressive Regimes that successive Congress ran and how the current Regime that in the name of righting the wrongs is further creating the divides ignoring the ground reality that exists.

𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒖𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒘 𝒖𝒑 𝒂 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑹𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒅𝒓𝒂𝒇𝒕 𝑪𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒛𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 (𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕) 𝑩𝒊𝒍𝒍. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒖𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒚 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒏𝒉𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒈𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒓 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆.

The Book is in no way is a conclusive one on the Issue. However, it offers a rare view into the Complex issue that is twisted at both ends.

"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒃𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆: 𝒗𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒗𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅, 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒂𝒏 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒚. 𝑰𝒏 𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒅 𝒔𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒓𝒚, 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒘𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓/𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓."