The senseless killing of Nido Tania in Delhi was a watershed moment back in 2014. It made us sit up and finally ask hard questions: How far are we, as a country, willing to allow discrimination against residents of the Northeast? To what extent are we okay with racist slurs being flung at them willy-nilly? And more importantly, what can we do collectively to give them a sense of assimilation, before yet another youth from Arunachal Pradesh is bludgeoned to death in broad daylight on a busy street?

There aren't any easy answers to these. But certain steps can help push us in the right direction. Take what Hangathik Northeast has been doing in Mumbai since 2008. The collective of youngsters organises monthly events that are aimed at giving people from the mainland a window into the cultural milieu of the neglected region. The next show is lined up this weekend and called The White Room, a gig that's billed as"Mumbai's biggest northeastern night".