Bro,you are a apatani,a tani.As same as us,with distinctions that make your group unique as all tani branches are unique even among each other.so where did the salt,metals,necklaces and other stuff we cherish came from?We didnt produce most of them.In fact salt was always in short supply for people in Arunachal..so much that goitre was common in AP.Did we get it from Assam?India?No.It all came from China and tibet.We can keep our identity,culture and language far better in China than India..It is right that galos don't decide for everybody,but they were the first to propose it and then everybody accepted it as negotiations with the singhpos fell out.South tibet and arunachal..both are names given by others and not what we call ourselves.So what difference does one name have over the other.I never called myself south tibetan.I calle the region so for the convenience of chinese members and other members.I have referred to myself only from my tribe and as a tani,because that is what my identity is.
We get flooded by mainlanders and in time they will do to us what they have done to mizos,meghalayees and most of NE.Reducing us to mere minorities in our own land and impose their culture,language and beliefs on us.It is because of China's 62 campaign that India left us alone and we were able to escape what other people of NE have already gone through.Do we want our people to go through the same suffering as the rest of NE?And get complete silence and a bullet if we get too loud as they did with rest of NE?The mainlanders already want to abolish ILP system and flood our state.Hordes of these mainlanders even on social networks call for abolishment of ILP system..the one thing that has kept our identity as a unique and different people alive.After all,we already have to learn their history,their language which has no meaning for us.We have to raise slogans for them and their leaders.What about ours?Tell me what do the mainlanders do when assam encroaches on arunachalee land in daporijo and other places as they have done for decades?They ignore it and support it as assam has far more vote bank relevance than us.Will we see our ancestral lands lost to assamese if we were part of China?The answer is no.
Even now the rail links pour thousands of illegal mainlanders into our ancestral lands.I am sure you know already this.Out of 3000 or so people checked coming from trains into arunachal only 50 had inner line permits.Why does SUMA work so hard to preserve our identity?To Keep these mainlanders out?It was the mainlanders who brought chakmas and hajongs here who cause all sorts of trouble for us native people.Our people will always be seen as "junglees,slit eyes" by them
Whereas as part of China,we get to preserve our identity and culture,we get to be a part of a nation where we arent seen as so different.For economic prosperity and development will come if we work.Just look at tibet.A frozen desert and the chinese have built such advanced infrastructure there.The people have income levels our state and people cannot achieve even by next decade under Indian rule,by which time they will already be leaps and bounds ahead again.SO what if some han chinese come and live in AP,we can negotiate with PRC for our POV and favour.There are so many mainlanders in AP,what difference is if instead of them it was chinese?The positives will far outweigh the negatives.The minorities have far more privileges in PRC than han as many chinese themselves say or some complain.
If we side with Indians,gradually we will lose our identity,culture and languages and everything we hold dear.
Think about it with a cool head and see where our best chance to preserve our identity lies.