If during the past few months you haven't heard about the harassment of people from the Northeast in the national capital, there is a reason for it. And the reason has a name. Meet Robin Hibu, a 1993 batch IPS officer, posted as Joint Commissioner of Police who is the nodal officer for people from the region living in Delhi. Hibu, who hails from Arunachal Pradesh, handles the problems of Northeast residents in Delhi as an additional responsibility because he is also the Joint Commissioner of Police, Crime Against Women (Jt CP, CAW) and Jt. CP, IGI Airport. Asked about how he manages the huge responsibility of helping the needy from the Northeast round-the-clock, Hibu's eyes start twinkling. No additional funds have been earmarked for the work and yet he feels he is lucky to be performing this duty. Hibu's peers readily recognise his extraordinary dedication to duty. The takeaway is rather simple: If you are sincere and committed no problem is impossible to solve. People from the Northeast do feel alienated in national capital just because they look "different" and the record of discrimination they have faced from the "mainstream" has been very evident. His appointment has helped the people from the Northeast feel a definite connect and they know that whenever they are in a crisis, there is someone they can repose their trust in. "This is a definite way to address the problems of people from Jammu and Kashmir who often feel alienated in the city," he says. There is no hard and fast rule for the tasks Hibu has taken upon himself and tries to address them to the best of his ability. Be it looking for a house on rent, finding a cemetery, arranging for blood, ensuring good medical treatment for them or consoling victims of violence, people from the Northeast are assured that there is a man they can look up to. "We often forget those who need our care, warmth, and support on a regular basis," says Hibu referring to girls, women, children, and the elderly from the Northeast, who come to Delhi for a variety of reasons. More than 12 lakh youths from the north-eastern states work in the national capital, mostly in fields like BPOs, call centres, spas, hotels, restaurants, hospitals, media houses and even as salespersons and receptionists. And then there is a huge army of students from the region who are enrolled in different universities and colleges. The resource crunch has not deterred the IPS officer from his path. He has managed to rope in CSR funds for financing poor patients in need of emergency, trauma or regular treatment at hospitals. Hibu wrote to as many as 51 private hospitals for extending their support to the people from the Northeast as part of their CSR responsibility. The effort has worked. "One day I received a call from Dr Naresh Trehan who said the CSR request had touched his heart. The brief chat ended in a commitment of 20% discount on all kinds of treatment for the people from the region (except govt servants) at Medanta Hospital and its associated clinics. Dr Trehan also assured me that all his ambulances would be available for the needy free of cost," he recalls. That was not all. Gulati X-Ray (South Delhi) and CHS Diagnostics Centre offered a 40% discount on all pathology tests for the people from the Northeast. Gulati X-Ray also agreed to provide its