Dkhar, [1][2][3] is a term used by the Khasis to refer to non-Khasi people in Meghalaya.[4] It is non derogatory but some perceived it as derogatory. For Khasis any non-tribal is a dkhar and they address them by that term.[5][6] Sometimes the word dkhar have been collectively used with the term heathen (Non-believers), as most of the native Khasis are christian, While non-tribals are mainly hindu.[7][8][9][10] In real, the term is mostly used against affluent Bengali Hindu settlers from West Bengal or the Bengali Hindu refugees from erstwhile East Pakistan[11] It is sometimes abbreviated to ′Khar and may also denote a Khasi clan with the same name.[12]
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