Negative perceptions of our ancestors in the Khasi-Jaintia hills internalized via colonialism is more common than I previously thought.
I recently showed this excerpt to my friends. It is from a book called Memories of Seven Campaigns by James Howard Thornton written in the 19th century. He was a British military doctor stationed in the Khasi-Jaintia Hills during the Jaintia rebellion of 1862-63. To my utter surprise, some of my friends agree with him!