{"id":1368,"date":"2026-08-09T19:11:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/critically-examine-the-ethnic-conflicts-in-north-east-india-upsc-psir-2013-2403\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:54:19","slug":"critically-examine-the-ethnic-conflicts-in-north-east-india-upsc-psir-2013-2403","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/critically-examine-the-ethnic-conflicts-in-north-east-india-upsc-psir-2013-2403\/","title":{"rendered":"Critically examine the ethnic conflicts in North-East India."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> NE = one of India\u2019s most ethnically diverse regions <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> a long cycle of autonomy, insurgency and inter-ethnic violence<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Varshney<\/b> defines ethnic conflict <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> stake the question: born of diversity, or of state-building?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>forms of conflict <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Nagaland (sovereignty demand \/ rejected Constitution \/ 1952 boycott \/ NSCN) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Assam (ULFA \/ anti-migrant \/ Bodoland) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Manipur (Meitei\u2013Naga\u2013Kuki) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Tripura (tribes vs Bengali migrants) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> why? development school (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Weiner<\/b>: gaps, aspirations, unmet expectations) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> instrumentalist turn (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Muni<\/b>: \u201ccreation of vested political interests\u201d) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> federation-building critique (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Baruah<\/b>: nation-state building ignored small communities; centralisation + AFSPA <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> alienation <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> \u201cgenuine federation-building\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>the state\u2019s accommodation (Sixth Schedule, Art 371, statehood, Assam &amp; Mizo Accords, development packages) vs the persistence of coercion<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Kohli<\/b>: in a multicultural democracy assertion is expected <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> accommodation over force<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> conflicts are less natural to diversity than made by state-building <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> resolution lies in genuine federation-building<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[46],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[65],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1368","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-46","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-caste-religion-and-ethnicity-in-indian-politics","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4780,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1368\/revisions\/4780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1368"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1368"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1368"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}