{"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":"2026-08-09T21:56:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:24","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>&mdash; 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\">R1 NE= one of India\u2019s most ethnically diverse regions \u2192 along cycle of autonomy, insurgency and inter-ethnic violence R2 Varshney defines ethnic conflict \u2192 stake the question: born of diversity, or of state-building?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">forms of conflict \u2192 Nagaland (sovereignty demand \/ rejected Constitution \/ 1952 boycott \/ NSCN) \u2192 Assam (ULFA \/ anti-migrant \/ Bodoland) \u2192 Manipur (Meitei-Naga-Kuki) \u2192 Tripura (tribes vs Bengali migrants) \u2192 why? development school (Weiner: gaps, aspirations, unmet expectations) \u2192 instrumentalist turn (Muni: \u201ccreation of vested political interests\u201d) \u2192 federation-building critique (Baruah: nation-state building ignored small communities; centralisation + AFSPA \u2192 alienation \u2192 \u201cgenuine federation- building\u201d)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">the state&#039;s accommodation (Sixth Schedule, Art 371, statehood, Assam &amp; Mizo Accords, development packages) vs the persistence of coercion<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Rk) Kohli: in a multicultural democracy assertion is expected \u2192 accommodation over force R2 conflicts are less natural to diversity than made by state-building \u2192 resolution lies in genuine federation-building<\/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":3,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1368\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3343,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1368\/revisions\/3343"}],"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}]}}