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Politicisation of ethnicity as a discourse looks into the process whereby ethnic groups based on ... more Politicisation of ethnicity as a discourse looks into the process whereby ethnic groups based on their identity articulate their socio-political demands. It looks into different dimensions of the interplay between ethnicity and politics. Such interplay is visible in Northeast India and in the state of Assam. The developing socio-political context of Assam and Northeast India since the colonial period led to the rise of ethnic mobilisation in the region. Bodos and Koch-Rajbongshis are the two ethnic groups of Assam who are associated with long drawn movement for identity assertion. Such movements raise questions about their distinct identity and the factors that led to such assertion. The present paper attempts to answer those questions by analysing their identity assertion movement within the framework of politicisation of ethnicity.
Politicisation of ethnicity as a discourse looks into the process whereby ethnic groups based on ... more Politicisation of ethnicity as a discourse looks into the process whereby ethnic groups based on their identity articulate their socio-political demands. It looks into different dimensions of the interplay between ethnicity and politics. Such interplay is visible in Northeast India and in the state of Assam. The developing socio-political context of Assam and Northeast India since the colonial period led to the rise of ethnic mobilisation in the region. Bodos and Koch-Rajbongshis are the two ethnic groups of Assam who are associated with long drawn movement for identity assertion. Such movements raise questions about their distinct identity and the factors that led to such assertion. The present paper attempts to answer those questions by analysing their identity assertion movement within the framework of politicisation of ethnicity.