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NE faces identity crisis, thanks to illegal migration
Times of India | Deeptiman Tiwary | TNN | Nov 13, 2012, 12.38 PM IST
In a seminar organized by the Institute for Conflict Management (ICM) here on 'The Multiple Crises of the Northeast", demographic changes in the region arising out of illegal migration from Bangladesh and the question of regional identity was touched upon by almost all speakers.
Senior journalist Pradip Phanjoubam, however, argued in favour of regional identity saying that time of the nation-state philosophy was over and it had to be replaced by region-state philosophy. Quoting eminent lawyer Fali S Nariman, he also said that in relation to the north-east, India was still carrying the insecurity of 1947 and that Armed Forces Special Powers Act was the stick to beat that. He said, "If one is wary of looking at self-determination legally, one can look at it existentially."
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