Abstract
Imperiled identity of a borderland may emerge on the horizon when there are a myriad of historically unsettled questions. Democratic deficiency, militarization, displacement, trans-border affiliations and unauthorized movement of the population make the borderlands a site of perennial conflict. The historically bludgeoned aspirations in India’s northeastern borderlands and the unmet aspirations for autonomy and federalism in Myanmar continue to resuscitate violence. The unsettling insurgent politics in several states of India’s northeastern borderlands has had significant ramifications on trans–border ethnic and geopolitical equations. In the absence of an actual democratic and humanitarian absorption of the turbulences, the borderlands in the India-Myanmar region tend to be far more susceptible to violence, illicit narcotic businesses, displacement, etc. The emergent conflict between the ‘old’ and ‘new’ settlers in the borderlands of the India-Myanmar region has often taken an ugly turn marked by violence on a regular basis.
Key words: Borderland, Displacement, Geopolitics, Northeast, Insurgency, Trans-border