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Northeast India: Linguistic Diversity and Language Politics

T.T. Haokip
Dr. T.T. Haokip teaches Political Science at the North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong. He graduated from the Union Christian College, Barapani, and received his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Political Science, from St. Edmund’s College and the North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, respectively. He was awarded the degrees of Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) in 1991 and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in 1995, by the North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong. He has been the recipient of the South Asia Regional Fellowship from the Social Science Research Council, (SSRC) New York in 2005. He has completed two research projects funded by the Social Science Research Council, (SSRC) New York and has attended and presented papers at national and international seminars and conferences.

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    • T.T. Haokip
    IDSA Occassional Paper No. 5
    2009

    The language problem in a multilingual region like Northeast India involves larger issues of re-asserting and reconstructing identities. Different linguistic groups that compete for control over resources and power, very often use language not only to define their identities but also to strengthen their ideological claims. The fear of possible exclusion and the inability of the political establishment in coping with the challenges of linguistic diversity, often lead to mobilisation and violent confrontation along linguistic lines. The language issue has the potential to explode into ethnic conflicts and as a result it requires critical analysis and farsighted action from the government and the linguistic groups in question. The solution to the language problem in the region needs a careful study of the situation, of the needs and aspirations of the people as well as of the subject of identity politics within the region.


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