Identity crisis in the North East
“No death, no doom, no anguish can arouse the surpassing despair which flows from a loss of identity." ― H.P. Lovecraft Identity crisis in the North East is a period of uncertainty and confusion in which a person's sense of identity becomes insecure. North-East India comprises of the seven states of Assam, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, and Meghalaya. These all states are connected to each other because of several factors. The complete region is geographically separated from mainland India and is surrounded mostly by international borders and is slightly connected to the rest of India of a width of 23 km which is known as 'Chicken's neck' or 'Siliguri corridor'. The history of this region is much different from the rest of the country as North East came under the influence of the British much later. T he ethnicity in terms of race, creed, language, customs etc. is extremely di