[General Studies II: Polity ] [250 words, 15 marks]
| Argue means to give reasons for or against something. |
Answer Structure:
- Introduction: Definition of regionalism
- Body: Reasons for regionalism
- Conclusion: Types of regionalist tendencies
Answer
Introduction
Regionalism reflects a shared sense of identity among people in a specific geographical area.
Body
Reasons for Regionalism
- Feeling of a group that they are dominated culturally, politically by neighbours.
- Low rate of economic development.
- Unfair and unequal distribution of resources, expenditure and benefits of development.
- Identity crisis for Language, ethnicity
- Religion combined with language homogeneity Ex- Khalistan.
Regionalism is not new to India it is a pre-independence phenomenon. Regionalism is characterised by many things like it is formed around social, economic, cultural and political disparities.
Conclusion
Regionalism in India is not the consequence of rising cultural assertiveness solely. Rather, regionalist tendencies are concretely expressed in religious, linguistic, economic, political, administrative, cultural, and ethnic terms.
For example, the Dravidian movements in Tamil Nadu stemmed from linguistic identity.
In the case of the Telangana movement in Andhra Pradesh, economic, development, and administrative issues were contributing factors. For the Bodoland movement in Assam, ethnic factors were significant.
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