[17] LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY AND NATIONAL UNITY: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF INDIA'S BORDER REGIONS

ARTICLE INFO: Date of Submission: Mar 10, 2025, Revised: Mar 27, 2025, Accepted: March 30, 2025, CrossRef d.o.i. : https://doi.org/10.56815/ijmrr.v4i1.2025.152-165. How to Cite: Manojit Roy (2025) Linguistic Diversity and National Unity: A Critical Analysis of India's Border Regions. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research & Reviews. 4(1). 152-165.

Abstract

This comprehensive and critical study is going explore the complex interrelation of language, culture, and national belonging of the linguistic minorities who live in border areas in India theoretically. This qualitative study will critically analyze the nature of cultural hybridity, cross-linguistic identity, and multilingualism and how they play a proactive role in identity politics among the citizens of border areas. The previous investigations have constructed the base for further study in this regard. The researchers will lend a hand with previous data on this ground to institute the argument of this proposed study. By scrutinizing impertinent practices and narratives of linguistic minorities, this mindful research explores how national identity is constructed and contrasted in the border areas of India. The findings of this study will help its reader to understand the characteristics of cultural hybridity, problems of cross-linguistic identity, the nature of multilingual society, and the direction of transitional identity; finally, the conscious readers will come across the border studies- a trending field of post-colonial research.