Marginal Visibility, subliminal voices: Youth in the context of Armed Conflict in Assam

MS. Triveni Goswami Vernal
important points:--

1. Brain drain due to lack of educational and livelihood opportunities.

2. Role of the state in perpetuating the marginalisation of youth.
(a) Armed men settlement in educational institutions have a repercussion in the education of young children.
(b) only 5% of the youth return to the NEI after completing their studies.

3. grim scenerio of the present--
(a) insurgency measures taken which are ineffective.
(b) emergence of SULFA (Surrendered groups of the United Liberation Front of Assam), designated camps--conflicts not really resolved.
(c) Disgruntled youth identify themselves with SULFA even if they do not directly joined them.

4. The way forward:--
(a) investment in education
(b) removal of armed forces that have laid siege on educational institutions.

conclusion:

Whatever effort the government made have been half-hazard and it would do good to involve the youth in the process of nation-building.