{"id":32961,"date":"2025-10-03T12:36:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T07:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=32961"},"modified":"2025-10-03T12:36:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T07:06:26","slug":"sons-of-the-soil-or-citizens-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/sons-of-the-soil-or-citizens-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Sons of the Soil or Citizens of India? A Sociological Critique of Domicile-Based Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sons_of_the_Soil_or_Citizens_of_India_A_Sociological_Critique_of_Domicile-Based_Politics\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Sons of the Soil or Citizens of India? A Sociological Critique of Domicile-Based Politics<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">(Relevant for Sociology Paper 2: Politics and Society)<\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_68 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >What's Inside this Blog!<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/sons-of-the-soil-or-citizens-of-india\/#Sons_of_the_Soil_or_Citizens_of_India_A_Sociological_Critique_of_Domicile-Based_Politics\" title=\"Sons of the Soil or Citizens of India? 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A Sociological Critique of Domicile-Based Politics<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/sons-of-the-soil-or-citizens-of-india\/#Introduction_The_New_Fault_Line_in_Indian_Citizenship\" title=\"Introduction: The New Fault Line in Indian Citizenship\">Introduction: The New Fault Line in Indian Citizenship<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/sons-of-the-soil-or-citizens-of-india\/#Identity_Exclusion_and_Citizenship\" title=\"Identity, Exclusion, and Citizenship\">Identity, Exclusion, and Citizenship<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/sons-of-the-soil-or-citizens-of-india\/#Caste_Subalternity_and_Land_Conflicts\" title=\"Caste, Subalternity, and Land Conflicts\">Caste, Subalternity, and Land Conflicts<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/sons-of-the-soil-or-citizens-of-india\/#Media_Identity_Politics_and_the_Control_of_Belonging\" title=\"Media, Identity Politics, and the Control of Belonging\">Media, Identity Politics, and the Control of Belonging<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/sons-of-the-soil-or-citizens-of-india\/#Conclusion_Beyond_Legalism_%E2%80%94_Towards_Substantive_Federalism\" title=\"Conclusion: Beyond Legalism \u2014 Towards Substantive Federalism\">Conclusion: Beyond Legalism \u2014 Towards Substantive Federalism<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/sons-of-the-soil-or-citizens-of-india\/#Read_more_Blogs\" title=\"Read more Blogs:\">Read more Blogs:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Introduction_The_New_Fault_Line_in_Indian_Citizenship\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Introduction: The New Fault Line in Indian Citizenship<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The rise of <strong>domicile-based policies<\/strong> in Indian states like Jharkhand, Assam, and Jammu &amp; Kashmir marks the emergence of what can be termed <strong>\u201cProvincial Citizenship.\u201d<\/strong> These policies give preference to so-called <strong>\u2018sons of the soil\u2019<\/strong> \u2014 locals or natives \u2014 in jobs, land rights, and public services, thereby creating an exclusionary framework within a constitutionally unified nation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">While the <strong>Constitution of India guarantees a single, national citizenship<\/strong>, these regional moves effectively fragment the <strong>substantive rights<\/strong> of internal migrants. The conflict isn&#8217;t just legal; it&#8217;s deeply <strong>sociological<\/strong>, shaped by identity, fear, economic insecurity, and political mobilization.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Identity_Exclusion_and_Citizenship\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong> Identity, Exclusion, and Citizenship<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-32962 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Identity-Exclusion-and-Citizenship-visual-selection.png\" alt=\"Identity, Exclusion, and Citizenship\" width=\"728\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Identity-Exclusion-and-Citizenship-visual-selection.png 728w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Identity-Exclusion-and-Citizenship-visual-selection-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Identity-Exclusion-and-Citizenship-visual-selection-150x107.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><em>Weiner | T.H. Marshall | M.N. Srinivas<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Nativism as Political Strategy (Myron Weiner)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Weiner\u2019s analysis of <strong>\u2018sons of the soil\u2019<\/strong> movements explains how local elites exploit <strong>economic anxiety<\/strong> and <strong>demographic pressure<\/strong> to mobilize nativist sentiment. Migrants are framed as threats to employment and culture, turning material competition into ethnic conflict.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Fragmented Citizenship (T.H. Marshall)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Marshall\u2019s idea of citizenship as comprising <strong>civil, political, and social rights<\/strong> reveals the deeper issue. While internal migrants legally retain national citizenship, they are <strong>denied social rights<\/strong> \u2014 like local jobs or welfare \u2014 in their host states. This creates <strong>second-class citizens<\/strong> within the same country.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Dominant Caste Assertion (M.N. Srinivas)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">In states like Jharkhand or Maharashtra, <strong>dominant castes<\/strong> often lead nativist movements, disguising caste-based resource competition as cultural preservation. Srinivas\u2019s concept helps unpack the caste power behind the push for provincial citizenship.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Caste_Subalternity_and_Land_Conflicts\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong> Caste, Subalternity, and Land Conflicts<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><em>Ranajit Guha | A.R. Desai | Dalit-Adivasi Movements<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Subaltern Perspective and Political Assertion<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">For <strong>Adivasis in Jharkhand<\/strong> or <strong>Assamese locals<\/strong>, provincial citizenship isn&#8217;t just exclusionary \u2014 it&#8217;s also a <strong>protective mechanism<\/strong>. According to <strong>Ranajit Guha<\/strong>, subaltern groups use such movements to resist both external domination and internal marginalization. It becomes a form of <strong>political subversion<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><em>Example: Jharkhand&#8217;s 1932 Khatiyan policy<\/em>, which proposes limiting government jobs and benefits to those whose ancestors were listed in land records before 1932, aims to protect tribal identity \u2014 but also excludes newer residents.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Class Conflict Disguised as Ethnicity (A.R. Desai)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Desai\u2019s analysis of <strong>agrarian class structures<\/strong> shows how many nativist agitations hide the <strong>real conflict over land and employment<\/strong>. Migrants are often more skilled or willing to work for less, which threatens the <strong>rural middle-peasantry<\/strong>, leading to disguised class war.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Media_Identity_Politics_and_the_Control_of_Belonging\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong> Media, Identity Politics, and the Control of Belonging<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-32963 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Identity-Exclusion-and-Citizenship-visual-selection-1.png\" alt=\"Media, Identity Politics, and the Control of Belonging\" width=\"924\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Identity-Exclusion-and-Citizenship-visual-selection-1.png 924w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Identity-Exclusion-and-Citizenship-visual-selection-1-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Identity-Exclusion-and-Citizenship-visual-selection-1-150x68.png 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Identity-Exclusion-and-Citizenship-visual-selection-1-768x349.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 924px) 100vw, 924px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><em>Stuart Hall | Michel Foucault | Andre B\u00e9teille<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Identity Politics in a Postmodern Era (Stuart Hall)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Provincial citizenship is a form of <strong>identity politics<\/strong>, where political identity is constructed by defining the <strong>\u2018outsider\u2019<\/strong>. Hall\u2019s theory helps explain why regional identity today often overrides national solidarity, especially in electoral politics.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Power, Documentation, and the State (Michel Foucault)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The creation of documents like the <strong>NRC in Assam<\/strong> is not neutral. Following Foucault, the <strong>state exercises power<\/strong> by categorizing populations \u2014 deciding who counts as a \u2018native\u2019 or a \u2018foreigner.\u2019 This control over identity is both bureaucratic and deeply political.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Inequality and Belonging (Andre B\u00e9teille)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">B\u00e9teille\u2019s work reminds us that <strong>formal equality<\/strong> does not ensure <strong>real equality<\/strong>. While the Constitution provides equal rights, social belonging and access are mediated by caste, region, and class \u2014 all of which play into the rise of provincial citizenship.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion_Beyond_Legalism_%E2%80%94_Towards_Substantive_Federalism\"><\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Conclusion: Beyond Legalism \u2014 Towards Substantive Federalism<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The rise of provincial citizenship is not just a legal anomaly; it&#8217;s a <strong>sociological response<\/strong> to economic precarity, cultural anxiety, and regional inequality. Yet, it risks undermining the foundational idea of <strong>India as a single, pluralistic nation<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">To reconcile <strong>local identities<\/strong> with <strong>national unity<\/strong>, India needs more than Supreme Court judgments. What\u2019s needed is:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">A <strong>national framework for domicile policies<\/strong>, balancing regional claims with equal rights.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong>Portable social security<\/strong> and job registries for migrants.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">A move toward <strong>substantive federalism<\/strong>, where diversity is managed through inclusion, not exclusion.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">India\u2019s unity lies not in uniformity, but in a pluralism that respects local realities without compromising on constitutional equality.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><span class=\"amp-wp-303d451\" 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