ABSTRACT
The ramification of secession movements has been in terms of insurgency operations of many ethnic groups across India’s Northeast and in Myanmar. Northeast India’s relation and connectivity with Myanmar across the border cannot possibly be understood only in terms of border trade and exchanges, rather it goes much beyond this. In Mizoram several ethnic communities cross the border from Myanmar side and look for livelihood opportunities in Mizoram. Moreh is a small underdeveloped border town of Manipur. Though strategically very important, as it is adjacent to Myanmar, but one can see that, it is most neglected in terms of infrastructure and development. Namphalong market on the Myanmar border sells everything from perishable goods and electronics items to consumer durables to the Indian customers. A majority of drug traffickers arrested are Myanmarese nationals, especially Chins, who could easily mingle with the locals of Northeast India as they have the same physical features and also speak the same language.
