{"id":3732,"date":"2023-10-19T16:37:57","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T15:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icertpublication.com\/?page_id=3732"},"modified":"2023-11-02T07:13:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T07:13:54","slug":"leadership-and-political-participation-of-garo-youth-in-meghalaya-empowering-the-future-generation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/icertpublication.com\/index.php\/shodh-sari-2\/sodha-sari-vol-2-issue-4\/leadership-and-political-participation-of-garo-youth-in-meghalaya-empowering-the-future-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership and Political Participation of Garo Youth in Meghalaya:  Empowering the Future Generation"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3732\" class=\"elementor elementor-3732\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e37886d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e37886d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-aafeebb\" data-id=\"aafeebb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99fa6cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"99fa6cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Leadership and Political Participation of Garo Youth in Meghalaya: Empowering the Future Generation\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d642a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d642a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-left: -0.1pt; text-indent: -0.1pt; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.1pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Sangma, Bijime M.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-size: 0.6em; vertical-align: super;\">1<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"> and Varma, S. Suchitra<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-size: 0.6em; vertical-align: super;\">2<\/span><\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-left: -0.1pt; text-indent: -0.1pt; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.1pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-size: 0.6em; vertical-align: super;\">1<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Research Scholar, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-size: 0.6em; vertical-align: super;\">2<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Assistant Professor<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-left: -0.1pt; text-indent: -0.1pt; text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.1pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\">Department of Political Science &amp; Public Administration, Annamalai University Annamalai Nagar, Tamil Nadu, India<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ae6fc88 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ae6fc88\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-760fcb5\" data-id=\"760fcb5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a48010f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a48010f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Abstract\n<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-676d416 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"676d416\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leadership and political participation of Garo youth in the northeastern state of Meghalaya are a significant demographic, making up over 40% of the Meghalaya state\u2019s population in India. The Garo community, one of the most prominent indigenous tribes in the region, has experienced significant cultural transformations over the years, but the preservation of their unique heritage and values remains crucial. Moreover, it also discusses the impact of youth participation and leadership on the overall development of Meghalaya, considering the perspectives of sustainable development, community cohesion, and cultural preservation. By incorporating the voices of Garo youth, they themselves provide an authentic and inclusive view of their aspirations, challenges, and visions for the future. The objectives of the research article are, firstly, to examine the role of Garo youth in actively engaging in social, political, and economic activities, as well as their growing involvement in leadership roles within their communities. Secondly, this research aims to identify the barriers that hinder the full potential of Garo youth and suggest potential solutions for enhanced empowerment. Thirdly, the study aims to explore effective measures and policy interventions that can enhance Garo youth engagement and leadership, thus contributing to the overall development and prosperity of the community while fostering a sense of pride and ownership among the youth for their cultural heritage and identity. This research article adopts descriptive-analytical and qualitative methods. The study is based on secondary sources such as magazines, books, articles, newspapers, and online resources related to the topic. The delimitation of the present study is that it focuses only on youth political participation in the Garo Hills of the State of Meghalaya.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Keywords<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Political Participation; Leadership; Empowerment; Sustainable Development.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6fd5a63 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6fd5a63\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-536eda5\" data-id=\"536eda5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1afe6e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1afe6e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Impact Statement\n<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8831ef8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8831ef8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Till today, very little is known about the leadership and political participation of Garo youth in Meghalaya. One obvious reason for this lack of information was the absence of comprehensive work on the subject by the Garo youth of the state. Of course, there were works that dealt with only some aspects of the social and political participation of youth in Meghalaya. This paper explains the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">declining leadership and political participation of Garo youth in Meghalaya. There are a number of factors, such as the lack of opportunities for Garo youth to develop their leadership skills, the negative perception of politics and government among many Garo youth, and the lack of interest in politics among many Garo youth.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is important to take steps to address the problem of low levels of leadership and political participation among Garo youth in Meghalaya. By supporting Garo youth to develop their leadership skills and to participate in political processes, we can help create a more inclusive, equitable, and prosperous Meghalaya for all<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f76be4c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f76be4c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cc112d6\" data-id=\"cc112d6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6eeaeb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e6eeaeb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About The Author<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c49268 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c49268\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><b>Ms. Bijime M. Sangma<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Research Scholar, Department of Political Science &amp; Public Administration, Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, India, 608002.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ORCID ID: 000-0002-4893-2144<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Area Of Specialization<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Indian Government and Politics<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have attended Twenty-Five (25) workshops till date. Also, I have presented 5 Research Papers in National\/International seminar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, I have published 2 Research Papers<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Electoral Participation of Garo Tribe in Mendipathar, Meghalaya: A study of 2018 Legislative Assembly Elections, Neuroquantology 2022;20(12): 2372-2377<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use of Technology in Classrooms: An Overview, Dogo Rangsang Research Journal, UGC CARE Group 1<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Present Address: Murali\u2019s Park Avenue, 2<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nd<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Cross, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu -608002<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Permanent Address: Bangsi Apal P.O. Dainadubi, North Garo Hills, Meghalaya -794110<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><b> Dr. Suchitra Varma<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Political Science &amp; Public Administration, Annamalai University. She has done her Doctoral Research in Women Rights. She has organized three ICSSR National Seminars and coordinated several student centric academic programmes in the University. She has published twenty research articles in referred and UGC recognized journals. 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Retrieved July 24, 2023, from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hubnetwork.in\/yess-meghalaya-rolled-out-in-garo-hills-to-empower-youth-for-productive-engagement-through-different-acti%20vities\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/hubnetwork.in\/yess-meghalaya-rolled-out-in-garo-hills-to-empower-youth-for-productive-engagement-through-different-acti vities\/<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2022). <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Government of Meghalaya Directorate of Youth &amp; Sports Affairs<\/span><\/i><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(1999). <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Youth Policy<\/span><\/i><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dutta, U., &amp; Aber, M. S. (2017). Enacted cultural critique: Examining everyday violence in Garo Hills. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Journal of Prevention &amp; Intervention in the Community<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">45<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(1), 19\u201331. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/10852352.2016.1197733<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-02f5dc5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"02f5dc5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8ecedf9\" data-id=\"8ecedf9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leadership and Political Participation of Garo Youth in Meghalaya: Empowering the Future Generation Sangma, Bijime M.1 and Varma, S. Suchitra2 1Research Scholar, 2Assistant Professor \u00a0 Department of Political Science &amp; Public Administration, Annamalai University Annamalai Nagar, Tamil Nadu, India Abstract Leadership and political participation of Garo youth in the northeastern state of Meghalaya are a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":3057,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3732","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icertpublication.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icertpublication.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icertpublication.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icertpublication.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icertpublication.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3732"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/icertpublication.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4583,"href":"https:\/\/icertpublication.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3732\/revisions\/4583"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icertpublication.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icertpublication.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}