What NE people think of themselves ?

Please anyone other than NE do not comment here . I want to ask what it the general perspective of a normal NE person who are decently educated and understand geopolitics do u guys see yourself as an Indian or is India just a burden to your identity, ? I see a lot of people saying there culture is different etc etc and I think it is applicable for all Indian states right ? even in lookism a mallu will be a lot different than a pahadi or a panjabi . Its most likely NE on itself will most likely end up like nepal or myanmar with a lot of civil wars inside.