With the mapping and re-mapping of borders time and again, the discourses that shaped the subjectivity of the borderlanders or the people inhabiting the borders have undergone various changes over time. The boundaries keep changing based on the needs and natural circumstances. Borders and borderlands seem like sides of the same pool and in between identities are shaped and constructed. This paper will primarily focus on the borderlanders of Nagaland and Assam. Two villages i.e, Naginimora and Anaki are taken into an account to understand the state identity and selfhood of the people inhabiting the areas. The paper will be divided into three sections. The first section of the paper will be a historical narrative of the pre-colonial and colonial ideas of border and identity, while the second portion will deal with the experiences of the shared history of the above mention villages and how the colonial state transformed their imagination and idea of the border. The third part will try to summarize the paper.