Tribal Perspectives in India: Critical Responses
on
CONTENTS
Introduction
1. Kodava Culture: A Review with Reference to
Kaveri Nambisan’s The Scent of Pepper
-Dr. S. Mahalakshmi
2. The Self Speaks: A Probe into the Formation
of Self in Laxman Gaikwad’s The Branded
-Subhasish Barua
3. Evincing the Acculturation and Ethos of
Malayarayar Tribe in Narayan’s Kocharethi:
The Araya Woman -Meera Prasannan
4. Status of Tribal Health and
Livelihood Compared to Other Population in Eastern India: Findings from
National Family Health Survey-4 -Dr. Atanu Ghosh
5. Systematized Marginalization of the ‘Domb’
Tribe in Gopinath Mohanty’s The Ancestor:
A Postcolonial Tribal Probing -Chinmayee
Nanda
6. Tribal
Development in India: Problems and Policies -Arup
Ghosh
7. Healing Rituals in Tribal Literature: A Study
of ‘Adi Song for the Recovery of Lost Health’ -Dr. Sapna Dogra
8. The Ecological Awareness,
Glory, Myriad Manifestations and Eco Politics in Mamang Dai and Yumlam Tana’s Poetry
-Ishita Haldar
9. Mixing
with Tribals - A Desire for the Origin, the Journey to the Past -Anirban Das Karmakar
10. Representation of the Tribal Malayarayar
Community’s Life Struggle in Narayan’s Novel, Kocharethi: The Arayawoman:
A Critical Scrutiny from Tribal Perspective -Debasis Samaddar
11. Severe Situations Frequently Faced by the
Toiling Tribes in India -Biswajit Maity
12. From Orature to Écriture: A Coup d’œil at the Rise and Development
of Indian Tribal Literature with Special Reference to Mamang Dai’s The Legends of Pensam -Prosenjit Ghosh
13. An Outline on
Socio-cultural Background of Tribal Religion -Sudip Karmakar
14. Indigenous
Knowledge Systems in Health Practices: A Study among the Galo Tribe of
Arunachal Pradesh -Priyanka Borah
15. Thematic and Traditional Analysis in
Narayan’s Kocharethi: The Araya Woman -Ajishiya. S
16. Tribal
Perspectives in India -Sonal Kusumakar
17. Santhals and their ‘Hul’ of 1855 A.D.: A
Journey through Their Life to Rebellion-Saptarshi
Sengupta
18. Interrogating
Transgression of Monogamy in the form of Polyandry in Monpa Community: A Study
of Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi’s Sonam -Dipak Giri
Notes on the Contributors
Index
Notes on the Contributors
1.
Dr. S. Mahalakshmi is an Assistant Professor, Department of
English, Arulmigu Palaniandaver College of Arts and Culture, Palani, Tamil
Nadu.
2.
Subhasish Barua is an Assistant Professor, Department of
English, Nabagram Hiralal Paul College, Konnagar, Hooghly, West Bengal and a
Ph. D. Research Scholar, Department of English, Vidyasagar University,
Midnapore, West Bengal.
3.
Meera Prasannan is an Assistant Professor, Department of
English, NSS Hindu College, Perunna, Kerala.
4.
Dr. Atanu Ghosh is an Assistant Professor, Department of
Economics, Bankura Christian College, Bankura, West Bengal.
5.
Chinmayee Nanda is an Assistant Professor, KIIT, Bhubaneswar and a Ph. D. Research Scholar, Sambalpur University, Odisha.
6. Arup
Ghosh is an Assistant
Professor, Department of Political Science, Balurghat Mahila Mahavidyalaya,
Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal.
7. Dr.
Sapna Dogra is an Assistant
Professor, Department
of English, Government Degree College Baroh, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh.
8.
Ishita Haldar is an Assistant Professor, Sambhunath College, Labpur,
Birbhum, West Bengal.
9. Anirban
Das Karmakar is an Assistant Teacher of English in Dhagari
High School (H.S.), Jhargram, West Bengal.
10.
Debasis Samaddar is an Assistant Teacher of English,
Chowhatta High School, Labpur, Birbhum, West Bengal.
11.
Biswajit Maity is an Assistant Teacher of English,
Kasemnagar N. A. J. High School, Kasemnagar, Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal.
12. Prosenjit
Ghosh is an
Assistant Teacher, Malgaon Malitola F.P. School, Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal.
13.
Sudip Karmakar is a Guest Lecturer (SACT-1) of Philosophy,
Sukumar Sengupta Mahavidyalaya, Keshpur, West Midnapore, West Bengal.
14. Priyanka Borah is an M.
Phil., Department of Sociology, Rajiv
Gandhi Central University, Arunachal Pradesh.
15.
Ajishiya. S is an M. Phil. from
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli, Tamilnadu.
16.
Sonal
Kusumakar is an Independent
Researcher, Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
17.
Saptarshi Sengupta is a Ph. D. Research Scholar in History, Central
University of Karnataka, Gulbarga, Karnataka.
18. Dipak Giri is an Assistant Teacher of English, Katamari High School
(H.S.), Cooch Behar, West Bengal and a Ph. D. Research Scholar, Raiganj
University, Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal.