‘Tribe’ means a group of people living at a particular place from times immemorial. Tribe’s identities are differently by named at different places according to their geographical positioning, their social stratification in the society and so on which makes them distinctive from others. Tribes are rich in their culture, customs and folk tradition etc. There are few authors all over the world who writing tribal identities in literature and their social life is rich in their creative works. The foremost objective of this research paper is to analyse the tribes issue in literature as a discourse in societal, customs, traditional, rituals within the reference of the writings of Gopinath Mohanty’s The Ancestor (1944). Gopinath Mohanty (Indian novelist) …show more content…
It is used for the tribe as a separate group of persons having their own identity, and cultural traits. This society lives in isolated areas and their social life style is different from the main stream society. Its culture, customs, rituals and traditions are in heritage from the earlier generations and moves to the next generation.Tribes are named differently at different traditional identity places according to their customary, geographical positioning, their social stratification in the society and so on which makes them distinctive from others.The foremost objective of this research is to analyse the tribe’s identity issue in literature as a discourse in societal, customs, traditional, rituals within the reference of the writing of Gopinath Mohanty’s The Ancestor.A thematic approach from tribal identity concerns perspective has been adopted for this research …show more content…
This tribal society is fellow to western culture,unmarried Paraja tribal boys and girls spend the night in their respective dormitories and enjoy with wine party and romantic songs to liberty of knowing one another more intimately. Paraja boys and girls danced…. During the dance at night the seven Domb girls, their hands around each-others’ waist waving a piece of cloth, jumping and shouting, would pass through the line of Paraja girls and surround Paraja boys and dance. The night grew darker as they drank and danced…. And of course varieties of sarees, coloured blouses-parrot prints, star prints, tiger prints. The air over there would be heavy with the smell of scented oil in the hair. And barrel after barrel wine.
The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri Living in America, the Ganguli’s have the difficult choice of choosing between two dramatically different cultures. As a second generation Indian American, Gogol Ganguli is expected to preserve the ideals of his traditionally Indian parents while still successfully assimilating into mainstream American culture. In “The Namesake,” Jhumpa Lahiri reveals the stark contrasts between the perceptions of Ashima, Ashoke and Gogol in relation to their Indian and American views of relationships.
In reading chapter 1, of the “Ethnic Myth”, by Stephen Steinberg, explains how the U.S. has a dominant society. In the U.S. class structures, unequal distributions of wealth, and political power vary between certain racial and ethnic groups. A main idea in this reading is ethnic pluralism which is defined as a particularly diverse racial or ethnic group that maintains their traditional culture within a broader more common civilization. Throughout history, race and ethnicity have caused conflict and the struggle of dominance over land. In reading chapter 2, of Drawing the Color Line, by Howard Zinn, explains how early in history inferior statuses of races which lead to mistreatment lead to racism. The very start of slavery began when african american slaves were brought to the north american colony called Jamestown.
In his book, titled Tribes, Joel Kotkin talks about the strong prevalence of tribalism on the 21st century. In the book the author starts with defining what he means by the word “tribalism”. The author then picks up 5 globally distributed ethnic tribal groups namely the Jews, British, Japanese, Chinese and the Indians and goes on to analyze each of these groups, in terms of evolution of the tribes, the prominent characteristics of each tribe, how they became more prominent in the modern world with the end of cold war and with the national boundaries getting more permeable. The author finally makes and attempt to predict how these ethnic groups will evolve and which of these groups will dominate the world going forward. The author believes that ethnicity will be the defining factor in evolution of global economy.
In this essay, we talk about two different nation tribes, and how did it compare each other. Also contrast two nations to find the main focus on the contemporary issue. The essay had some descript on the historical context of the issue with Cherokee nation and the Navajo nation. The main argument was showed in the introduction and it was supported by evidences in the essay. Throughout the essay, we explained the history of the two nation’s tribes by giving some examples to help out the readers to fully understand the issue what going on the Native American Literature.
This novel, The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, takes readers on the journey of immigrants settling in a new country. The novel starts off with Ashima Ganguli getting ready to give birth and her discontent being in a new country without her family and Indian traditions. The story mainly follows the life of Gogol Ganguli, Ashima’s son, and how he struggles to accept Indian customs, his fight to accept his name and his ongoing struggle to find his identity. Gogol changes his name to his original good name, Nikhil, and moves to New York to work. The novel reveals new situations that include the ties between generations, difference in Indian and American cultures, and the immigrant experience in entirety.
Indian society was patriarchal, centered on villages and extended families dominated by males (Connections, Pg. 4). The villages, in which most people lived, were admini...
In his three plays Yayati, Hayavadana and Naga-Mandala Karnad has made a subtle blending of the gender and culture to portray the identity of the individual. This can be analyzed and understood by critiquing the ‘Other’ discourse of which the individual becomes an indispensable part. In my paper I focus on the representation of gender and culture in relation to the existence of the individual in these three plays of Girish Karnad. My paper also highlights the individual’s existence that is modified by the gender and culture constructs that can be better understood by deconstructing the class narratives and critiquing the ‘Other’ discourse of which the individual becomes an indispensable part.
Indian English writers have always been responsive to the changes in material reality and theoretical perspectives that have influenced and governed its study from the very beginning. At the earlier stage the fictional works of Mulk Raj Anand, R.K.Narayan and Raja Rao were mainly concerned with the down-trodden of the society, the middle class life and the expression of traditional cultural ethos of India. The writings of Bharati Mukherjee, Jhumpa Lahiri, Anita Desai, Kavita Dasvani, M.G. Vassanjee, V.S.Naipaul and Hari Kunjru, to name a few, provide an insight of the problems faced by the dislocated people in their adopted homes in a way that questions the traditional understanding of the concepts like home, nation, native and alien. Contemporary writers hailing from the previously colonized nations, particularly India, explore the forms of life that existed during the British rule and expose the subtle strategies employed to make the colonized
There is no question that Mulk Raj Anand has fashioned with Untouchable a novel that articulates the abuses of an exploited class through sheer sympathy in the traditionalist manner of the realist novel He is, indeed, the "fiery voice" of those people who form the Untouchable caste. Yet if the goal of the writer, as Anand himself states, is to transform "words into prophecy," then the reader's struggle for meaning in the closing scenes of the novel become problematic and contestatory. It is reasonable to assume -- and as I would argue, it is implied -- that Anand has ventured to address a specific question with writing Untouchable; this is, how to alleviate the exploitation of the untouchable class in India? He then proceeds to address this question through the dramatization of Bahka, the novel's central character. Having said this -- and taking into account Anand's notion of the novel as prophesy -- I will argue that the author has failed to fully answer the question he has set before him.
All cultural identities differ from one way or the other and every perceptive consciousness is rooted in its own socio- cultural, racial, class and gender identity. For the immigrant writers, the quest for identity has been a significant issue at the social, cultural, literary emotional and psychological levels. Writers like Rohinton Mistry, Anita Desai, UmaParameswaran and a host of other immigrant writers highlight this quest for national identity by defining, redefining, analyzing and exploring it from all possible angles. Uma Parameswaran’s works offer a special insight because she herself is a descendant immigrant Indian who is constantly aware of the agonizing problem of identity crisis. Like all migrants, she has not been able to shake herself free of the idea of roots. In her work, one can find the dilemma that an immigrant writer undergo by creating an imaginary home for herself and reconstruct her
Indra Sinha’s, Animal’s people, helps its readers to better understand the underlying strengths of the impoverished and marginalized in society. It builds a story centered on poverty and hardships faced by the people of a fictional village called Khaufpur. Khaufpur is an historical allusion to the tragedy of Bhopal, India, in which similar events actually took place. In the book’s final quote, “We are the people of the Apokalis. Tomorrow there will be more of us” (page 366), the book is finally focused on the made point of the resilience of the Khaufpuri people in this situation.
The tribal population is identified as the aboriginal inhabitants of our country. For centuries, they have been living a simple life based on the natural environment and have developed cultural patterns congenial to their physical and social environment. References to of such tribal groups are found even in the literature on the ancient period, right from the Ramayana and the Mahabharata periods. According to L.P. Vithyarthi tribe is a social group with definite territory, common name, common descent, common culture, and behavior of an endogamous group, common taboos, and existence of distinctive social and political system, full faith in leaders and self-sufficiency in their
India constitutes a large number of diaspora all over the world. Migration of people in various countries is no longer a surprising issue. Immigrants endeavour to settle in adopted land. Though they adapt foreign way of life and culture yet the pull of past intervenes in their life. They become nostalgic and feel alienated. If out of these immigrants some choose writing as their profession, they consciously or unconsciously give vent to their diasporic experiences in their writings. They attempt to focus on pains, dilemma, discrimination and conflicts they have to face there. Through their imaginary characters they catharsise themselves.
Sri Sathya Sai Baba, an Indian Spiritual leader once said “In this context religion means the religion of love. This is the only religion in the world. There is only one caste, the caste of humanity.” he has highlighted one of the main problems in the Indian culture. Guru Nanak, an Indian Spiritual leader has also said “I am neither a child, a young man, nor an ancient; nor am I of any caste.” This system is suffocated the people that are trapped in it. The caste system is a way to categorize people without their authorization. For example, if a young boy’s father is a servant, the boy too must be a servant. In other words it is your destiny that is picked from birth. That the caste is part of their culture. In this novel a young man discovers
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