Volume IV Special Issue IV April 2024

Name of Author : Dr. Shaweta Singh

Title of the paper : Unveiling Santhal Lives through the Selected Works of Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar: A Cultural Study

Abstract: The Santhal Community, which lies inside in the core of India and particularly of Jharkhands indigenous fabric, is a living testament of historical struggles, unique culture and tapestries of indigenous identities. Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar, a Jharkhand based writer, who belongs to the same Community, explores the depths of Santhal life and reveals the complexity of intersectionality and power relations that stands out in this complicated social environment. This study dives deep into Shekhars chosen works in an effort to expose the many facets of Santhal identities while closely examining the role that power systems play in their daily lives covering subalternity, gender roles and oppressions. This paper explores an original contribution in the field of indigenous literary practices in the works of Shekhar, a foremost contemporary Ethnographic writer who can be studied comparatively with Mahashweta Devi and Gopinath Mohanty, and moreover that he has all the elements in his writings to be considered a major postcolonial, postmodern Indian English writer who belongs to Santhal.

Keywords : Santhal, Indigenous, Subaltern, Intersectional, Gender Role

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Page Number : 1-8