PARAJA: a CRITICAL ANALYSIS of EXPLOITATION & LOSS of CULTURE *Dr
ss zz Available online at http://www.journalcra.com INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH International Journal of Current Research Vol. 13, Issue, 04, pp.17054-17057, April, 2021 ISSN: 0975-833X DOI: https://doi.org/10.24941/ijcr.41148.04.2021 RESEARCH ARTICLE OPEN ACCESS PARAJA: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF EXPLOITATION & LOSS OF CULTURE *Dr. Ashish Gupta Professor and Head English, Government Girls College Betul (M.P) ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article History: In Indian English Literature, much attention has not been paid to the tribal life and culture by the Received xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx05th January, 2021 writers. The present paper aims to study and explore the life, loss of culture and exploitation, as it has Received in revised form emerged in the post independence novel Paraja. Gopinath Mohanty’s novel Paraja (1945) 1xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx8th February, 2021 documents the cultural history and heritage of ethnicity, myths, legends and socio-cultural Accepted xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx29th March, 2021 representation of the Paraja tribe of the Koraput region in Odisha, simultaneously signifying their Published online 2xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx7th April, 2021 poverty and struggle and their exploitation by the non- tribes. The novel is unique in ways because it offers a study of tribal life and culture from anthropological, sociological and ecological perspectives. Key Words: Loss of Culture, Exploitation, Poverty, Struggle Oppression. Copyright © 2021. Dr. Ashish Gupta. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Citation: Dr. Ashish Gupta. “Paraja: A Critical Analysis of Exploitation & Loss of Culture”, 2021. International Journal of Current Research, 13, (04), 17054- 17057.
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