Uprooting the Roots: An Exploration of Hansda Sowvendra Shekar’s The Adivasi will not Dance Stories

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Dr Patil Sangita Sharnappa

Uprooting the Roots: An Exploration of Hansda Sowvendra Shekar’s The Adivasi will not Dance Stories

Hansda Sowvendra Shekar’s The Adivasi will not Dance Stories (2017) resonates with the deep-seated problems of Adivasi. The major problems are the outcome of the impact of modernisation on the lives of Adivasi in the form of development. Adivasi lives in a serene environment–one natural environment and two uncorrupted cultural environments. However, when modernisation and globalisation enter their courtyard, they are uprooted from their roots by geopolitics, which paved many more unresolvable problems, and they come under the gaze of mainstream people. The stories of Shekar insist us to revisit and rethink certain pertinent questions such as in the true sense What is development? Are we really doing development at the cost of uprooting our roots? Or is the development a maldevelopment? By answering these questions, we are not only exploring the stories of Shekar but also delving into the lives of Adivasis, especially Santhal, which is a pressing priority of the present time. Santhal is an ethnic group of India. The major population of this tribe is found in the Jharkhand state of India and has also spread to other states such as Assam, Odisha, West Bengal, etc. Santhal, an ethnonym, is derived from the Bengali word Hor Hopen, which means ‘son of mankind’. This exonym needs to be contemplated because they are not getting equal rights like mainstream people. They are always considered as margin. They are brave and courageous people and fought during the British regime. Their lives depend on the resources of the forests, especially trees and plants. They are experts in making musical instruments. The skill is passed to generations together. However, their serene eco-friendly lives are completely disturbed by the introduction of modernisation and globalisation. They are uprooted from their roots and have started migrating or else working on the modern projects.

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Dr Patil Sangita Sharnappa (November-2022). Uprooting the Roots: An Exploration of Hansda Sowvendra Shekar’s The Adivasi will not Dance Stories. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 7(11), b684-b687. https://ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2211181.pdf

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