Indigenous Society and Culture: Short Stories by Prekshith Ramapada Chowdhury/ আদিবাসী সমাজ ও সংস্কৃতি : প্রেক্ষিত রমাপদ চৌধুরীর ছোটগল্প

Abstract

Every tribal people have been trying to survive on their own since the beginning of human civilization. They consider agriculture as an integral part of their lives along with forest products collection and animal husbandry. They mainly contribute to the economic development of India through paddy production. Apart from paddy, they are seen to earn their living by producing other crops. But their plight in the agricultural economy is Nothing has changed. At the same time, the landlords were close to the state power. They have been oppressed repeatedly. Storyteller Rama pad Chowdhury tells the story of these oppressed indigenous peoples. He highlighted social culture in several of his stories. The story shows the story of tribal women becoming sex workers due to poverty and hardship. In addition, tribal people are seen to have traditional beliefs about ancient customs, superstitions. For example, they take people with family illnesses, dog bites, snake bites to a shaman or a poet to get rid of the poison. Again, an Englishman is seen coming forward to express his sympathy for their society or to save a woman from the clutches of the society's elite. At one time, all the people of a hard-working tribal village became beggars. Some Englishmen convert indigenous women to Christianity and marry them, or keep their indigenous religion intact and take women as wives. However, in most of his stories, Rama pad Chowdhury highlights the issue of women being molested and looked down upon by outside men, either in the story's explanation or in the narration.