‘Chotti Munda And His Arrow’ : One Exceptional Struggle/ ‘চোট্টি মুণ্ডা এবং তার তীর’ : এক ব্যতিক্রমী সংগ্রাম

Abstract

‘Chotti Munda o tar tir' are the famous novel of Mahasweta Devi. The novel was published in 1980. This novel depicts the life and struggle of the Munda community during the British rule. The central character of the novel is Chotti Munda. Choti Munda is a tribal in the nation. Indigenous means children of nature. Poverty is the constant companion of the Munda community. The protagonist of this novel, Chotti Munda, was born in a poor family.

         Chotti has been proficient in the arrow from childhood. The Munda nation means arrows and bows are synonymous. Life becomes a bow and self - defence, the bow becomes resort. So every Munda learns to hit the arrow.

         The Munda nation always lives with poverty. Maybe that's their fate. So they do not share the crop by working hard on the land. Even if you sit in the market to sell things, you have to pay for the unusual rules. Opposition to wrongdoing takes a fine. However, Bengali businessmen do not take fine. Because the zamindars, Mahajans and police cooperate with each other. Unable to tolerate the respiration, someone goes to Christian mission, some go to work in a coal mine.

         Chotti Munda wants the entire Munda society well. So the honour of the Munda society is very much respect. Because he seized people like the oppressive Mahajan Tirath Nath. He has shown the road when the Munda nation loses direction in the society.

          Chotti Munda has long fought against a system. That system is made by the landlord and the Mahajan. This system has extreme economic inequality. The government is not zealous to correct this discrimination. Finally, the Choti Munda expressed dissatisfaction with the government and the administration. And it seems that the oppression of the Munda nation should be stopped.

           Choti Munda is rich in many experiences. The zamindar Mahajan police administration, especially an entire social system, has experienced him. Even his child is in jail and death. Still he had to keep his head cool. Because he knows the Munda nation rely on him a lot. Therefore, the Munda has been associated with the 'Aboriginal Mangal Bharti' organization to save the nation. Because Chotti knows, the oppression cannot be finished by just making laws. In order to stop the atrocities, the society has to fight against the opposition. This is the life of the Munda nation.