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  • Essay / History of Indian Poetry - 1315

    The North East is still placed outside the domain of Indian cultural history studies. This region was unstable and unpredictable as it had to face continuous conflicts and bloodshed to survive in a territory full of challenges. Despite these challenges, poetry from North East India has become a major voice in the world of literature today. Most of these poems are marked by a kind of restlessness that forms the basis of all great poetry. It is both categorized as the poetry of bloodshed and hostility, of torpor and apprehension, but it is also the poetry of terrorized souls seeking peace. The marginalization of the inhabitants of this region is also fashionable in historical writings. as a theoretical framework for intellectuals. Popular intellectuals from academia such as Eric Wolf's "people without history", EP Thompson's "unsung voices of history", Genovese's "objects and subjects of history", Ranajit Guha, the “others” of Lacan, the “hybrid stories” of sharia. and many other intellectuals continually question the validity of existing orthodox historical discourses on the marginalized throughout the ages. The dominant society is waging a continuous, harsh and systematic attack on the North East's social system, culture, tribal identity and way of life. The debts of traditional India to the efforts and struggles of the tribes of this region during colonial rule and even in pre-colonial times should be recognized by rewriting the history of our country. The story of their struggles is not only documented in their scripts but also in their folk tales, dances and songs passed down from one generation to another. In sh...... middle of paper......, memories and reality and the essence of oral culture. Through these stories, the author attempts to give voice to these “peripheral people” continually repressed by current reality. The Adi people still cherish an unwavering faith in things that revolve around forest ecology and in its peaceful coexistence with the world around them. Unfolding the different myths that strongly influence the lives of these hill people, these poems by Mamang Dai are a sonorous and touching tribute to the human spirit. These poems also echo the lost tradition and cultural dynamics of these Adi people. In one of his novels, The Legend of Perisam (2006), a character, Raket, believes that “We are peripheral people. Everywhere, people like us, we turn with the world. Our lives have changed, and in the circle, who could say where was the beginning and where was the end? We are just