Incarceration In Gopinath Mohanty’s Paraja

Abstract

This article examines how enslavement is persisting which makes indigenous life a complicated one. Gopinath Mohanty in his work Paraja encounters the changing patterns in the life of tribes when modernization steps in. Enslavement is not something new in the 21^st century as it is still existing. Furthermore, it shows the relationship between master and slave and the ways the slaves are treated. From owning land of his own to becoming a goti in his land, the tribe identity undergoes a drastic change. Through this novel Paraja, one can examine how the Paraja tribe responds to slavery. Mohanty draws an unbroken storyline of exploitation, which disturbs their lifestyle. Does the tribe submit themselves or retaliate against the forces of modernity? What kind of weapon do they use against modernism? Mohanty provides an answer to these pertinent questions through the novel Paraja.