Cultural disintegration of tribal community: A study of Narayan's Kocharethi: The Araya woman

Abstract

In contemporary times, tribals face issues of cultural disintegration in mainstream culture. It resulted in the problem of an identity crisis. Culture and society change over time due to exposure, invention, experimentation, and change in the surrounding environment. The tribal communities in India are also no exception. There is a lot of controversy regarding the cultural transformation of tribal communities in India. The tribal people are facing problems from both inclusion and exclusion from the dominant cultures of the country. In contemporary times, tribals face issues of cultural disintegration in mainstream culture. Writers from the different strata of marginalised sections of Indian societies have tried to raise their voices for their respective communities against the hegemony of the mainstream through writings.