Exploring the Unexplored: An Overview of Regional Indian Novels from Bengali, Oriya, Marathi and Jharkhandi Literature-Reflecting True Essence of Subaltern Community in India

Abstract

This research paper examines the regional literary voices that emerge in various parts of India. A common theme that stands out is that native voices are stronger than mainstream voices in Indian literature. When we study this vast body of Adivasi literature in regional languages with the treatment of all the theories of literature including Colonialism, Postcolonialism, deconstruction, metanarrative, Marxism, Neocolonisation and Postglobalization but on the other hand mainstream Indian English fiction writing does not show such a vast maturity of ‘ism’ and its literary presentation through their novels.  Indian English fiction writers find it with ease when they use the word 'Subaltern'. However, they never think from this perspective, nor have they presented the community of Indians from a subaltern point of view. However, the most striking and surprising reality is that the Adivasi-Aboriginal are the most wretched souls, the most destroyed cultures in contemporary independent India.