Nature Vs Culture: Questioning Nature Exploitation in Mishra’s The Soul of the Rhino

Abstract

This thesis focuses on studying a relation between human and nature on a memoir by Hemanta Mishra’s The Soul of the Rhino. It explores how human actions are responsible for the destruction of the prime habitat for ‘one horned rhino’ in Chitwan, Nepal, in particular and bias nature of human constructed culture regarding the protection of animal and nature. This thesis tries to uncovered the human stereotypenotion that certain person, group, and countries have reserved all the rights to exploit over others including nature on the basis of power. In the book, Mishra provides details how animals have been exploited by humans throughout the history based on his experience working for the protection of one of the endangered species in this nature. While studying the animals, this research also tries to explore identity of women in patriarchy society as well as people in power dominated society in parallel relation with animals using the of eco-feminist and eco-Marxist. Humans have created conflict not just between human and nature but within human race on the basis of power which later becomes the criteria for the superiority. Also, development planned created in the vacuum is equally responsible for the exploitation of nature besides growing the human population.