Resistance to Cultural Encroachment in Chotti Munda and His Arrow

Abstract

This research work explores the encroachment of the mainstream culture on the tribal culture and the resistance of such encroachment by the tribe called Munda, in Chotti Munda and His Arrow. Munda people have their own culture which they believe make their identity. So they don’t want to lose it. Chotti Munda is the protagonist and the representative of Munda people. He struggles hard to protect his tribe’s archery culture which is about to extinct. It is their inherited culture which they believe helps them to bring unity and harmony among all kind of people within the tribe. They see their prospect in the protection of culture and continue the struggle against the mainstream colonizer’s culture for their existence or identity.