Alternative Modernity in Santhal Community
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Central Departmental of English
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The thesis entitled “Alternative Modernity in Santhal Community” deals with the changes came
into light on the Santhal community of Jhapa district caused by the impacts of modernization and
other advanced neighboring cultures. Due to such impacts of modernity Santhal Community are
on the vertex of change. Every ethnic group in this world and here in case of ethnic groups of
Nepal are assimilating changes in their socio-cultural and economic practices and Santhals from
southern eastern Terai belt are no more exception to this. Now they have accepted different
means of modern science and technology in their daily lives and behaviors to ease their
livelihood. Though assimilated of cultures and social-cultural behaviors of other advanced
neighboring social groups have changed their lifestyle and made it comfortable, such
assimilation have at the same time, on the other hand, appears to be threatening to their cultures.
Such reforms of culture and social behaviors have created hybrid culture throughout the social
life of this ethnic group. Even in such diverse effects of globalization, Santhals are capable
enough to preserve their few important cultural activities and it is worth mentioning. Their
culture is in glocalized form which is taken as form of alternative modernity.