POLITICAL THINKING IN JHARKHANDI INDEGIONES LITRATURE (Pages 148-157) by Dr. Yugal Jha* and Mr. Sharad Suman Mishra** in THE INTERNATIONAL MANAGER / ISSN: 2348-9413 (Online); 2348-9405 (Print)

The present paper explores the horizons & depths of political thinking in the indigenous literature of Jharkhand. In order to establish the idea of political awakenings, I have put a forward insight study into the folk literature & folk arts of the indigenous communities of Jharkhand. Especially Santal community & Munda community which come from the proto-Australoid group linguistically that covers the spirit of political awakenings & thought ever since its existence in the life abode of this region. My best effort is to explore the so far unknown facets of their heroic roles of their communities preserved in their oral literature, arts and culture comprehensively folk songs, folk tales, proverbs & creative narratives, storytelling which have had the brilliant past of two great revolution like ‘HOOL’ & ‘ULGULAN’ that brought forth the concept of the village republic in the form of ‘Hind-Swaraj’ in the mind of Mahatma Gandhi- the father of Indian Nation. Mahatma Gandhi collected the philosophy of HOOL (1855) of the great revolutionary like Sido Kanhu & the philosophy of ULGULAN (1895) of Bhagwan Birsa Munda in their oral language & literature which became the source of the finest replica of Hind Swaraj with its traditional set of institutions like Manjhi, Parganas, Munda, Mahato, Pahara, Pahan in the lap of mountain, river & long range of forest cover for the Panchayati Raj Institutions of Jharkhand particularly & India as a whole in the present time. The indigenous literature reveals the identity in oral heritage & tradition. It enmeshed intricately emerged in its cultural folklore, tradition, heritage and memory which support and complement each other is an art form immemorial time. The most important step is to present the folkloric research for the best presentation of their pragmatic, native categorization of the creators & second, the abstract, universalizing categorizations of the scholarly traditions. It has been traced in their long narrative songs (Karam Binti), proverbs & particularly the rich traditions of riddling into order in accordance with academic conversations & then the closer with brief considerations of their symbols, decorative arts, dance & drama. So a fine attempt has been put forward to arrange this thought of political thinking through the materials of their oral literature rationally & to shift forward cultural interpretations. Keywords: Indigenous, Oral Literature, Narratives, Sacred Grove, Binti, Folk Songs, Feminine, Hul, Ul-Gulan, Heritage.