Modernity in Bodo Culture: A Text Oriented Analysis

Human society is changeable. Changes occur at various levels of the society. Regarding the Bodo society, it is observed that due to impact of modernity the traditional culture of the bodies and their way of living is getting changed in the course of time. Changes may be observed both in material and non-material culture. The factors responsible for the transformation of the society and culture are impact of Christianity, Urbanization, Industrialization, Tribal Community Development Schemes of the Government agency, Democratic set up of the Nation and new Education policy of the Government, emergence of Science and Technology and Communication. The study attempts to investigate the social context based on writing literary text; and on the one hand considerable insight will be taken into account to know the impact of modernity on Bodo culture. Chiefly the study seeks to bring into light various causes of impact of modernity on different aspects of the Bodo culture.