REPRESENTATION OF THE ETHNIC LIFE OF KARBI COMMUNITY IN RONGBONG TERANG’S RANGMILIR HANHI

This paper makes a textual reading of the novel Rangmilir Hanhi by Assamese writer Rongbong Terang and attempted to bring out the representation of ethnic life of Karbi community inherent in the text. An ethnographic text like Rangmilir Hanhi represents an ethnic group of North East India with their distinctive life style. In this novel, Terang provides an insider's nuanced depiction of the lives, social customs and gradual change and transformation in the Karbi society. The ethnic life of the Karbis gets reflected in this novel. The correlation of nature and culture is reflected through the depiction of ethnic life of the Karbis. The bond between the Karbi community and nature is being revealed. The ethnographical representation of the Karbi life can also be looked from the ecocritical lens