SOCIAL CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, POLITICAL THINKING AND GOVERNANCE IN JHARKHANDI INDIGENOUS LITRATURE (Pages 240-249) by Dr. Yugal Jha in THE INTERNATIONAL MANAGER / ISSN: 2348-9413 (Online); 2348-9405 (Print)

The present paper explores the horizons and 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 and folk arts of the indigenous communities of Jharkhand, especially Santhal community and Munda community which come from the proto-Astraloid group linguistically that covers the spirit of political awakenings and 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 the communities preserved in their oral literature, arts and culture comprehensively folk songs, folk tales, proverbs and creative narratives, storytelling which have had the brilliant past of two great revolutions like ‘HOOL’ and ‘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 and the philosophy of ULGULAN (1895) of Bhagwan Birsa Munda in their oral language and 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 and long range of forest cover for the Panchayati Raj Institutions of Jharkhand particularly and India as a whole in the present time. The indigenous literature reveals the identity in oral heritage and tradition. It enmeshed intricately immersed in its cultural folklore, tradition, heritage and memory which support and complement each other is an art form of immemorial time. The most important step is to present the folkloric research for the best presentation of their pragmatic, native categorization of the creators and second, the abstract, universalizing categorizations of the scholarly traditions. It has been traced in their long narrative songs (Karam Binti), proverbs and particularly the rich traditions of riddling into order in accordance with academic conversations and then the closer with brief considerations of their symbols, decorative arts, dance and drama. So a fine attempt has been put forward to arrange this thought of political thinking through the materials of their oral literature rationally and to shift forward cultural interpretations. Keywords: Indigenous, Oral Literature, Narratives, Sacred Grove, Binti, Folk Songs, Feminine, Hul, Ul-Gulan, Heritage.