AN ECOCRITICAL READING OF WHEN THE RIVER SLEEPS

Abstract

Studies of varied indigenous cultures around the world and telling a critique of their stories for the sake of understanding the ways to preserve nature has been one of the areas of investigation of ecocriticism. The myths, beliefs and tells of such indigenous cultures are entwined with the environment in such threads that the absence of one component might present a hazy picture of that culture. EasterineKire’sWhen the River Sleeps is a novel from the northeastern part of India that unveils permanent spiritual bonding between man and nature in an indigenous setting. The objective of the present study is to explore how the environment forms the culture of the Naga tribes since their route to knowledge, growth, spirituality, and peace inevitably springs from Mother Nature.