Indigenous and Subaltern Literature

Code: 12MNP Marks:75

Section A

Answer ALL the questions:

1. Why the mother’s fingers always smell of onions?

2. How the white men are represented in “We are Going”?
3. What is Sharan Kumar Limbale demanding in his poem “White Paper”?
4. What reward people get for hard work according to Namdeo Dhasal?
5. Name the two communities served by Savitriba and Jothiba Phule?
6. How Paatan was punished for running away?
7. Who is the happy character in the play “The Stolen”, why?
8. What does Michael Amma say about eating Beef?
9. Why Bama did not take party in the college party?
10. Why April did not want to accept her Metis origin?

Answer any five questions:

11. Is the subaltern having voice now?Explain.

12. Comment on the childhood experiences of Kancha Illaiah.
13. Discuss the theme of Hunger.
14. Explain the theme of the poem We are Going.
15. Discuss the characterization in This is a Story.
16. Comment on the narrative sequence of the Stolen.
17. Discuss the character Cheryl in, In search of April Raintree.

Answer any THREE questions:

18. A)Explain Kancha Illaiah’s experiences in forming his ideas on not being a Hindu.
B)What do you understand from Savitriba’s letter to Jothiba Phule? Explain.
19. A)Discuss the theme and imagery of the poem White Paper.

B)Bring out the plight of the bond slaves depicted in Aajir.