• Ms.Uma Maheswari K

Tribal Communities across India face many challenges and are being uprooted with impudence politically, economically, socially and culturally. These tribes are marginalised for their economic and technological backwardness and illiteracy. They face discriminations and misrepresented everywhere. Through the debut novel Kocharethi, Narayan articulates for his own tribe in Kerala in which he portrays the true lives of the tribal community representing them as how they are. Tribes, naturally live in dire poverty never had a choice or voice. This novel depicts the Araya community’s struggles and their cultural transformation over the passage of time. This paper analyses the powerful voice of Narayan on creating an identity for the Malayarayar community, defining their lives, struggles and challenges faced by them. Keywords: Tribes, exploitation, culture, identity, discrimination, poverty, adivasi, alienation, discrimination, dispossession.

"Voice for Voiceless in Narayan’s Kocharethi: The Araya Women", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 1, page no.d626-d631, January-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2301378.pdf

"Voice for Voiceless in Narayan’s Kocharethi: The Araya Women", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 1, page no. ppd626-d631, January-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2301378.pdf