Gopinath Mohanty's Paraja is one of the best novels written about the life of the tribals. In this novel he explores various aspects of the tribals inhabiting the forests and mountaneous regions of Orissa, and he very meticulously charts the various contours of the tribal life. Thus the book offers an authentic account of the tribal life with its purple patches and dark pools. Parajas are a tribe which lives in the forests of Orissa in Koraput district. They live in close harmony with nature,
• Mohanty~ “Under Western Eyes” • Transnational Feminism is not monolithic understanding, but an umbrella term–with theories, issues, and concerns revolve around inclusiveness of topics such as activism in women's health, reproductive rights, race, correlation of power and poverty, gender equality, etc. Society has a tendency to lean towards hegemony and imperialism, which endangers feminism. It could be argued that through a transnational lens, feminism is about ending oppressions of us all, that