Vol. 3, Issue 8, Part E (2017)

Abstract
In his short fiction Tadpa, Gopinath Mohanty exposes the fundamental fault in modern society's perception of the tribal as someone who is uncultured and helpless. In this critical examination, we examine how the development paradigms proposed for the tribals are both irrelevant and violent. Considering that Tadpa, the tribe, stands for a simple, organic, and self-sufficient way of life, it follows that Western society is not qualified to judge Tadpa.