ANTI-COLONIAL MOVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTION OF NORTH EAST INDIA IN THE FREEDOM STRUGGLE OF INDIA AS REFLECTED IN THE SELECTED ENGLISH NOVELS OF NE

Abstract

English novels from the North-East region are newly emerged ventures in the literary field. Very recently we see authors are trying to write on various topics and anti-colonial movements and contribution to the freedom struggle movements is one of the themes describe in such novels. In some English novels of NE region, we find the description of Japanese invasion, domination the British and how people of the north East India fought. In Nagaland there are some tombs, monuments of the World War II time which are mentioned in some novels. In another novel there is the mention of how local people had to suffer during the time of independence. We find the mention of hero like U Trirat Singh and others in some novel. In following six novels we find the description of Japanese invasion, domination the British and how people of the north East India fought; they are- 'A Naga Village Remembered', 'Mary', 'Bitter Wormwood', 'The Grasshopper's Run', 'Surface' and 'A Bowstring Winter'.