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Ecologies of Justice: Convergences and Contrasts in Indian and Southeast Asian Literature

Author(s) Dr. Lakshmi N
Country India
Abstract In this paper, the intersections between ecological justice, cultural identity, rights of Indigenous peoples, and displacement through selected literary texts from India and Southeast Asia is explored. Specifically, literary works such as “The Felling of the Banyan Tree” by Dilip Chitre, The Yearning of Seeds (2011) by Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih, and The Hungry Tide (2004) by Amitav Ghosh are analysed. In all these works, there is an interrelation between the ecological transformation that takes place in particular regions and the broader context of the struggle between different aspects of human life: memories, sense of belonging, power and survival of humanity. In “The Felling of the Banyan Tree,” there is a powerful metaphor of the felling of a tree used to represent familial displacement and the separation from ancestry. In Nongkynrih’s poetry, there is a description of the ecological and cultural transformations that have been taking place in the Khasi area.
This paper analyses the correlation between conservation policies and the problems of human security and sovereignty in the Sundarbans area, where socially and politically marginalized people live. By adopting an ecocritical comparative methodology, the paper examines the way in which these texts question anthropocentric approaches to development and highlight the injustices associated with uneven distribution of environmental hazards and assets. The paper posits that ecological justice involves much more than the safeguarding of nature and includes issues of cultural preservation, social justice, indigenous wisdom, and the right to live in ancestral territories.
Keywords Ecological Justice, Comparative Ecocriticism, Indigenous Knowledge, Environmental Displacement, Cultural Identity.
Field Sociology > Linguistic / Literature
Published In Volume 8, Issue 5, September-October 2026
Published On 2026-10-15
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i05.89798
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