A Sense of Bodo Identity and Socio-political Issues in the Works of Select Bodo Writers

The Bodo people have faced enormous plight, problem and challenges in their journey to progress and development. All these struggles of the Bodos have been represented in the in many literary works of the Bodo writers like Aniram Basumatary and others. The select play is a prominentb play by Basumatary. It is a historical drama that reflects the Bodo legend Gambari. In this play, Basumatary depicts the protagonist, Gambari as a brave, bold, energetic, skilful, and a patriot. In the world of patriarchy, she is projected as an archetypal supreme lady. The setting of this play takes place during the pre-independence era when Bhutanese rulers interfered in the socio-political and economical deal in the kingdom of the bodos. Thus, I find the involvement of the Bodowomen in the war field shouder to shoukder with males.