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Research Paper | Arts and Humanities | Volume 15 Issue 4, April 2026 | Pages: 565 - 568 | India
A Critical Study of the Representation of Subalterns in Amish Tripathi's The Shiva Trilogy
Abstract: Amish Tripathi in The Shiva Trilogy has contemporised the mythical legend of Lord Shiva. Through the modernisation of the Indian 'Puranas', the narrator weaves a thread of marginalisation in his narrative. The position of the so called 'Vikarmas', as pointed out in the novels The Immortals of Meluha (2010), The Secret of the Nagas (2011), and The Oath of the Vayuputras (2013), equates with the notion of the outcastes or Dalits in modern India. This paper will focus on the depiction of untouchability in the genre of epic fantasy, the role of 'misinterpretation' of the philosophy of 'Karma' behind promoting the Caste System, and the historical concept of 'Sapt-Sindhu', the northern India. It will also be concerned with the covert strategies invested by the marginalised, exploited sections, like Nagas, to vent their pent-up rage and agitation, bordering on political unrest. The inherent power-politics, played across the social and economic hierarchy, renders the portraiture of the mythical, pre-historic Indian utopia in mainstream literature complicated and questionable.
Keywords: Mythology, Subaltern, Marginalisation, Discrimination, Class Division, Segregation, Injustice
How to Cite?: Dipanjan Kundu, "A Critical Study of the Representation of Subalterns in Amish Tripathi's The Shiva Trilogy", Volume 15 Issue 4, April 2026, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 565-568, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=MR26407140929, DOI: https://dx.dx.doi.org/10.21275/MR26407140929