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21. What kind of a village community is seen in “No Name Woman” ?

22. Write ashort note on hegemony and interpellation.

23. Read the passage given below about how society at large behaves towards a transgender person.

What are the different kinds of shaming referred to in this passage ? List a few phrases
used for such shaming/harassment from the paragraph. Have you ever come across such
abusive behaviour in the name of caste, class, gender and sexuality ? What is you

perception about such pre-judices ?

School was extremely difficult. I got bullied a lot. I was picked on for being too thin, for
being feminine, for not liking football, for hanging round with girls, for having long hair.
They mocked everything they could think of in terms of gender and sexuality. The thing
about trans people is, we feel very normal. It’s the way we are, it’s only when people say

you’re not normal that you feel that way.
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Section C

Answer any two questions.

Each question carries 10 marks.

24. How does Laura Bohannan learn that universality of texts and interpretationsis a myth from the

West African tribal community ?

25. Read about the plight of the Santhal community given in the passage below. What are the issues

they face besides loss of land ? How do they try to actively resist the neo-colonial policies ? What do

you think is the condition of the tribal and farmer communities in general ? Write an essay based

on your reading of “The Adivasi Will Not Dance”.

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My name is Mangal Murmu. I am a musician. No, wait... I am a farmer. Or... was a
farmer. Was a farmer is right. Because I don’t farm anymore. In my village of Matiajore,
in Amrapara block of the Pakur district, not many Santhals farm anymore. Only a few of

us still have farmland ; most of it has been acquired by a mining company.

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