NARRATIVE OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND SOCIAL REALITIES: A STUDY OF TEMSULA AO’S THESE HILLS CALLED HOME: STORIES FROM A WAR ZONE.

The purpose of the paper is to explore the pattern of political violence and social realities in the particular state of Northeast India- Nagaland. The paper attempts to describe how the Naga struggle with the armed forces to occupy a separate political entity and how they search their identity and peace in the midst of violence and terror. It makes an attempt to give the idea that how the trauma of violence and unstable political conditions of a state bring the fragility of human conditions. Focusing on Temsula Ao’s short stories collection entitled These Hills Called Home: Stories from a war zone, the paper discusses the social realities of Nagaland during insurgency and counter-insurgency period. The stories depict common people who are victimized by the conflicts, violence and politics of the state and about the violation of human rights by different militant organizations and security forces. The social and cultural milieu forms the central focus of Temsula Ao’s short stories.