Vol. 7, Issue 1, Part C (2025)

The process of bringing indigenous voices at the international level started around the 1940s. But the results could be apparent around the ’60s and the ’70s. There emerged an international body called World Council for Indigenous Peoples in the year 1975. It was a consequence of the conference of the indigenous peoples held in Canada. Due to this conference, the contacts between the indigenous people became truly trans-national. It gave indigenous minorities a platform to share their experiences and put forth their ideas and thoughts about their status. The participation in such conferences by the indigenous people created a new awareness among these communities that paved the way for the Indigenous Literature in particular. Hence, the 1960s and the ’70s are assumed to be the emerging years of the indigenous literatures in the world. The term Aborigine communities is also one of the terms used to address the indigenous people. For the last fifty years, the indigenous literary figures have been contributing a lot to expose the malaise of exploitation and its brutal effects on their communities and cultures. The present research article intends to explore major concerns of Indigenous poetry written in Maharashtra and its distinctive poetic form used to communicate these concerns. In India, in the present scenario where religious, communal and caste based identities have become more sensitive, where violence is erupted due to the ethnic identities of the people it is ingenious to listen to the voices and perspective of these communities.