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Tribal India finds very little representation in Indian English literature; and on the rare occasion that it does, the indigenous is almost always looked upon as the ‘noble savage’ whose culture is pristine yet primitive. They are portrayed as lacking agency, far removed from modernisation and resistant to change or adaptation. In contrast, a study of indigenous and bhasha writing on tribal people reveals a level of representation that is sensitive and not exoticized. Their characters are not stereotypes that lack authenticity and vigour.