Representation of Eco-feminism in Matrilineal Meghalaya Community in Northeast India; Janice Pariat's We Come from Mist: writings from Meghalaya

Meghalaya is a matrilineal society. Matrilineal culture has close ties to ecology and feminism. The most popular perception of ecofeminism is the rise of women against the patriarchal dominance on both nature and the women. The objective of the present study is to analyse the selected works from the book, We Come from Mist, writings from Meghalaya by Janice Pariat, to investigate the notion of representation of ecofeminism in the Meghalayan matrilineal community in Northeast India. The present study analyses the selected narratives from the aforementioned book along with the theories related to ecofeminism. The selected works of the book are, ‘Forget-Me-Not’ by Satrupa Paul, ‘The Women in Between’ by Saweini Laloo, ‘The Wheel and the Reel’ by Daiarisa Rumnong and ‘Three-night Rain’ by Antara Roy Oruganti. The research question pursues the question of how the representation of ecofeminism emerges in the matrilineal Meghalayan community in Northeast India.