বযঘর পরকলপ ও অরণযভমপতরদর জবনকথ: অরণয ও শকরকনদরক বল কথসহতয অবলমবন একট পরযলচন

In the present article, the lived realities of life and livelihood of forest-dwelling communities are analysed in the context of the 'Tiger Project', drawing upon Bengali forest and hunting-centred fiction.While state-driven wildlife conservation policies have accorded significant importance to forest preservation and the increase of the tiger population, the life security, livelihood, and rights of forest-dependent working people have remained comparatively neglected.This inherent contradiction is brought to light through close readings of selected literary texts.In Bengali fiction, the 'Tiger Project' is represented at times as a symbol of conservation, and at other times as an experience of fear, uncertainty, and deprivation for forest-dwelling communities.The terror of maneating tigers, restrictions on forest use, crises surrounding compensation and rehabilitation, and the silenced voices of marginalised people-these issues are transformed into humanistic and ethical questions through literary narratives.This review includes forest and hunting-centred narratives by Deviprasad Bandyopadhyay, Shibshankar Mitra, Buddhadeb Guha, and Chandranath Chattopadhyay.Consequently, the objective of the present article is to examine the literary representation of the lived realities, psychological tensions, and conflicts of forest-dwelling people with forest policies, as portrayed in selected Bengali forest and hunting-centred fiction centred on the Tiger Project.