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Regionalism describes situations in which different religious or ethnic groups with distinctive identities coexist within the same state boundaries, often concentrated within a particular region and sharing strong feelings of collective identity. In Indian context, regionalism refers to assertion of specific ethnological, lexical or financial interests shared by different communities within the nation. In Bengali Literature the theory of Regionalism or "Regional Literature" finds a unified expression in the novels and short stories of Shailajananda Mukherjee (1901-1976). He appeared as a prominent Regional Novelist in Bengali Literature after Tarashankar Bandopadhyay (1898-1971). He attained popularity for his wonderful short stories depicting the life of the labourers in the coal fields near about his home town. He has been able to transcribe faithfully and with vivid realism the personal experience of the grim tragedy of the coal miners without any emotive imposition.
Dr . Leena Sarkar Bhaduri. “Shailajananda Mukherjee: A Study of Regional Consciousness and Societal Realism..” The Criterion: An International Journal in English, vol. 17, no. 2, Apr. 2026, pp. 707–718. DOI, https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n2.46.
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