www.ijellh.com 436 Dhol: Representation of Linguistic Identity of Tribes Dr. Anshu Surve Assistant Professor Mr. Parth Dave Teaching Assistant Dept. of English, Faculty of Commerce The M.S. University of Baroda India They did not speak They could not Speechless as they were They name hunger as hunger Or call beatings as beatings That is why speechless as they were Loaded in trucks like goods, sent To places far flung But now they have learnt to speak Now hunger means food Or beatings means rod Now They want the account For their mountains, rivers and forests That have disappeared in concrete buildings of the towns (They Did not Speak by Ramnika Gupta) But, in the recent past janjatis have voiced their creativity and Dhol-the little magazine by and for the Janjatis recapitulates their journey of self-actualisation. Dhol is a representation of the self- assertive consciousness of these eternally isolated communities. Dhol, meaning drum is the