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Indigenous communities are often marginalised due to a lack of recognition of their rights, culture and traditional living standards. Adivasis have been socially discriminated and excluded from the mainstream society. The social biasness prevailing in the society not only offends human dignity but also in breach the human right of living as an equal citizen. This paper focuses on the Adivasis resistance of forced displacement in the context of development. The paper tries to voice the angst of indigenous people of Jharkhand against the social bigotry. Through the short story collection of Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar The Adivasi Will Not Dance the consignment of Adivasis to a lower social strata will be discussed. Adivasis have withstand the social and economic adversities and are now acclaiming their presence in the mainstream society. The selected stories of this collection describe the Adivasi resistance against exploitation and also present Adivasis remarkable resilience despite all adversities.