Cultural Transition, Ecological Anxiety, and Digital Alienation in Contemporary Haryanvi Ragni Tradition

Anand Kumar Ashodhiya

Anand Kumar Ashodhiya

Author | Poet | Researcher

Summary: This peer-reviewed research article critically examines contemporary Haryanvi Saang-Shaili Ragnis through interdisciplinary frameworks of Pingal prosody, ecological humanities, digital sociology, oral tradition studies, and folk-performance criticism. The study highlights cultural transition, ecological consciousness, technological anxiety, and performative resistance within modern North Indian folk literature.

This article forms part of the continuing scholarly research corpus on Haryanvi Ragni literature, Pingal Shastra, folk-performance traditions, and regional epistemology by Anand Kumar Ashodhiya.

Cultural Transition, Ecological Anxiety, and Digital Alienation

This study forms part of the larger AVIKAVANI Contemporary Haryanvi Ragni Research Corpus focusing upon folk-performance traditions, Pingal Shastra, ecological humanities, and socio-cultural transformation in North Indian oral literature.

📄 Article Details

Author: Anand Kumar Ashodhiya
Affiliation: Independent Researcher, Former Warrant Officer, Indian Air Force
Journal: IJRAR - International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews (IJRAR)
E-ISSN: 2348-1269
P-ISSN: 2349-5138
Volume: 13 | Issue: 2 | Month: May 2026
Pages: 499–506
Paper ID: 335098
Unique ID: IJRAR26B2779
Zenodo DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20355802

🔑 Keywords

Haryanvi Ragni; Saang Tradition; Pingal Shastra; Folk Performance; Oral Tradition; Ecological Humanities; Digital Sociology; Cultural Memory; Folk Prosody; Cultural Transition; Regional Epistemology

📖 Abstract

The present study critically examines selected socially interventionist Haryanvi Saang-Shaili Ragnis composed by Anand Kumar Ashodhiya, namely “हरियाणे में व्याप्त कुरीति,” “हरियाणे की सभ्यता और संस्कृति,” “पर्यावरण,” “किसा रँग बदल्या संसार नै,” and “इंटरनेट मोबाइल खतरा.” These compositions collectively represent a major contemporary development within North Indian folk poetics wherein the Haryanvi Ragni tradition evolves beyond entertainment-oriented oral performance and emerges as a sophisticated medium of ethical reflection, ecological consciousness, cultural resistance, and technological critique.

The article situates these Ragnis within broader theoretical frameworks of oral tradition studies, folk-performance theory, cultural semiotics, regional epistemology, ecological humanities, and Pingal-centered prosodic analysis. Employing an interdisciplinary methodology combining textual interpretation, oral-performance analysis, ecological hermeneutics, digital sociology, socio-cultural criticism, and Pingal examination, the study demonstrates that contemporary Haryanvi Ragni functions simultaneously as literary discourse, performative pedagogy, communal memory, and regional knowledge production.

Particular attention has been devoted to Dirgha Samamatrik and Lavani-Mishrit Chaubola structures, Yati distribution, Guru-Laghu sequencing, refrain systems, tonal descent, and oral-musical cadence. The article argues that these prosodic structures intensify emotional participation and transform social critique into collectively embodied oral experience.

The selected Ragnis reveal deep anxiety regarding ritual exploitation, ecological destruction, vulgar commercialization, consumerist modernity, algorithm-driven digital culture, weakening intergenerational communication, and the erosion of embodied rural life. Simultaneously, they preserve regional linguistic texture, folk-symbolic consciousness, and performative continuity within rapidly changing socio-cultural conditions.

The study further identifies a significant scholarly gap in the absence of integrated research combining Pingal prosody, ecological criticism, oral-performance studies, and digital sociology in relation to contemporary Haryanvi literature. Consequently, the article positions modern Haryanvi Ragni as an important epistemic archive of North Indian folk modernity, cultural transition, ecological ethics, and performative resistance.

📚 Citation (APA Style)

Ashodhiya, A. K. (2026).
Cultural Transition, Ecological Anxiety, and Digital Alienation in Contemporary Haryanvi Ragni Tradition.
IJRAR - International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews, 13(2), 499-506.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20355802

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