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This essay focusses on the cultural violence perpetrated against the adivasis in Mahasweta Devi's novella, Pterodactyl, Puran Sahay, and Pirtha. It illuminates how passive resistance of adivasis in the form of collective mourning upon the appearance of the pterodactyl in their region is misconstrued by others as a "deathwish". The outsiders' misapprehension of adivasis' desperation indicates their indifference to adivasis' culture. The appearance and death of the prehistoric bird is considered by the adivasis to be an omen predicting the extinction of the tribal people and of forthcoming ecological devastation. Although the text embodies the collective melancholia of the adivasis and the author's pessimistic conception of history, it, nevertheless, advocates the responsibility of writers and journalists to disseminate knowledge, thereby helping to usher in a new era.Este ensayo se centra en la violencia cultural perpetrada contra los adivasis en la novela de Mahasweta Devi, Pterodactyl, Puran Sahay y Pirtha y esclarece cómo la resistencia pasiva de los adivasis, en forma de luto colectivo, es deconstruida por otros como un "deseo de la muerte". La mala interpretación que hacen los forasteros de la desesperación aborigen indica indiferencia ante su cultura. La aparición y la muerte del pájaro prehistórico es considerada por los adivasis como un augurio que predice la extinción de la tribu y la consiguiente devastación del medio ambiente. A pesar de que el texto representa la melancolía colectiva de los adivasis y una concepción pesimista de la historia por parte del autor, aboga, sin embargo, por la responsabilidad de los escritores y periodistas de diseminar el conocimiento, de manera que ayuden a dar paso a una nueva era

The Return of the Prehistoric and the “Deathwish” of the Tribals in Mahasweta Devi’s Novella, Pterodactyl, Puran Sahay, and Pirtha