Nagaland is a mountainous state in the northeast India. The region is known for its rich tribal culture, custom and patriarchal society. It is a small state in India. Nagaland is bounded by Arunachal Pradesh to the northeast, Manipur to the south and Assam to the west and northwest to Myanmar. The state capital is Kohima.EasterineKire was born in Kohima. She is an Angami Naga writer. Her works delineates the Naga tribal culture, history, the customs and traditions of the Angami society. Her novelA Terrible Matriarchy is a bildungsroman novel. The protagonist, Dielieno is the youngest daughter of Visa and Nino. From an early age, she is put under the tutelage of her Grandmother Vibano.Vibano wants to bring Dielieno to as a good Naga woman.Dielieno has been struggling a lot throughout the novel due to Patriarchal subjugation.Her Grandmother forces her to do all the household works. ButDielieno is an intellectual little girl among the Naga tribal girls and she does not lose her feminine power to her society at any circumstances. She bravely confronts against the abusive orthodox Grandmother’s discrimination to get education and a place in her family and society.

Naga tribal society, domination, patriarchy, struggle, victory