The present issue critically analyses Gopinath Mohanty's novel Paraja (1945) in the light of James Scott's book Domination and the Arts of Resistance which is deemed a great success in exploring the conundrum of unequal power relations in a society where the binary system of active givers (volunteers) and the passive receivers (local population) hints a priori an unequal relationship.These power relations define how two or more different parties interact with each other and its due reflection on human behavior in the intellectual world.The book Paraja examines the reflection of people's position in their actions in social life. Furthermore, by following Scott's concept of public and hidden transcripts, I attempt to analyze and examine their behavioral motives and identify the factors that direct and energize their behaviors. Scott's previously stated book sounds engrossing, and its advantage can be availed, especially in examining dominance and resistance and generating new interest in the liberative reading of the novel Paraja from a different angle that authorizes cultural and political forms of domination. The present paper will draw upon the preceding work of Scott primarily in exploring critical issues in the interpretation of the novel and how the book may be suggestive and stimulating for new explorations.