Abstract
An interview with a reputed writer from the North East India.Mamang Dai is a significant Indian English poet and novelist from Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh. She was correspondent with the Hindustan Times, Telegraph and Sentinel newspapers and President, Arunachal Pradesh Union of Working Journalists. She also worked with World Wide Fund for nature in the Eastern Himalaya Biodiversity Hotspots programme. She has received the Verrier Elwin Award from the State government of Arunachal Pradesh (2003) and Padma Shri from the Government of India (2011).Mamang Dai’s books include: Arunachal Pradesh: The Hidden Land (non-fiction, 2003/2009); The Legends of Pensam (novel, 2006); The Sky Queen and Once Upon a Moontime (illustrated folklore for young readers, 2003); Stupid Cupid (novel, 2008); Mountain Harvest: The Food of Arunachal (non-fiction, 2004); River Poems (2004); and The Black Hill (novel, 2014); Hambreelsai’s Loom (2014): El bálsamo del tiempo/The balm of time (bilingual poetry edition, 2008); Midsummer Survival Lyrics (poetry, 2014).
Highlights
Mamang Dai is a significant Indian English poet from Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh. She was correspondent with the Hindustan Times, Telegraph and Sentinel newspapers and President, Arunachal Pradesh Union of Working Journalists. She worked with World Wide Fund for nature in the Eastern Himalaya Biodiversity Hotspots programme
The area was once known as the Abor Hills, and the Siang River is the main connecting channel between the Tsangpo of Tibet and the Brahmaputra river of Assam
Very briefly, the classical literature of the Adi people consists of epic narratives originally transmitted in ritual language by a Miri, the shaman well versed in the different branches of evolutionary history
Summary
Mamang Dai is a significant Indian English poet from Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh. She was correspondent with the Hindustan Times, Telegraph and Sentinel newspapers and President, Arunachal Pradesh Union of Working Journalists. She worked with World Wide Fund for nature in the Eastern Himalaya Biodiversity Hotspots programme. The area was once known as the Abor Hills, and the Siang River is the main connecting channel between the Tsangpo of Tibet and the Brahmaputra river of Assam. Writers in Conversation Vol 4 no. 2, August 2017. https://journals.flinders.edu.au/index.php/wic
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