Redefining a Land of Mist: An Eco-Critical Study of Select North-Eastern Women Poets

Abstract

The women poets of the North-Eastern India like Easterine Kire, Temsula Ao, Mamang Dai, and Daiarisa Rumnong try to mainly concentrate on the interconnections between human beings and nature and how nature is being endangered due to human civilization. These women writers constantly make an effort to focus on their distinct tribal identities and tradition endeavoring for preservation of cultures and beliefs to create an environment to upgrade their own ethnic identities and to augment their ethnic literature through their valuable inspiration. My paper thus focuses on eco-criticism as a literary instrument to explore into the delicate aspects of the relationships between mother nature and human beings in the writings of some of the women poets from the north-eastern region, namely to create an environment to upgrade their own ethnic identities and for preservation of cultures and beliefs.