THE DEPICTION OF ENVIRONMENAL ISSUES IN THE NORTH-EAST INDIAN POETRY IN ENGLISH

Abstract

The present paper tries to show the loss of nature and its surrounding due to advancement going on in the North East region of India. The nature as a mother, as a caretaker, as a source of livelihood has been hailed in Indian poetry in English but as a part of it, North-east Indian poetry in English has also dominated the theme of ecology since its origin and has been carrying out in the present with serious concern about the human –nature bond ship that was existed in the ancient times. The North Eastern part of India comprises of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland, Sikkim, Mizoram and Tripura. The Northeast part of India has rich biodiversity and included in the UNESCO hotspot also. Literature deals with life and society, so the poets expressed over the degradation of nature and environment took place during colonial and postcolonial era in the region. Environment has liveliness, loss of nature and environment is the biggest threat to the rich biodiversity of the land. The environmental issues like soil erosion, deforestation, decrease in rainfall, floods etc. has deeply affected the lives of native tribal people and other people living there.