• Farina Basumatary
• Dr. Zothanchhingi Khiangte

The present study aims to arrive at an ecological vision envisioned by Mamang Dai in her poetry. Dai deviates from regular, human-centric themes and makes non-human nature the prime concern of her poems in both her collections, River Poems and Midsummer Survival Lyrics. her concern about the sorry state-of-affairs as regards the state of non-human lives, both 'flora' and 'fauna', leads her to ponder over value systems that aggravate the overall state of existence on Earth. In the lines of Rachel Carson's active involvement in case of 'unscientific' and excessive use of pesticides as expressed in Silent Spring, Dai identifies selfish existence for the sake of 'development' as an unfortunate phenomenon which is harmful for everyone in the long run. she tries to uphold the value systems traditionally held in high esteem by the people of her ethnicity, the Adi people of Arunachal Pradesh in India. she assumes a position alongside Deep ecologists in her belief that human beings are not superior to non-human lives. she also shares the vision of abolishing social ideologies and hierarchies that perpetuate ecological destruction, and of making the best use of 'traditional' as well as 'scientific' knowledge to ensure ecological stability with Social ecologists like Murray Bookchin.

Ecological vision, Nature, Non-human lives, Development, Traditional values, Deep Ecology, Social Ecology

"Ecological Vision in the Poetry of Mamang Dai", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 10, page no.2669-2676, October-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2010343.pdf

"Ecological Vision in the Poetry of Mamang Dai", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 10, page no. pp2669-2676, October-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2010343.pdf