Mamang Dai: The online medium has increased poetry writing and reading activity
Updated On: 09 January, 2024 07:53 AM IST | Mumbai | Nascimento Pinto
In an exclusive interview with mid-day.com, Arunachal Pradesh poet Mamang Dai opens up about winning the Poet Laureate award at the Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest 2023. She also dwells on the importance being given to poetry in India, and that coming out of the northeastern state
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Mamang Dai won the Poet Laureate award at the Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest 2023. Photo Courtesy: Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest 2023
How did it feel to be in Mumbai for the Tata Lit Fest and receive the Poet Laureate award? When was the last time you were here?
It is a great honour. My first reaction was surprise, and I was feeling quite overwhelmed to be receiving this award. There are fellow poets I have to thank for this honour, my friends who always gave me their time and support through the years. The Tata Literature Live! Poet Laureate as an acknowledgement and celebration of poets and poetry is something I prize most highly.
The festival has a wonderful ambience. I was in Mumbai in 2022, and I found everything quite laid back, running smoothly. Just to be by the sea is happiness enough for me. It is a great venue and the festival committee does a great job of keeping things on track -- in a timely fashion, considering the great mingling of writers from diverse fields and different countries all engaged in interesting and active sessions with literature- books, and exchange of ideas. To my mind, it is an elegant and very well-curated event.
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