Dr temsula ao

It is ‘a complex fate’ being a Naga. But in our context, it is a double-edged sword because the complexity lies not only in the way ‘outsiders’ view us but also in the way we see ourselves…. Being a Naga has never been easy for us. The mystique and negative power of the ‘savage’ has always fascinated the western mind and when we were ‘discovered’ by anthropologists and ethnographers in the 19th century, we became exotic and exciting specimens for them to study, but from their perspective only. Our material culture seems to have caught their imagination in such a manner that the best specimens were spirited away to their museums without any qualms because they were the ‘finders’ and therefore the ‘keepers’. But fortunately for us, though we were stripped of our external Naga-ness, the essential core of our being Nagas could not be obliterated and this consciousness has remained firmly rooted to the soil of our origin. Then came the British administrators, with their policy of identifying and dealing with ‘primitive’ subjects and we were isolated from the rest of their dominion by restricting access to the hills where we had lived almost forever. The Christian missionaries came more or less at the same time with their zeal for proselitization and sowed the seeds of doubt in our minds about our own intrinsic worth. However it has to be admitted that they also brought literacy, though it was with the sole policy of ‘educating’ the savage in the right path towards eternal life ...

Dr Temsula Ao, former chairperson of the Nagaland State Commission for Women, academician, renowned writer, and Padma Shri, died on Sunday night at a private hospital in Dimapur. She was 80 years old. Following her death, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to the Naga literary luminary on the microblogging site Twitter. “Saddened by the passing away of Dr Temsüla Ao, who played a pivotal role in popularising the wonderful Naga culture through her literary works. Her efforts in the fields of education and culture were noteworthy. Condolences to her family and friends. May her soul rest in peace,” the Prime Minister tweeted on Monday morning. Dr. Temsula Ao, a leading literary voice in the northeast, received the Padma Shri award in 2007. Among other honours, she received the Nagaland Governor’s Award for Distinction in Literature, the Meghalaya Governor’s Gold Medal, and the Sahitya Akademi Award. She spent nearly half of her life as a professor at North Eastern Hill University (NEHU). She retired in 2010 as professor of English and dean of NEHU’s School of Humanities and Education. Her literary works are said to have been translated into German, French, Hindi, Assamese, and Bengali.

Temsüla Ao received the Padma Shri Award in 2007 and also the Sahitya Akademi Award in the year 2013. She was also the recipient of the Governor’s Gold Medal 2009 from the government of Meghalaya. She is widely respected as one of the major literary voices in English to emerge from Northeast India By Imna Longchar, TFM Nagaland Correspondent Jun 9, 2023 Renowned academician, poet, writer, and ethnographer, Padmashri Dr Temsula Ao breathe her last on Sunday night at Eden Hospital, Dimapur, at the age of 80. Born in the month of October 1945 at Jorhat, Assam, late Temsula Ao matriculated from Ridgeway Girls’ High School, Golaghat, Assam, and received her BA with distinction from Fazl Ali College, Mokokchung, Nagaland. She later did her MA in English from Gauhati University, Assam. From English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, she received her post graduate diploma in the teaching of English and PhD from NEHU. From 1992 to 1997 she served as director, North East Zone Cultural Centre, Dimapur, on deputation from NEHU, and was a “Fulbright Fellow” at the University of Minnesota in 1985–86. She received the Padma Shri Award in 2007 and also the Sahitya Akademi Award in the year 2013. She was also the recipient of the Governor’s Gold Medal 2009 from the government of Meghalaya. She is widely respected as one of the major literary voices in English to emerge from Northeast India along with Mitra Phukan and Mamang Dai. Late Dr Temsula’s works have been translated into G...

On Sunday night, the Former chairperson of Nagaland Women Commission, Padma Shri Dr Temsüla Ao passed away at Eden Medical Centre, Dimapur. She was 80. She was awarded Padma Shri in 2007, Taking to a microblogging site, Prime Minister Narendra Modi added, “Saddened by the passing away of Dr Temsüla Ao, who played a pivotal role in popularising the wonderful Naga culture through her literary works. Her efforts in the fields of education and culture were noteworthy. Condolences to her family and friends. May her soul rest in peace.” Saddened by the passing away of Dr. Temsüla Ao, who played a pivotal role in popularising the wonderful Naga culture through her literary works. Her efforts in the fields of education and culture were noteworthy. Condolences to her family and friends. May her soul rest in peace. — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) Dr.Temsüla Ao was also the recipient of the Governor’s Gold Medal (Meghalaya 2009) and the Sahitya Akademi Award.

On Monday, PM Narendra Modi expressed his sorrow at the passing of renowned Indian artist Temsula Ao, noting that the Padma Shri recipient’s literary contributions were instrumental in promoting Naga culture. Temsula Ao’s death is mourned by PM Modi, who also remembers her work to promote Naga culture. Temecula Ao, a 77-year-old poet & scholar from Nagaland who wrote in English, passed away Sunday evening at a hospital near Dimapur. • In 2007, Dr. Temsula Ao, a well-known author in the Northeast, received the Padma Shri Award. • She received the Sahitya Akademi Prize, the Meghalaya Governor’s Gold Medal, and the Nagaland Governor’s Award for Excellence in Literature. • She taught at North Eastern Hills University for about half her life (NEHU). • A professor of English & dean of the School of Arts and Education NEHU, she left her position in 2010. • Her literary works are said to have been transcribed into Bengali, Hindi, Assamese, German, and French. Temecula Ao, a Nagaland native and winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award for Literature, one of the foremost authors of Northeast India, passed away suddenly on October 9 in a hospital in Dimapur. She was 77. She received her undergraduate degree from Mokokchung’s Fazl Ali College, her master’s from Gauhati University, and her Ph.D. from North Eastern Hill Institution, Shillong. In Shillong, she also served as the department’s chair and dean of the department of humanities & education until retiring in 2010. Temecula Ao, one of...

Somehow, I do not remember the first time I met Temsula Ao in person. But I do recall my first Temsula Ao book, her early collection of short stories, These Hills Called Home: Stories from a Warzone. The searing stories haunted me for days and weeks after, and I carried them with me to my dreams. Her prose was much like her—elegant, bold, and precise. For me, a literature student from Nagaland, Temsula Ao was a living legend—a pioneering voice in the fast-evolving and emerging genre of Naga writing in English. Over time, I read her other literary works, which include short stories, a novel, the most sublime poetry, a heartrending memoir, an important ethnographic work on the Ao Naga oral tradition, a book of literary criticism, and several other publications. Cover of Temsula Ao’s collection of short stories, ‘Laburnum For My Head’, for which she won the Sahitya Akademi Award. | Photo Credit: By Special Arrangement Temsula Ao was Ma’am Temsula to me; her death on October 9 was a personal loss because to me she was a mentor, guide, beloved writer, and much more. Her death was a loss to the nation as well since she was an important literary figure with many awards and honours to her name. For her contribution to literature, she was awarded the Padma Shri in 2007, the Governor’s Gold Medal from the government of Meghalaya in 2009, the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2013, and the Kusumagraj National Literature Award in 2015. Besides being a wife and mother, she was a poet, writer, s...

Renowned Naga writer and academic Padma Shri Dr Temsula Ao, 80, died at a hospital in Dimapur Sunday night. Ao had also served in several key positions, including the chairperson of the Nagaland State Commission for Women. Ao was a famous literary figure in the northeast and the recipient of the Nagaland Governor’s Award for Distinction in Literature, Meghalaya Governor’s Award for Distinction in Literature, Meghalaya Governor’s Gold Medal, the Sahitya Akademi award, apart from the prestigious Padma Shri award. Notable works: Laburnum For My Head Kaushik Nath. Mains Qualified. MA Tezpur University UGC NET (English) UGC NET JRF (Folk Literature. AIR 1) Former Asst Professor (Shankardev University) Former Lecturer ( ADP College Nagaon) Asst Professor ( NAMCE, Hojai) Neena Jyoti All India Radio, Dibrugarh MPhil ( Women Representation in Baan Theatre) PhD ( Radio and Folklore ) MA Tezpur University Udayaditya Changmai ( Research Assistant, APSC) Mains Qualified • • • • Warning: The downloaded copy of the ebooks is intended for use by the user only. Anyone found reproducing, distributing, publishing or translating the ebooks in any way whatsoever will be prosecuted by Pragyan Xetu under Section 63 of the Copyright Act 1957 and Section 65A of the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012.

Dr Temsula Ao (Source: Dawn.com) Dr Temsula Ao is an Indian English poet, scholar, novelist and ethnographer from Nagaland. Born in October 1945 in Jorhat, Assam, she grew amidst challenging circumstances. She attended Nagaland’s oldest college, Fazl Ali College in Mokokchung and passed her BA with distinction. She obtained her M.A. in English from Gauhati University, Assam, and then completed her Post-Graduate Diploma in the Teaching of English from the Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages (now English and Foreign Languages University), Hyderabad and her PhD from North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong, Meghalaya. She retired in 2010 as Professor, Department of English, and also as Dean of the School of Humanities and Education at North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, where she had been teaching since 1975. From 1992-97 she served as Director, North East Zone Cultural Centre, Dimapur on Deputation from NEHU, and was Fulbright Fellow to University of Minnesota, 1985-86. A Padma Shri Awardee, she is widely respected as one of the major literary voices in English to emerge from North East India along with Mitra Phukan and Mamang Dai. She is the recipient of the Governor’s Gold Medal 2009 from the government of Meghalaya. Her works have been translated into German, French, Assamese, Bengali and Hindi. Temsula Ao has written 5 books of poetry, 2 books of short stories, a book of literary criticism titled Henry James and the Quest for the Ideal Heroine, ...