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LATE LUMMER DAI

1. 	Date of Birth 		June 1, 1940. 2.	Father's Name		Late Jobu Dai

3. 	Mother's Name		Late Komsak Dai

4.	Place of birth		Siluk Village, about 40 kilometers from Pasighat, headquarters of East Siang district.

5. 	Present address		LND Gumin, Prem Nagar (Behind Govt. Veterinary Hospital), Naharlagun (A.P.)

6. 	Schooling (a)	Village school (primary) from class A to B, admitted in November, 1948.

(b)	Admitted to class I in Pasighat Middle School in 1950.

(c)	Passed Matriculation Exam from Pasighat High School in 1959.

7. College Education (a)	Passed Intermediate Arts from Cotton College, Guwahati.

(b) Passed BA from St. Edmund's College, Shillong.

8.	Post Graduation	Completed course in English Literature in Guwahati University. Did not appear in final examination as marks were very poor in Previous Exam. (42% against 45%).

9.	Profession

(a)	Worked in All India Radio (AIR) Station Dibrugarh since its inception in 1969 as Translator-cum-Announcer in Adi section till August, 1973. (b)	Joined as District Information and Public Relations Officer, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh in September, 1973.

(c)	Promoted to Assistant Director in the same Department in 1979 and posted to Itanagar.

(d)	Promoted to Deputy Director in the same Department in 1981. (e)	Promoted to Director in the same Department in 1983.

(f)	Served Echo of Arunachal-the first newspaper from the State as Editor from 1998 immediately after retirement as IPR & P Director, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh till his death on April 5, 2002.

10.	Experience

(a)	Attended the 5th All India Writers' Conference in December, 1965 at FACT, between Ernaculam and Always, Kerala. (b)	Undergone training in mass communication in All India Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi in 1977.

11.	Literary Works

(a)	Contributed poetry and short stories to the school magazine of Pasighat High School "Girivanee" and "Ramdhenu" regularly, sometimes to Janambhumi's children column "Moinar Chara".

(b)	Contributed short stories to Ramdhenu, then Navajug edited by Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya and Natun Asomiya while in college.

(c)	Compiled a collection of folk tales of the Adis "Udayachalar Sadhu" published by Asom Sahitya Sabha in 1959.

(d)	Written first novel "Paharar Shile Shile" in 1959 and got it published by the Assam Publication Board in 1960.

(e)	Written "Prithiveer Hanhi in 1962-63 and got it published by Assam Publication Board in 1963.

(f)	Written "Man Aru Man" in 1965-66 and got it published by Late Munindra Narayan Datta Baruch of Datta Baruah and Company, Guwahati in 1967.

(g)	Written "Koinar Mulya" (Konyar Mulya) in 1975-76 and got it published by Shri Narendra Nath Das of Mitra Agency and Company, Tinsukia in 1978.

(h)	Won the first prize for writers' writing in the languages other than one's own mother tongue for "Man Aru Man" in 1970 sponsored by the Union Ministry of Education

(i)	"Upar Mahal" = his last novel - got published in 2003.

12.	Survived by Wife Nanni Dai and Son Mibom Dai.

13. Achievements Social reforms	Besides being a journalist and novelist, Late Dai was one of the great champions of social reformation. Late Dai, through his thought-provoking writings, had always advocated elimination of social evil practices like polygamy, child marriage & forced marriage, slavery, etc and social emancipation of tribal women. Late Dai through his strong & exciting editorials could contribute a lot toward socio-economic development of Arunachal. To mention them, first comes today's much-improved national highway-52 & its subway i.e. NH-52A, for which the full credit goes to Late Dai, who high-lighted the commuters' agonies due to the deplorable conditions of the NH during those days. Culture & traditions:		Dai too tried to promote & preserve the rich cultural heritage & traditions of tribal society that clearly reflect in his creative writings.

Religion:

One of the strong believers of Donyi-Poloism, Late Dai had founded Donyi-Polo Gangging at his residential complex, Naharlagun where Donyi-Polo devotees used to gather every Saturday to offer their prayers, and also a grand function is organized on December 31 every year to mark the Donyi-Polo Day. A bridge between Assam-Arunachal: Late Dai too acted as a linkman to promote socio-cultural unity, and a sense of brotherhood & harmony among the people of Assam-Arunachal.