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Pravin Rai Jumeli

Born from Gawmaya/SB Rai on 1967 in Zoom Busty, West Sikkim (India), and started his primary education at Zoom Government Primary School in 1971; further matriculated from Chakung Secondary School in 1982. Due to the miserable financial condition of the family, he was stopped to go to school regularly and at his teens he caught a government job. Then onwards he acquired the academic education privately, viz. did graduation in 1992 and post-graduation in 2008.

Jumeli's medium of literary writing is Nepali. His first ever article seen as a short story titled 'Ritta Chihaanharu' in 1984. The real momentum of his literary wagon was speeded from 1986 as he started editing a literary magazine 'Baardali' with Dalbahadur Gurung. His articles were started to publish in 'Shrashta', a bimonthly literary magazine published by Paschim Sikkim Sahitya Prakashan, Geyzing. Further, to make his literary career matured, Kedar Gurung (one of the founder editor of 'Shrashta') has played a vital role. As a result, he won the firstever short story writing competition organized by Paschim Sikkim Sahitya Prakashan on the occasion of Bhanu Jayanti Celebration Programme, 1988. And in 1991, his short story titled 'Euta Ghar Eklo' won the 'Shrashta Katha Purashkaar'.

His forceful expressions depicting the metaphors taken from his native village 'Zoom' are found in his first anthology of poems 'Ghaavkaa Awarttaharu', published by Nirmaan Prakashan, Namchi in 1995. The mentioned anthology had won the first 'Dr Shobha Thegim Memorial Award' in 1998. The second literary text by him was come in 1998 published by Paschim Sikkim Sahitya Praksshan itself, which was a collection of short stories named ' Aatmadansa'. One story from the book titled 'Pragaman' is translated in many Indian languages and published. And in 2001, his another anthology of poems named 'Sabdaateet' was also came into publication by Dr Sobha Thegim Memorial Trust, Gangtok, Sikkim.

The chronology of his publications are found as follows: (1) Ghaavkaa Aawarttaharu, 1995 (2) Aatmadansa, 1998 (3) Ninaadko Nimti Ninaad, 2000 (4) Sabdaateet, 2001 (5) Impasto Akshar, 2006 (6) Sabda Santaap, 2006 (7) Ritukhel, 2009 (8) Kathaakaa Gaonharu, 2010

He is very much enthusiastic about the new implications urged for the literatures. So, many literary turns are found in his writings. 'Impasto Akshar' and 'Ritukhel' has such impacts encapsulated within. Apart from this, he is a good reader of world's new literatures and aware of this all. He acclaimed the following awards till date:

(1) Shrashta Purashkaar, 1991 (2) Dr Shobha Thegim Memorial Award, 1998 (3) Best Writer Award, 2007 (4) Gopal Gaonle Award, 2008 (5) Sikkim Sahitya Sewa (civilian award by GoS), 2013

Despite these, he edited many books and as well as involved in numerous literary activities. From 2003, he was appointed in Sikkim Akademi and worked as Secretary (Literature) and from 2007 he is working as Secretary in the above mentioned organization. Sikkim Akademi works on the languages, literatures, art and cultures that are found in Sikkim, which is an autonomous organization established by Government of Sikkim, under the aegis of Cultural Affairs and Heritage Department.

He is married to Bina Rai in 2002, and has two sons named Anirudh Raj Rai and Mrinaal Raj Rai.