Eco-Ethical Concerns in Easterine Kire's Sky Is My Father : A Naga Village Remembered

Eco-ethics has emerged as a major area of concern in keeping with the rapidly changing global landscape. Environmental ethics probes the core principles that shape environmental values while addressing the practical issues tied to societal attitudes, actions, and policies designed to protect and sustain biodiversity and ecological systems. Dissemination of eco-ethical concerns among the populace has become an essential concept to address the alarming catastrophic events plaguing planet earth. The north-east region of India, rich in diverse flora and fauna, precious mineral deposits, and time-honoured lifestyles, is now confronted with threats to its ecosystem and the livelihoods of its people. The signs of environmental degradation manifest through pollution, deforestation, surging population numbers, and the vanishing of wetlands, among other indicators. Taking this degrading environmental scenario into account the role of literature in ushering an era of environmental consciousness can hardly be exaggerated. This pertinent aspect of the catastrophic developments is amply demonstrated by the fictional works of certain northeastern writers. Among them Easterine Kire is a name worth mentioning especially because of her notable work of fiction Sky is My Father: A Naga Village Remembered. This paper attempts to analyse the eco-ethical concerns of Kire's work through neo-critical approach of close text reading coupled with the theory of ecocriticism.