Inakali Assumi

Inakali Assumi is an author, playwright, and an educator. She has an M.A, M.Phil. and a Ph.D. degree in English Literature. She writes in English and Sütsa. She has authored books such as- Voices from the Forgotten Village; a novel, The Yellow Dress; a collection of short stories, Isü Le: Songs of Ordinary Days; a collection of poems, and a Sümi drama entitled, Niphu lo Athi Kütsüghü Potigha Ighi (The Arrival of Rice Mill in Our Village) A Three Act Drama in Sümi, which is the first drama written in Sümi dialect. Her works have been a subject of research by young scholars for their cultural relevance. Her short story, “The Yellow Dress” is a part of the Post Graduate course of the Department of English, St. Joseph University, Nagaland. She was awarded the Samvaad Fellowship enabled by Tata Steel Foundation in the year 2022. She has directed and produced a documentary film entitled, “A Documentation of Vanishing Sümi Folksongs,” which showcases a number of ancestral Sümi folksongs almost on the verge of extinction with no folk singers to carry them forth. She is actively involved in research related to revival and preservation of vulnerable cultural heritage and has been awarded the Samvaad Fellowship by Tata Steel Foundation in the year 2022.