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Rooma Mehra (born 24 January 1967) is an Indian poet, painter, sculptor, freelance newspaper writer and a columnist for the '' Indian Express''.


Career

Mehra is a self-taught artist with a social conscience, who has had 11 solo shows of her paintings,
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and sculptures. Her artworks are found in private and permanent collections including the National Gallery of Modern Art New Delhi, Lalit Kala Akademi New Delhi, Arte Antica Gallery, Canada, and individual collections in Switzerland, the US, Denmark, Austria the UK, Spain, the U.A.E. and Japan. Mehra's art has been referred to as a new art. She expresses humanitarianism in her works of art as well as her writing. Mehra has done voluntary teaching work for the sight-impaired at the Blind Relief Association and the SOS Children's Villages of India (
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). A compilation of her newspaper travel articles was translated by Mehra into the German language and published digitally, entitle
Das ausländische Stück des Grases
in 2008. Mehra currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California.


Selected publications

She has written three books of poetry: *
Sunshadow
'
Writers Workshop, 1981
http://nationallibrary.gov.in/showdetails.php?id=8457, *]
'Reaching Out'
(1985)
Sagar Printers and Publishers, New Delhi
http://www.biblio.com/books/339651085.html 2
3
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'For You
' (198
Selectbook Service Syndicate, 1986 – 30 pages


See also

* List of Indian writers


References


External links


Official Website
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