Rooma Mehra
Rooma Mehra (born 24 January 1967) is an Indian poet, painter, sculptor, freelance newspaper writer and a columnist for the Indian Express.
Rooma Mehra
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Mehra is a self-taught artist with a social conscience, who has had 11 solo shows of her paintings, reliefs and sculptures. Her artworks are found in private and permanent collections including the National Gallery of Modern Art New Delhi and Lalit Kala Akademi. Mehra's art has been referred to as a new art. A compilation of her newspaper travel articles was translated by Mehra into the German language and published digitally, entitled Das ausländische Stück des Grases in 2008. Mehra currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
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1967
Rooma Mehra born at New Delhi.
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She has written three books of poetry: • Sunshadow, Writers Workshop, 1981 • 'Reaching Out' (1985), Sagar Printers and Publishers, New Delhi2 34 • For You (1986)Selectbook Service Syndicate, 1986 – 30 pages
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- 1.Sahitya Akademi. Who's who of Indian Writers. 829. 1999. 978-81-260-0873-5.
- 2.Rooma Mehra Columnist The Indian Express Group. The Indian Express. 24 August 2011.
- 3.She writes Poetry with Paint. The Tribune. 29 November 2002.
- 4.Rooma Mehra's Show. The Tribune. 10 March 2008.
- 5.National Gallery of Modern Art. Collection NGMA – National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.
- 6.Akademi, Lalit Kala. Electoral roll, Artists constituency, 1993: Delhi-New Delhi. 1993.
- 7.Dixit, Narendra (14 January 1990). "Prodding Unknown Terrain Rooma's Art". The Tribune. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
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