Mamta Kalia

Mamta Kalia (born 2 November 1940) is an Indian author, teacher, and poet, writing primarily in the Hindi language.

[1] She won the Vyas Samman, one of India's richest literary awards, in 2017 for her novel Dukkham Sukkham (Sadness and Happiness).

[2] Following her retirement, Kalia headed the Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad, a literarary organization based in Kolkata, that publishes translations of works of literature to and from Hindi.

[5] Kalia won the Vyas Samman, one of India's richest literary awards, for her novel Dukkham Sukkham in 2017.

[6] The award was presented by Mridula Sinha, the governor of Goa, who described the novel as having "captured the essence of Indian culture.