Salge Hansdah

She won the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar in 2022 for her novel Janam Dishom Ujarog Kana (en.

She completed her post-graduation in Santali language from Ghatshila College and also qualified for the NET exam.

She is the assistant secretary of the All India Santhali Writers Association and a life member of Karandih Jaher Than.

[2] Salge began writing poetry in 2015–16, while Janam Dishom Ujarog Kana, her work about the birthplace becoming deserted, was written in 2018.

In the book, Salge expresses her heartfelt views on the happenings around her, including how landowners in Barigoda are losing their ownership and becoming homeless, leading to the disappearance of their very existence.