30 January - 3 February 2025 | Hotel Clarks Amer, Jaipur

Mamta Kalia

Mamta Kalia is an Indian author, teacher and poet, writing primarily in Hindi and focusing predominantly on the lived experiences of women from middle-class families in India. Kalia won the Vyas Samman in 2017 for her novel Dukkham Sukkham and several other literary awards, including the Yashpal Katha Samman, Sahitya Bhushan Samman, Ram Manohar Lohiya Samman, Mahadevi Varma Samman and the Sita Award. She was felicitated with the KLF book award 2020 for Ravi Katha: Andaaz-E-Bayan Urf Ravi Katha.

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