Rooma Mehra (born 24 January 1967) is an Indian poet, painter and sculptor, as well as a columnist for the Indian Express. 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],, Lalit Kala Akademi New Delhi, Arte Antica Gallery, Canada, and individual collections in Switzerland, the U.S.A., Denmark, Austria, the U.K., Spain, the U.A.E. and Japan. She expresses humanitarianism in all her works of art as well as her writing. A compilation of her travel articles published in Indian national newspapers, was translated by Mehra into the German language and published digitally, entitled Das ausländische Stück des Grases in 2008. Selected publications She has written three books of poetry: *Sunshadow (1982), [http://books.google.com/books?idGtEsPwAACAAJ&dq%22Sunshadow%22+rooma+mehra&hlen&eijYLFTevdE9CxrAfoxZnZBA&saX&oibook_result&ctresult&resnum1&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAA Writers Workshop, 1981] *Reaching Out (1985), Sagar Printers and Publishers, New Delhi *For You (1986) [http://books.google.com/books?idQA1V7sICaIwC&pgPA741&dq=%22Sunshadow%22+rooma+mehra&hlen&eiRoDFTf2NO4O3rAfuscXCBA&saX&oibook_result&ctresult&resnum3&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAg#vonepage&q%22Sunshadow%22%20rooma%20mehra&f=false Who's Who of Indian Writers: 1999 by Sahitya Akademi]
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