Rooma Mehra
Encyclopedia
Rooma Mehra is an India
n poet
, painter
and sculptor, a free lance writer of human interest articles for several newspapers and 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 (9), was translated by Mehra into the German language and published digitally, entitled 'Das ausländische Stück des Grases in 2008.
, 1981]http://nationallibrary.gov.in/showdetails.php?id=8457|*'Reaching Out' (1985), Sagar Printers and Publishers, New Delhi2 34
'For You (1986) Selectbook Service Syndicate, 1986 - 30 pages
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
and sculptor, a free lance writer of human interest articles for several newspapers and a columnist for the Indian Express.
Mehra is a self-taught artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
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
National Gallery of Modern Art
The National Gallery of Modern Art is the leading Indian art gallery. The main museum at New Delhi was established on March 29, 1954 by the Government of India, with subsequent branches at Mumbai and Bangalore...
New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
] Lalit Kala Akademi
Lalit Kala Akademi
The Lalit Kala Akademi or National Academy of Art is India's National Academy of Arts. It was an autonomous organization, established at New Delhi in 1954 by Government of India to promote and propagate understanding of Indian art, both within and outside the country...
New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
, Arte Antica Gallery, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, and individual collections in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
,the U.S.A., Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
the U.K., Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, the U.A.E. and Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
She expresses humanitarianism
Humanitarianism
In its most general form, humanitarianism is an ethic of kindness, benevolence and sympathy extended universally and impartially to all human beings. Humanitarianism has been an evolving concept historically but universality is a common element in its evolution...
in all her works of art as well as her writing.
A compilation of her travel articles published in Indian national newspapers (9), 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:Writers Workshop
Writers Workshop is a Calcutta-based literary publisher founded by the poet-professor P. Lal in 1958. Over the next few decades it published many new authors in urban literature of the post-independence period. These authors later became big names.-History:...
, 1981]http://nationallibrary.gov.in/showdetails.php?id=8457|*
External links
- Khushwant Singh on Rooma Mehra
- Three in One Rooma by Niti Paul Mehta in the Evening News
- Rooma's Resonance by Uma Nair
- Rooma's Resonance Part II by Uma Nair
- Strokes of Muse and Color - Tribune Features in The Tribune
- Paintings that motivate by Veenu Setia in the Delhi Mid Day
- Rooma's skilled use of art forms by the Art Critic of National Herald International Weekly
- Commendable by the Art Critic - The Hindu
- Tripod of Creativity in the Evening News, Hindustan Times
- With a sure hand by R. S. Yadav, Art Critic in the Evening News of The Hindustan Times
- http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/31/stories/2007083151280200.htmAn art exhibition for a cause at World Wide Fund for NatureWorld Wide Fund for NatureThe World Wide Fund for Nature is an international non-governmental organization working on issues regarding the conservation, research and restoration of the environment, formerly named the World Wildlife Fund, which remains its official name in Canada and the United States...
- The HinduThe HinduThe Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded and continuously published in Chennai since 1878. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 1.46 million copies as of December 2009. The enterprise employed over 1,600 workers and gross income reached $40...
] - A New Dawn - A tenth exhibition by Rooma Mehra in The Hindu
- A Happy Blend of Watercolors in the Evening News of The Hindustan Times
- Fulfilling A Need by Priti in The Hindustan Times
- Golden Poet Award in The National Herald
- Art and Poetry Today Cover
- Workshop Verse - A Review of the First Volumes of Four Poets
- Remoulding the LImits of Modern Art in The Evening News of The Hindustan Times
- Golden Poet Award for Punjabi Girl in The Tribune
- Poetry Critic A. Russel's Review of For You by Rooma Mehra
- Famous Portrait and Watercolor Paintings
- Electoral roll, Artists constituency, 1993 Lalit Kala AkademiLalit Kala AkademiThe Lalit Kala Akademi or National Academy of Art is India's National Academy of Arts. It was an autonomous organization, established at New Delhi in 1954 by Government of India to promote and propagate understanding of Indian art, both within and outside the country...
- Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M Sahitya AkademiSahitya AkademiThe Sahitya Akademi ', India's National Academy of Letters, is an organisation dedicated to the promotion of literature in the languages of India...
- Profile at Saatchi Gallery
- SAFFRONART Rooma Mehra Biography
- Rooma Mehra page at Indian Express
- Artwork in National Gallery of Modern Art Collection
- Indian Women's Writing in English - A Bibliography
- Indian literature, Volume 29
- Annay Mann's Photo Essay A Pande - Visual arts: the India Habitat Centre's journal, 2003 - The Centre
- http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080310/delhi.htm
- http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/31/stories/2007083151280200.htm
- She writes poetry with paint
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- Art and Poetry Today
- Indian Painters
- Guide to Indian periodical literature Vol.20
- Rooma Mehra articles in The Statesman, Kolkata
- http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/search.cms?start=10&q=Rooma+Mehra&pagenumber=2&query=Rooma+Mehra&pagesize=5&ticker=Rooma+Mehra&matchcompanyname=false&oe=UTF-8&num=10&client=indiatimes&ip=%23%23userip%23%23&useragent=%23%23userageArticles in the Economic TimesThe Economic TimesThe Economic Times is an English-language Indian daily newspaper published by the Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.. The Economic Times was started in 1961. It is the most popular and widely read financial daily in India, read by more than 8 lakh people...
] - Famous Portrait and Watercolor Paintings - Indian Art Collectors
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