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Mausumi kandali:
Writer and Art Critic, Moushumi Kandali has been writing since 1993. She was awarded the Yuva Purashkar of Bharatiya Bhasa Parishad in the year 2005 and Munin Borkatoky Memorial Prize- 2000 for her collection of Short Stories LAMBADA NACHOR SESHOT. In March 2006, she toured Germany as part of a delegation of Indian writers to the Frankfurt World Book Fair Curtain raiser.  Her stories have been translated into English, German and several Indian languages such as Hindi, Bengali, Nepali, Oriya etc.

She has also done several translations; Salvador Dali’s DIARY OF A GENIUS into Assamese and poetry of the Missing tribe of Assam to English are notable amongst them.   Born Diphu, Karbi Anglong autonomus hill district, Assam Moushumi did her masters in Art Criticism from MS University of Baroda passing out at the head of the class of 2001. Earlier she had obtained Masters Degree in Philosophy from Gauhati University winning the KK Handique Gold Medal.  

Moushumi is a regular contributor of art and literature related pieces for various newspapers, magazines and periodicals both in English and Assamese. She was also entrusted with writing the entries on modern art for the encyclopedia published by Assam Sahitya Sabha. She collaborated in translation of the oral literature of the Missing tribe under the aegis of Sahitya Academy. At present she is registered as a research fellow in the faculty of Fine Arts, MS University of Baroda.

Poetic vision:the art of Hemanta Mishra