Rooma Mehra

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Rooma Mehra (born 24 January 1967) is an Indian poet, painter, sculptor, freelance newspaper writer{{cite book|title=Who's who of Indian Writers|year=1999|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=Sahitya Akademi]|isbn=978-81-260-0873-5|pages=829|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&q=Who's+who+of+Indian+Writers+Rooma+Mehra&pg=PA741}}{{cite news|title=Rooma Mehra Columnist The Indian Express Group|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/columnist/roomamehra/|access-date=24 August 2011|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=24 August 2011}}{{cite news|title=She writes Poetry with Paint|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20021129/ncr2.htm|access-date=26 August 2011|newspaper=The Tribune|date=29 November 2002}} and a columnist for the Indian Express.

Career

Mehra is a self-taught artist with a social conscience, who has had 11 solo shows{{cite news|title=Rooma Mehra's Show|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080310/delhi.htm#4|access-date=31 August 2011|newspaper=The Tribune|date=10 March 2008}} of her paintings, reliefs and sculptures. Her artworks are found in private and permanent collections including the National Gallery of Modern Art New Delhi,{{cite web|title=Collection NGMA – National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi|url=http://ngmaindia.gov.in/collections-artist.asp?strLetter=M|publisher=National Gallery of Modern Art|access-date=31 August 2011}} Lalit Kala Akademi{{Cite journal | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=n4-fAAAAMAAJ&q=Rooma+Mehra+ | title = Electoral roll, Artists constituency, 1993: Delhi-New Delhi | last1 = Akademi | first1 = Lalit Kala | year = 1993}} New Delhi, Arte Antica Gallery,{{cite web |url=http://www.indianartcollectors.com/art-work.php?aid=1451 |title=Rooma Mehra |publisher=Indianartcollectors.com |access-date=7 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20071228073753/http://www.indianartcollectors.com/art-work.php?aid=1451 |archive-date=28 December 2007}} Canada, and individual collections in Switzerland, the US, Denmark, Austria the UK, Spain, the U.A.E. and Japan. Mehra's art has been referred to as a new art.Dixit, Narendra (14 January 1990). "[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hZ0O-ERffS7lqJSJqWsQS-I1D1d6Vxqf0P6wWfsqUIo/edit?hl=en_US# Prodding Unknown Terrain Rooma's Art]". The Tribune. Retrieved 14 August 2011.

She expresses humanitarianism{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20011111/spectrum/main2.htm |title=The Sunday Tribune – Spectrum – Article |website=The Tribune |location=India |date=11 November 2001 |access-date=7 May 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.greendove.net/poetry2~mehrabio.htm |title=Green Dove's Poetry of Peace Gallery – Biography of Mehra Rooma |publisher=Greendove.net |access-date=7 May 2011 |archive-date=23 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723140230/http://www.greendove.net/poetry2~mehrabio.htm |url-status=dead }} in her works of art as well as her writing.{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/opinion/edit-page/The-Gentle-Warrior/articleshow/1722930.cms |title=The Gentle Warrior |website=The Times of India |date=5 March 2007 |access-date=7 May 2011}} Mehra has done voluntary teaching work for the sight-impaired at the Blind Relief Association{{cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/oldStory/50392|title=An interior world}} and the SOS Children's Villages of India (Christian Children's Fund).

A compilation of her newspaper travel articles was translated by Mehra into the German language and published digitally, entitled [https://www.amazon.com/ausl%C3%A4ndische-St%C3%BCck-Grases-German-Edition-ebook/dp/B00CKWND82 Das ausländische Stück des Grases] in 2008.

Mehra currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California.

Selected publications

She has written three books of poetry:

[https://books.google.com/books?id=GtEsPwAACAAJ&q=rooma+mehra+sunshadow Sunshadow], [https://books.google.com/books?id=GtEsPwAACAAJ&q=%22Sunshadow%22+rooma+mehra Writers Workshop, 1981][http://nationallibrary.gov.in/showdetails.php?id=8457|*]
[http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&tbo=1&tbm=bks&q=%22rooma+mehra%22+%22Reaching+OUt%22&btnG=Search&oq=%22rooma+mehra%22+%22Reaching+OUt%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=s&gs_upl=8781l16469l0l15l15l0l14l0l0l157l157l0.1 'Reaching Out'] (1985), [https://books.google.com/books?id=bgVaAAAAMAAJ&q=%22reaching+out%22+rooma+mehra Sagar Printers and Publishers, New Delhi][http://www.biblio.com/books/339651085.html 2] [http://www.alibris.com/booksearch?keyword=Rooma+Mehra&mtype=B&hs.x=24&hs.y=14 3][http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=Rooma+Mehra&sts=t&x=61&y=6 4]
[https://books.google.com/books?id=IthjHAAACAAJ&q=rooma+mehra 'For You]'' (1986)[https://books.google.com/books?id=IthjHAAACAAJ&q=%22rooma+mehra%22 Selectbook Service Syndicate, 1986 – 30 pages]