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Nirupama Dutt ( Panjabi : ਨਿਰੁਪਮਾ ਦੱਤ, born 1955 ) is an Indian author , journalist and translator . She writes in Punjabi and English .

Nirupama Dutt studied journalism and English literature at Panjab University and graduated with a master's degree . She began her first journalistic activities for The Indian Express . She first started writing poetry in English during college .

As a journalist she is known today for her clear secular point of view. She takes a clear stand against fundamentalism and has reported on such important topics as terrorism in Punjab , the 1984 pogroms against Sikhs , the temple-mosque controversy in Ayodhya and the violent riots between Hindus and Muslims in Gujarat . Nirupama Dutt works for the Tribune India as an editor.

As an author, she mainly publishes poetry and short prose . In addition, she published a biography of the Dalit singer Bant Singh . Her collection of poems Ik Nadi Sanwali Jahi (A Stream Somewhat Dark) received the Delhi Punjabi Akademi Award in 2000. Her poems are considered brave and provocative. Her texts have been translated into English , Hindi , Kannada , Bengali and Urdu . She herself also works as a literary translator and has translated the short story anthology Stories of the Soil and the poems and memories of Lal Singh Dil's Poet of the Revolution for Penguin Books from Punjabi into English.

Nirupama Dutt lives in Chandigarh .

Publications (selection)

• Ik Nadi Sanwali Jahi (A Stream Somewhat Dark). Aadhar Prakashan, Panchkula, 1995.
• As editor together with Ajeet Cour: Our Voices: An Anthology of SAARC Poetry. Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature (India), New Delhi, 2004.
• The Ballad of Bant Singh: A Qissa of Courage. Speaking Tiger Books, New Delhi 2016. ISBN 978-9-38575-528-6

Web links

• Nirupama bun. Poetry International, September 1, 2006, accessed February 9, 2018 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nirupama Datta. Kritya - a Journal of Poetry, accessed February 10, 2018 .