Hemlata Mahishwar
Indian writer of Hindi language
Hemlata Mahishwar (born 5 November 1966) is an Indian Hindi writer, literary critic, and scholar specializing in Dalit literature and women's studies.
Early life and education
Hemlata was born on 5 November 1966, in Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh, India. Her father, Ramprasad Meshram, worked as a food inspector, while her mother, Premlata Meshram, was a homemaker. Due to her father's frequent transfers to small villages and towns, continuing education in one place was challenging. Hemlata's schooling journey took her across various locations: she studied from first to third grade in Raipur, fourth and fifth in Saraipali, sixth and seventh in Balaghat, and eighth and ninth in Bastar. She completed her higher secondary education in 1983 at the Government Girls' High School, Kalibadi, Bastar. Hemlata pursued her Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) and Master of Arts (M.A.) in Hindi literature from Durga College, Raipur. She eventually completed a B.Ed., M.Phil., and Ph.D.
Career
Since 2010, she has served as a professor in the department of Hindi at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. Prior to this, she was the head of the department of Hindi at Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, where she contributed from 1989 to 2010.
Selected works
Mahishwar, Hemlata (1 January 2019).
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