Bring Out the Tall Tales

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• A die-hard romantic, a perennial dreamer, Dr. Santosh Bakaya , is the recipient of the International Reuel Award for Writing and Literature [2014] for her long poem Oh Hark!, the Universal Inspirational Poet Award 2016, conferred jointly by Pentasi B Friendship Poetry group and the Ghana Government [May 2016]. Some of the other awards that she has received are, THE INCREDIBLE WOMAN OF THE YEAR 2015 award instituted by The Incredible Women of India, THE AAGMAN TEJASWANI AWARD 2017, [AAGMAN GROUP], LAASYA 2017 AWARD-A winning woman with beauty, happiness and grace [SUBH Power collage Consultants], Bharat Nirman Award for Literary Excellence 2017.
• She is an academician-poet-essayist-novelist-Ted speaker whose three earlier mystery novels, written as Santosh Magazine [The Mystery of the Relic, The Mystery of the Jhalana fort and The Mystery of the Pine Cottage] for young adults were very well received in the earlier 2000s.
• Her other books are: Where are the Lilacs? [Poems, Authorspress, 2016]; Flights from my Terrace , [essays, Authors Press, 2017]; Ballad of Bapu , a poetic biography of Mahatma Gandhi [Vitasta Publishers, Delhi, 2015], Under the Apple Boughs [Poetry, Authorspress, Delhi 2017] and A Skyful of Balloons [Authorspress, Delhi 2018]
• Extensively interviewed and featured in e-zines, world-wide, she has contributed in many national and international anthologies. Translated into many languages, her poems have figured in the highly commendable category in Destiny Poets, a U. K based poetry website, and appeared in Café Dissensus , Learning and Creativity-Silhouette Magazine , in Incredible Women of India , in Mind Creative [an Australia based e-zine] In Brian Wrixon’s anthology, Episteme , [Mumbai], in Setu – A Bilingual e-zine published from Pittsburgh, Atunis, OPA, Songsoptok, Raven – Cage, She – The Shakti , Tuck Magazine and spillwords.com , where she was also nominated for the Writer of the year, 2017.
• Her short stories figure in Silhouette 1 and 2, Defiant Dreams, Mock, stalk and Quarrel .
• She has co-edited Umbilical Chords: An Anthology on Parents Remembered , [Global Fraternity of Poets, Gurgaon, Haryana]; Darkness there but something more [Blue Pencil 2017]; Cloudburst – The Womanly Deluge [Global Fraternity of Poets, Gurgaon, Haryana]; and Muted Moans Unleashed – An Anthology against Gender Abuse [AuthorsPress, 20180
• Although hailing from Kashmir, India, she stays in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India with her husband and university going daughter.

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