Background
Indira was born on January 4, 1914, as Indira Dikshit in the small town Tavandi of Belgaum District, India, Karnataka.
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Indira Sant
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Indira studied at Rajaram College in Kolhapur, and Fergusson College in Pune where she met her future husband Narayan Sant.
Career
Indira"s husband, Narayan Sant, died in 1946. The principal theme of most of her poetry is love and longing. The love of nature is also evident in her poems.
Her poetry further pertains to different dimensions of a woman"s life.
Indira Sant wrote about 25 books She worked first as a professor and then as the principal in a teacher"s training college in Belgaum.
The Sant couple had three children. Her son Prakash has written four books: Vanavas, Sharada Sangeet, Pankha, and Jhumbar.
Achievements
Awards
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Sahitya Akademi Award Sahitya Akademi Award; Academy award Besides receiving in 1984 Sahitya Akademi Award for her collection of poems Garbhareshami (गर्भरेशमी), Sant received for her poetry: Anant Kandekar Award Sahitya Kala Academy Award Maharashtra State Award Janasthan Award Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India’s national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations.Sahitya Akademi Award Sahitya Akademi Award; Academy award Besides receiving in 1984 Sahitya Akademi Award for her collection of poems Garbhareshami (गर्भरेशमी), Sant received for her poetry: Anant Kandekar Award Sahitya Kala Academy Award Maharashtra State Award Janasthan Award Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India’s national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations.