Dr. Rajashree Shukla, Professor, Dept. of Hindi, University of Calcutta, teaches Hindi literature along with Modern Poetry in Hindi at her alma mater. She has been the proud recipient of the University Gold Medal, both at the Graduate and Post Graduate level. She is an author, critic & translator, and her articles, poems, short stories, and translations have been published in journals of distinction in India and abroad. Her published books include “ShamsheraurShamsherkibaat”, “TulnatmakSahitya: vyavaharikparidrishya”, “sahityachintan: vividhaayam”, among others. Dr. Shukla is also an orator par excellence, and regularly appears on various talk shows, seminars, etc. She’s actively involved with various social and cultural organizations in the state