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One has to read the thoughts Srutimala Duara has put down more than once, because there is so much simple depth and philosophy in those very words: We shut the doors of our homes/ to the world outside/ Vital Information Resources Under Siege —/ speculations and deliberations/ behind closed doors/ mankind under threat of a war/ biological agents as weapons/ Satanic mind at work… and you cannot put her down because with such simplicity she expresses the angst that plagues all intelligent minds, and the world today.

— Dolly Thakore

I enjoyed reading the poems. And there is much to admire in them. Srutimala can work her poems on a variety of themes. On the whole, there is a dark charm which emerges out of her own brooding intellect which makes her a poet of deep feeling.

— Jayanta Mahapatra

Srutimala Duara’s poems breathe a mystical quality, a sensuality of thoughts and emotions lost in time yet generated once again by refreshing allegorical rains.

— Dhruba Hazarika

Srutimala Duara is a bilingual writer and academician. Her books in English include three novels; four collections of short stories — The Sunset Hour and Other Stories, Waiting for the Last Breath, The Jhoolan Evening and The Missing Link; four books of poems — Shells of Expressions, Petals, By the Brahmaputra and Other Poems, and Along My Route; a book on the city of Guwahati titled Mindprints of Guwahati; a book on travels titled, European Rhapsody; apart from articles in academic books and dailies. She has edited Assam: Myriad Perspectives. Her books in Assamese include six story books for children, three children’s novels, a collection of short stories and a novel. She is an Associate Professor, department of English, Handique Girls’ College, Guwahati. She was awarded the Naari Shakti Award in April 2015; Woman of the Year 2016 by International Human Rights Council (Assam Chapter); Women Achievers Award in Literature by DS Creation, January 2019; and Indian Women Achievers Award in Literature by Asian Literary Society in 2021. She was a presenter in Doordarshan Kendra, Guwahati for 20 years. She has acted in television serials and on stage, in more than 50 radio plays.