Malakshmi BorthakurMalakshmi Borthakur is a contemporary Indian multilingual poet, short story writer and translator. An Assamese by birth and a resident of Lucknow city in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, Malakshmi writes in English, Hindi and her native language, Asamese. She is a Post Graduate in English and Indian Classical (Vocal) Music. She has published many of her poems in reputed journals, E-zines and best-selling anthologies and has garnered huge appreciation worldwide. Her writing brought for her many international and national awards and accolades. Prominent among them are PREMIO MUNDAL A LA EXCELENCIA LITERARIA (World Awards for Literary Excellence) from the Govt. of Peru, South America; SAHITYA SHREE Award from Rubaru Foundation, Lucknow, India and VEERANGANA SAVITRI BAI PHULE NATIONAL FELLOWSHIP AWARD 2022 from Bharatiya Dalit Sahitya Akademi, Delhi, India. Malakshmi values humanity as an author and poet, and her literary works shed light to issues such as love, life, pain, tears and the anguish that individuals suffer from within. SPLENDID SIGNATURE: RHYTHMIC STROKES OF A QUILL is her debut poetry collection in English which has achieved the status of Amazon India bestseller no. 1 within 1.5 months of its publication. Read More Read Less