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'''Anima Guha''' (26 March 1932 – 29 July 2021) was an Indian writer from [[Assam]]. Guha was a literary pensioner who published numerous novels, essays, articles, translations, and travelogues. Guha also published a number of research papers in scientific journals, in addition to attending many seminars and conferences.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/north-east-india-news/assam-news/eminent-writer-from-assam-anima-guha-passes-away-548615|website=The Sentinel|title= Eminent Writer from Assam Anima Guha Passes Away|language=en|access-date=29 July 2021}}</ref><br />
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==Education and personal life==<br />
Anima Guha was born on March 26, 1932, to Niharika Das and Girindra Mohan Das at Dhubri. She started her school days at Kokrajhar LP School. She cleared Matriculation in the First Division from Jorhat Government Girls High School in 1947. In 1949, she passed her I.SC in the First division from Cotton College. She graduated from the Botany Department of Cotton College affiliated from Gauhati University.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Desk|first=Sentinel Digital|date=2021-07-30|title=Noted writer & social activist Dr. Anima Guha passes away in Guwahati – Sentinelassam|url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/guwahati-city/noted-writer-social-activist-dr-anima-guha-passes-away-in-guwahati-548639|access-date=2021-10-05|website=www.sentinelassam.com|language=en}}</ref><br />
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Following her marriage to historian and economist [[Amalendu Guha]], Anima Guha completed her master's degree. She received a PhD in [[anthropology]] from [[Pune University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.northeasttoday.in/2021/07/29/assam-noted-intellectual-anima-guha-passes-away/|website=Northeast Today|title= Assam : Eminent Author Anima Guha Passes Away|language=en|access-date=29 July 2021}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
She worked as a pool officer at the [[Council of Scientific and Industrial Research]] from 1980 to 1984, in addition to being a postdoctoral fellow at the [[Anthropological Survey of India]], Calcutta (1976–1989). From 1985 to 1990, she worked as a [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission's]] research associate at [[Calcutta University]]'s department of anthropology, focusing on the genetics of birth abnormalities and indigenous health practices among [[Tribes of Assam|Assamese tribal communities]] and other backward populations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/interpreter-of-feminine-pain-personality/cid/1555973|website=[[The Telegraph (India)]]|title= Interpreter of feminine pain – PERSONALITY|language=en|access-date=29 July 2021}}</ref><br />
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She has also presented papers at the International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Science held in [[Zagreb]] (Yugoslavia) and in New Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Today|first=North East|date=2021-07-29|title=Assam : Eminent Author Anima Guha Passes Away|url=https://www.northeasttoday.in/2021/07/29/assam-noted-intellectual-anima-guha-passes-away/|access-date=2021-10-05|website=Northeast Today|language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
Guha died on 29 July 2021 due to age related issues at Arya Hospital in [[Guwahati]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nenow.in/north-east-news/assam/assams-noted-writer-social-activist-dr-anima-guha-passes-away-at-90.html|website=Northeast Now|title= Assam's noted writer, social activist Dr Anima Guha passes away at 89|language=en|access-date=29 July 2021}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:1932 births]]<br />
[[Category:2021 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:People from Dhubri district]]<br />
[[Category:Writers from Assam]]<br />
[[Category:Writers from Northeast India]]<br />
[[Category:Savitribai Phule Pune University alumni]]</div>TeganJ7136381