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'''Neeta Ramaiya''' is [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] poet, children's writer and translator from India.

==Life==
Neeta Ramaiya was born on 14 July 1941 at [[Morbi]] (now in [[Gujarat]], India). She [[matriculated]] in 1957. She completed her B. A. in English in 1960 and M. A. in 1962. She taught at M. G. S. M. College, [[Matunga]], Bombay (now [[Mumbai]]) from 1962 to 1966. She also worked as a Director of Centre for Canadian Studies, [[SNDT Women's University]]<ref name="Shukla2005">{{cite book|author=Vatsala Shukla|title=India's Foreign Policy in the New Millennium: The Role of Power|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I7n75tb1vI8C&pg=PR9|year=2005|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|isbn=978-81-269-0523-2|page=ix}}</ref> and also served as Professor Emeritus.<ref name="AGSI">{{cite book|title=અર્વાચીન ગુજરાતી સાહિત્યનો ઈતિહાસ - આધુનિક અને અનુઆધુનિક યુગ|last=Brahmabhatt|first=Prasad|publisher=Parshwa Publication|year=2010|isbn=978-93-5108-247-7|location=Ahmedabad|pages=142|language=gu|trans-title=History of Modern Gujarati Literature – Modern and Postmodern Era}}</ref>

==Works==
She is a [[feminist]] poet challenging [[patriarchy]], especially in her poetry collection ''Dakhla Tarike Stree'' (1994).<ref name="Kendra2007">{{cite book|title=Gujarat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g4oMAQAAMAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Smt. Hiralaxmi Navanitbhai Shah Dhanya Gurjari Kendra, Gujarat Vishvakosh Trust|page=414}}</ref> Her poetry also reflects emotions of female heart as well as confident voice demanding equality and justice. Her other poetry collections are ''Shabdane Raste'' (1989), ''Te Jalpradesh Chhe'' (1998), ''Iran deshe'' (2002), ''Rang Dariyo Ji Re'' (2008),<ref name="AGSI"/> ''Mari Hathelima'' (2009), ''Jasudna Phool'' (2013).{{fact|date=February 2020}}

She has also contributed in [[Children's literature in Gujarati language|children's literature]]. ''Dhamachakdi'' (1986) and ''Khil Khil Khil Turuk Turuk'' (1998) are her collections of children's poetry. ''Tane Paraniye Podhadu'' (2006) is her collection of lullabies. ''Lalkunwarni Kukre Kook'' (1998) is a children's story.<ref name="AGSI"/>

She published translations of Canadian poet [[Margaret Atwood]]'s some poetry in 1991 under ''Kavyavishwa Shreni''.<ref name="HengenThomson2007">{{cite book|author1=Shannon Hengen|author2=Ashley Thomson|title=Margaret Atwood: A Reference Guide, 1988-2005|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kf1SSS2jIpMC&pg=PA57|date=22 May 2007|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-6668-3|page=57}}</ref> ''Panu Rah Juve Chhe'' (1991) is her translation of Canadian poems. ''Canadian Shabdakhand Bharatna Pravase'' (1995), ''Streesukta'' (2002, [[Marathi language|Marathi]] poems), ''Shakespeare na Bolta Patro'' (2003), ''Ek Ajanyo Mari Navma'' (2007, story), ''Iran Deshno Sanskrutik Dhabkar: Parsian Kahevato'' (2007) are her translations.<ref name="AGSI"/>

==See also==
* [[List of Gujarati-language writers]]

==References==
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