Badal Hembram

Born in 1958 in Kaiti village of Burdwan, West Bengal, Badal Hembram holds Bachelor degree. Besides Santali, he knows Bengali, Engilish and Hindi. He started his career as an Apprenticeship at the Gun and Shell Factory and is at present  serving at the same factory as Charge Man I. He has been writing since his school days and has published sixteen one act plays, three novels, three plays, a collection of poems and a collection of shor stories. Recipients of Raghunath Murmu award by All India Santhali Writers’ Association and felicitated by the West Bengal Government and  Dalit Sahitya Akademi.
Manmi, the collection of short stories by Badal Hembram gives a vivid picture of the life of Santals describing their social problems in an extremely poignant manner. The stories, varied in style and substance, are wornderfully crafted. Hence the book is considered  a valuable addition to Indian short fiction in Santali.  

Shri Badal Hembram was given Sahitya Akademi Award in 2008′