Anamika, a celebrated poet in Hindi and Sahitya Akademi Award winner, speaks to Outlook.

Anamika, India's first female litterateur who was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2020 for Tokri mein Digant: Therigatha 2014, is an outstanding litterateur whose works have left an indelible mark in the Indian literary map. Her popular poem, Salt, amplifies the sheer excellence of Anamika when she reads it herself.