Ruby Hembrom

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Ruby Hembrom
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Ruby Hembrom
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NationalityIndian
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Organization Adivaani

Ruby Hembrom is the founder and director of Adivaani, a not-for-profit publishing and archiving outfit based in Kolkata, West Bengal. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Biography

Hembrom is the founder and director of Adivaani organisation. Adivaani is the "voice of Santal peoples". [7] Hembrom was born in Kolkata [8] to theologian Timotheas Hembrom and his wife, Elveena. [9]

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