Nalini Prava Deka (11 March 1944 – 15 June 2014) was a prominent Assamese author, poet, storyteller, essayist, actress and radio playwright from Assam, a state encompassing the Brahmaputra valley in India. She had been honoured as a leading writer from Assam at the biggest literary gathering held at Ledo in 2012 under the banner of Assam Sahitya Sabha in presence of top litterateurs from several countries including various states in India as well as ministers of India government and several state governments. She played crucial pioneering role in the traditional Assamese society through nurturing and promoting Assamese heritage, traditional customs, ethnic weaving traditions and fabric art, ethnic Assamese food preparation techniques, traditional folk music, Assamese social ethos like inte