A Combined dash of realism and history, well-known journalist, poet and author, Mamang Dai has tried to bring the northeast region into focus through her latest book, “The Legends of Pensam”.
A. A Combined dash of realism and history, well-known journalist, poet, and author, --- The combination of the dash with human beings such as journalist, author, and poet, does not sync well. It looks as if the dash describes Mamang. --- Wrong.
B. The Combined dash of realism and history, well-known journalist, poet, and author, --- same modification problem as in A.
C. Combining a dash of realism and history, well-known journalist, poet and author, --
This is a sensible sentence, the correct choice. D. Combined with a dash of realism and history, well-known journalist, poet, and author, --- The placement of the modification suggests that Mamang was herself combined with a dash of realism and history.
E. Combining dashes of realism with that of history, well-known journalist, poet, and author, -- the demonstrative pronoun 'that of' has no proper singular referent.