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Mahasweta Devi (14 January 1926 – 28 July 2016) was an Indian writer in Bengali and an activist. Her notable literary works include Hajar Churashir Maa , Rudali , and Aranyer Adhikar . [3] She was a leftist who worked for the rights and empowerment of the tribal people ( Lodha and Shabar ) of West Bengal , Bihar , Madhya Pradesh and ...
Mahasweta Devi (1926-2016) is one the foremost writers in Bengali. Devi was an ardent fighter and her weapons were fiction and her political writings. She is well known for her prolific writings. Her impressive body of work includes novels, short stories, children’s stories, plays and activist prose that she published between 1981 and 1992.
Mahasweta Devi: Writer who Defied Injustice. A prolific writer whose popular works include Hajar Churashir Ma, Rudali and Aranyer Adhikar, she was also a committed activist who took up and...
Jul 28, 2016 · Mahasweta Devi (1926-2016) was a fighter all her life, through her books and through her activism. The writer died in Kolkata on Thursday at the age of 90. Anjum Katyal. Jul 28, 2016 · 04:04 pm....
Jan 13, 2020 · Mahasweta Devi explores this aspect skilfully in ‘Draupadi’ where the inability of the State to understand or engage with Dopdi and Dulna’s language works in tandem with the State’s dehumanisation of them through the official language.
Aug 3, 2016 · NEW DELHI — Mahasweta Devi, a prominent Bengali writer and social activist who immersed herself in the lives of India’s poor and marginalized as she chronicled the injustices against them in...
Aug 11, 2016 · MAHASWETA DEVI, a Bengali writer who died on July 28th, was one of independent India’s most moving and important writers, admired as much for her fiction as for being a fearless chronicler of...
Jul 28, 2016 · Influential Indian writer and activist Mahasweta Devi has died aged 90, in the eastern city of Kolkata, her family has said. Devi, who was hospitalised earlier this month, died of cardiac...
Jul 3, 2024 · 3 July 2024 10:54 AM GMT. Watch Usha Ganguli 's stellar performance in Mahasweta Devi's Rudali. The acclaimed Zee Theatre teleplay narrates how a Dalit widow defies oppression to find joy and ...
Aug 27, 2021 · In a retelling of the powerful eponymous character from the Mahabharata, Mahasweta Devi’s Draupadi — or Dopdi as she is called — is a rebel who is cornered by the police trying to put down the...
