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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 ...
- 8Memorable works of Mahasweta Devi. An Indian writer in Bengali and an activist – Mahasweta Devi – was a luminary par excellence. She was one of India’s foremost literary figures from the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries and her literary oeuvre include numerous novels, plays, essays and short stories.
- 8Mother of 1084. It is one of Devi's most widely read works, written during the height of the Naxalite agitation in Bengal. This novel focuses on the trauma of a mother who wakes up one morning to the devastating news that her son is lying dead in the morgue and her struggle to understand his decision to be a Naxalite.
- 8Breast Stories. The book’s blurb describes it the best: “Breast Stories is a collection of short fiction about the breast as more than a symbol of beauty, eroticism, or motherhood, but as a harsh indictment of an exploitative social system and a weapon of resistance.”
- 8The Queen of Jhansi. The book is a reconstruction of the life of Rani Lakshmi Bai, a legendary Indian heroine who led her troops against the British in the uprising of 1857, from extensive research of historical documents, folk tales, poetry and oral tradition.
Life and Work. Mahasweta Devi’s writing life can be divided into significant phases and the graph of her activities can be mapped beginning with her first book, Jhansir Rani (The Queen Of Jhansi) in 1956, a biography of the woman ruler in a princely state against the British in 1857.
- Mother of 1084 Mahasweta Devi, Samik Bandyopadhyay (Translator)
- Breast Stories Mahasweta Devi, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (Translator)
- Draupadi Mahasweta Devi, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (Translator)
- Imaginary Maps Mahasweta Devi, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (Translator)
Mahasweta Devi (1926–2016) was one of India’s foremost literary figures from the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries—a writer and social activist in equal right. Author of numerous novels, essays and short stories, she received the Jnanpith Award, India’s highest literary honour, in 1996.
Mother of 1084 is one of her most widely read works, written during the height of the Naxalite agitation - a militant communist uprising that was brutally repressed by the Indian government and led to the widespread murder of young rebels across Bengal.
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1-16 of 199 results. Results. The Why-Why Girl. by Mahasweta Devi and Kanyika Kini | 15 November 2021. 59. Paperback. ₹135. Buy 3 items, get 5% off. Get it by Tomorrow, 10 November. FREE Delivery by Amazon. Ages: 6+ years, from publishers. Mother of 1084 (SB -The Selected Works of Mahasweta Devi) by Mahasweta Devi | 25 November 2014. 136. Paperback
