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Mahasweta Devi (14 January 1926 – 28 July 2016) [ 1 ][ 2 ] was an Indian writer in Bengali and an activist. Her notable literary works include Hajar Churashir Maa, Rudali, and Aranyer Adhikar. [ 3 ] .
- 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a legendary Indian heroine who led her troops against the British in the uprising of 1857, from extensive research of historical documents, folk tales, poetry and oral tradition.
- 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)
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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. Despite lacking a research background, Devi did meticulous research in order to ...
Mahasweta Devi started writing at the age of 13, but only got recognized after her first book was published, by which time she was 30 years old. This is the milestone from where Devi began her journey as a writer and activist – not just chronicling social reality but consciously documenting exploitation. An important question one could ask is – Do ...
Devi’s writings are peculiarly devoid of sentimentality. She does not tug at her readers’ emotions and is rather straightforward with her approach to talking about the lived experiences of the marginalized. Her language is simple – an ironic juxtaposition to the complexity of the issues she talks about. In fact, it is precise because she is talking...
Devi wrote profusely on the issues of mainstream development and critiqued the trickle-down theory. Her work is important to understand subaltern politics and their struggles to visiblize their invisiblized exploitation. She was associated with several organisations and founded several others. She is as comfortable leading the processions of the pe...
1979: Sahitya Akademi Award1986: Padma Shri1996: Jnanpith Award1997: Ramon Magsaysay AwardThe Queen of JhansiHajar Churashir MaaAranyer AdhikarAgnigarbhaMahāśvetā, D., & Ghatak, M. (1997). Dust on the road: The activist writings of Mahasweta Devi. Calcutta: Seagull Books.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.
Mahasweta Devi is one of India's foremost literary figures. 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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Mahasweta Devi occupies a singular position in the history of modern Indian literature and world literature. This book engages with Devi’s works as a writer-activist who critically explored subaltern subjectivities, the limits of history and the harsh social realities of post-independence India.
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