Mahasweta Devi

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Mahasweta Devi, whose story Pterodactyl is set in Abujmarh, in Chhattisgarh

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A librarian of the Sahitya Akademi Library shows a book written by Mahashweta Devi, in New Delhi.

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A man cries near the body of writer and social activist Mahashweta Devi in Kolkata.

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Mahasweta Devi delivers the keynote address during the opening of Jaipur Literature Festival.

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Wednesday February 13, 2008 (From Left) Outlook Editor-in-Chief Vinod Mehta, writer Arundhati Roy, playwright and actor Girish Karnad and writer Mahasweta Devi during a press conf...

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Wednesday 25 JanuaryAs usual, the debate rages on: Is it time to do away with Padma awards? The list of awardees is up to 106 from 96 last year and 86 in 2004. Sania Mirza got a Pa...

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Website

Google Pays Tribute To Eminent Bengali Writer-Activist Mahasweta Devi On Her 92nd Birth Anniversary

The Padma Vibhushan awardee was best known for her works including "Hajar Churashir Maa", "Chotti Munda Evam Tar Tir", "Rudali", and "Jhansir Rani".

Jan 14, 2018

| Outlook Web Bureau
Mahasweta Devi, A Reporter Remembers

She was a bit of a Robin Hood who wouldn’t give two hoots about what you thought of her as she unabashedly ensnared the haves into involuntary corporate social responsibility for the have-nots.

Jul 30, 2016

| Dola Mitra
Calcutta Corner

While NaMo kept Mamata happy with the "Poriborton" message, he drove it home that as far as the Centre is concerned, it's BJP that Bengal can rely on.

Feb 07, 2014

| Dola Mitra
Abiding Shame

'If the Indian Government deports Taslima Nasrin, or holds her as an illegal alien, it will shame and diminish all of us... We demand that the spurious cases filed against M.F. Husain be dropped and that he be allowed to return to a normal life in In

Feb 11, 2008

| Arundhati Roy Ashis Nandy Girish Karnad Mahasweta Devi
'A CPI(M) Public Relations Coup'

Response to Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn et al on Nandigram: "At this critical juncture it is crucial to articulate a Left position that is simultaneously against forcible land acquisition in Nandigram and for the right of Taslima Nasreen to live, write

Nov 25, 2007

| Others Arundhati Roy Mahasweta Devi Sumit Sarkar Uma Chakravarty Tanika Sarkar
Two Awards, Two Authors, Two Activists

Arundhati Roy refused the Sahitya Akademi award. Mahasweta Devi is 'overwhelmed' by the Padma Vibhushan. One takes pride in being called a writer-activist, the other says the term makes her flinch.

Feb 02, 2006

| Paromita Shastri
Wahabis

Extracts from Mahasweta Devi's Titu Mir, shortlisted for the Crossword Book Award

Apr 26, 2001

| Mahasweta Devi
'The Reaction Has Been So Minimal Among The Urban Educated'

The unassuming, committed writer whose book Titu Mir is on the Crossword Book Award shortlist, talks about her writing and her work among the tribals.

Apr 23, 2001

| Subhoranjan Dasgupta

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Magazine

‘Pterodactyl Is... Poetry Of The Future’

Talking about Mahasweta, the history that made her and her literary challenge to history, and the practice of translation. Scholars Gayatri Chakraborty Spivak and Samik Bandyopadhyay in conversation, moderated by Sunil Menon.

Oct 25, 2016

| Sunil Menon Gayatri Chakraborty Spivak Samik Bandyopadhyay
Mahasweta Devi

Aug 19, 2002

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Sep 13, 1999

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Mahasweta Devi

Compensation for a Shabar tribals killing is sweet victory for the Magsaysay winner

Aug 10, 1998

| Ashis K. Biswas
One Of A Rare Tribe

Writing apart, Jnanpith winner Mahasweta Devi is committed to the rehabilitation of tribals

Jan 15, 1997

| Ashis K. Biswas Paromita Shastri