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...
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.
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.
'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
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
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.