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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.
Aug 31, 2017 · Rahul Ranjan, a PhD student at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, remembers the late Bengali writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi, who was known for her sharp satires of gender inequality in India.
Mahasweta was first enrolled in a school in Dhaka, but following the partition, moved to West Bengal. She graduated in English from the Visva-Bharati University in Santiniketan and then did an MA...
Sep 28, 2016 · In 1964, she began teaching at Bijoygarh College — then an institution for working-class women students — affiliated to the University of Calcutta. Simultaneously, she also worked as a journalist and a creative writer. The tribal communities of West Bengal, the Lodhas and Sabars, women and Dalits interested her keenly.
May 28, 2013 · Abstract. Mahasweta Devi is a distinguished writer of Bengali fiction, as well as being a prominent activist who works on behalf of the most oppressed communities in India. This interview focuses on the interaction of these aspects of her public life.
- Madhurima Chakraborty
- 2014
Oct 16, 2021 · Not long ago, the University of Delhi dropped Mahasweta Devi, an extremely significant author whose works challenge the larger oppressive structures like family, religion, and the State, from its undergraduate syllabus.
Mahasweta Devi retained an enviable gift for belonging to the most marginalised people throughout her life. Through her writings, she exposed the trajectories of their oppression— the imperialist, the ethnic, the economic, and the gendered—as only a writer like her could do. She was also a singer, organiser, and human rights activist who
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