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DU drops Mahasweta Devi's 'Draupadi' from English syllabus; here's what the short story is all about
August 26, 2021 2:03 pm
Draupadi has also been translated by post-colonial critic and theoretician Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak in 1981, introducing an entire set of readers in the West to Mahasweta Devi's powerful work.
Mahasweta Devi's 92nd birth anniversary: Remembering the fiery author and her work
January 14, 2018 3:39 pm
During Mahasweta Devi's lifetime, she had, time and again, raised her voice against the atrocities suffered by the adivasis. Recipient of numerous literary awards, she was deeply moved by the everyday realities she saw around her and started writing during the 1960s.
Google Doodle celebrates writer-activist Mahasweta Devi's 92nd birth anniversary
January 15, 2018 12:31 am
The Ramon Magsaysay award winner is known for her famous literary works like 'Hajar Churashir Ma' (Mother of 1084), 'Aranyer Adhikar' (Right to the Forest), 'Agnigarbha' (The Fire Within), 'Rudali', 'Sidhu Kanhur Daakey'.
Want to see Mamata as PM: Mahasweta
February 05, 2014 6:07 pm
Devi, who supported Mamata during the Singur and Nandigram movements, few months ago had a tiff with her on atrocities against women.
Unprecedented and rarest of rare case: Mahasweta Devi
February 05, 2014 6:12 pm
Experts on tribal communities too have echoed Mahasweta Devi’s sentiments.
Will To Power
October 31, 2013 3:34 am
Dalit author Manoranjan Byaparis first classroom was a jail library.
Didi hits back at intellectuals: 'You didn't make me CM'
June 23, 2013 3:00 am
Continues tirade against talk shows
Controversies aside,Mamata Banerjee gets support from estranged friends
April 11, 2013 3:22 pm
Litterateur Mahasweta Devi,who has been critical of Trinamool chief's policies,has condemned the attack on Mamata.
Censor axe on film that talks of Tata exit
February 25, 2013 4:10 am
A film based on the book written by Mahasweta Devis son Nabarun Bhattacharya has been refused clearance by the Kolkata office of the Board of Film Certification on various grounds,one being that the film contains disparaging remarks against Stalin,the ruler of erstwhile Soviet Union.
Censor axe on film that talks of Tata exit from Singur for obscene dialogues
February 25, 2013 4:10 am
A film based on the book written by Mahasweta Devis son Nabarun Bhattacharya.
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