Noted writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi passes away in Kolkata

Mangalore Today News Network

Mumbai, July 28, 2016: Veteran writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi breathed her last in Kolkata on Thursday. She was 90.

 

Early reports suggest that the  Ramon Magsaysay Award winner died of multiple-organ failure. The 90-year-old suffered from various ailments and was put on non-invasive ventilation earlier in July after her condition worsened.

The writer, who was honoured with the Jnanpith Award in 1996, had been undergoing treatment at a hospital for about two months.