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.