Mahasweta Devi (Author of Mother of 1084)

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Mahasweta Devi

Born

in Dhaka, Bangladesh

January 14, 1926

Died

July 28, 2016

Genre

Politics, Fiction, Biography

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Mahasweta Devi was an Indian social activist and writer. She was born in 1926 in Dhaka, to literary parents in a Hindu Brahmin family. Her father Manish Ghatak was a well-known poet and novelist of the Kallol era, who used the pseudonym Jubanashwa. Mahasweta's mother Dharitri Devi was also a writer and a social worker.

She joined the Rabindranath Tagore-founded Vishvabharati University in Santiniketan and completed a B.A. (Hons) in English, and then finished an M.A. in English at Calcutta University as well. She later married renowned playwright Bijon Bhattacharya who was one of the founding fathers of the IPTA movement. In 1948, she gave birth to Nabarun Bhattacharya, currently one of Bengal's and India's leading novelist whose works are n ...more

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	Mother of 1084 by Mahasweta Devi, Samik Bandyopadhyay (Translator) 4.23 avg rating — 1,844 ratings — published 1974 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Breast Stories by Mahasweta Devi, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (Translator) 4.15 avg rating — 398 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Draupadi by Mahasweta Devi, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (Translator) 4.35 avg rating — 352 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Imaginary Maps by Mahasweta Devi, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (Translator) 3.85 avg rating — 309 ratings — published 1994 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	After Kurukshetra : Three Stories by Mahasweta Devi, Anjum Katyal (Translator) 4.17 avg rating — 201 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Why Why Girl by Mahasweta Devi, Kanyika Kini (Illustrator) 4.23 avg rating — 165 ratings — published 2003 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rudali, From Fiction to Performance by Mahasweta Devi, Usha Ganguli, Anjum Katyal (Translator) 3.83 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	唳呧Π唳｀唳唳� 唳呧Η唳苦唳距Π 4.21 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 1977 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Queen of Jhansi by Mahasweta Devi, Sagaree Sengupta (Translator), Mandira Sengupta (Translator) 3.89 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2000 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Armenian Champa Tree by Mahasweta Devi, Nirmal Kanti Bhattacharjee (Translator) 4.16 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“唳膏Ξ唰� 唳多唳曕唳� 唳氞唰熰 唳Σ唳多唳侧啷� 唳多唳� 唳む唳班Ν唰傕Ξ唳�, 唳膏Ξ唰� 唳溹唳灌唳ㄠΜ唰€啷� 唳膏Ξ唰� 唳多唳曕唳� 唳撪Κ唳� 唳Σ唳� 唳唳侧 唳嗋Π 唳Σ唳� 唳唳侧啷� 唳む唳班Κ唳� 唳忇唳︵唳� 唳唳班唰冟Δ唳苦Π 唳呧Ξ唰嬥唳ㄠ唰熰Ξ 唳呧Θ唰佮Ο唳距唰€, 唳膏Ξ唰熰唳� 唳Σ唳苦Δ唰� 唳氞唳 唳唳� 唳多唳曕唳� 唳撪Κ唳� 唳涏唳� 唳涏唳� 唳呧唰嵿唰佮Π唰囙Π 唳嗋唰佮Σ 唳唳班唰熰イ
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唳嗋唰佮Σ唳椸唳侧 唳撪Κ唳班 唳撪唰�, 唳嗋唳距Χ 唳栢唳唳距啷�
唳膏Ξ唰� 唳膏Μ 唳唳班啷�”
― Mahasweta Devi, Mother of 1084

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“Time was the arch fugitive, always on the run.”
― Mahasweta Devi, Mother of 1084

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“唳膏Ξ唳 唳唳班 唳唳撪Ο唳监 唳唳 唳ㄠ啷� 唳膏Ξ唳 唳氞Σ唰� 唳唳 唳ㄠ唳班唳Ξ, 唳樴唳む, 唳ㄠ唳唳む唳膏Ξ唳距Θ 唳膏Ξ唳啷� 唳膏Ξ唳 唳溹唳灌唳ㄠΜ唰€, 唳多唳� 唳唳侧唳唳啷� 唳膏Ξ唳唰囙Π 唳膏唳班唳む 唳多唳曕唳� 唳撪Κ唳� 唳Σ唳苦Ξ唳距唳� 唳氞唳 唳Α唳监啷� 唳む唳班Κ唳� 唳忇唳︵唳� 唳膏唳� 唳Σ唳苦Ξ唳距唳� 唳唳佮Α唳监 唳ㄠΔ唰佮Θ 唳ㄠΔ唰佮Θ 唳呧唰嵿唰佮Π唰囙Π 唳嗋唰佮Σ 唳唳班唳啷� 唳嗋唰佮Σ唳椸唳侧 唳嗋唳距Χ唳唳ㄠ 唳嗋Μ唳距Π 唳夃唳む 唳氞唳啷� 唳嗋Χ唳距Π, 唳唳︵Θ唳距Π, 唳膏唳栢唳�, 唳嗋Θ唳ㄠ唳︵唳� 唳呧唰嵿唰佮Π唰囙Π 唳嗋唰佮Σ啷�”
― Mahasweta Devi, Mother of 1084

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