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    A tireless crusader for the cause of Indian farmers and Tribals, a guiding light for social activists and a celebrated writer is no more. Mahasweta Devi breathed her last at around 3pm on 28 July in Kolkata’s Belle Vue Nursing Home. Born in Dacca in undivided India on 14 January 1926, Mahasweta Devi was the daughter of famous litterateur Manish Ghatak and novelist Dharitri Devi, and the niece of renowned filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak and Sachin Chaudhari, the founder of Economic and Political Weekly. (Ritwik Ghatak is widely remembered as a filmmaker who was as accomplished as the all-time great Satyajit Ray.) She changed her surname to Bhattacharya after her marriage to well-known theatre personality Bijon Bhattacharya. Famous writer-activist Nabarun Bhattacharya was the only child of the couple.

    Born into a family of accomplished artistes and writers, Mahasweta Ghatak was exposed to

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    Mahasweta Devi

    Indian Bengali fiction writer and socio-political activist

    Mahasweta Devi (14 January 1926 – 28 July 2016)[1][2] was an Indian writer in Bengali and an activist. Her notable literary works include Hajar Churashir Maa, Rudali, and Aranyer Adhikar.[3] She was a leftist who worked for the rights and empowerment of the tribal people (Lodha and Shabar) of West Bengal, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh states of India.[4] She was honoured with various literary awards such as the Sahitya Akademi Award (in Bengali), Jnanpith Award and Ramon Magsaysay Award along with India's civilian awards Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan.[5]

    Early life and education

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    Mahasweta Devi was born in a Brahmin family[6] on 14 January 1926 in Dacca, British India (now Dhaka, Bangladesh). Her father, Manish Ghatak, was a poet and novelist[7] of the Kallol movement, who used the pseudonym Jubanashwa (Ben

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    Bhattacharya (surname)

    Bhattacharya, Bhattacharyya, and Bhattacharjee are three common spellings of a Bengali Brahmin and Assamese Brahmin surname.[1] In Bengal, Bhattacharjees, tillsammans with Banerjees, Chatterjees, Gangulys and Mukherjees, form the Kulin Brahmins.[2]

    Notables

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    • A. Bhattacharya, Indian statistician who worked at the Indian Statistical Institute in the 1930s and early 40s
    • Abhi Bhattacharya (1921−1993), Indian actor of Hindi and Bengali cinema
    • Abhijeet Bhattacharya (born 1958), Indian playback singer and composer
    • Abhinash Bhattacharya, leader in revolutionary movement for Indian independence
    • Aditya Bhattacharya (born 1965), Indian bio director and screenwriter, Raakh
    • Amitabha Bhattacharya, Indian professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and an author of digital communication
    • Amitabh Bhattacharya, Indian lyricist and playback singer who works in Bollywood
    • Anirban Bhattacharya, Indian actor
    • Arindam Bhatta