Volume IV Special Issue III March 2024

Name of Author : A Shamreen, Mrs. E Mahalakshmi

Title of the paper : Lose And Morning in Mahaswetha Devis Mother of 1084

Abstract: Mahasweta Devi was born on 14 January 1926 in Dhaka to a Hindu- Brahmin family. Her father, Manish Ghatak was a renowned poet and novelist belonging to the Kallol era. Her mother Dharitri Devi was a writer and a social worker. Mahasweta did her first schooling at Dhaka but later had to move to West Bengal after the Partition took place. She then pursued B.A in English at Vishvabharati University in Santiniketan and then completed her M.A from Calcutta University. Mahasweta was married to Bijon Bhattacharya, a renowned playwright but later got divorced in 1959. She is the mother of Nabarun Bhattacharya, a famous present day novelist in Bengal. In 1964 she taught at Bijoygarh College but later gave up her job to pursue her writing. She then worked a journalist and as a creative writer. As a social activist Mahasweta Devi has worked for the tribal communities in the interior regions of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. She has raised her voice against the brutal oppression of the ignorant tribal people by the exploitive upper class landowners. She has been working against the industrial policy of the West Bengal government, openly criticizing the confistication of large fertile agricultural land from the poor farmers.

Keywords : Naxalite, Oppression, Exploitation, Marginalized, Motherhood, Sacrifice

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