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MAMATA BANERJEE, WEST BENGAL CM:

India has lost a great writer. Bengal has lost a glorious mother. I have lost a personal guide. Mahashweta Di rest in peace

AMITAV GHOSH, AUTHOR:

RIP Mahasweta Devi. A terrible loss for literature. A great writer & extraordinary activist; a woman with a warm, generous heart.

SHOBHAA DE, AUTHOR:

Mahasweta Devi. You were and will remain India’s greatest inspiration to women of words. And beyond. RIP.

PRESIDENT PRANAB MUKHERJEE:

Smt. Mahasweta Devi enriched Bengali literature through her prolific writing and unique style. She was a powerful voice against all forms of oppression and injustice. Her writings reflected the life of downtrodden and her voice was seen as the collective conscience of society reflecting its yearning for justice and equality.

PM NARENDRA MODI:

Mahasweta Devi wonderfully illustrated the might of the pen. A voice of compassion, equality and justice, she leaves us deeply saddened. RIP

MAHESH BHATT, FILMMAKER:

The woman who walked with the broken and refused to sit with the ‘great’! Writer Mahasweta Devi passes away in Kolkata. What a life !!!!

TASLIMA NASREEN, AUTHOR:

Mahasweta Devi died. Stood by me during my bad times...