Acclaimed writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi has died at the age of 90. Watch VideoAlso read: Mahasweta Devi, the writer as activistWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee mourned Devi’s demise and wrote on Twitter, “India has lost a great writer. Mahashweta Di rest in peace.”Read tributes pouring in on TwitterPrime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief on Twitter, “Mahashweta Devi wonderfully illustrated the might of the pen. At that point of time, Devi used to teach in a college on the outskirts of the city of Kolkata. She began writing in the 60s, moved by the everyday realities she saw around herself in rural Bengal.

Source: Indian Express July 28, 2016 10:29 UTC