Mahasweta Devi is one of India's foremost writers. Her trenchant, powerful, satiric fiction has won her recognition in the form of the Sahitya Akademi 1979, Jnanpith 1996 and Ramon Magsaysay 1996 awards, amongst several other literary honours. She was also awarded the Padmasree in 1986, for her activist work amongst dispossessed tribal communities. In the late 70s, Mahasweta Devi turned her attention to the marginalized tribals and untouchable poor of eastern ...
