Thousands bid tearful farewell to Mahasweta Devi

Thousands of people from all walks of life on Friday filed past the body of Mahasweta Devi to pay their last respects before the eminent writer and social activist was cremated with full state......

"Immobilised" Mamata calls for peace as TMC-BJP clash

She lay on a hospital bed, her left foot in plaster cast strung to an iron stand, but an "immobilised" Mamata Banerjee Thursday had West Bengal in ferment as supporters of her ruling Trinamool......

'Mahasweta built and rebuilt her stupendous life with bricks of pain'

'She never desisted from calling a spade a spade and that's what made her such a unique character.' IMAGE: Mahasweta Devi: Will we see the likes of her again? Author and activist Mahashweta Devi,......