July 01, 2026 04:31 pm (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button

Kolkata: Political heavyweights pay last tribute to Mahasweta Devi

| | Jul 30, 2016, at 05:43 pm
Kolkata: Political heavyweights pay last tribute to Mahasweta Devi

Political leaders across Kolkata paid their last tribute to activist and litterateur Mahasweta Devi on Friday (July 29, 2016). Mahasweta Devi breathed her last in Kolkata on Thursday after a prolonged illness. Eminent politicians like Firhad Hakim, Partha Chatterjee, Biman Bose and Suryakanta Mishra among others visited Kolkata's Rabindra Sadan where Mahasweta Devi's body was kept. The cremation was done at Keoratola Burning Ghat. Images by Sandip Roy

Kolkata: Political heavyweights pay last tribute to Mahasweta Devi

Political leaders across Kolkata paid their last tribute to activist and litterateur Mahasweta Devi on Friday (July 29, 2016). Mahasweta Devi breathed her last in Kolkata on Thursday after a prolonged illness. Eminent politicians like Firhad Hakim, Partha Chatterjee, Biman Bose and Suryakanta Mishra among others visited Kolkata's Rabindra Sadan where Mahasweta Devi's body was kept. The cremation was done at Keoratola Burning Ghat. Images by Sandip Roy

Kolkata: Political heavyweights pay last tribute to Mahasweta Devi

Political leaders across Kolkata paid their last tribute to activist and litterateur Mahasweta Devi on Friday (July 29, 2016). Mahasweta Devi breathed her last in Kolkata on Thursday after a prolonged illness. Eminent politicians like Firhad Hakim, Partha Chatterjee, Biman Bose and Suryakanta Mishra among others visited Kolkata's Rabindra Sadan where Mahasweta Devi's body was kept. The cremation was done at Keoratola Burning Ghat. Images by Sandip Roy

Kolkata: Political heavyweights pay last tribute to Mahasweta Devi

Political leaders across Kolkata paid their last tribute to activist and litterateur Mahasweta Devi on Friday (July 29, 2016). Mahasweta Devi breathed her last in Kolkata on Thursday after a prolonged illness. Eminent politicians like Firhad Hakim, Partha Chatterjee, Biman Bose and Suryakanta Mishra among others visited Kolkata's Rabindra Sadan where Mahasweta Devi's body was kept. The cremation was done at Keoratola Burning Ghat. Images by Sandip Roy

Kolkata: Political heavyweights pay last tribute to Mahasweta Devi

Political leaders across Kolkata paid their last tribute to activist and litterateur Mahasweta Devi on Friday (July 29, 2016). Mahasweta Devi breathed her last in Kolkata on Thursday after a prolonged illness. Eminent politicians like Firhad Hakim, Partha Chatterjee, Biman Bose and Suryakanta Mishra among others visited Kolkata's Rabindra Sadan where Mahasweta Devi's body was kept. The cremation was done at Keoratola Burning Ghat. Images by Sandip Roy

#Kolkata #Political heavyweights pay last tribute to Mahasweta Devi

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.
Related Images
In Images: Kolkata temple celebrates Lord Jagannath’s Snana Yatra
In Images: Kolkata temple celebrates Lord Jagannath’s Snana Yatra Jun 30, 2026, at 11:33 am
In Images: Zee5 organises World Cup Carnival Rally in Kolkata
In Images: Zee5 organises World Cup Carnival Rally in Kolkata Jun 30, 2026, at 11:28 am
In Images: Kolkata marks Ashura with solemn Muharram processions
In Images: Kolkata marks Ashura with solemn Muharram processions Jun 26, 2026, at 04:20 pm