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Women’s rights activist, author Kamla Bhasin passes away

Noted women’s rights activist Kamla Bhasin breather her last on Saturday after battling cancer for many years. She was 75 years.

Activist Kavita Srivastava said on Twitter Bhasin breathed her last around 3 am.

“Kamla Bhasin, our dear friend, passed away around 3am today 25th Sept. This is a big setback for the women’s movement in India and the South Asian region. She celebrated life whatever the adversity. Kamla you will always live in our hearts. In Sisterhood, which is in deep grief,” Kavita Srivastava tweeted.

The poet and author were one of the vocal proponents of feminism in India and the entire South Asian region. She emerged as one of the leading voices of women’s rights in the 1970s and has since been actively propagating women’s rights across South Asia.

As an author, her book Sangat: A Feminist Network and her poem ‘Kyunki main ladki hoon, mujhe padhna hai’ will be remembered by all women’s rights activists for perfectly displaying the correct emotions on challenges faced by women in contemporary South Asian society.

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