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Women’s rights activist and feminist icon Kamla Bhasin passes away

KATHMANDU, Sept 25: Popular women's rights activist, poet and author Kamla Bhasin passed away on September 25 due to cancer. She was 75.
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By Republica

KATHMANDU, Sept 25: Popular women's rights activist, poet and author Kamla Bhasin passed away on September 25 due to cancer. She was 75.



She was a prominent voice in the women's movement in India and other South Asian countries. She is best known for her work with Sangat, a feminist network and for her poem Kyunki main ladki hoon, mujhe padhna hai.


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According to Activist Kavita Srivastava on her Twitter handle, Bhasin breathed her last around 3AM on Saturday. She was diagnosed with cancer a few months ago. 


 

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