Women’s rights activist Kamla Bhasin dies at 75

New Delhi, September 25

Eminent women’s rights activist, poet and author Kamla Bhasin passed away on Saturday after a battle with cancer. She was 75. Bhasin, a prominent voice in the women’s movement in India and other South Asian countries, breathed her last at a city hospital.

“Bhasin, our dear friend, passed away around 3 am today. This is a big setback for the women’s movement in India and the South Asian region,” activist Kavita Srivastava said on Twitter.

The chant of “Azaadi” which echoed across protest sites in the country is said to have been popularised by Bhasin as a feminist slogan against patriarchy. Netizens took to Twitter to condole her demise. — PTI