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'''Kavita Mahajan''' (5 September 1967 – 27 September 2018) was an Indian author and translator who wrote in [[Marathi language|Marathi]]. She is noted for her critically acclaimed novels ''Brr'' (2005), ''Bhinna'' (2007) and ''Kuhoo'' (2011), as well as a non-fiction work ''Graffiti Wall'' (2009). She was the winner of the 2011 translation award conferred by the [[Sahitya Akademi]], India's National Academy of Letters.<ref name="Pune Mirror">{{cite news |work=Pune Mirror |access-date=2 February 2017 |url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_MIRRORNEW&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=PMIR/2012/02/15&ID=Ar00401 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214183702/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_MIRRORNEW&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=PMIR/2012/02/15&ID=Ar00401 |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 February 2017 |title=Sahitya Akademi award for Kavita Mahajan}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Mahajan was born in the city of [[Nanded]] in [[Maharashtra]].<ref name=hindu>{{cite news |title=Marathi litterateur Kavita Mahajan passes away in Pune |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/marathi-litterateur-kavita-mahajan-passes-away-in-pune/article25062776.ece |access-date=28 September 2018 |work=The Hindu |date=28 September 2018 |language=en-IN}}</ref> She was the daughter of S.D. Mahajan, the ex-secretary of [[Marathi Vishwakosh]] and the granddaughter of the painter [[Tryambak Vasekar]].<ref name=hindu/><br />
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==Literary career==<br />
Mahajan wrote on themes of social emancipation and against discrimination.<ref name=kon/> Mahajan's book ''Brr'' is a collection of stories about women's [[sarpanch]] and their experience after the [[Panchayati raj (India)|Panchayati Raj]] system was implemented whilst she wrote ''Bhinna'' to describe the lives of those affected by [[HIV/AIDS]]. Both books bring out the politics of representation at three levels – one of the institutions like the Panchayats, the corruption in the non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and the intricacies of human relationships. Mahajan's work focuses on political, social, and economic matters rather than maternal or romantic considerations.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://footnotes.tiss.edu/the-fight-of-the-fiery-tongue-the-new-voices-of-marathi-women-writers-poets/ |title=The Fight of the Fiery Tongue: New Women's Voices in Marathi |magazine=Footnotes |access-date=2 February 2017 |archive-date=3 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203163639/http://footnotes.tiss.edu/the-fight-of-the-fiery-tongue-the-new-voices-of-marathi-women-writers-poets/ |last=Patil |first= Mukta |url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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Mahajan's 2011 novel, ''Kuhoo'' ({{langx|mr|कुहू}}) dealt with the relationship between human and nature, and was marketed as a 'multimedia novel'. It came with a DVD containing sights and sounds from nature, including a few animations.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/-/articleshow/8324939.cms?null|title=कुहूचि अद्भुत दुनिया|work=Maharashtra Times|access-date=2 February 2017|language=mr-IN|archive-date=28 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928202258/https://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/-/articleshow/8324939.cms?null|url-status=dead}}</ref> She is also renowned for her poetry, including a collection entitled ''Dhulicha Awaz''.<ref name=hindu/> She was awarded [[Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize]] (2011)<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news |title=Marathi litterateur Kavita Mahajan passes away in Pune |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/marathi-litterateur-kavita-mahajan-passes-away-in-pune/article25062776.ece |newspaper=The Hindu |date=27 September 2018 |access-date=6 July 2022}}</ref><ref name="Pune Mirror"/> for her translation ''Rajai'', a collection of 17 short stories by [[Ismat Chughtai]] which she translated from [[Urdu]] into Marathi.<br />
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Mahajan also authored children's literature and published a collection of short stories ''Joyanache Ranga'' ({{langx|mr|जोयानाचे रंग}}) in 2011. This collection won her the Shashikalatai Agashe Award for Children's Literature in 2013.<ref>{{cite news |work=Divya Marathi |url=https://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/news/MAH-VID-NAG-shashikal-aagashe-award-gose-to-author-kavita-mahajan-4144262-NOR.html |title=कविता महाजन, स्वाती काटे, पृथ्वीराज तौर यांना आगाशे पुरस्कार |access-date=2 February 2017|language=mr-IN}}</ref><br />
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Speaking in April 2016 at a programme organised by [[T. M. A. Pai]] Chair for Indian Literature at [[Manipal Academy of Higher Education|Manipal University]] (now {{abbr|MAHE|Manipal Academy of Higher Education}}), she said: "I am a woman and before that I am a human being. If all are human beings, why is there discrimination? That is a question, which has haunted me from my childhood."<ref name=kon>{{cite news |url=http://konkanconnect.com/home/udupi-marathi-novelist-kavita-mahajan-speaks-about-discrimination-in-society |title=Marathi novelist Kavita Mahajan speaks about discrimination in society |work=KonkanConnect |access-date=2 February 2017 |archive-date=28 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928003253/http://konkanconnect.com/home/udupi-marathi-novelist-kavita-mahajan-speaks-about-discrimination-in-society |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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== Death ==<br />
Mahajan died on 27 September 2018 of pneumonia at the [[Chellaram Diabetes Hospital]].<ref name=hindu/> She was survived by her daughter.<ref>{{cite news |agency=Press Trust of India |title=Marathi writer Kavita Mahajan passes away |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/marathi-writer-kavita-mahajan-passes-away-118092701284_1.html |work=Business Standard India |date=27 September 2018}}</ref><br />
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== Selected works ==<br />
* {{cite book |last1=Mahajan |first1=Kavita |title=Bhinna |date=2020 |orig-date=First published 2007 |publisher=Rajhans Prakashan |location=Pune, India |isbn=978-81-7434-383-3 |language=mr|author-mask=0}}<br />
* {{cite book |last1=Mahajan |first1=Kavita |title=Thhaki Ani Maryadit Purushottam |date=2011 |language=mr |author-mask=0}}<br />
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