Updated: Wednesday, December 23, 2020, 14:56 [IST]
Days after testing positive for COVID-19, celebrated poetess-activist Sugathakumari breathed her last today (December 23, 2020). The eminent personality was undergoing treatment at Thiruvananthapuram s government medical hospital. She was 86.
Paying tribute to the renowned poetess, politician and author Shashi Tharoor tweeted, The tragic end has come. As I bow my head in tribute to the departed soul, I recall many moments at her side, from felicitating her Saraswati Samman, to addressing environmentalists alongside her.
Reportedly, Sugathakumari was admitted to the hospital s ICU (Intensive Care Unit) after being diagnosed with the virus on December 21, 2020. The octogenarian was on ventilator support since then. The senior poetess has been fighting against the discrimination and oppression of women in society through her poems.