JOIN USRetired teacher and author B Vanajakshi passed away at a private hospital in Manipal on Sunday. She was 95.
She was living in Kukkundur, Karkala. Hailing from Sanur, Karkala, she had served as a Hindi teacher for 35 years in various schools of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi. As a writer, she had published her articles in various magazines. Vanajakshi had also taken part in the freedom movement in her youth.
‘Antargata’, a memoir which she authored in her 95th autumn, had gathered acclaim from literary enthusiasts.
The nonagenarian was admitted into hospital last Friday following serious illness and breathed her last on Sunday evening. She is survived by her daughter Dr U B Rajalakshmi, a senior journalist and the Executive Editor of a Kannada weekly.