Shankha Ghosh’s wife passes away 8 days after poet’s death

Kolkata: Eight days after poet Shankha Ghosh passed away due to Covid, his wife succumbed to the virus early on Thursday morning. Family sources said that

Pratima Ghosh

, 89, died around 4.30am. She had been in home isolation after testing positive for Covid around April 14.

“Her husband’s death left her shattered. She had refused hospitalization earlier and her condition deteriorated all of a sudden, giving us little time to take her to a hospital,” said a family member.

One of the couple’s daughters and her husband are still hospitalized.

Known to be the perfect foil to the reclusive Shankha Ghosh, she had been a strict disciplinarian with a soothing personality, family members recalled. The couple had been married for 65 years. Pratima could strike up a conversation with ease, would enquire about the well-being of relatives and was the go-to person for anyone who dropped in.

A Calcutta University batchmate of Ghosh, she had taught Bengali for several years at Vidyasagar Morning College and had published a number of books and articles too.


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