THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Malayalam writer and poet Ashita, who passed away, was a writer who used her stories for gender equality, said Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. She was a writer who touched the minds of the readers, he wrote in his Facebook page.

Ashita was a writer who used her stories for gender equality. She tried to defend the violence against women in public places through her stories. Leading a life of resistance in her works, language of resistance was found. She was a writer who touched the minds of the readers.

Ashita, who travelled through a different path, took readers minds into the unique realm of experiences. Her literary life showed that enjoyment and experience can be filled in stories. Her death is a loss to the Malayalam literary world. I join the family in their sadness, the chief minister said in his post.