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Kolkata, Feb 20 (IANS) Eminent Bengali writer Mani Shankar Mukherjee, who was popularly referred to as ‘Shankar’ in the literary circles across West Bengal and the country, died at a hospital in Kolkata on Friday at the age of 92. He was admitted at a Kolkata hospital for quite some time due to age-related ailments and finally breathed his last at that hospital. The Bengali writer is survived by his two daughters.Besides being an eminent writer, Mukherjee had led the corporate communications dep…