Sushmita Banerjee
Sushmita Banerjee | |
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Kolkata, India) | |
Died | 4/5 September 2013 (aged 50) Paktika Province, Afghanistan |
Notable works | Kabuliwalar Bangali Bou (A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife) |
Spouse | Janbaz Khan |
Sushmita Banerjee, also known as Sushmita Bandhopadhyay and Sayeda Kamala
Life
Sushmita Banerjee was born in
Banerjee made two abortive attempts to flee Afghanistan. She was caught and held under house arrest. A fatwa was issued against her and she was scheduled to die on 22 July 1995.[2] With the help of the village headman, she finally fled.[2] She reached Kabul, and took a flight back to Kolkata on 12 August 1995.[2]
She lived in India until 2013, and published several books. She and her husband eventually reconciled, and began living together in India, before deciding to return to Afghanistan. After returning to Afghanistan, she worked as a health worker in Paktika Province in southeastern Afghanistan, and began filming the lives of local women.[1]
Death
According to Afghan police, suspected Taliban forced entry into her house in Paktika on the night of 4 September 2013. They bound her husband and absconded with her. Her corpse was found early the next day on the outskirts of provincial capital
Books
Sushmita Banerjee wrote Kabuliwalar Bangali Bou ("A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife") in 1995.
References
- ^ a b c "Indian author Sushmita Banerjee executed in Afghanistan by Taliban". The Times of India. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Exclusive: Knowing Sushmita Banerjee". Rediff.com. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
- ^ a b c Narayan, Chandrika; Popalzai, Masoud (5 September 2013). "Afghan militants target, kill female author, police say". CNN. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
- ^ Biswas, Soutik (6 September 2013). "Indian diarist Sushmita Banerjee 'had no fear'". BBC News. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
- ^ "Indian author Sushmita Banerjee executed in Afghanistan by Taliban". The Times of India. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
- ^ "Sushmita Banerjee was killed for not wearing burqa?". Zee News. 6 September 2013.
- ^ "Indian diarist Sushmita Banerjee shot dead in Afghanistan". BBC News. 5 September 2013.
- ^ Yousafzai, Sami and Moreau, Ron (14 September 2013) ‘We Killed Sushmita Banerjee’ Says Renegade Taliban Militia thedailybeast.com
- ^ Mitra, Sumit (22 October 2001). "On hostile tract : Tales of Taliban barbarism by Afghan's Bengali wife become a bestseller, being filmed". India Today.
- ^ "Kabuliwala's wife turns director". The Times of India. 15 May 2002. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
External links
- Biography of Sushmita Banerjee, 2013, news.biharprabha.com