Sushmita Banerjee

writer, memoirist, women's rights activist

Key facts

Born: 1963, Calcutta, India (present-day 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

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Instance of: human
Family name: Banerjee
Gender: female
Citizenship: India
Place of birth: Kolkata
Place of death: Sharana
Occupation: writer
Languages spoken: Bangla
Native language: Bangla

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date of birth: 1964-01-01
date of death: 2013-09-04
manner of death: homicide
name in native language: সুস্মিতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়
writing language: Bangla
start of work period: 1997-00-00
end of work period: 2013-00-00

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Encyclopedic overview

Sushmita Banerjee, also known as Sushmita Bandhopadhyay and Sayeda Kamala (1963/1964 – 4/5 September 2013), was a writer and activist from India. Her works include the memoir Kabuliwalar Bangali Bou (A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife; 1997) based on her experience of marrying an Afghan and her time in Afghanistan during Taliban rule. The story was used as the basis for the Bollywood film Escape from Taliban (2003). She was murdered at age 50 by suspected Taliban jihadists during the evening of 4 September or in the early morning hours of 5 September 2013, outside her home in Paktika Province, Afghanistan.

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