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Sushmita Banerjee

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writer, memoirist, women's rights activist

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Sushmita Banerjee was an Indian musician who worked from 1997 until 2013. Born on January 1, 1964, and deceased on September 4, 2013, the artist was associated with the maihar and sitar genres. MusicBrainz records list the artist's gender as male and their country as India.

In addition to musical activities, Sushmita Banerjee is listed as an author. Open Library attributes one work to this name, titled *Pediatric Nephrology*. Crossref data indicates a total of five works associated with the name. The subject has been referenced by twelve other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 17 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
1

Top works

  • Pediatric Nephrology

via Open Library + Wikidata

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1
Total plays
5

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Sushmita+Banerjee">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Sushmita Banerjee

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Geant4—a simulation toolkit

    · 2003 · cited 21,302x

  2. A global reference for human genetic variation

    · 2015 · cited 17,797x

  3. Large-Area Synthesis of High-Quality and Uniform Graphene Films on Copper Foils

    · 2009 · cited 10,404x

  4. Anomaly detection

    · 2009 · cited 9,359x

  5. Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the Lancet Commission

    · 2020 · cited 9,240x

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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

via Wikipedia infobox

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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.

Life

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