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Sushmita Banerjee

1964 - 2013

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2024). Sushmita Banerjee is the 7,233rd most popular writer (down from 7,196th in 2024), the 1,371st most popular biography from India (up from 1,397th in 2019) and the 149th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among writers, Sushmita Banerjee ranks 7,233 out of 7,302. Before her are Niloofar Rahmani, Rutger Bregman, Amanda Filipacchi, Lucy Ayoub, Becca Fitzpatrick, and Judith Schalansky. After her are Vanessa Taylor, Lev Grossman, Min Jin Lee, Garth Nix, Paula White-Cain, and Ngarmpun Vejjajiva.

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Among people born in 1964, Sushmita Banerjee ranks 1,077. Before her are Michael Boatman, Gary Wallis, Stephen Frick, Clay Shirky, Barry Larkin, and Rahibai Soma Popere. After her are Csaba László, Barrington Levy, Sylvie Bernier, Przemysław Gosiewski, Houda Nonoo, and Valeriy Medvedtsev. Among people deceased in 2013, Sushmita Banerjee ranks 548. Before her are Risë Stevens, Lázaro Rivas, Helga Arendt, Chi Cheng, Rituparno Ghosh, and Kenny Ball. After her are Hakimullah Mehsud, Besik Kudukhov, Soraya Jiménez, Rod Grams, Vince Flynn, and Sarabjit Singh.

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In India

Among people born in India, Sushmita Banerjee ranks 1,371 out of 1,861. Before her are Suniti Solomon (1938), Rahibai Soma Popere (1964), Emraan Hashmi (1979), Rajesh Roshan (1955), Nitu Chandra (1984), and Akshaye Khanna (1975). After her are White Town (1966), Lillete Dubey (1953), Kunjarani Devi (1968), Sulakshana Pandit (1954), Meena Alexander (1951), and Rita Bhaduri (1955).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Sushmita Banerjee ranks 149. Before her are Sanal Edamaruku (1955), Anita Nair (1966), Shashi Deshpande (1938), Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (1956), K. R. Meera (1970), and Ramachandra Guha (1958). After her are Meena Alexander (1951), Dinesh D'Souza (1961), Nirupama Rao (1950), Tapan Kumar Pradhan (1972), Chetan Bhagat (1974), and Sharmila Rege (1964).

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