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The title of the article that op linked to is sushmita banerjee, author of escape from taliban murdered in afghanistan. It recounted the tale of her love marriage to an afghan businessman, jaanbaz khan, her moving to afghanistan in 1989, the adversities she faced in talibani afghanistan, and her eventual escape back to kolkata. Now sushmita banerjee, the kabuliwalahs bengali bride, in her death leaves behind a far more shocking image. Taliban murders sushmita banerjee, author and womens rights. Indian writer sushmita banerjee shot dead in afghanistan kabul.
I posted the correction because i was curious about the book and went looking for it. Director ujjwal chatterjee talks to ct about sushmita banerjee, who inspired his film escape from taliban sushmita banerjee, who was gunned down by talibans in. Her works include the memoir kabuliwalar bangali bou a kabuliwalas bengali wife. Indian author who wrote on her escape from taliban killed in. Indian author who wrote about her dramatic escape from taliban. Family not taliban killed writer sushmita banerjee says. Sep 05, 20 sushmita banerjee, who was married to an afghan businessman, was killed outside her home in paktika province. Banerjee, a kolkata native, who wrote a popular memoir about her escape from the taliban was shot dead in afghanistans paktika province by suspected taliban. Her book became a bestseller in india and a film with the same title, casting manisha koirala in lead role, was released in 2003. The writer, famous for her memoir about her dramatic escape from the taliban, was shot. Sushmita banerjee was married to an afghan businessman jaanbaz khan and had recently moved there to live with him.
Ananda bazar patrika writes that banerjee had written that a woman could, if she wanted, cross the himalayas. Indian author who wrote on her escape from taliban killed. Escape from taliban is a 2003 indian film directed by ujjal chattopadhyaya. She moved to afghanistan in 1989 but escaped in 1995 after the taliban s rise to power and restriction of womens rights. The book described how she met her husband in india and moved to afghanistan.
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