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Headlines India
06 Sep 2013
Kolkata, Sep 6 ... Banerjee, who defied her family to marry an Afghan businessman, Jaanbaz Khan, and stayed for years with him in Afghanistan, in 1998 wrote the bestselling memoir "Kabuliwalar Bangali Bou" (A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife) offering a vivid description of the suffering of women under the Taliban. She also described her daring escape from the clutches of militants ... "This is shocking ... ....(size: 1.8Kb)
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Newstrack India
06 Sep 2013
Tweet ... Chatterjee, a Bengali filmmaker, had adapted Banerjee's memoir - "A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife" - on her escape from Afghanistan and life under the Taliban militia, into the 2003 film "Escape From Taliban". "She had approached me in November 2000 with her book and had requested me to make a film on it. The book blew me away ... I am extremely shocked," said Chatterjee ... Bengali Market ... ... Sripuria Bengali Gaon . Agbandha Bengali Gaon ... ) .....(size: 3.0Kb)
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Headlines India
06 Sep 2013
That was the last I saw of didi (older sister in Bengali)," said Biswas ... She later came back to India, and in 1998 wrote the bestselling memoir "Kabuliwalar Bangali Bou" (A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife), offering a vivid description of the suffering of women under the Taliban ... Biswas said Banerjee had initially named the book "Aami Kabuliwalar Bangali Bou" (I, A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife)....(size: 2.3Kb)
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Newstrack India
06 Sep 2013
Tweet. New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) India is in touch with Afghanistan over the killing of Indian author Sushmita Banerjee by suspected Taliban militants, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said Friday ... Her memoir, "A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife", was on her life in Afghanistan and her escape from Taliban custody. It was turned into a movie ... "It (the killing) is condemnable... Bengali Market ... Sripuria Bengali Gaon . Agbandha Bengali Gaon ....(size: 2.6Kb)
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The Australian
06 Sep 2013
Banerjee's book “Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife”, about her escape from the Taliban, was made into a Bollywood film in 2003. Police suggested the book may have been the reason the militants went after her. “Our investigation... It's a brave voice that's been quietened.”. Bengali writer Samaresh Majumdar added ... Award-winning Bengali writer Mahasweta Devi said Banerjee's death “is a loss to Bengali literature ... AFP ... ....(size: 3.8Kb)
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The Hindu
06 Sep 2013
Her book, ‘Kabuliwalar Bangali Bou’ (Kabuliwala’s Bengali Wife) originally published in Bengali in 1998 and subsequently in English, has sold 700,000 copies according to the Kolkata-based publisher, Bhasha o Sahitya ... Bou’, 'Kabuliwala’s Bengali Wife', Paktika province, eastern Afghanistan, Bollywood film ....(size: 2.3Kb)
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The Times of India
06 Sep 2013
KABUL. The Taliban on Friday denied shooting Indian writer Sushmita Banerjee, whose murder Afghan officials blamed on the insurgent militia fighting against the government for 12 years ... "Our investigation... Her book "Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife" was made into a Bollywood film in 2003 ... Bengali writer Samaresh Majumdar said she had risked her life by returning to Afghanistan ... ....(size: 1.7Kb)
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Khaleej Times
06 Sep 2013
The Taleban on Friday denied shooting dead Indian writer Sushmita Banerjee, whose murder Afghan officials blamed on the insurgent militia fighting against the government for 12 years ... “Our investigation... Her book “Kabuliwala’s Bengali Wife” was made into a Bollywood film in 2003 ... Bengali writer Samaresh Majumdar said she had risked her life by returning to Afghanistan....(size: 1.8Kb)
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Newstrack India
06 Sep 2013
An Indian author Sushmita Banerjee, whose novel 'A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife' became the best seller in which she depicted her six years? of life in Afghanistan and later how she managed to escape from there, was shot dead outside her home in Afghanistan's Paktika Province on Thursday....(size: 3.5Kb)
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
06 Sep 2013
PETER LLOYD. Police in Afghanistan have found the bullet-riddled body of an Indian author who wrote a best-selling book about her escape from the Taliban in the 1990s ... Brendan Trembath prepared this report. BRENDAN TREMBATH ... The Bengali journalist Ranjan Bandyopadhyay, who knew the writer, says she stood up for women's rights. RANJAN BANDYOPADHYAY ... The Bengali journalist Ranjan Bandhyopadhyay has suggested she might have had other enemies....(size: 3.4Kb)
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Newstrack India
06 Sep 2013
Tweet ... They said she wanted to write another book on the lives of Afghan women. "We had warned her not to go (to Afghanistan) ... She later came back to India, and in 1998 wrote the bestselling memoir "Kabuliwalar Bangali Bou" (A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife), offering a vivid description of the suffering of women under the Taliban ... "Sushmita di (di - older sister in Bengali) had said she would like to write about the condition of women there....(size: 3.8Kb)
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Independent online (SA)
06 Sep 2013
The Afghan Taliban denied involvement. Banerjee, who told her story of life under the Islamist Taliban in “A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife”, was dragged from her house in lawless southeastern province of Paktika and shot as many as two dozen times, police said ... The gunmen had bound her and her husband before taking her away, he said ... “It is so sad, and so shocking,” said fellow Bengali writer Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay....(size: 3.6Kb)
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Baltimore Sun
06 Sep 2013
The Afghan Taliban denied involvement. Banerjee, who told her story of life under the Islamist Taliban in "A Kabuliwala's Bengali Wife", was dragged from her house in lawless southeastern province of Paktika and shot as many as two dozen times, police said ... "Gunmen entered her house at 11 p.m ... Her husband was badly beaten ... "It is so sad, and so shocking," said fellow Bengali writer Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay ... ....(size: 3.8Kb)
