Sep 05, 2013 · Indian author Sushmita Banerjee, whose life story was told in the film "Escape from Taliban," was kidnapped and killed in Afghanistan by …
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Sep 06, 2013 · Sushmita Banerjee, also known as Sushmita Bandhopadhyay and Sayeda Kamala (dies 4/5 September 2013) was an Indian writer. She wrote the …
Sep 05, 2013 · KABUL, Afghanistan — An Indian woman whose memoir about life under Taliban rule was turned into a Bollywood movie was shot dead …- Sep 05, 2013 · An Indian woman, who wrote a popular memoir about her escape from the Taliban, is shot dead in Afghanistan by suspected militants, police say.
- Kolkata, Sep 6 (IANS) Sushmita Banerjee's kin here Friday hinted at a probable conspiracy behind the author's killing in Afghanistan, asking whether the killers tied ...
Kolkata, Sep 6 (IANS) Sushmita Banerjee's kin here Friday hinted at a probable conspiracy behind the author's killing in Afghanistan, asking whether the killers tied her in-laws to "actually protect them". Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin also cast doubts about the family's role
Even Taslima talked about a conspiracy."Do the Taliban need to tie up others when they kill one? Maybe they need. Or maybe they don't. Maybe someone from her in-laws informed the Taliban that Sushmita, the 'immoral woman', who fled husband's house and wrote bad about them was there, maybe those men knew about her deeds and whereabouts from other sources," Taslima said.
"I do not know about the conspiracy behind killing Sushmita, but I know why she was killed. She was killed because of patriarchy and religion," Taslima said on her official blog. - Sep 06, 2013 · Indian author Sushmita Banerjee, 49, widely known for her account of escape from the Taliban, was shot and killed outside her home in Afghanistan, police …
- Sep 05, 2013 · A senior police official said Banerjee, also known as Sayed Kamala, was working as a health worker in Paktika and had been filming the lives of local women.
Indian female author shot dead in Afghanistan
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The Taliban TattooTerrorised, victimised, incarcerated: an Indian woman's story of life under the extremist regime.Terrorised, victimised, incarcerated: an Indian woman's story of life under the extremist regime. Six years in Afghanistan, three of these under the Big Brother scrutiny of the Taliban, has made Sushmita Banerjee a hardened woman with bitter memories. The 34-year-old Calcuttan had been trapped in Sarana, a village three hours outside Kabul, ever since 1989 when—after a whirlwind romance and marriage to Janbaz Khan, a Pathan—she had gone to visit her in-laws' home. Eventually, she became the target of the Taliban. For close to three months she was placed under house arrest. And was nabbed when she tried to flee the country.
..., life was tolerable until the Taliban crackdown in 1993.
I remember it was early that year that members of the Taliban came to our house. They had heard of the dispensary I was running from my house. I am not a qualified doctor. But I knew a little about common ailments and since there was no medical help in the vicinity, I thought I could support myself and keep myself busy by dispensing medicines. The members of the Taliban who called on us were aghast that I, a woman, could be running a business establishment. They ordered me to close down the dispensary and branded me a woman of poor morals."I tunneled through the mud walls of my house and fled. But they caught me. A 15-member Taliban group interrogated me. Many felt I should be executed."
They also listed out dos and don'ts. The burkha was a necessity. Listening to the radio or playing a tape recorder was banned. Women were not allowed to go to shops. They were even prohibited from stepping out from their houses unless accompanied by their husbands. All women had to have the names of their husbands tattooed on their left hand. Virtually all interaction between men and women outside the confines of their own homes was banned.
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