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WRITER

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sushmita Banerjee has received more than 373,718 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Sushmita Banerjee is the 6,295th most popular writer (down from 5,698th in 2019), the 979th most popular biography from India (down from 973rd in 2019) and the 115th most popular Indian Writer.

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  • 370k

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  • 33.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sushmita Banerjee ranks 6,295 out of 5,755. Before her are Lui Morais, Sara Ahmed, Sherman Alexie, Bethany Hamilton, Attila Bartis, and Lucille Clifton. After her are Jorge Majfud, Rainbow Rowell, Cyprian Ekwensi, Ruth Park, Jorge Volpi, and Conrad Richter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Sushmita Banerjee ranks 702. Before her are Éric Srecki, Scott Skiles, Vic Chesnutt, Hitoshi Tomishima, Dean Saunders, and Marek Kamiński. After her are Ye Qiaobo, Patricia Kraus, David Kato, Pál Szekeres, Susumu Uemura, and Barrington Levy. Among people deceased in 2013, Sushmita Banerjee ranks 479. Before her are Bill Hoskyns, Hakimullah Mehsud, C. Everett Koop, Philippe Gaumont, Bonnie Franklin, and Chi Cheng. After her are Yasuhiro Yamada, Chrissy Amphlett, Farooq Sheikh, Rituparno Ghosh, Harry F. Byrd Jr., and Jean Pickering.

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In India

Among people born in India, Sushmita Banerjee ranks 979 out of 1,493. Before her are Mallika Sherawat (1976), Navjot Singh Sidhu (1963), Aravind Adiga (1974), Allu Arjun (1982), Meenakshi Seshadri (1963), and Dipak Misra (1953). After her are Adil Hussain (1963), Kiran Rao (1973), Esha Deol (1981), Mahima Chaudhry (1973), Joseph Galibardy (1915), and Saina Nehwal (1990).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Sushmita Banerjee ranks 115. Before her are Raja Rao (1908), Kiran Desai (1971), Sarojini Sahoo (1956), Rupi Kaur (1992), Shobhaa De (1948), and Aravind Adiga (1974). After her are Ramachandra Guha (1958), Dinesh D'Souza (1961), Sharmila Rege (1964), Nirupama Rao (1950), Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (1956), and Sanal Edamaruku (1955).

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