Talk:Sudeshna Banerjee

By Anirudha Patel

Sudeshna Banerjee is an Associate Professor of History at Jadavpur University as of August 2023.

She has published no books, papers, or research pertaining to Hindus, the rights of Hindus, the impact or relationship between Islam and Hinduism / Hindutva, India, or the Indian Government in the context of BJP Government.

In 2021, she along with Hibatullah Akhundzada, the supreme leader of the Taliban co-signed a letter supporting "Dismantling Global Hindutva" Conference, as an academic and scholar and made the allegation

"the current government of India [in 2021] has instituted discriminatory policies including beef bans, restrictions on religious conversion and interfaith weddings, and the introduction of religious discrimination into India’s citizenship laws. The result has been a horrifying rise in religious and caste-based violence, including hate crimes, lynchings, and rapes directed against Muslims, non-conforming Dalits, Sikhs, Christians, adivasis and other dissident Hindus. Women of these communities are especially targeted. Meanwhile, the government has used every tool of harassment and intimidation to muzzle dissent. Dozens of student activists and human rights defenders are currently languishing in jail indefinitely without due process under repressive anti-terrorism laws."

Publications related to India

1. Banerjee, Himadri, et al., editors. “Acknowledgements.” Calcutta Mosaic: Essays and Interviews on the Minority Communities of Calcutta, Anthem Press, 2009, pp. xi-xii.
2. Banerjee, Sudeshna. “Displacement within Displacement: The Crisis of Old Age in the Refugee Colonies of Calcutta.” Studies in History, vol. 19, no. 2, Aug. 2003, pp. 199–220, https://doi.org/10.1177/025764300301900203.