Banojyotsna Lahiri

About Banojyotsna Lahiri

Banojyotsna Lahiri did her PhD in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University in 2014. The title of her thesis was ‘Struggle Over Forests: State, Adivasis and Political Economy in Jharkhand’.  She has taught Sociology in Ambedkar University Delhi, Jamia Millia Islamia, Lady Shri Ram College and IP College for Women, Delhi University. She has published academic articles related to her research and has written journalistic pieces for magazines and web portals like Outlook, The Wire, News Click, The Woke Journal and others. She is currently a senior researcher at the Centre for Equity Studies. This is her second piece of fiction. The first one titled ‘Hussain Miyan's Last Journey’ was published in HimalSouthasian.