Partha Banerjee
Partha Banerjee | |
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 Dr. Partha Banerjee addressing a crowd at Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, February 2019. | |
| Occupation | Human Rights Activist, Educator, Writer.,[1] Musician[2] |
| Language | Bengali, English, Hindi |
| Education | Master of Science (Columbia University) PhD (Southern Illinois University) M.S. (Illinois State University) MSc (University of Calcutta) |
| Notable awards | Sevellon Brown Award, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Scripps Howard Scholarship, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Independent Press Association award for columns in ethnic media, New York. Emigrant Savings Bank award for post-9/11 grassroots work with immigrants. |
| Spouse | Mukti Banerjee[3] |
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Dr. Partha Banerjee is a human rights activist, writer,[4] educator,[5] public speaker,[6] media critic,[7] and musician.[8] Born and raised in Kolkata (Calcutta), Banerjee lives in New York and visits India frequently.
Biography
Banerjee spent the first half of his life in India, and the second half in the U.S. He has taken a voluntary retirement from his prestigious labor educator position at International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 3, to spend extensive time in India.[citation needed] He is busy working with secular and progressive groups and movements for peace, equality, social and religious harmony, and justice.[citation needed]
Life in India
Banerjee grew up in Calcutta (now Kolkata).[9] His father Jitendra Nath Banerjee (1924-2017) was a grassroots political organizer in Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)[10] and its erstwhile political wing Bharatiya Jana Sangh (now Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP).
alleged militant, fundamentalist doctrine, yet without disavowing his deep roots in Hinduism.[11]
In 1985, Banerjee came to USA as an international student in biology.[12]
Educator and Organizer
Banerjee has been a human rights activist and organizer with a focus on immigrants and workers.[13] Since moving to New York, he has worked first as a grassroots immigrant rights organizer,[14] and then as a labor educator.[15] He has also written major articles to champion the rights of women[16] especially women in the Indian subcontinent.
Life in USA
In 1999, Dr. Banerjee quit his science career, and moved to New York City to pursue his third master's degree, this time from the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University.[4] He received a prestigious Sevellon Brown award for his understanding of American media and ethics. He also received a Scripps-Howard fellowship[17] to travel with a group of fellow students to Israel, Palestine and Jordan, to report on religions of that region.
NICE became known for its work against bigotry and hate crimes.[18] Later, New Jersey Immigration Policy Network, a statewide policy organization, hired him as its executive director. Banerjee organized a number of immigrant rights conferences,[19] and put together an umbrella coalition of rights and justice groups.
Writer
Publications in the U.S.,[20] India[21] and Bangladesh have published Dr. Banerjee's books and articles in English and Bengali languages. A Bangladesh-based, online literary magazine[22] has published Ghotikahini,[23] his Bengali-language memoir, in weekly segments. Ghotikahini is now published as a 350-page book (December, 2015) by Ravan Prakashana, Calcutta, India.
He has published a number of new books in the past few years. For a full list, see List of Books and Journal Articles section below.
Educator
Dr. Banerjee has taught for many years – first in India, and then for over thirty years in the U.S. Since 2007, he has been teaching as the labor educator at IBEW Local 3 and Joint Board of Electrical Industries in New York. His critical-thinking interactive workshops are enormously popular: he has taught on political, economic, social, scientific, and environmental subjects. He speaks fluently in English and Bengali.[24]
Public Speaker
Dr. Banerjee has earned reputation as a public speaker addressing large and small gatherings in indoor and outdoor settings. In April 2019, he was the keynote speaker at IBEW Local 3's Annual Scholarship Breakfast program for college-bound children of the union members.[6]
Media Criticism and Ethics
A student of Noam Chomsky, world-renowned intellectual and critic of U.S. foreign policy and corporate media, Dr. Banerjee has written extensively on political and economic interests of mainstream media.[25] His interviews with Noam Chomsky have been picked up by many news outlets and blogs.[15] Dr. Banerjee's association with Noam Chomsky is well known across the peace and justice community.[26] In 2005, after having worked as the post-production translator of Oscar-winning documentary Born into Brothels, he came out with a strong critique[27] of the movie, pointing out its "ethical and stylistic flaws."
Musician and Cultural Activist
Banerjee wrote and spoke—both in English and Bengali—on the subjects of cultural erosion and "kitsch," and drew illustrations from the life and creations of Nobel Poet Rabindranath Tagore.
Recording Tagore's Music
In 2012, Banerjee published "Aro Ektu Bosho" (Stay a Little More), his solo CD album of Tagore songs.[28]
Political philosophy: Second circle
Banerjee began his political career in India as a member of right wing Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) because of familial connections: his father has been a lifelong activist of the organization. He quit RSS and its political wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)[29] and student wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), because of ideological disillusionment. His book on RSS and BJP was a product of his years of association with the groups. After working informally with left-leaning organizations both in India and USA, he developed his own, unique political and social doctrine. He designed a broad-based, coalition-building model to bring together all the moderate and non-violent, working men and women—both from the left and right—to a common platform. He calls it the Second Circle, as illustrated in his publication Second Circle—Middle Majority of the Working People[30]
Books and journal articles
Books
(1) Banerjee, Partha. 2018. Music Box and Moonshine – Translation of famous Bengali short stories, volume 1. 2018. Rubric Publishing, New Delhi. ISBN 978-81-935295-0-8 Search this book on 
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(2) Banerjee, Partha. 2015. Ghotikahini. Ravan Prakashana, Calcutta, India. ISBN 978-81-931890-4-7 Search this book on ..
(3) Banerjee, Partha. In the Belly of the Beast: Hindu Supremacist RSS and BJP of India – An Insider's Story. 1998. Ajanta Books International, Delhi, India. Library of Congress DS480.853 .B36 1998.
(4) পার্থ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়—Straight Terror Warped Terror, Half Terror Full Terror. (সোজা সন্ত্রাস বাঁকা সন্ত্রাস – in Bengali). 2005. Ankur Publishers, Dhaka, Bangladesh (in Bengali).
(5) Banerjee, Partha. Rainforest and Raging Fire. – Translation of famous Bengali short stories, volume 2. 2021. Rubric Publishing, New Delhi.
(6) Banerjee, Partha. Gandhi's Killers India's Rulers. 2020. RBE Books, Kolkata.
(7) পার্থ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়—The Kolkata I Loved (যে কলকাতাকে ভালোবেসেছি -- in Bengali) .2021. Gangchil Publications, Kolkata.
(8) পার্থ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়—মেঘভাঙা রোদ্দুরে মাতাল কবির দল—Bengali book of poetry. 2021. Book Terminus, Kolkata.
(9) পার্থ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়—Are you a traitor? (আপনি কি দেশদ্রোহী? – in Bengali). 2020. RBE Books, Kolkata.
(10) পার্থ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়—America Dreamland or Deathland? (আমেরিকা স্বপ্নপুরী না হত্যাপুরী? – in Bengali). 2023. Virasat Art Publications, Kolkata.
(11) Banerjee, Partha. 2023. Twilight in a Tangle – Book of original English poems. Rubric Publishing, Delhi.
(12) Banerjee, Partha. Upcoming book on Noam Chomsky, based on author's personal acquaintance and interviews. In Bengali. Due for publication from India in January 2024.
(13) পার্থ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় -- দানবের পেটে দু দশক (২০২১, পিবিএস, কলকাতা)। -- A Bengali translation of In the Belly of the Beast and Gandhi's Killers India's Rulers.
(14) পার্থ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় -- ভারত, শেষ ধ্বংসের সন্ধিক্ষণে। (অভিযান পাবলিশার্স, কলকাতা।) মার্চ ২০২৪।
(15) Bengali book of poetry – Abhijan Publishers, Kolkata (2024)
(16) America – Land of Dreams, Land of Deaths (2023, Virasat Art Publications, Kolkata)
(17) Merikamaya – Memoir on early years in America (in Bengali, Abhijan Publishers, 2025)
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles (outside of science)
(1) Banerjee, Partha. A Matter of Extreme Cruelty: Bride Burning and Dowry Deaths in India.[31] Injustice Studies, 1(1), 1997.
(2) Banerjee, Partha. Second Circle: Middle Majority of the Working People: A Simple Spin Wheel Model to Build Alliance and Power across the Soft "Left and Right".[32] International Journal of the Humanities, 9(2), 2011.
(3) Banerjee, Partha, et al. The Unprecedented Income Inequality in America. Published on website of[33] 19 July 2017.
(4) Journalism of Exclusion: An Addendum to Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent. Sixteenth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences - Hosted by Oxford Brookes University. 2021.
(5) পার্থ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় এবং সৌমিতা মিত্র -- ভারতপথিক রামমোহন রায় ও বাংলার নবজাগরণ। -- স্মৃতিকথায় রামমোহন, রূপালী (কলকাতা), জানুয়ারী ২০২৪।
Selected Science Articles
(1) Banerjee, Partha. Successful isolation and growth of tissue cultures of Pluteus species[34]
(2) Banerjee, Partha. Preliminary observations on germination of Pluteus basidiospores[35]
(3) Banerjee, Partha. A Systematic and Phylogenetic Study of the Genus Pluteus with Special Reference to Section Pluteus[36]
Selected Interviews
(1) Dr Partha Banerjee on being an RSS man for 20 years.[37]
(2) From RSS to Chomsky: An Astonishing Political Journey with Partha Banerjee.[38]
(3) Rahul's USA visit- Is it an image makeover or a challenge to Modi? (In Hindi)[39]
(4) কেন RSS-BJP কে হারানো দরকার ❓প্রাক্তন আরএসএস নেতা পার্থ ব্যানার্জি (in Bengali, 2023 – 2 million views)[40]
References
- ↑ "Partha Banerjee".[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Partha Banerjee - Aro Ektu Bosho (Stay A Little More) - CD Baby Music Store". cdbaby.com.
- ↑ "Mukti's Cooking Classes bring Masala to the Masses". Edible Brooklyn. 2013-09-18.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Strutta. "Dr. Partha Banerjee". Contest. Archived from the original on 15 January 2015. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Climate Campaign Tipping Point? Unions Get on Board". labornotes.org. 21 July 2014.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Dr. Partha Banerjee Speech to Young College-bound Students in America". YouTube. 27 August 2019.
- ↑ "Published Works".
- ↑ "Listen to full songs - latest Hindi release - Aaro Ektu Baso songs- 2012 - Aaro Ektu Baso 3gp songs". saavn.com. January 2012.
- ↑ "Mourning Manna Dey and His Magical Music".
- ↑ "Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh". rss.org.
- ↑ Gopal, Priyamvada (26 November 1997). "Show our True Colors: Culture, Nation and the Left". Ghadar. 1 (2). Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Banerjee, Partha (1 December 1990). "Laboratory experiments on competition between two rhizoplane microfungi Penicillium chrysogenum and Trichoderma harzianum". Proceedings: Plant Sciences. 100 (6): 375–378. doi:10.1007/BF03053483. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ "A Dr. Partha Banerjee and his Missions! - Jahed Ahmed".
- ↑ Bernstein, Nina (2006-03-27). "Groundswell of Protests Back Illegal Immigrants". The New York Times.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Noam Chomsky: Republicans 'dedicated with utter servility' to the needs of the 1 percent". rawstory.com. 2014-12-05.
- ↑ Partha Banerjee. "A Matter of Extreme Cruelty: Bride Burning and Dowry Deaths in India". academia.edu.
- ↑ "Scripps Howard Foundation: Programs and Projects". scripps.com. Archived from the original on 2008-03-12. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Immigrants in US Voice Concerns, Live in Fear". antisystemic.org.
- ↑ "Human Rights for Immigrants conference Feb. 19 in NJ - Sangam.org". sangam.org.
- ↑ "Partha Banerjee". progressive.org.
- ↑ "Partha-Banerjee: Latest News on Partha-Banerjee, Partha-Banerjee Photos". outlookindia.com.
- ↑ "হোম - সাহিত্য ডটকম". সাহিত্য ডটকম.
- ↑ "ঘটিকাহিনী". সাহিত্য ডটকম. 18 November 2014.
- ↑ "Noted educator Dr. Partha Banerjee (পার্থ বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়) speaks on economics and fascism". YouTube. 5 March 2019.
- ↑ "The Orwellian US media". dna. 2014-12-15.
- ↑ "Noam Chomsky Speaks with Partha Banerjee". YouTube. 14 June 2020.
- ↑ "Documentary "Born into Brothels" and the Oscars: an insider's point of view : Cleveland IMC (((i)))". indymedia.org.
- ↑ "Aaro Ektu Baso".
- ↑ "Bharatiya Janata Party - The Party With a Difference". bjp.org.
- ↑ Banerjee, Partha (2011). "Second Circle: Middle Majority of the Working People: A Simple Spin Wheel Model to Build Alliance and Power across the Soft 'Left and Right'". The International Journal of the Humanities. 9 (2): 13–32. doi:10.18848/1447-9508/cgp/v09i02/43123.
- ↑ Partha Banerjee. "A Matter of Extreme Cruelty: Bride Burning and Dowry Deaths in India". academia.edu.
- ↑ "Second Circle - Middle Majority of the Working People: A Simple Spin Wheel Model to Build Alliance and Power across the Soft "Left and Right"". cgpublisher.com.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "The Unprecedented Income Inequality in America".
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedsciencedirect.com - ↑ Banerjee, Partha; Sundberg, Walter J. (23 March 1993). "Preliminary observations on germination of Pluteus basidiospores". Mycologia. 85 (5): 811–813. doi:10.2307/3760614. JSTOR 3760614.
- ↑ Banerjee, Partha (1992). "A Systematic and Phylogenetic Study of the Genus Pluteus with Special ... - Partha Banerjee - Google Books". google.com.
- ↑ Dr Partha Banerjee on being a RSS man for 20 years, 13 January 2021, retrieved 2023-09-15
- ↑ Ep#26 | Bangla Podcast | From RSS to Chomsky: An Astonishing Political Journey with Partha Banerjee, 22 July 2022, retrieved 2023-09-15
- ↑ Rahul's USA visit- Is it a image makeover or a challenge to Modi? । RAHUL SAN FRANCISCO । ASHUTOSH, 5 June 2023, retrieved 2023-09-15
- ↑ "কেন RSS-BJP কে হারানো দরকার ❓প্রাক্তন আরএসএস নেতা পার্থ ব্যানার্জির বি*স্ফোরক বক্তব্য | কেন RSS-BJP কে হারানো দরকার ❓প্রাক্তন আরএসএস নেতা পার্থ ব্যানার্জির বি*স্ফোরক বক্তব্য | By Insaf bangla - ইনসাফ বাংলা | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
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