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Bidisha Biswas

Identity, documents, a ‘home over there’: My father’s journey as a Partition refugee

The legality of citizenship intersects with the emotional dimensions of identity in ways that cannot be easily predicted or understood.

Bidisha Biswas
· Mar 26, 2023 · 11:30 am
2020 US Elections: Why American voters should pay heed to the words of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar

‘Let us resolve not to be tardy in the recognition of the evils that lie across our path… nor to be weak in our initiative to remove them.’

Bidisha Biswas
· Nov 02, 2020 · 06:30 pm
Opinion: Why the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris ticket makes sense for Indian-Americans

On they key issues – immigration, healthcare, climate change – the Democrats offer much more promise than four more years of Donald Trump.

Bidisha Biswas
· Oct 20, 2020 · 06:30 pm

While celebrating Kamala Harris, we shouldn’t forget her trailblazer mother’s contribution to the US

Shyamala Gopalan’s story challenges the discourse that migrant women follow in the paths of men or are desperate victims finding refuge in the US.

Ramya Vijaya
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Bidisha Biswas
· Aug 19, 2020 · 06:30 pm