Dipsita Dhar Explained

Dipsita Dhar
Birth Date:9 August 1993
Birth Place:Howrah, West Bengal, India
Education:BA (Geography) at Asutosh College, MA, M.Phil, and PhD, in Population Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University
Organization:Students Federation of India
Known For:All India SFI Leader, Social worker, Motivational Speaker
Notable Works:Red volunteer
Height Ft:5
Height In:5
Party:Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Relatives:Padma Nidhi Dhar (grandfather)

Dipsita Dhar (born 9 August 1993) is an Indian politician and student activist. She is the All India Joint Secretary of Students' Federation of India.[1] [2] She was the CPI(M) candidate from Bally constituency for 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] She is contesting the 2024 Indian General Election as a CPI(M) candidate from the Serampore. [8]

Early life and Education

Dipsita Dhar was born in Howrah,[9] West Bengal on 9 August 1993 to Pijush Dhar and Dipika Thakur Chakraborty. She graduated with a degree in geography from Asutosh College in Southern Kolkata.[10] She completed her Post Graduation and MPhil in Geography from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She did her PhD in Population Geography at Jawaharlal Nehru University and her fieldwork was in Kerala.[11]

Political life

Student Politics

Dipsita Dhar started her organisational activities through Kishore Bahini, a children's group in West Bengal. She then joined Students' Federation of India (SFI) at Asutosh College, Southern Kolkata and became the acting President of SFI College Unit and later the District Committee member of Kolkata.[12] She joined Jawaharlal Nehru University in 2013 and became the Councillor for School of Social Sciences, the first victory in JNUSU for SFI after its disruption in 2012. She unsuccessfully contested for the post of JNUSU vice president in 2015. She later became the unit president and secretary of SFI unit in JNU.[13] She was elected as the Vice President of SFI in Delhi State Committee in 2015. She then became the Central Committee Member and Central Secretariat Member of SFI. In 2017 convention at Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh, Dipsita became the SFI's All India Girls Student Sub Committee Convener.[14] [15] She again got re-elected as the SFI's All India Girls Student Sub Committee Convener in a convention held at Sikar, Rajasthan in 2021.[16] Dipsita was also part of the Student Politician Delegation to United Kingdom along with 8 others from India, organised by the British High Commission, New Delhi in 2015.

In 2018, All India Conference of SFI at Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, she was elected as the All India Joint Secretary of SFI.[17] She has faced attack from Delhi Police for the participation in political movements including Justice for Rohit Vemula movement.[18] [19] Her street slogans during the anti-CAA protests helped more people connect with the political cause. During the Shaheen Bagh sit-in protests in Delhi against CAA, she was active in organising protests in Votebagan and Pilkhan of Howrah, West Bengal.[20] [21] [22] [23] She was one of the Panelist in Global Indian Progressive Panel held on 2 October 2020.[24] She frequently appears on India's English, Hindi and Bengali visual media as a panelist in political debates.[25]

Gender Issues

She has been a public advocate and activist for several gender issues, including against violence and abuse of women. In 2016, as the President, Student Federation of India, Jawaharlal Nehru University Unit, she told Al Jazeera, "The patriarchal Indian culture is to be blamed for the rape and abuse cases. If women are not considered equal to men, they will be vulnerable to abuse within the family. Indian women need to be educated about their rights so that they can fight and defend themselves against all kinds of abuse."[13] She has also advocated for girl students to organize and speak out against violence against women and girls. In 2019, as the SFI national girls’ convener, she addressed female students in a speech, noting ongoing violence against women and girls, and spoke of a lack of basics, including toilets, at state-run schools. In 2019, as the All India Joint Secretary of SFI, she spoke out against the ICC process for addressing sexual harassment allegations.[26]

She has also been an organizer of the 2017 campaign to send sanitary napkins to union ministers after its taxation (bleed without fear campaign).[27] [28] [29] In 2017, as a member of Central Executive Committee of SFI, she said, "Sanitary pads should be considered as a health necessity and ideally to be provided to every underprivileged girl for free or in nominal cost, as a large sections of them, due to social taboo and economic reasons cannot not attain a satisfactory menstrual hygiene."[30] [31] During the COVID-19 lockdown in India, the SFI committee freely distributed sanitary napkins as a part of the campaign.[32] [33] She said the Covid-19 pandemic has increased the dropout rates in schools and colleges, and girl students got most affected.[34]

LGBTQIA rights

She has publicly expressed support for the LGBTQIA community as the joint secretary of SFI and a candidate in the 2021 Bengal Assembly Elections during a meeting organized by the group Left for Rainbow Rights.[35]

Higher Education

She is a vocal figure on policy issues in Indian Higher Education.[36] [37] [38] [39] She has also led the SFI delegation to the Union Ministry for addressing the under representation of marginalised students in Indian Institutes of Technology's (IIT)[40] and frequently advocates against caste oppression in India.[41] She played a crucial role in Nabanna agitation in West Bengal that demanded employment and education for youth and the protests after the murder of CPI(M) activist Maidul Islam Midda.[42] [43]

2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election

Dipsita Dhar contested against the Dr. Rana Chatterjee from All India Trinamool Congress and Baishali Dalmiya from Bharatiya Janata Party at Bally (Vidhan Sabha Constituency), West Bengal.[44] [45] As part of her campaign, she has said, "Hindus and Muslims are all feel hungry in the same manner. Hunger does not distinguish between communities."[46] She has also said, "Education has to be a fundamental right. Babasaheb Ambedkar, while writing the Constitution, understood that education can be a very important tool for mobility. [...] Education was not just an avenue to gain knowledge but a vessel to fight oppression." She also gave high importance for youth's employment issue in her campaign.[47] Social activist and celebrities including Kafeel Khan and Rahul Banerjee extended support for her campaign.[48] [49] The Wire described her as the " New Face of Left Politics in Bengal." [50] However, she lost the election.

Works

  1. Dhar, Dipsita (July 28, 2020). Black Lives Matter Should Inspire a Challenge to Caste and Religious Oppression in India, Jacobin.[51]
  2. Dhar, Dipsita (July 30, 2020). Vanilla Or Chocolate Fudge? What NEP 2020 Offers Is A Fatal Illusion Of Choice, Outlook.[52]
  3. Dhar, Dipsita (October 12, 2020). Rape, A Caste Continuum, Outlook.[53]

Personal life

She is the granddaughter of Padma Nidhi Dhar, the three time Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) in Domjur, Howrah district.[54] She is also the cousin of Shovan Ganguly, the Bengali play back singer.

Notes and References

  1. News: Das . Prajanma . JNU PhD scholar Dipsita Dhar on contesting in Bengal Assembly polls: Never interested in politics till I joined college . 9 April 2021 . The New Indian Express . Edex Live . March 24, 2021. en.
  2. Web site: Banerjee. Souptik. 2021-03-12. জাতীয় রাজনীতির লড়াকু মুখ, জেএনইউয়ের দীপ্সিতা বড় ভরসা বামফ্রন্টের. 2021-03-13. Kolkata24x7 Read Latest Bengali News, Breaking News in Bangla from West Bengal's Leading online Newspaper. bn.
  3. Web site: 2021-03-11. West Bengal polls: JNUSU's Aishe Ghosh, student leader Dipsita Dhar among candidates. 2021-03-12. The News Minute. en.
  4. Web site: 2021-03-03. West Bengal polls: CPI(M) to focus on young candidates. 2021-03-09. Deccan Herald. en.
  5. Web site: Shrabani. Gupta. বামফ্রন্টের সম্ভাব্য প্রার্থী তালিকা!‌ জানুন কে, কোথায় দাঁড়াচ্ছেন. 2021-03-09. www.aajkaal.in. bn.
  6. Web site: সম্ভাব্য বাম প্রার্থীদের চিনে নিন.... 2021-03-09. Ei Samay. bn.
  7. Web site: '21-এ বামেদের প্রার্থী তালিকায় ঐশী-দীপ্সিতা ?. 2021-03-09. ETV Bharat News. en.
  8. News: 2017-03-02. Left Front announces 16 candidates in Bengal. en-IN. The Indian Express. 2024-03-24. 0971-751X.
  9. News: Akhauri . Tanvi . Bengal Election 2021: CPI(M) Puts Faith In Aishe Ghosh, Other Young Candidates . 8 April 2021 . . March 11, 2021.
  10. Web site: 2021-03-27. Interview with Dipsita Dhar: Exclusive interview of Dipsita Dhar, CPM candidate from Howrah's Bally. 2021-04-09. Sangbad Pratidin. bn.
  11. Web site: ৩৪ বছরে বেশ কিছু ভুল হয়েছিল, মানছেন দীপ্সিতা. 2021-04-09. Ei Samay. bn.
  12. Web site: 2016-04-22. 10 Most influential women student leaders of India. 2021-03-09. Aapka Times. en-US.
  13. News: Mumtaz. Roase. Sounding out Indian youth leaders. 2021-03-09. May 6, 2016 . Al Jazeera. en.
  14. Web site: Kerala's former Health Minister KK Shailaja to inaugurate SFI's All Girls Convention in Rajasthan. 2022-01-13. Edex Live. en.
  15. News: 2019-11-05. Violence against women are continuing unabated: SFI. en-IN. The Hindu. 2021-03-09. 0971-751X.
  16. Web site: Dipsita Dhar Is SFI All India Student Sub Committee Convener. 2022-01-13. Deshabhimani. en.
  17. Web site: 2018-11-03. Students Resolve to Fight Communalisation and Privatisation at SFI All India Conference. 2021-03-09. NewsClick. en.
  18. Web site: Stopped: Rohith march. 2021-03-13. www.telegraphindia.com.
  19. Web site: 2017-01-18. JNU students roughed up and detained by police. 2021-03-09. The Indian Express. en.
  20. Web site: Bengal Elections: In Bally, Dipsita's Ground Campaign Counters Polarisation by TMC, BJP . Newsclick . 2021-04-05 . 2021-04-09.
  21. Web site: ആസാദി വിളികളുമായി പാലക്കാടിനെ പിടിച്ച് കുലുക്കിയ ആ യുവതാരം ഇതാണ്.... 2021-03-09. Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd. ml.
  22. Web site: Mohan. Shriya. Sing a song of freedom. 2021-03-09. @businessline. 10 January 2020 . en.
  23. Web site: हाथरस गैंगरेप: आखिर कौन हैं दलितों के साथ हिंसा करने वाले. 2021-03-09. www.outlookhindi.com/. en.
  24. Web site: Ahmed. Aminah. Young Indian Activists Speak Truth to Power. 2021-03-09. Brown Girl Magazine. 3 October 2020. en-US. 18 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210118192417/https://www.browngirlmagazine.com/2020/10/young-indian-activists-speak-truth-to-power/. dead.
  25. Web site: 2021-03-25. West Bengal Election 2021: বালিতে দীপ্সিতা ধরের প্রচার. 2021-04-09. ABP Ananda. bn.
  26. Web site: 2019-03-01. Return of Sexual Harassment Accused Atul Johri to JNU Exposes Cracks in ICC. NewsClick. en.
  27. Web site: SFI activists send sanitary napkins to Arun Jaitley in response to GST on pads. 2021-03-09. Newslaundry.
  28. Web site: Gegen Tabus: "Menstruierende Frauen verboten": Indischer Film bricht Tabu. 2021-03-09. www.rnz.de. de.
  29. Web site: নারী নিরাপত্তার দাবিতে এসএফআই. 2021-03-09. www.anandabazar.com. bn.
  30. News: Remove tax from sanitary napkins, say Students Federation of India (SFI) . 8 April 2021 . India Today . May 19, 2017.
  31. Web site: 2017-07-12. Bleed without tax: SFI sends sanitary napkins to Arun Jaitley. 2021-03-13. The News Minute. en.
  32. Web site: COVID-19: Students Turn Good Samaritans For Women In West Bengal, Helping Them Get Sanitary Pads Amid Lockdown. 2021-03-09. special.ndtv.com.
  33. News: Student bodies helping out women in lockdown - Times of India. 2021-03-09. The Times of India. en. Patowari . Farzana .
  34. Web site: 2021-12-31. SFI to form 'anti-drop out squads' in 2022 to bring dropped out students back to campuses. 2022-01-13. Deccan Herald. en.
  35. News: Majumdar . Arkamoy Datta . Mitra . Debraj . Bengal Assembly Elections 2021: LGBT persons feel left out . 8 April 2021 . The Telegraph . March 31, 2021.
  36. Web site: 2019-11-06. Hanamkonda: Don't meddle with education, SFI tells Centre. 2021-03-09. www.thehansindia.com. en.
  37. Web site: List grows: IIM, IITs, AIIMS, IISc…. 2021-03-09. www.telegraphindia.com.
  38. Web site: LSR college student commits suicide in Telangana due to financial crunch; student unions' protest in Delhi. 2021-03-09. Free Press Journal. en.
  39. News: Shankar . Aranya . Authorities cite Centre's guidelines: JNU students say forced to write name, dissertation in Hindi . 8 April 2021 . The Indian Express . July 27, 2017.
  40. Web site: December 15, 2019. Fewer number of SC/ST scholars in IITs: SFI calls for study. 2021-03-09. The Times of India. en.
  41. Web site: BHU women students raise the banner of revolt high. 2021-03-09. Newslaundry.
  42. Web site: মীনাক্ষী-দীপ্সিতারা আগলে নিলেন, তেড়েও গেলেন, নবান্ন অভিযানের সেরার শিরোপা মেয়েদের মুকুটেই - TheWall. 2021-03-09. en-US.
  43. Web site: ঘোষণায় বাদশা, মাইক পেলেন দীপ্সিতা-ঐশী, ব্রিগেডের সঞ্চালনাতেও নতুনত্ব - TheWall. 2021-03-09. en-US.
  44. Web site: 2021-03-20. West Bengal Elections 2021: 'বেইমানদের ভোট দেবেন না', বালিতে 'হল্লা বোল' স্লোগান দীপ্সিতার. 2021-03-24. ABP Ananda. bn.
  45. News: Mondal . Pranab . Bengal polls: Trinamool, BJP opt for star appeal in youth connect, Left welcomes activists . 8 April 2021 . The New Indian Express . March 17, 2021.
  46. News: Singh . Shiv Sahay . In Bengal polls, CPI(M) bats for young candidates . 8 April 2021 . The Hindu . March 29, 2021.
  47. Web site: 2021-04-09. West Bengal Assembly polls: Will Jai Shree Ram chant satisfy hunger? asks CPI(M)'s Dipsita Dhar. 2021-04-09. Deccan Herald. en.
  48. Web site: Bengal Assembly Elections 2021: Kafeel Khan endorses CPM duo. 2021-04-09. www.telegraphindia.com.
  49. Web site: সিঙ্গুরে সৃজনের পাশে শ্রীলেখা, বালিতে দীপ্সিতার হয়ে জোরকদমে প্রচার রাহুলের. 2021-04-09. www.aajkaal.in/. bn.
  50. Web site: Watch 'As Oppression Rises, So Will Protests', Says the New Face of Left Politics in Bengal. 2021-04-09. The Wire.
  51. News: Dhar . Dipsita . Black Lives Matter Should Inspire a Challenge to Caste and Religious Oppression in India . 9 April 2021 . . July 28, 2020.
  52. News: Dhar . Dipsita . Vanilla Or Chocolate Fudge? What NEP 2020 Offers Is A Fatal Illusion Of Choice . 9 April 2021 . . July 30, 2020.
  53. News: Dhar . Dipsita . Rape: A Caste Continuum . 9 April 2021 . . October 12, 2020 . https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-heres-why-caste-matters-when-a-dalit-woman-is-raped/361253 . April 9, 2021.
  54. Web site: 2021-04-02. শাহরুখ ক্রাশ, রাজনীতি প্রথম প্রেম, মমতার জেদ শিক্ষনীয়: দীপ্সিতা ধর. 2021-04-09. TV9Bangla. bn.

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