Sarmila Bose
Sarmila Bose is an Indian-American journalist, academic and lawyer. She has served as a senior research associate at the Centre for International Studies in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford. She is the author of ''Dead Reckoning: Memories of the 1971 Bangladesh War.''
Early life
Bose was born in Boston in 1959 and belongs to an ethnic Bengali family with extensive involvement in national politics in India. She is the grandniece of Indian nationalist Subhas Chandra Bose, granddaughter of nationalist Sarat Chandra Bose, and daughter of former Trinamool Congress parliamentarian Krishna Bose and paediatrician Sisir Kumar Bose.Education
Bose grew up in Calcutta, India, where she attended Modern High School for Girls.She returned to the US for higher studies. She obtained a bachelor's degree in history from Bryn Mawr College, a master's degree in public administration from the Harvard Kennedy School, and a PhD in Political Economy and Government from Harvard University.
Career
After her doctorate, she has held teaching and research positions at Harvard University, Warwick University, George Washington University, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, and Oxford University. She has also worked in journalism, writing in both Bengali and English.In 2024, she advises at the Work Rights Centre in England.
Personal life
Bose has trained in Indian music and has performed in Calcutta.Bose has two brothers. Sumantra Bose teaches at the London School of Economics, while her brother Sugata Bose was a member of the Indian Parliament from 2014 to 2019.