Sambuddha Banerjee

My Gender Is Not Separate From My Race

I wish I could be as colour blind; I guess life will be easier. But I do not have that privilege, my brown self follows me, clings to me, like the aroma of my Bengali cooking does to my winter coat. So it is not possible for me to talk about my gender and gender presentation without talking about my race.
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Sambuddha Banerjee

Sambuddha identifies as an angry, brown, femme, queer person who is comfortable with he/she/they pronouns. He teaches chemistry in a corporate university and organizes queer hangouts in Kolkata. Acquaintances describe sambuddha as too politically correct, although he insists he lives his politics. Sambuddha strongly believes in challenging civility and uses rage as a tool to social change.