website research birth_place name birth_date notable_works residence image article_title education citizenship partner alma_mater
-lsb- http://www.anganachatterji.net anganachatterji.net -rsb- hindu rights kashmir ; feminism and gendered violence nationalism ; state violence , governance and human calcutta , india angana p. chatterji november 1966 violent gods , buried evidence united states angana chatterji.jpg angana p. chatterji
 ma -lrb- political science -rrb- phd -lrb- humanities -rrb- indian richard shapiro ciis , san francisco
angana p. chatterji

angana p. chatterji -lrb- born november 1966 -rrb- is an anthropologist , activist , and feminist historian , born and raised in kolkata , india .
chatterji 's research is closely related to her advocacy work and focuses mainly on india .
an anthropologist by profession , she has studied majoritarianism , gendered violence , and human rights in indian kashmir and communal violence in orissa .
in the context of the united states , she has researched issues related to diaspora and identity politics in american society .
she co-founded and was a co-convener of the international people 's tribunal on human rights and justice in indian-administered kashmir from april 2008-december 2012 .
she is co-editor of `` contesting nation : gendered violence in south asia ; notes on the postcolonial present '' -lrb- zubaan books -rrb- , released in april 2013 .
