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{{Short description|Indian student activist (born 1993)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Dipsita Dhar
| image = [[File:Dipsita Dhar 01.svg]]
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|08|09|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Howrah, West Bengal]], India
| education = BA Geography at [[Asutosh College]], MA, M.Phil and PhD in Population Studies at [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]]
| occupation = Student Activist
| organization = [[Students Federation of India]]
| known_for = All India SFI Leader, Social worker, Motivational Speaker
| notable_works = Red volunteer
| height_ft = 5
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| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
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| relatives = [[Padma Nidhi Dhar]] (grandfather)
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'''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]].<ref name="Das 2021">{{cite news |last1=Das |first1=Prajanma |title=JNU PhD scholar Dipsita Dhar on contesting in Bengal Assembly polls: Never interested in politics till I joined college |url=https://www.edexlive.com/news/2021/mar/24/phd-scholar-dipsitadhar-on-contesting-in-bengal-assembly-polls-19264.html |access-date=9 April 2021 |work=The New Indian Express |agency=Edex Live |date=March 24, 2021|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Banerjee|first=Souptik|date=2021-03-12|title=জাতীয় রাজনীতির লড়াকু মুখ, জেএনইউয়ের দীপ্সিতা বড় ভরসা বামফ্রন্টের|url=https://www.kolkata24x7.com/bally-left-candidate-is-a-student-leader-of-jnu/|access-date=2021-03-13|website=Kolkata24x7 {{!}} Read Latest Bengali News, Breaking News in Bangla from West Bengal's Leading online Newspaper|language=bn}}</ref> She was the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] candidate from [[Bally (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bally]] constituency for [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-11|title=West Bengal polls: JNUSU's Aishe Ghosh, student leader Dipsita Dhar among candidates|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/west-bengal-polls-jnusu-s-aishe-ghosh-student-leader-dipsita-dhar-among-candidates-145027|access-date=2021-03-12|website=The News Minute|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-03|title=West Bengal polls: CPI(M) to focus on young candidates|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/west-bengal-polls-cpim-to-focus-on-young-candidates-957691.html|access-date=2021-03-09|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=https://www.aajkaal.in|title=বামফ্রন্টের সম্ভাব্য প্রার্থী তালিকা!‌ জানুন কে, কোথায় দাঁড়াচ্ছেন|url=https://aajkaal.in/news/state/left-front-candidate-list-w1i5|access-date=2021-03-09|website=www.aajkaal.in/|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=সম্ভাব্য বাম প্রার্থীদের চিনে নিন...|url=https://eisamay.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/west-bengal/photos/left-front-allows-young-candidates-to-contest-in-maximum-seats-in-west-bengal-assembly-election-2021/photoshow/81319326.cms|access-date=2021-03-09|website=Ei Samay|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title='21-এ বামেদের প্রার্থী তালিকায় ঐশী-দীপ্সিতা ?|url=https://www.etvbharat.com/bengali/west-bengal/state/kolkata/west-bengal-assembly-election-2021-aishi-ghosh-and-dipshita-dhar-may-be-in-candidate-list-of-left/wb20210219214638620|access-date=2021-03-09|website=ETV Bharat News|language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Dipsita Dhar was born in [[Howrah]],<ref name="Akhauri 2021">{{cite news |last1=Akhauri |first1=Tanvi |title=Bengal Election 2021: CPI(M) Puts Faith In Aishe Ghosh, Other Young Candidates |url=https://www.shethepeople.tv/women-and-the-vote/young-cpm-candidates-bengal-election-aishe-ghosh-minakshi-mukherjee/ |access-date=8 April 2021 |work=[[SheThePeople.TV]] |date=March 11, 2021}}</ref> West Bengal on 9 August 1993 to Pijush Dhar and Dipika Thakur Chakraborty. She graduated with a degree in geography from [[Asutosh College]] in [[South Kolkata|Southern Kolkata]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-27|title=Interview with Dipsita Dhar: Exclusive interview of Dipsita Dhar, CPM candidate from Howrah's Bally|url=https://www.sangbadpratidin.in/bengal/interview-with-dipsita-dhar-cpm-candidate-from-howrahs-bally-dipsita-dhar-exclusive-interview/|access-date=2021-04-09|website=Sangbad Pratidin|language=bn}}</ref> She completed her Post Graduation and MPhil in Geography from [[Jawaharlal Nehru University|Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.]] She is currently pursuing PhD in Population Geography at [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] and completed her fieldwork in Kerala.<ref name="Das 2021" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=৩৪ বছরে বেশ কিছু ভুল হয়েছিল, মানছেন দীপ্সিতা|url=https://eisamay.indiatimes.com/west-bengal-news/howrah-news/west-bengal-election-2021-interview-of-cpim-candidate-of-bali-assembly-dipsita-dhar/articleshow/81970177.cms|access-date=2021-04-09|website=Ei Samay|language=bn}}</ref>

== 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|Students' Federation of India (SFI)]] at [[Asutosh College]], [[South Kolkata|Southern Kolkata]] and became the acting President of SFI College Unit and later the District Committee member of Kolkata.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Says|first=Joy|date=2016-04-22|title=10 Most influential women student leaders of India|url=http://www.aapkatimes.com/10-most-influential-women-student-leaders-of-india/|access-date=2021-03-09|website=Aapka Times|language=en-US}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0" /> She unsuccessfully contested for the post of [[Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union|JNUSU]] vice president in 2015.<ref name=":0" /> She later became the unit president and secretary of SFI unit in JNU.<ref name="Mumtaz 2016">{{Cite news|last=Mumtaz|first=Roase|title=Sounding out Indian youth leaders|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2016/5/6/sounding-out-indian-youth-leaders|access-date=2021-03-09|date=May 6, 2016 |work=[[Al Jazeera]]|language=en}}</ref> 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 2015, All India Conference of SFI at Sikar, Dipsita became the National Girls Convenor of the organisation.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|others=Special Correspondent|date=2019-11-05|title=Violence against women are continuing unabated: SFI|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/violence-against-women-are-continuing-unabated-sfi/article29882392.ece|access-date=2021-03-09|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0" />

In 2018, All India Conference of SFI at Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, she was elected as the All India Joint Secretary of SFI.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2018-11-03|title=Students Resolve to Fight Communalisation and Privatisation at SFI All India Conference|url=https://www.newsclick.in/students-resolve-fight-communalisation-and-privatisation-sfi-all-india-conference|access-date=2021-03-09|website=NewsClick|language=en}}</ref> She has faced attack from Delhi Police for the participation in political movements including Justice for Rohit Vemula movement.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Stopped: Rohith march|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/stopped-rohith-march/cid/1518085|access-date=2021-03-13|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-01-18|title=JNU students roughed up and detained by police|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/jnu-students-roughed-up-and-detained-by-police-journalist-beaten-rohith-vemula-death-anniversary-4479282/|access-date=2021-03-09|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web | title=Bengal Elections: In Bally, Dipsita’s Ground Campaign Counters Polarisation by TMC, BJP | website=Newsclick | date=2021-04-05 | url=https://www.newsclick.in/bengal-elections-bally-dipsita-ground-campaign-counters-polarisation-TMC-BJP | access-date=2021-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=ആസാദി വിളികളുമായി പാലക്കാടിനെ പിടിച്ച് കുലുക്കിയ ആ യുവതാരം ഇതാണ്...|url=https://www.asianetnews.com/news/viral-news/this-is-the-viral-slogan-girl-dipsita-dhar-who-motivated-audience-against-caa-in-palakkad-q3khw7|access-date=2021-03-09|website=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd|language=ml}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Mohan|first=Shriya|title=Sing a song of freedom|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/cover/sing-a-song-of-freedom/article30532807.ece|access-date=2021-03-09|website=@businessline|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=हाथरस गैंगरेप: आखिर कौन हैं दलितों के साथ हिंसा करने वाले|url=https://www.outlookhindi.com/country/general/who-is-the-one-who-commits-violence-against-dalits-51771|access-date=2021-03-09|website=www.outlookhindi.com/|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=SFI's General Secretary Dipsita Dhar Speaks To OTV On Delhi Violence, CAA|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xmSnIH-IKY|language=en|access-date=2021-03-13}}</ref> She was one of the Panelist in Global Indian Progressive Panel held on 2 October 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ahmed|first=Aminah|title=Young Indian Activists Speak Truth to Power|url=https://browngirlmagazine.com/2020/10/young-indian-activists-speak-truth-to-power/|access-date=2021-03-09|website=Brown Girl Magazine|language=en-US}}</ref> She frequently appears on India's English, Hindi and Bengali visual media as a panelist in political debates.<ref>{{Citation|title=Agenda 'হিন্দুত্ব'? যোগীর ভাষণে তুমুল তরজা, জনতার প্রশ্নের মুখে সিপিএম-বিজেপি দুই দলই!|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUQfI3R9EzI|language=en|access-date=2021-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=আনন্দ|first=ওয়েব ডেস্ক, এবিপি|date=2021-03-25|title=West Bengal Election 2021: বালিতে দীপ্সিতা ধরের প্রচার|url=https://bengali.abplive.com/videos/elections/dipsita-dhar-campaigns-at-bali-807290|access-date=2021-04-09|website=ABP Ananda|language=bn}}</ref>

====Gender issues====

She has been a public advocate and activist for several gender issues, including against violence and abuse of women.<ref name="Akhauri 2021" /> 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."<ref name="Mumtaz 2016"/> 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.<ref name=":3" /> In 2019, as the All India Joint Secretary of SFI, she spoke out against the ICC process for addressing sexual harassment allegations.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-03-01|title=Return of Sexual Harassment Accused Atul Johri to JNU Exposes Cracks in ICC|url=https://www.newsclick.in/jnu-sexual-harassment-atul-johri-school-life-sciences|website=NewsClick|language=en}}</ref>

She has also been an organizer of the 2017 campaign to send sanitary napkins to union ministers after its taxation (''bleed without fear campaign'').<ref>{{Cite web|title=SFI activists send sanitary napkins to Arun Jaitley in response to GST on pads|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2017/07/13/sfi-activists-send-sanitary-napkins-to-arun-jaitley-in-response-to-gst-on-pads|access-date=2021-03-09|website=Newslaundry}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Gegen Tabus: "Menstruierende Frauen verboten": Indischer Film bricht Tabu|url=https://www.rnz.de/wissen/gesellschaft_artikel,-gegen-tabus-menstruierende-frauen-verboten-indischer-film-bricht-tabu-_arid,338494.html|access-date=2021-03-09|website=www.rnz.de|language=de}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=নারী নিরাপত্তার দাবিতে এসএফআই|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/west-bengal/sfi-protests-rising-crime-against-women-1.1172643|access-date=2021-03-09|website=www.anandabazar.com|language=bn}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite news |title=Remove tax from sanitary napkins, say Students Federation of India (SFI) |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/students-federation-of-india-978018-2017-05-19 |access-date=8 April 2021 |work=India Today |date=May 19, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-07-12|title=Bleed without tax: SFI sends sanitary napkins to Arun Jaitley|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/bleed-without-tax-sfi-sends-sanitary-napkins-arun-jaitley-65086|access-date=2021-03-13|website=The News Minute|language=en}}</ref> During the [[COVID-19 lockdown in India]], the SFI committee freely distributed sanitary napkins as a part of the campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|title=COVID-19: Students Turn Good Samaritans For Women In West Bengal, Helping Them Get Sanitary Pads Amid Lockdown|url=https://special.ndtv.com/handmade-dil-se-79/news-detail/covid-19-students-turn-good-samaritans-for-women-in-west-bengal-helping-them-get-sanitary-pads-amid--2208405/7|access-date=2021-03-09|website=special.ndtv.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Student bodies helping out women in lockdown - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/student-bodies-helping-out-women-in-lockdown/articleshow/75097080.cms|access-date=2021-03-09|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>

====LGBTQUIA rights====

She has publicly expressed support for the LGBTQUIA 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.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Majumdar |first1=Arkamoy Datta |last2=Mitra |first2=Debraj |title=Bengal Assembly Elections 2021: LGBT persons feel left out |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/calcutta/west-bengal-assembly-elections-2021-lgbt-persons-feel-left-out-of-elections/cid/1811065 |access-date=8 April 2021 |work=The Telegraph |date=March 31, 2021}}</ref>

====Higher education ====

She is a vocal figure on policy issues in Indian Higher Education.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=India|first=The Hans|date=2019-11-06|title=Hanamkonda: Don't meddle with education, SFI tells Centre|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/telangana/dont-meddle-with-education-sfi-tells-centre-in-hanamkonda-578902|access-date=2021-03-09|website=www.thehansindia.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=List grows: IIM, IITs, AIIMS, IISc…|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/list-of-campaigners-against-citizenship-act-grows-iim-iits-aiims-iisc/cid/1727751|access-date=2021-03-09|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=LSR college student commits suicide in Telangana due to financial crunch; student unions' protest in Delhi|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/lsr-college-student-commits-suicide-in-telangana-due-to-financial-crunch-student-unions-protest-in-delhi|access-date=2021-03-09|website=Free Press Journal|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Shankar |first1=Aranya |title=Authorities cite Centre’s guidelines: JNU students say forced to write name, dissertation in Hindi |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/authorities-cite-centres-guidelines-jnu-students-say-forced-to-write-name-dissertation-in-hindi-4768691/ |access-date=8 April 2021 |work=The Indian Express |date=July 27, 2017}}</ref> She has also led the SFI delegation to the Union Ministry for addressing the under representation of marginalised students in [[Indian Institutes of Technology|Indian Institutes of Technology's (IIT)]]<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Dec 15|first1=TNN / Updated|last2=2019|last3=Ist|first3=11:44|title=Fewer number of SC/ST scholars in IITs: SFI calls for study {{!}} Chennai News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/fewer-no-of-sc/st-scholars-in-iits-sfi-calls-for-study/articleshow/72629760.cms|access-date=2021-03-09|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> and frequently advocates against caste oppression in India.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BHU women students raise the banner of revolt high|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2017/09/25/banaras-hindu-jnu-molestation-gscash|access-date=2021-03-09|website=Newslaundry}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=মীনাক্ষী-দীপ্সিতারা আগলে নিলেন, তেড়েও গেলেন, নবান্ন অভিযানের সেরার শিরোপা মেয়েদের মুকুটেই - TheWall|url=https://thewall.in/leftist-women-played-great-role-in-nabanna-abhijan/|access-date=2021-03-09|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=ঘোষণায় বাদশা, মাইক পেলেন দীপ্সিতা-ঐশী, ব্রিগেডের সঞ্চালনাতেও নতুনত্ব - TheWall|url=https://thewall.in/news-state-new-faces-in-anchoring-also-in-brigade-rally/|access-date=2021-03-09|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":4" />

=== 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)|Bally (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)]], West Bengal.<ref>{{Cite web|last=আনন্দ|first=ওয়েব ডেস্ক, এবিপি|date=2021-03-20|title=West Bengal Elections 2021: 'বেইমানদের ভোট দেবেন না', বালিতে 'হল্লা বোল' স্লোগান দীপ্সিতার|url=https://bengali.abplive.com/videos/elections/west-bengal-elections-2021-cpm-candidate-dipsita-dhar-starts-campaigning-in-bali-806483|access-date=2021-03-24|website=ABP Ananda|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mondal |first1=Pranab |title=Bengal polls: Trinamool, BJP opt for star appeal in youth connect, Left welcomes activists |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2021/mar/17/bengal-polls-trinamoolbjp-opt-for-star-appeal-in-youth-connect-left-welcomes-activists-2277623.html |access-date=8 April 2021 |work=The New Indian Express |date=March 17, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Bengal Polls: Left Eyes Comeback Through Young Faces; Tracking Campaign Trail Of Dipsita Dhar|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktAGFM9AtEY|language=en|access-date=2021-04-09}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Shiv Sahay |title=In Bengal polls, CPI(M) bats for young candidates |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/west-bengal-assembly/in-bengal-polls-cpim-bats-for-young-candidates/article34190722.ece |access-date=8 April 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=March 29, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Youth leader Dipsita Dhar talks about her experience of contesting elections|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ44AWxPaxU|language=en|access-date=2021-04-09}}</ref> 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."<ref name="Das 2021" /> She also gave high importance for youth's employment issue in her campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-09|title=West Bengal Assembly polls: Will Jai Shree Ram chant satisfy hunger? asks CPI(M)'s Dipsita Dhar|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/west-bengal-assembly-polls-will-jai-shree-ram-chant-satisfy-hunger-asks-cpims-dipsita-dhar-972277.html|access-date=2021-04-09|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Bengal Election में JNU Student Deepsita Dhar BJP को कैसे चुनौती दे रहीं? (BBC Hindi)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9ZR6txdSvU|language=en|access-date=2021-04-09}}</ref> Social activist and celebrities including [[Arrest of Kafeel Khan|Kafeel Khan]] and [[Rahul Banerjee (actor)|Rahul Banerjee]] extended support for her campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bengal Assembly Elections 2021: Kafeel Khan endorses CPM duo|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/west-bengal-assembly-elections-2021-kafeel-khan-endorses-cpm-duo/cid/1811197|access-date=2021-04-09|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=https://www.aajkaal.in|title=সিঙ্গুরে সৃজনের পাশে শ্রীলেখা, বালিতে দীপ্সিতার হয়ে জোরকদমে প্রচার রাহুলের|url=https://www.aajkaal.in/news/state/srelekha-mitra-campaign-for-srijan-bhattacharya-in-singur-rahul-banerjee-campaign-for-dipshita-dhar-in-bali-z7nc|access-date=2021-04-09|website=www.aajkaal.in/|language=bn}}</ref> ''[[The Wire (India)|The Wire]]'' described her as the ''"'' New Face of Left Politics in Bengal''."'' <ref>{{Cite web|title=Watch {{!}} 'As Oppression Rises, So Will Protests', Says the New Face of Left Politics in Bengal|url=https://thewire.in/politics/watch-as-oppression-rises-so-will-protests-says-the-new-face-of-left-politics-in-bengal|access-date=2021-04-09|website=The Wire}}</ref> However, she lost the election.

== Works ==
# Dhar, Dipsita (July 28, 2020). Black Lives Matter Should Inspire a Challenge to Caste and Religious Oppression in India, ''[[Jacobin (magazine)|Jacobin]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dhar |first1=Dipsita |title=Black Lives Matter Should Inspire a Challenge to Caste and Religious Oppression in India |url=https://jacobinmag.com/2020/07/india-antiracism-casteism-colorism |access-date=9 April 2021 |work=[[Jacobin (magazine)|Jacobin]] |date=July 28, 2020}}</ref>
# Dhar, Dipsita (July 30, 2020). Vanilla Or Chocolate Fudge? What NEP 2020 Offers Is A Fatal Illusion Of Choice, ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dhar |first1=Dipsita |title=Vanilla Or Chocolate Fudge? What NEP 2020 Offers Is A Fatal Illusion Of Choice |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/opinion-vanilla-or-chocolate-what-national-education-policy-offers-is-a-fatal-illusion-of-choice/357667 |access-date=9 April 2021 |work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |date=July 30, 2020}}</ref>
# Dhar, Dipsita (October 12, 2020). Rape, A Caste Continuum, ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dhar |first1=Dipsita |title=Rape: A Caste Continuum |url=https://magazine.outlookindia.com/story/india-news-rape-a-caste-continuum/303762https://magazine.outlookindia.com/story/india-news-rape-a-caste-continuum/303762https://magazine.outlookindia.com/story/india-news-rape-a-caste-continuum/303762 |access-date=9 April 2021 |work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |date=October 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-heres-why-caste-matters-when-a-dalit-woman-is-raped/361253 |archive-date=April 9, 2021}}</ref>

==Personal life==
She is the granddaughter of [[Padma Nidhi Dhar]], the three time Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) in [[Domjur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Domjur]], Howrah district.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bangla|first=TV9|date=2021-04-02|title=শাহরুখ ক্রাশ, রাজনীতি প্রথম প্রেম, মমতার জেদ শিক্ষনীয়: দীপ্সিতা ধর|url=https://tv9bangla.com/elections/west-bengal-elections-2021/dipsita-dhar-exclusive-interview-on-tv9-bangla-346300.html|access-date=2021-04-09|website=TV9Bangla|language=bn}}</ref> She is also the cousin of [[Shovan|Shovan Ganguly]], the Bengali play back singer.

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