Mimlu Sen
Mimlu Sen (born 1949) is an Indian author, translator, musician, composer and producer.
Mimlu Sen | |
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মিমলু সেন | |
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| Born | 1949 |
| Nationality | Indian |
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| Years active | -present |
| Movement | Naxalite movement |
| Spouse(s) | Paban Das Baul |
| Musical career | |
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| Labels | Fonti Musicali |
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Life and career
Sen was born in Shillong, Meghalaya, India.[1] During the 1960s and 1970s she studying in Kolkata and participating in street protests demanding an end of Vietnam War. She has been jailed for Naxalite movement.[1]
Sen was published her first book Baulsphere in 2009. The following year it was published as The Honey Gatherers.[2] Piers Moore Ede stated that The Honey Gatherers recounts Sen's adventures in rural Bengal.[3]
As the life partner of Bengali baul musician Paban Das Baul,[4][1] Sen collaborates with Paban on all his recordings, performing with and managing his group on their concert tours around the world. In 2002 she collaborates in a Bengali song album titled Le Chant Des Bauls - Manuche O Rautan with Paban Das Baul, Gour Khyapa and Nimai Goswami[5] which was released by Brussels based Belgian record company Fonti Musicali.
Bibliography
- Baulsphere. India: Random House India. 2009. ISBN 9788184000559. OCLC 762666034. OL 23873712M.
- The Honey Gatherers. London: Rider (imprint). 2010. ISBN 9781846041891. OCLC 503647267. OL 24084518M.
Discography
- Le Chant Des Bauls - Manuche O Rautan (2002, with Paban Das Baul, Gour Khyapa & Nimai Goswami)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 De, Shobhaa (21 November 2014). "Mimlu Sen: "Born to be wild..."". Pune Mirror (Mumbai Mirror). https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/columns/columnists/shobhaa-de/mimlu-sen-born-to-be-wild-/articleshow/44247201.cms. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ↑ Knight 2014, pp. 34.
- ↑ Ede, Piers Moore (2 May 2010). "The Honey Gatherers, By Mimlu Sen". Reviews (The Independent). https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-honey-gatherers-by-mimlu-sen-1957173.html. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ↑ Lorea 2016, pp. 48.
- ↑ "Nimai Chand Baul". The Travelling Archive. 25 November 2003. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
Sources
- Knight, Lisa I. (2014). "Multiple Sites". Contradictory Lives: Baul Women in India and Bangladesh (reprint ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 34. ISBN 9780199396849.