Mimlu Sen (born 1949) is an Indian author, translator, musician, composer and producer.
Mimlu Sen | |
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মিমলু সেন | |
.jpg) Sen in 2007 | |
| Born | 1949 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | -present |
| Movement | Naxalite movement |
| Spouse | Paban Das Baul |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | Baul music, folk-fusion |
| Labels | Fonti Musicali |
She published her first book Baulsphere in 2009, and the following year it was published as The Honey Gatherers.[1] Piers Moore Ede stated that The Honey Gatherers recounts Sen's adventures in rural Bengal.[2]
As the life partner of Bengali baul musician Paban Das Baul,[3][4] 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.[citation needed]
Early life edit
Sen was born in Shillong, Meghalaya, India.[4] During the 1960s and 1970s she studied in Kolkata and participated in street protests demanding an end to the Vietnam War. She was jailed for the Naxalite movement.[4]
Bibliography edit
- 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 edit
- Le Chant Des Bauls - Manuche O Rautan (2002, with Paban Das Baul, Gour Khyapa & Nimai Goswami)
References edit
- ^ Knight 2014, pp. 34.
- ^ Ede, Piers Moore (2 May 2010). "The Honey Gatherers, By Mimlu Sen". Reviews. The Independent. Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ Lorea 2016, pp. 48.
- ^ a b c De, Shobhaa (21 November 2014). "Mimlu Sen: "Born to be wild..."". Pune Mirror. Mumbai Mirror. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
- ^ "Nimai Chand Baul". The Travelling Archive. 25 November 2003. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
Sources edit
- Knight, Lisa I. (2014). "Multiple Sites". Contradictory Lives: Baul Women in India and Bangladesh (reprint ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 34. ISBN 9780199396849.
- Lorea, Carola (2016). "1". Folklore, Religion and the Songs of a Bengali Madman: A Journey Between Performance and the Politics of Cultural Representation (illustrated ed.). BRILL. pp. 48–49. ISBN 9789004324718. OCLC 959226678. OL 29324415M.
External links edit
- Mimlu Sen at AllMusic
- Mimlu Sen discography at Discogs
- Works by Mimlu Sen at Open Library
