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A BOATMAN NAMED RANEN ROYCHOWDHURY

When the 25-year-old Ranen Roychowdhury came to Calcutta from Sylhet, he carried in the vessel of his body, songs from a home he had to leave behind. But this was not just generic communal music that he brought with him, this was also a music processed inside the artist, something of his own…

Ambikapur, Faridpur, Bangladesh. 31 March 2008. Jainuddin Boyati and team

We had this session in the courtyard of our late friend, Sadek Ali’s house in Ambikapur bazar, Faridpur. The evening before we had had another session inside his house. Like his mentor, the poet Jasimuddin, Sadek Ali bhai was a true lover of music, which is why he could open his doors to anyone who […]

Chitarpur, Kotshila, Purulia. 28 November 2005. Musurabala

Musurabala is a nachni (woman singer-dancer-entertainer) from Purulia. The nachnis live outside mainstream society and do not enjoy rights that ordinary women in domestic settings do, although there is increased awareness about rights nowadays. Barring a few exceptions they don’t enjoy respect as the artist either. Sindhubala Devi (died 2004), a nachni, was the first […]

Bhaddi, Purulia. 6 January 2005. Amulya Kumar, Hari Kumar

This recording session took place in Bhaddi village in Joypur, Purulia. Sudheer Palsane recorded the session on his DV camera, Sukanta Majumdar made audio recordings of the session. The session was mediated by Biswanath Dasgupta, a local theatre activist and organiser of a spring folk festival in the region, Palashmela. The featured artist is Amulya […]

Bolpur, Birbhum. 25 November 2003. Nimai Chand Baul

This was my first field trip, a kind of recce before the formal start of my IFA-supported project to explore biraho in the folk repertoire of Bengal. I went with my friend, Sudheer Palsane, a cinematographer. He had a Sony PD 150 DV camera, which was our recording equipment for the session. The reason for […]

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Workshop on the Archive as a Knowledge Site, 2-3 Feb 23, Jadavpur University
Moushumi will present at a workshop on THE ARCHIVE AS A KNOWLEDGE SITE: THE EXPERIENCE OF EUROPE AND INDIA, Organised by SCTR, JU in association with CNRS, France and IRN-AITIA.
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