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On River Padma, Faridpur, Bangladesh. 21 October 2011. Fakir Ajmal Shah and Emtaj

Once again we were in Faridpur. We keep going back to this small town in the West of Bangladesh, ‘closer’ to us than most of the other places where we go. We feel drawn to it; in Bangla we would put it like this: জায়গাটার কী যেন একটা টান আছে। Perhaps because we have very […]

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 […]

Film, Art or Illustration?

We have also brought to this page our own attempts to more creatively engage with our field recordings, connecting with the works of others before and after us. In Film, Art or Illustration?, we are searching for a lineage, a place to belong. Is what we are doing also not part of something larger; are […]

credits & contact

CREDITS, COLLABORATIONS, CONTACT The Travelling Archive is like an open room filled with songs and stories, with doors and windows on all sides; people come, stay, go out for a smoke, come back, or they don’t. Those of us who have built this website and are keeping it running Contact Moushumi Bhowmik, singer, writer,  researcher. […]

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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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