Mimlu Sen (born 1949) is an Indian author, translator, musician, composer and producer. She published her first book ''Baulsphere'' in 2009, and the following year it was published as ''The Honey Gatherers''.

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stated that ''The Honey Gatherers'' recounts Sen's adventures in rural

Bengal Bengal ( ) is a Historical geography, historical geographical, ethnolinguistic and cultural term referring to a region in the Eastern South Asia, eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. The region of Benga ...

. As the life partner of Bengali

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musician

Paban Das Baul Paban Das Baul (born 1961) is a noted Baul singer and musician from India, who also plays a ''dubki'', a small tambourine and sometimes an ''ektara'' as an accompaniment. He is known for pioneering traditional Baul music on the international musi ...

, 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

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song album titled '' Le Chant Des Bauls - Manuche O Rautan'' with Paban Das Baul, Gour Khyapa and Nimai Goswami which was released by

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based Belgian record company Fonti Musicali.

Early life

Sen was born in

Shillong Shillong (, ) is a hill station and the capital of Meghalaya, a Indian state, state in northeastern India. It is the headquarters of the East Khasi Hills district. Shillong is the list of most populous cities in India, 330th most populous city ...

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, India. During the 1960s and 1970s she studied in Kolkata and participated in street protests demanding an end to the

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. She was jailed for the

Naxalite movement Naxalism is the communist ideology of the Naxalites or Naxals, a grouping of political and insurgent groups from India. It is influenced by Maoist political sentiment and ideology. Inspired by Maoism, Charu Majumdar wrote the Historic Eigh ...

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Discography

* '' Le Chant Des Bauls - Manuche O Rautan'' (2002, with

, Gour Khyapa & Nimai Goswami)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sen, Mimlu 1949 births Living people People from Shillong Bengali musicians Naxalite–Maoist insurgency Women musicians from West Bengal