// April 24th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Reading(s)
Hazrat Dalrymple shah lal qalandar R.A. needs no introduction – neither does Paban Das Baul. enough said. I cant see why that odious blood of sword cr*p from bhutto is sold out, and this isnt. oh the topsy-turvy world of the desi cognoscenti!
Nine people, nine lives – each one an unforgettable story. William Dalrymple’s first travel book in over a decade explores how traditional forms of religious life in South Asia have been transformed in the region’s rapid change. A distillation of twenty-five years of exploring India and writing about its religious traditions, Nine Lives is a modern Indian Canterbury Tales.
Dalrymple has been travelling the globe to speak about Nine Lives, accompanied by The Bauls, a group of mystic minstrels from rural India. Mimlu Sen performs with The Bauls and has written her first book, the story of their music and their incredible, unprecictable lives of wild adventure.
Mimlu and Paban Das Baul will perform to illustrate William’s talk.
William Dalrymple is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the Royal Asiatic Society. His Radio 4 series on the history of British spirituality and mysticism, The Long Search, won the 2002 Sandford St Martin Prize for Religious Broadcasting. He and his family divide their time between London, Scotland and Delhi.Mimlu Sen is a translator, musician, producer and composer who collaborates with Paban Das Baul on his recordings and manages the group on concert tours around the world.
Mimlu Sen is a translator, musician, producer and composer who collaborates with Paban Das Baul on his recordings and manages the group on concert tours around the world.
via Week 4: Festival of Asian Literature.
