SYMPOSIUM, 29th November 2010
Moushumi Bhowmik (Ethnomusicologist)
Migration posits two or more obvious locations—the left land and the land of arrival. Keeping the history and politics of migration in and from Bengal as the backdrop, and illustrating with songs recorded mainly on field trips in India, Bangladesh and London, Moushumi Bhowmik introduces us to the diverse and complex nature of the migrating music of Bengal, especially in the context of migrations to the United Kingdom.