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''' | '''Mohua Mukherjee''' (born August 1952) is a social activist and an author from [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]]. Her achievements include social activism, writing, documentary and short film making, artistry, theatre work and socio-economic research about tribes of [[India]]. She is the founder of the [[non-governmental organization]] Sanyog Audio Visual and Welfare Society. | ||
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* {{cite | * {{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/dance/article1608014.ece | title=Dance of the ancients | work=The Hindu | date=April 9, 2011 | accessdate=May 16, 2012 | author=Bharatram, Kumudha}} | ||
* {{cite | * {{cite news | url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-227573 | title=Presentation of Navarasa through dance | work= The Daily Star | date=March 25, 2012 | accessdate=May 16, 2012 | author=Alom, Zahangir}} | ||
* {{cite | * {{cite news | url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-228226 | title=Entranced audience | publisher=The Daily Star| date=March 30, 2012 | accessdate=May 16, 2012 | author=Islam, Aminul}} | ||
* {{cite | * {{cite news | url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-01-07/lucknow/27113147_1_dance-nandi-amrita | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103164544/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2002-01-07/lucknow/27113147_1_dance-nandi-amrita | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 3, 2013 | title=Ghazals captivate scientists | date=January 7, 2002 | accessdate=May 16, 2012 | work=[[The Times of India]] | author=Sinha, Vinayak}} | ||
* {{cite web | url=http://www.artindia.net/mahua/ | title=Mahua Mukherjee | publisher=Art India (a joint venture of Art India Foundation and Sudhir Gandotra's Indserve Infotech Pvt. Ltd.) | accessdate=May 16, 2012}} | * {{cite web | url=http://www.artindia.net/mahua/ | title=Mahua Mukherjee | publisher=Art India (a joint venture of Art India Foundation and Sudhir Gandotra's Indserve Infotech Pvt. Ltd.) | accessdate=May 16, 2012}} | ||
* {{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4CfA4uDwCKwC&q=%22Mohua+Mukherjee%22&pg=PA188 | title=At Home in the World: Bharata Natyam on the Global Stage | publisher=Wesleyan University Press | date=2007 | accessdate=May 16, 2012 | author=O'Shea, Janet | pages=188| isbn=9780819568373 }} {{ISBN|0819568376}} | * {{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4CfA4uDwCKwC&q=%22Mohua+Mukherjee%22&pg=PA188 | title=At Home in the World: Bharata Natyam on the Global Stage | publisher=Wesleyan University Press | date=2007 | accessdate=May 16, 2012 | author=O'Shea, Janet | pages=188| isbn=9780819568373 }} {{ISBN|0819568376}} | ||
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==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
* {{cite web | url=http://thegoodnewschronicle.com/cs20120206.asp | title=The great revivalist | | * {{cite web | url=http://thegoodnewschronicle.com/cs20120206.asp | title=The great revivalist | work=The Good News Chronicle | accessdate=May 16, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511001320/http://thegoodnewschronicle.com/cs20120206.asp |archive-date=May 11, 2012}} | ||
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Mohua Mukherjee (born August 1952) is a social activist and an author from Kolkata, West Bengal. Her achievements include social activism, writing, documentary and short film making, artistry, theatre work and socio-economic research about tribes of India. She is the founder of the non-governmental organization Sanyog Audio Visual and Welfare Society.
Early and personal life[edit | edit source]
She was schooled at Gokhale Memorial School, Kolkata. She married Alok Mukherjee in 1974.
Career[edit | edit source]
After marriage she took a freelance job at Hotel Oberoi Grand–Kolkata as an interior decorator. She joined St. Thomas Kidderpore as an art teacher. She started an art school at home for children, named ‘Rekhae Chonde’. She combined the art school with Indian classical dancing, the combination called "Rekahe" (for painting) and "Chonde" (for dancing). She also created a ‘Dance Drama Group" in Kolkata named "Roopkatha"..
She started social work through projects in conjunction with UNICEF, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, WILD, AIIPH, World Health Organization and India-Canada Environment Facility (ICEF) through her own NGO named Sanyog Audio Visual and Welfare Society, which focuses on issues such as homelessness and health. in urban and rural areas of West Bengal. She developed an interest on tribal life and joined the movement for the welfare of tribes in rural Bengal and adjacent areas.
She also began working in journalism and has been published in newspapers and magazines such as Ulto Rath, Shanonda, AnandaBazar Patrika, Bartaman and AajKaal.
Books written by Mukherjee include Lal Maati Shaal Bon, Gohin Manush He, Chandoi Birhor and Birhor towards next Millennium.
Publications[edit | edit source]
Books[edit | edit source]
- Mohua Mukherjee (2008), Bhumi Kanya, Kolkata: Sahojatri Publications, OL 24334773M
- Mohua Mukherjee (1993), Gahin Manush He, Kolkata: Mohua Prakashani, OL 1251828M
- Mohua Mukherjee (1997), Laal Maati Shaal Bon, Kolkata: Sujan Paublications, ISBN 81-85549-15-X, OL 506618M, 818554915X
- Mohua Mukherjee (2000), The Birhor towards the next millennium (The Birhor towards the next millennium ed.), Kolkata: Sujan Publications, OL 170587M
- Mohua Mukherjee (2003), Chandoi Birhor aar Projaati Manushder Kotha, Kolkata: Sujan Publications, ISBN 81-85549-30-3, OL 3711400M, 8185549303
References[edit | edit source]
- Bharatram, Kumudha (9 April 2011). "Dance of the ancients". The Hindu. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
- Alom, Zahangir (25 March 2012). "Presentation of Navarasa through dance". The Daily Star. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
- Islam, Aminul (30 March 2012). "Entranced audience". The Daily Star. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
- Sinha, Vinayak (7 January 2002). "Ghazals captivate scientists". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - "Mahua Mukherjee". Art India (a joint venture of Art India Foundation and Sudhir Gandotra's Indserve Infotech Pvt. Ltd.). Retrieved 16 May 2012.
- O'Shea, Janet (2007). At Home in the World: Bharata Natyam on the Global Stage. Wesleyan University Press. p. 188. ISBN 9780819568373. Retrieved 16 May 2012. ISBN 0819568376
- Sundaresan, P.N. (1994). "Sruti". Issues 112-113. Sruti. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
Further reading[edit | edit source]
- "The great revivalist". The Good News Chronicle. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.