Mala Sen
Mala Sen | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 June 1947 |
| Died | 21 May 2011 (aged 63) |
| Nationality | Indian–British |
| Other names | Mala Dhondy |
| Education | Welham Girls' School |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, human rights activist |
| Notable work | India's Bandit Queen: The True Story of Phoolan Devi (1991); Death by Fire: Sati, Dowry Death and Female Infanticide in Modern India (2002) |
| Spouses | Farrukh Dhondy (m. 1968; div. 1976) |
| Relatives | Lt-Gen Lionel Proteep Sen (father) and Kalyani Sen (mother) |
Mala Sen (3 June 1947 – 21 May 2011) was a Bengali-Indian-British writer and human rights activist. As an activist, she was known for her civil rights activism and race relations work in London during the 1960s and 1970s, as part of the British Asian and British Black Panthers movements, and later her women's rights activism in India. As a writer, she was known for her book India's Bandit Queen: The True Story of Phoolan Devi, which led to the acclaimed 1994 film Bandit Queen. After researching the oppression of women in rural India, she also published Death by Fire in 2002.