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Portrait of London’s women

Jasmin Kaur Sehra’s painting of Mala Sen

By: Keerthi Mohan

by Amit Roy WHEN the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and Tate Britain came together to commission a group of young artists to paint the portraits of 20 iconic women “who have played a crucial role in London’s history but have been largely overlooked”, Jasmin Kaur Sehra’s choice of a subject was author and activist Mala Sen. Sen, who lived in Balham, south London, died at the age of 63, of cancer while on a visit to Mumbai in 2011. She was the author of Bandit Queen: The True Story of Phoolan Devi, which was adapted into a film, directed…

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