Bashabi Fraser teaches at the Department of English & Creative Writing, University of Edinburgh, Napier. She specializes in Postcolonial Literature and Theory, Tagore Studies, Personal Narratives and Creative Practice.

Her recent publications include Ragas & Reels (Edinburgh: Luath Press, 2012 with photographs by Hermann Rodrigues) which trace the transcultural process that has affected places and people in a study of migration and diaspora; Scots Beneath the Banyan Tree: Stories from Bengal (Edinburgh: Luath Press, 2012) in collaboration with a Bengali scroll painter. The book is about the Scots who have been forgotten in Scotland but have become iconic figures in India where they are retained in folk memory. From the Ganga to the Tay (Edinburgh: Luath Press, 2009) is a modern epic poem, a poetic conversation between the two rivers. The poem is accompanied by symbolic photographs taken by the artist Kenny Munro and the author. A concert and reading of the poem took place at the Edinburgh Fringe and Peace Arts, Glasgow has staged a dance drama based on the poem with National Lottery funding.

 

Bashabi is interested in life stories and has published a revised edition of A Meeting of Two Minds: Geddes-Tagore Letters (Edinburgh: Word-Power Books, 2005) which she worked on with a Moray Foundation Research Grant. Her poetry collections include Life (Edinburgh: Diehard Publishers, 1997), With Best Wishes from Edinburgh, an Indian edition (Kolkata: Writers' Workshop, 2001) and Tartan & Turban (Edinburgh: Luath Press, 2004).

Her current research is on Scottish Lives in India, based on personal documents and oral history. She is guest editing a special issue of Literature Compass on Tagore's Global Vision.