Broken Voices

Srabonti Narmeen Ali

Srabonti Narmeen Ali is a Bangladeshi writer and singer. In 2011, she released her first solo album written and composed by both her and Shayan Chowdhury Arnob. Her singles include "Amaro Porano", O.E.Z." and "Cold and Sentimental. Srabonti has been a student of music from the age of three. She started training in Rabindra Sangeet with renowned singer Banani Ghosh when she was eight and continued training with other renowned singers such as Papia Sarwar, Sadi Mohammad and her own mother, Milia Ali. Simultaneously she was training in Indian classical music and learning choral and Broadway music at school and participating in various international inter-scholastic music and drama festivals all over South Asia. Srabonti is a member of Writers Block, a group of Bangladeshi-based writers who write in English. The first chapter of her novel, Hope in Technicolor, was published in What the Ink, which came out in 2011 at the Hay Festival Dhaka. Her short story, Yellow Cab, was published in the Anthology, Lifelines, and came out in November 2012 at the Hay Festival. Her short story, Midnight in March was published in the e-journal, Urban Confustions, Issue 3, in 2013. Her short story The Seven Year Itch was published in The Six Seasons Review in November 2013 at the Hay Festival. Her novel, Hope in Technicolor, was published in November 2013 at the Hay Festival, 2013. She is currently working on her second novel