Despite mounting criticism over the brutal attacks on Baul singers, Muhammad Yunus' government in Bangladesh has said it has ...
The interim government recently arrested the king of Baul music (Moharaja Abul Sarkar) after an Islamist extremist group claimed that a song by Abul Sarkar insulted Islam. Abul Sarker's wife, Aleya ...
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Who are the Baul singers facing arrests, attacks in Bangladesh? They challenge religious dogma
In a time of increasing religious polarisation worldwide, Bauls represent an alternative imagination. And they have shaped ...
Renowned Baul artistes Lata Dewan and Nayan Dewan engaged in the customary musical debate marked by counter-arguments and melodic exchanges ...
Yet amid this escalation, very few artistes are speaking up. Why? Are they afraid? Exhausted? Or simply unwilling to risk ...
Red FM, the private radio and entertainment network, has launched the fourth season of “Poila Boithak’ to mark the beginning of the Bengali New Year. The event aims to bring together the best of ...
Prominent figures in Bangladesh denounced the arrest of baul singer Abul Sarkar, accusing it of inciting religious strife. Sarkar's arrest led to attacks on fellow mystics, highlighting rising ...
Bangladesh Rock Music (popularly called band music) was never lagging behind in its appreciation and performance of Baul music. Post 1971, among the five legends of Bangla rock such as Azam Khan, ...
The Baul legend's departure has created a permanent vacuum in folk music. 'Gari cholena, cholena, cholena re …. gari cholena' the mortal engines of the physical vehicle belonging to the great ...
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