Guwahati: Bhabesh Mahanta Baul, a 60-year-old from Cooch Behar, West Bengal, holds his dotara and joyfully sings, “bhabete ashi guru nabhojilam, bhojilam pita mata, manush jibon betha,” capturing the ...

Despite her great popularity as a singer and performer, Parvathy Baul is clear about one thing. “I’m not a musician. I’m a Baul, and when I travel, I do so as a Baul pracharak (preacher)," she says.

If you crave the touch of culture, revisit one of Bengal’s most prized forms of art this Durga Puja. The Bannabagram Baul Ashram is a tribute to baul gaan, a form of folk music embedded in the very ...

Mumbai: Durga Puja celebrates the arrival of Goddess Durga and is a period of spirituality and devotion; however, the festival is incomplete without the art, culture, and traditions that have evolved ...

On Friday evening, renowned performer Parvathy Baul’s voice ranged from lively to sorrowful to passionate. With one hand, she plucked a long one-stringed instrument called an ektara and with the other ...

Baul Milan Utsav celebrated Fakir Lalon Shah's legacy with soulful Baul music and philosophy. Baul Milan Utsav celebrated Fakir Lalon Shah's legacy with soulful Baul music and philosophy. Baul Milan ...

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has condemned the recent attacks on baul singers, terming them “heinous ...