William Dalrymple, The Bauls of Bengal and Susheela Raman
Nine Lives: Sacred Music from Modern India
– Guardian Stage
The writer curates and links this evening which provides an insight into some of the fascinating spiritual and musical traditions that still thrive in the subcontinent. Guest artists include the Bauls of Bengal – a group of itinerant mystic minstrels whose beliefs draw on Vaishnavite Hindu and Sufi Muslim thought – and the great singer and word music superstar, Susheela.