Baul in Performance

Dr. Auritra Munshi is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Raiganj University, West Bengal. His research interests include Diaspora and Migration Studies as well as Subaltern Studies. He is the co-editor of Border and Bordering: Politics, Poetics, Precariousness (ibidem/Columbia University Press, 2021). His book chapter, “Marriage and Man-Woman Relationship in Coolie Diaspora,” appeared in Kala Pani Crossings, Gender and Diaspora: Indian Perspectives (Routledge, 2024), edited by Judith Misrahi-Barak et al. Dr. Munshi’s monograph, Jhumpa Lahiri’s Works in Transition: Towards a New Space, was published by ibidem/Columbia University Press in 2024. He also translated Kazi Abdul Wadud: An Autobiography, published by ILSR, Kolkata (2025).He was a principle investigator of a Minor Research Project titled Retrieval Narratives in Kala Pani Crossings: A Study of Literary Representations, funded by Raiganj University.

Part I - Beyond Scriptural Religion.- Chapter 1. Introduction: Baul in Performance: An Alternative Subjectivity and Ethical Sociality- Auritra Munshi .- Chapter 2. Rabindranath Tagore and the Canonization of Baul tradition — Indranil Acharya and Romi Chawdhuri.- Chapter 3. A Sufi Impact on the Songs and Philosophy of Lalan Shah:A Critique — Saiful Islam.- Chapter 4. From Sexuality to Divinity: A Spiritual Journey of Mysterious Baul Pursuit —Ashimananda Ganguly.- Chapter 5. Of Secrecy, Secretion(?) and Salvation: Negotiating the Problematic of Documenting the Baul Worldview — Ashes Gupta .- Chapter 6. Embodying ‘Radha Bhava’ : Androgynous Lover and Spiritual Mysticism in the Songs of Parvathy Baul — Jyotirmoy Sil.- Chapter 7. Indian Renaissance, Subaltern Renaissance: Bhakti Movement, Baul and Lalan Fakir in Context — Dipendu Das .- Chapter 8. Beyond the Archetype: A Study of New Dimensions in “Text-texture-content” of Baul Songs — Ayantika Chakrabarty.- Chapter 9. Convivial Resistance: An Eco-linguistic Reading of the Baul songs — Sharmistha Chatterjee.- Chapter 10. Baul in the Urban Spaces: A Contradiction or Continuation of Folk Tradition — Aditi Mondal.- Chapter 11. Voices in Exile: The Human Rights Challenges of the B¿ul(s) of Bengal— Mir Masudul Hoque and Vibha Sharma.- Chapter 12. Musing on Mysticism, Music and Mesmerization : A Philosophical Query on Sahajiya Essentialism from the Lens of Ethnomusicology — Arnab Chakrabarty.- 2. Baul Beyond Borders : Weaving a Tapestry of Global Musical Heritage —Intaz Ali.