The blogs (Lineage Baul), (Mirror of the Sky) and the (Ektara Foundation) blog were created in 2009. The Ektara Foundation was registered in Mumbai in 2007. Babu Kishan has set the template of this Foundation since the 1980's as he has preserved all of Baul this one and only lineage back in the 1970's. www.BabuKishan.org
No other Bauls ever talked about Lineage, until they saw lineage Baul or the first website created by Babu Kishan in the 1990's called BabuKishan.com which was ceased to exist in 2006 after it was copied by everybody over and over. https://lineagebaul.blogspot.com/2023/04/tribute-to-mary-johnson-preserver-of.html
Now we have people who have created fake lineages, all will be told in the new Book which is taking way longer than suspected, however, will be released soon and for sure in 2024.
Copyright all rights reserved, no poaching always with no exception and that mean all stories regarding Bob Dylan, Allen Ginsberg ect.. (because they are Babu's stories his life and it has nothing to do with any other Bauls).
Same with Nabani Das Khyapa Baul, he is Babu's grandfather and GURU, the only father he knew til age 8, he is his Guru and lineage.
Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das has always talked about his 'Lineage of Baul', the Tantric Vaishnava Bauls of Birbhum Bengal the only Lineage of Baul that ever existed.
Babu introduced Baul to the world since the 1970's and his father before him since the 1950's and to America in 1967. As Purna Das Bauls manager from a young age he organized and traveled the world since the 1970's when no one used a computer. It should be noted back in the day before modern facebook Bauls and computers, he wrote letters and made contacts that others are using today, they are meeting his friends, going where he has been for decades. You could not buy bot friends and likes on something like FB and we have never done that, better to have just one person interested than a bunch of bot fools who would believe anything they are told.
Babu Kishan set up the template of modern fake Bauls, who have traveled around the world in the past today.
This is a huge history others are appropriating.
Babu Kishan created the first web site in the history or herstory of Baul BabuKishan.com. He could see daily in the late 1990, through to 2006 copy and pasting from his web site, he would see his story in other blogs and books. However, the reposting was made random and generic with his name and the name of his one and only lineage taken off.
And even funnier he would see other Bauls copy his exact words and use his story as if it was their story, it was comical back then, but now that Baul has been used and abused by outsiders, it is time to set the record straight and plug the holes of what has become a 'cultural genocide'.
Everything Babu has done has been copied, new lineages that never existed before now created. There is no other lineage of Baul, those new Baul singer actors are just copying whatever this lineage is and making it up. There are only people who copy and paste from the writings of this lineage. Certainly as an indigenous people this is not allowed. The United Nations rights regarding indigenous people clearly states, only the indigenous people should be the ones who self-determine who they are, not fake Bauls, not academic scholars who try to act as the authority of the indigenous people of planet earth.
All copied the colourful patchwork dress (Guduri) that Babu Kishan created for his Dad on his travels. All copied Nabani's style of Baul Ektara Dupki and Nupoor and Nabani's dance style. Explain that, yet they say they are a different lineage of Baul?? This has led to a genocide of Baul, fakers lying cheating and they are actually teaching false teachings? Babu knows their Bauls Guru's were copiers, he knows 100% who is lying and who cheating using Baul as a way to survive and in that there is compassion, where there is no compassion is for the social media famed Baul who has duped the public and stolen directly songs off of his youtube channel presenting as if they are the ones using Nabani songs and style, this is not innocent, this is aggressive selfish appropriation that waters down and reduces Baul.
If you use Etara (Gopi Yantra) Baya (duggi) and Nupoor (Nabani's style of ankle bells) you are following this lineage you are copying this lineage taking their names off and replacing their names with a fake Baul Guru who Babu Kishan knew very well and knows he is not from Baul. You are following and using Nabani Das Khyapa Baul, but yet telling people you have a lineage and a different lineage under a person who only followed Baul.
I suppose it is about the situation in Bengal and the need to create a tour or two, and make a living, no one is thinking 'lying' and using the songs of this lineage is ever going to harm it? Yes, it has done great harm to the truth, to the people who have preserved, carried this lineage forward so that you could steal it? This is similar to the modern yoga the continuation of Jane Fonda Yoga studio fitness, most of the people who read this were not even born during Jane Fonda's fitness revolution, well I was and modern yoga studio postural Yoga is a continuation of that with some usage of indigenous Indian names and practices?
Saying Bauls do not care who wrote the poetry is a tell tale sign of fake. that is a false narrative, Bauls always knew who the poet was and Baul is only through lineage, please google lineage before you use it because it means ancestry. Western Baul is not Baul and they certainly are not from a Baul lineage of Baul sampradaya, the Guru they follow is not a Baul, he never called himself a Baul and the Baul who endorsed him is not Baul. Seriously, you can not even make this up?
Babu Kishan has already preserved this lineage decades ago since the 1960's, collecting donations to preserve Baul is a crime, you are a tourist Baul.
Baul cares, who is using Baul as a way to travel the world and collect donations from unsuspecting fools. Saying Baul is from Turkey, you are not a Baul, you are using Baul.
I also, saw a women Baul (names will only be mentioned in the book) on youtube with a million 'like's singing 'Nabani Das Bauls song' but putting another name on Nabani's poetry, Roshik which is only used to mislead people, Roshik is the nickname of this lineage family ancestral member Rasaraj Gosia, Roshik is only a name used inside this lineage, and that is till wrong, it is Nabani Das Khyapa Baul song, this is cultural misappropriation and this song is not a folk song to be used by others either?
She copied word for word the 'chapters titles' from Purna Das Bauls book as what she will teach in her workshops, I found this on the internet, another big joke. I have proof of this! I kept a copy of the online ad, you can not make this up, Baul has become bizarre where outsiders feel they have a right to self-title and use what does not belong to them, respect is needed, proper names and where they got the information from should be accurate. Why, because Baul is extinct and all these false fake Bauls and false narratives hinder correct preservation and they are indigenous and only a Baul who has preserved Baul and recorded Baul for over 60 years should be allowed to self-determine Baul, not an outsider who is using Baul. The confusion and chaos must stop, the using of Baul because this pioneering family made Baul famous does not mean you can use Baul anymore.
This poetry of Nabani's had been recorded decades before by Hindustan Records. Then I had one western person who follows Baul say that someone else wrote a song of Nabani's, the guy didn't know that this song had also been recorded by Hindustan Records long before and the person that he said who wrote it could not read or write Bengali or english? The person who is claiming Baul was illiterate, you can not make this up, it is bizarre what is going on? Babu Kishan knows all these Bauls were they came from and who they are?
I mean it is a joke what people are doing, but this joke has been part of a cultural genocide.
I have seen books written by a western Baul with stories that specifically belong to Babu Kishan or his family. Their names are not mentioned completely taken off? Then write about Baul is associated with Bob Dylan, George Harrison and the Rolling Stones with a picture of a person who followed Baul beside where they write about Babu Kishan's story? What a thief, yes poaching Babu Kishan's personal stories and open ended insinuating Sanatan Das Baul was the one, no that is not kind or Baul like, it is theft and making Baul random and generic for their own purposes.
No way random Baul, is not associated at all with Babu Kishan's stories. Babu Kishan's stories are his stories, they do not belong to you. You are specifically misleading people (watering them down, no you are stealing them) to glorify your random Bauls who have hijacked Baul and copied all from this lineage?
These 'follower of Baul' have never met Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Rolling Stones or had relationships with these people. They may have tried and had tea with the one of the Rolling Stones, linkage that never existed, it was set up by Purna Das's brother Laxshman Baul and they happened to be there. As usual, they follow the associations that already exist through this family, this lineage but they never had any association. Where this lineage goes, they follow and follow then around going to where they go and meeting with their friends. They copy what they do, there are so many stories, do not get me wrong there is nothing wrong with following, the problem lies in the lies and taking the names off the stories and only adding their names as if they are the ones.
They use Babu Kishan's stories and taking his name off, they being the "followers of Baul, the new Baul singers, who make up lineages and stories and water down Baul because they do not even know what Baul is? It is the alluding part that is not right, never allude to anything unless you know the story and it is your story to tell, it is NOT your story to tell or allude to. When making up fake lineages, name who were the people your Guru studied with, who are his teachers and his lineage, if you have a lineage you have a long line. Lineage is not one or two generations it goes way back.
Recently I have seen name dropping of Bob Dylan's name on a youtube video "what is Baul" as if the guy actually knows anything about anybodies (Baul) relationship with Bob Dylan, it is conjecture to show he knows what he is talking about, he does NOT, then he name drops Naboni's name and being professor at Shantiniketan Vishva Bharti.
Listen to me, the only person who ever wrote about Nabani being a professor is Babu Kishan, because he has preserved this lineage and knows all the stories about his family, his ancestors and Nabani is his Grandfather and Guru. Yet, this was name dropped by the social media marketing person for a Women Baul on a youtube video, stop reading what only Babu Kishan has written, stop talking about Nabani as if you know, you are a cheater and cultural appropriator duping people by telling them there are 20,000 Baul left in Bengal? Liar. This will openly be spoken about once our book is out. You have scoured our blog and websites and twisted it as if you actually know, you do not. Satya telling the truth is the first tenant of Baul, enough is enough.
I have copy right all over my writings but still the cherry picking happens, this is the lineage of Nitai, Nityananada, yet he are claiming a lineage that does not, did not exist, taking stories and names from this lineage an fundraising that you are going to preserve Baul, when it was preserved decades ago by Babu Kishan??
Baul sahaja is different from Buddhist Sahaja, yet this guy gives this huge narrative not based on fact but because he only knows what a book told him, based on what a scholar wrote, a scholar who actually was a close associate with Babu's Grandfather Josjesh Dash on his mothers side of the family, who was a Sanskrit professor at Dhaka University. You see this is the problem people speaking for Baul, cherry picking bits from here and there but not based on any insider wisdom of the tradition because the so 'called Guru' did not know, because he was not actually versed in Baul, more to come and deeper conversations to come in the future.
Many were seen for years wearing Babu Kishan designed patch work dress, dancing Nabani's style and singing the songs of this lineage. Yet these random Baul singers say they are from another lineage. Riding on the coat tails of someone else, copy paste, copy dress, copy style, copy songs and stealing stories. If you see any Baul including the older generation in Youtube video's wearing a patch work dress they are copying Babu Kishan's design? Many stories to come. Bauls never wore patchwork dress, more to come on this one too.
I understand that a group of people 'who follow Baul' and Babu Kishan's uncle Laxshman Das Baul who is a lineage Baul, met a Rolling Stone in the 90's in Europe after a concert, they only met them through "Laxshman Das Baul" who is Purna Das Bauls younger brother but make like they are the ones who knew The Rolling Stones.
Purna Das Baul recorded with Mick Jagger in 1971 at his home in France after the the fundraiser concert in London for Bangladesh. The album was called Jai Bangla. Babu Kishan was friends with the Rolling Stones he met them when he was 9 for the first time.
This family and lineage including Babu Kishan did about 3 more of those concerts in the 1970's in London for the fundraiser for Bangladesh.
Years later Purna Das Baul blessed Keith Richards son after he was born.
However, it was only Babu Kishan who had a many decade friendship with the Rolling Stones because Babu is a musician and well known Composer. When the Rolling Stones came to Mumbai in 2004 it is Babu Kishan who they contacted, he picked them up at the airport and jammed with them. They called him because they knew him. The other Baul singers always follow this lineage Baul.
This one and only lineage, they follow what they wear, where they go, they contact their friends and use their story. I have even heard stories where lineage Baul has been invited and a Baul singer will go for free or under cut this lineage by contacting their friends.
They observe and copy and follow. It should be noted; there is a big difference between Baul and Baul singers. Baul singers are followers of Baul and most can not actually teach Baul sadhana or know the deeper meaning of Baul, but float around waiting to poach what ever they can, they are tourist Bauls. They dress the part, act the part but in fact are not the part, they are tourist Bauls.
Babu Kishan played with Bob Dylan and The Band in at least 40 concerts in the USA in the 1980' and jammed every night, how do random Bauls make stories and associations when there is none?
How do they write books and say, Bauls did this or that and is associated with, when it is Babu Kishan and his story, his life.
Why would any random Baul have anything to do with Bob Dylan or even mention him in their book and post a picture of a person who was a refugee from Bangladesh and not any relation to Baul except he followed this lineage, but yet you can find Western Bauls write books and do exactly that??
It was only Babu Kishan who had a long time friendship with George Harrison and the Rolling Stones because he jammed with them, was friends with them, because he is a educated Master of Indian Music. It was Babu who only had a many decade friendship with Allen Ginsberg and Al Aronowitz.
Do not take his story and make like you are the one, or make loose associations, Baul associated with, when it was not you! Westerners do not have a clue, because they do not even understand the language and in this case trying to create a story to increase their profile is really a crime against and indigenous Indian tradition, shame on you!
Babu Kishan's own youngest brother made up stories that Bob Dylan was in India at his wedding, which is a complete lie. He brought his own father on NDTV and lied, so he is not much better and a disgrace. His Dad's luck was to appear on Bob Dylan's album in 1967 but it was Lakshman Das Baul who Dylan liked and it was only Babu who had association with Dylan. Babu reconnected any association with Purna Das Baul decades after through his own association with Dylan and all. Long story, all be revealed when ever we can get the book out, I thought last year but it will take a bit more time.
Bob Dylan absolutely did NOT come to Babu's younger brothers wedding in Calcutta India as was reported by NDTV.
At the time of his younger brothers wedding Dylan was in South America. Sorry to say it is a lie, and many other lies to be exposed.
NDTV has just learned that it was all a lie , the youngest brother Dibyendu lied, his wife Adittee lied and the 2 grown sons along with Purna Das Baul sat there while the lie continued, they sat there and told a journalist lies. What an embarrassment and shame to Babu Kishan his lineage and legacy he has provided. More to come... because this is not over and there will be more exposed. Enough is enough and all will be accounted for.
It is all fake news, the truth shall be told, the journalist apologized to Babu Kishan for a very long time and said he is going to tell the truth, with more to come, this is just the first of the apology. The journalist did not know that Purna Das Baul had 2 other son's, he said Adittee kept it all concealed?
Babu Kishan released Bob Dylan's albums in India and Asia, that is the only way anybody in India knew about Bob Dylan. Yet, others will say Dylan was associated with Baul. No only Babu Kishan was, do not take his story and put your name on it or make fake and false associations, it is not your story to tell.
It was only 'Nabani Das Khyapa Baul' who had a relationship with Rabindranath Tagore, yet you will see others who created Lineages use Nabani's stories as if they knew Tagore?
Saying Bauls (generic) so it includes them is false and using Babu's stories.
It does not include you, saying Bauls do not care about their songs or that there are 4 types of Baul is wrong and doing more damage, if you do not know, do not say anything, just go on your cheating acting ways and leave Baul alone.
A cultural genocide, Baul is NOT from Assam and that belt, Baul is only from Birbhum.
You have wiped out the truth, they have wiped out the stories of history of the last Baul that walked on earth and replaced it with, a Baul who only followed and copied everything from this lineage.
Babu always wanted to help other Bauls inviting them to travel with his family, this is how they got the chance to travel outside of India. It was Babu who brought the new Baul singers along when they traveled out of India. Long stories that are included in the book. It always amazes me how they go where Babu goes.
Babu Kishan was the only Baul to do paid Master classes and to teach at Universities around the world he has a huge history from the 1970's onward, he created the road, he introduced Baul to the world and Manju Das is the first and only Baul women to travel the world, not telling her story is 'cancel culture' in the extreme.
Babu taught at universities only because he is qualified and was educated as a Baul from Birth as an oral Sanskritist and classical Sanskritist he studied and learned the esoteric teaching of Sanskrit, the stories behind each word. Anybody can teach for free or donation, donation does not make you a saint, this donation technique is used by some of the richest Baba's and Ma's of India. If anything Babu tried to elevate everything for the Bauls of Birbhum so that they could survive in this new world, but instead of supporting Baul most worked against the work he has done.
No problem if you tell the truth but most do not.
Babu was taught English during his school years at the Ramakrishna Mission and through Calcutta University. He represented Calcutta University all over India teaching Indian Philosophy. He is the only Lineage Baul to do what he has done in Bollywood as he is a trained Music Composer with a Masters degree in Indian Music. Yet on and on all copy him and follow him, finding his friends all over the world, where he goes so do others.
Because he could understand English the scholars who wrote about Baul were shocked when he told them what they wrote in their Books was wrong, they never thought as they say these uneducated illiterate Bauls would come to the west. Today anybody with half a brain understands that oral Sanskritist are way above any English template or translation because they learned through hearing and remembering and most have photographic memories from learning through the sacred sounds of Sanskrit.
Yet, you will see in a video a women Baul say Baul never comes from family, are you kidding me, what a cheat, sweet smile all the way, with a gimmick of dread locks and westerners do not have a clue, it is so easy to dupe them.
Brajabala Dasi and Nabani Das Khyapa Baul are the last of the original Bauls, Baul are extinct now, today what you see are tourist Bauls singers. The other Bauls of the 1970's onward are not from a lineage, they followed this lineage.
Babu was taught English which is not his first language, Bengali and Sanskrit are he learned English during his school years at the Ramakrishna Mission and through Calcutta University. He is the only Lineage Baul to do what he has done in Bollywood as he is a trained Music Composer with a Masters degree in Indian Music. Yet on and on all copy him and follow him trying to enter Bollywood. They search and find his friends all over the world, where he goes, what he does they all copy.
This in itself is not a problem, the problem comes when fake and new Baul singers copy everything and take the names off and water down the only lineage of Baul that is now extinct and was preserved decades ago by Babu Kishan.
The riders on the coat tails of this lineage are not properly educated in Baul but collecting donations based upon the foundation that Babu Kishan created in 1990's and later registered in Mumbai in 2007. Saying they are going to preserve this families lineage when it was preserved decades ago by Babu Kishan.
Stop your poaching and out right theft of what does not belong to you.
Follow Baul but do not copy and paste, do not spread wrong teachings, if you do not know, do not make it up, .
To Scholars - think before you write and speculate, can you imagine if someone wrote about your family and made a career about your family but took your name off because it is too difficult to get it from the souce? Can you imagine if someone put you under a microscope and dissected your family? Took information from the wrong people and told you who you are. Can you imagine if everybody copied and pasted your family history and repeated it over and over.
Think very carefully because there is a karma with what you are doing?
Watering down and reducing someones story and family?
This is a living lineage for thousands of years passed down only through a family lineage, it is a absolute lie to say anything else. Oh right nobody will know, cheater.
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