Vultures waiting to pick the bones off of this already lived and completed Baul history has increased over the past 30 years at least.
This lineage pioneered Baul from the villages of Birbhum to all of Bengal, to all of India, and globally in all ways. This lineage is the first of anything Baul, you can not rework history and take the names of this lineage off, making them random and generic and then claim you did everything they had already completed as history decades ago?
Babu Kishan has already preserved Baul over a 60 years period, it is complete, it has been done. Do not donate to those who are asking for donations to preserve Baul they can not preserve Baul, first they are not indigenous to Baul, 2nd Baul has already been preserved.
Babu Kishan's book is done, it will be released within months and you can be sure he does not hide anything. It is time to stop the fakery, chaos, confusion and the astronomical appropriation, and cultural intellectual property theft, that fake pretendian Bauls have manifested. A major reason why authentic Baul is extinct.
"No poaching by pretendian Bauls or people who using this indigenous ancestral lineages, songs, stories, style, where they go and what they have already accomplished. Thank you, however, Baul is complete it was preserved over a 60 period by Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das Baul. Note: Das Baul and Dasi and Khyapa (kepa, Khepa Baul or Baba) only originate from this lineage. (Ektara, Baya (duggi) drum tied around the waist, and Nuppor ankle bells encased in metal only originate from Nabani Das Khyapa Baul? Baul is not one or two generations based on a poet or random Guru's, it is a long ancestral sampradaya. The copy and paste and the' intellectual theft' of this lineage, and Babu Kishan's songs is astronomical and all will be qualified and reclaimed one by one, those who are Masters at appropriated be for-warned all will be revealed, you can fool some of the people some of the time but not all the people all of time."
Baul is not a Baul artist or Baul master? Baul is not an acting career where you construct a whole Baul lineage using everything from this lineage, their songs and style, where they go and what they have already completed? That is not the way an oral Sanskrit, ancient lineage works, that is not how an Sampradaya works.
Baul is not a 'fake it til you make it' career or 'riding on the coattails' of everything this lineage has already completed.
Baul history is complete it is impossible rework Baul and take credit through unverified stories coming if you are from a middle class life, just because you became interested in Baul and decided you liked Baul, so you would sing some Bauls songs and start to travel in the footsteps of this lineage?
Baul is indigenous to the soul and soil of Birbhum West Bengal India, to a particular soil meaning indigenous after a long period of time in an ancestral lineage of people who lived it, preserved. However, this does not mean you can not follow Baul, many have for generations, but they have not ridden on the coattails of everything this lineage has done so completely that it is obvious what the game is.
Only the indigenous people of that land who are Baul have a right to self-determine who they are, not you just because you decided to make up a new lineage based on a one generation poet, that is not how it works. This lineage only introduced Baul to all of Bengal (it can be proven) then all of India and then pioneered Baul worldwide, they did all the work, while others have taken their names off and replace their already lived and documented Baul history, but yet some pretendian Baul called Baul Masters and Baul artists which never existed only Baul Guru existed, they will morph and change their stories for self-promotion.
I have noticed an obvious poaching and false teachings regarding Baul, and documented all the changes over the past 18 years, it is beyond belief the fakery going on? Babu Kishan always encourages others, what he didn't expect was a complete cultural appropriation and actor Bauls who have twisted and reworked Baul?
This one and only lineage of Baul aka Guru Shisya parampara Sampradaya based on ancestry, at least 13 generation of ancestry to the 11 the 12 century. They introduced Baul to all of Bengal, then to all of India and pioneered Baul worldwide, today their names are taken off and others are insinuating they did, no they did not they copied and used this lineage. Names such as Rabindranath Tagore, Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, Pranab Mukerjee, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Ramakrishna, Vivekanda, the Ramakrishna Mission, Gaudiya Math, and Osho are only associated with this lineage, never with any fake pretendian Bauls oroutsiders who are ' so called know it alls' who do not know the actual story of OSHO and how he only relates to Nabani and Babu Kishan.
This lineage were major fundraisers for these the Ramakrishna mission worldwide only because of this lineages part in the Ramakrishna Mission because Babu Kishan was a monk for 12 years in the Ramakrishna mission. Babu Kishan is only Baul who taught at Universities around the world as a paid lecturer on not just Baul but Indian Philosphy, Sanskrit and Indian Music, no other Baul is even qualified to teach at a University, so then why is it advertised that they do, why do they pretend they are part of Indian Cinema (Bollywood) when it is only Babu Kishan who had a career in Bollywood, it makes no sense?
One by one they are trying to cover everything Babu Kishan has already accomplished, the question is Why? What has already been accomplished is Baul history, but why act and pretend you are the one, tracking and redoing everything this lineage has completed, presenting it as if you are the one and the first and the only legendary, when in fact you are not even a Baul, you may be inspired by Baul, however, to take their names off and replace their names by someone who is not Baul but copied everything this lineage did, a lineage is a long line not one or 2 generations based on a poet or a random?
The truth of how this lineage has been used and abused, the lying of fake lineages and fake Baul Guru's who were mere copiers of everything this lineage has completed has pushed me to now tell stories of how this so called fake Baul Guru was jealous and tried to poison Babu Kishan's father and almost succeeded at the Joy Dev Mela, making it so that it was too dangerous for this lineage to attend anymore. This will be in the book, I have given away too much already, everything must be copyrighted because of how many steal the intellectual property of this lineage, take their names off and rework it as if they know, this is they have poached the history of this lineage?
We have proof, right down to the advertising they do and trying to align themselves with everything this lineage has already completed even trying to be associated with Babu Kishan's 40 years career in Indian Cinema, Ramakrishna, just everything without giving credit poaching, watching waiting for new information so they can morph to be a Baba or Maa, next they will add Maa to their names and wear Vaishnava tilika and proclaim their love for Krishna?? Baul is not learn it as you go and morph as you go? One minute Baul is from Turkey the next it is from Persia, one minuet Baul is Buddhist now your are Radha or Krishna the constant spreading of false narratives and inconsistencies, trying to be inclusive and include everything others have said is not Baul?
There is no such thing as Baul Master or Baul Artist, never ever, with Baul extinct it is wrong to change the unchangeable. Baul is not changeable at this point all the indigenous Baul can do is preserve their history accurately without speculations by outsiders. Baul history is complete and has been unchangeable for decades. Yet these fakes and colonized academics completely create false narratives, no other indigenous people on the planet would allow this, the United Nations has determined that no one has a right to self determine any indigenous people except the indigenous people, indigenous people are the people of the land, Bauls are only indigenous and synergistic to Hindu Sanatan Dharma. Sorry Bauls are not Muslim, aul, sai, dervish, or Fakir and if you knew anything you would know this is true, the problem is nobody has understand and then they speculate creating chaos and confusion. I have written a whole chapter on this in Babu Kishan biographical history book on Baul explaining with proof.
I know this may sound crazy to many of you, but this is exactly what is happening and has happened, to this one and only ancestral indigenous LINEAGE or Sampradaya. Everything has been documented by myself over an 18 year period and over 60 years regarding Babu Kishan, all with proof, will be revealed, enough is enough.
The Vaishnava Sahajiya Tantric Bauls of Birbhum became famous by this lineage and Baul became known only through the hard work of Nabani Das Khyapa Baul, Purna Das Baul and Babu Kishan. If not for their pioneering work regarding the songs of this lineage of which 80% of Purna Das Baul songs were produced by Babu Kishan including alot of his own poetry that has been poached and the poetry of this lineage?
This lineages style, dress, dance, stories and instruments and it should be known Nabani Das Khyapa Baul is the first Baul in the history of Baul to sing on stages then Purna Das Baul. Nabani's style Ektara (Gopi Yantra), Baya (duggi) the drum tied around his waist, and his own style of ankle bells (nupoor) enclosed in metal were appropriated, their songs, style and what they have already completed as history as a documented lived history. You can not remake and act as them or compete with Purna Das Baul that history is complete. This lineage has been been over appropriated. This is intellectual property theft, the first tenant of Baul is tell the truth, Bauls are truth talkers. Interesting, when new fake lineages and Baul Gurus have been made up and acted out. Babu Kishan knows, because he knew everybody, he tried to help many, he didn't expect his work and what he himself have accomplished would be tracked and used by other who have not done the education at the University level to teach at Universities, who have not put in 12 years living in the Ramakrishna Mission to teach at the Ramakrishna Mission, he fundraised at the Ramakrishna for decades for them around the world, he taught Baul to them because he was a monk in the RamaKrishna Mission for 12 years, he is the only Baul and his Grandfather Nabani Das Khyapa Baul knew Vivekananda.
Babu Kishan never advertised this, he never bragged about this, I am the one who started to talk about RamaKrishna and his association because he had not and I was shocked how others are using all to promote themselves, when he is the only Baul who put in the time and lived it.
No one would even know, it is just that I have watched over an 18 years period and disgusted at how now that I am writing about some social media pretendian Bauls are peeing and marking their territory over ever single area of Babu Kishan's already lived Baul history?
Now with the book coming out, be prepared because if he doesn't speak about it I will, I am very protective of my husband and know and have seen all the "fake it til you make it' and the non-indigenous Bauls who have only presented themselves as if they are the ones while,'riding on the coattails of the lineage', stealing his intellectual lived property and songs?
Babu Kishan told me to spell Khepa (KHYAPA) as a way to trace who is copying us, now it is spelled that way all over.. LOL Everything Babu Kishan aka Krishnendu Das Baul and his lineage have pioneered has been copied and reworked as if others are the ones, their songs, style, dress, instruments, where they go and what is already their lived Baul history, you can not even make this up anymore? If you were indigenous to something and it is copied would you not call this intellectual property theft, especially when you songs are stolen and re-recorded for personal fame, with no credit being given. Babu always encouraged all to follow Baul, what he did not expect was more than 80% of his Baul music he recorded to be lifted, the game is to call this lineages songs anonymous, or to say, Bauls don't care who the poets are? Think about if you did all the work for generations, if everything you did was used, reworked and taken credit by outsiders pretendian Bauls posing and using Baul? Think before you react and say, what I am saying is ridiculous, think is someone took all credit for what you ancestors gave their lives for, how would you feel?
Nabani Das Khyapa Baul was the only Khyapa Baul or Khyapa BABA as the villagers called him, he was never self-titled.
The Vaishnava Sahajiya Tantric Bauls of Birbhum are from (indigneous) the soul and soil (the land) of Birbhum based on ancestry, their bones are in Birbhum. There is no other lineage and lineage is always based on ancestry, google lineage. This lineage is the only Guru Shisya Prampara Sampradaya regarding Baul, yet somehow they have been made generic and random replaced by others, while this family are the only Bauls who pioneered Baul, they did all the work. They are the only people who pioneered Baul as servants of the villagers for 13 generations and many more before this 13 generations.
This pioneering lineage has pioneered Baul from the villages to Birbhum, to all of India, Nepal and Tibet, then to the world. This is their brain, starting with Nabani Das Khyapa Baul who is the first Baul to ever sing on a stage, then Purna Das Baul in the 1950 when he went to Russia, it is insane what is going on today, how every corner of what this lineage has accomplished is tracked, copied and peed on like an animal marking their territory.
From everything, their music, to all of Babu Kishan's first for Baul, teaching at Universities, producing music for all the temples of India, to being the only and first Baul to spend 12 years at the Ramakrishna mission as a monk, educating them about Baul and fundraising for the Ramakrishna mission worldwide over 5 decades? Every story taken and make generic from all of this lineages and Babu Kishan's association including a 40 year career in Indian Cinema aka Bollywood, only this lineage had anything to do with Indian Cinema?
To Babu Kishan's personal stories about Osho, no other Baul ever had anything to do with OSHO only Nabani Das Khyapa Baul and Babu Kishan, however their names are taken off and so-called experts on documentaries are acting like they know?
To stories poached right off this page about Nabani that only Babu Kishan knew, thus they are only stories he can tell.
Here is the lastest a huge insult to Nabani Das Khyapa Baul the only Baul to be called Khyapa Baul and mostly Khyapa Baba. Here is the latest perhaps it has been going on a while, but only I have spelled Kepa - Khyapa on Babu Kishan's suggestion?
