The grind of a buffalo keeper in Mayapur, West Bengal. Photo: Indranil Bhoumik/Mint Traditionally sung to the accompaniment of the dotara, a two-stringed, plucked instrument, bhawaiya songs also focus ...

It was a makeshift rural scene with a tree, under which traditional instruments -- dhol, tabla, dotara and mondira -- mingled with the western guitar and octapad. The city dwellers, on a chilly ...

Bhawaiya, like many Bangla folk traditions, is often framed as a repository of cultural values that symbolise national, political, religious, and gendered identities. However, such a view risks ...