This is a documentary style episode with Rumana Afroze, a wandering ascetic from Bangladesh. She is a member of Bauls, a mystical sect found in Bangladesh and West Bengal following the teachings of Lalon Shah, an influential 20th century mystic saints of the Indian subcontinent. Estimated to have composed thousands of songs, Lalon and his followers went on to influence such greats minds like Rabindranath Tagor, the Bengali poet, Allan Ginsberg and Bob Dylan. To contemporary Bangladeshis he is like Shakespeare, Martin Luther King and Ekhart Tolle rolled into one. Lalon’s songs, especially when heard in their original Bangla, are said to have the power to propel people to spiritual heights.
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