Suchona Shely

Spotlight Magazine / Suchona Shely : A modern Baul who speaks of harmony

For Shely, a devoted Baul singer from the village of Lakshmipur, music is not performance—it is prayer. Her father, Abdul Jolil Sordar, a Sadhu, always hoped that one of his daughters would become a Sadhu.

May 25, 2025
May 25, 2025

Suchona Shely : A modern Baul who speaks of harmony

For Shely, a devoted Baul singer from the village of Lakshmipur, music is not performance—it is prayer. Her father, Abdul Jolil Sordar, a Sadhu, always hoped that one of his daughters would become a Sadhu.