 Indeed, who will listen? To whom will I recount the words of my Shai and Dorbish? As Maya Khatun sings her song, I think of Mushidabad where we are. Mushidabad, a small district of Bengal, where the history of India was written. Battles fought, standards raised, the Bengal must not crushed by the power of the gun. What remains today of this power and glory are the people of Mushidabad. The bowels and fakirs of Mushidabad, though coming from different streams, offered an alternative to mainstream religion by presenting the option of spirituality. Shaktinath Jha, an eminent scholar, told me how the Baal-Fakir philosophy makes an impact on today's world. The Baal-Fakir philosophy makes a impact on today's world by presenting the option of spirituality. And the people of Mushidabad, the people of Angshas, the people of Dharmakhandi, the people of Arthakhandi, the people of Lingokhandi, all of them are very different. The love for humanity brings these travelling mendicants to the rural hinterland of Bengal. I looked up Ali Bakh's fakir, who believes in humanity. Indeed, he worships it. Shomen Baal, a torch bearer of the Bhakti movement of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, which preaches the philosophy of humanity in a unique way. The Sufi movement from the north filtered into Bengal in the mid-11th century and transformed into the unique form of Marfati, as opposed to then prevailing Sharyat. Ghulam-Fakir from Jalongi is one such Marfati. People of Jatkhandi. Because of Jatkhandi, Baal-Fakir is one of them. It is a unique thing. It is a combination of the two people of Jatkhandi. Because of Jatkhandi, the people of Jatkhandi are very different. We are very different. The people of Jatkhandi are very different. The people of Jatkhandi are very different. The people of Jatkhandi are very different. The people of Jatkhandi are very different. The people of Jatkhandi are very different. But who will listen? To whom will I recount the words of my shy and derbish? As the strains of the song echo in my mind, I look at Murshidabad, reaching out to the world with a new sunrise, one where humans will not be divided by walls of communalism, one where humanity will prevail.