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Melodies for Eternity
Farida Parveen's life in focus

With the pastoral settings she was so used to as a child in context, one can easily relate to the songs she later became so famous for. The tunes of Lalon Shain, the venerable baul leader of a loosely-knit sect that believed in exteriorisation of thoughts in songs -- made her a cult figure among many other singers of Lalon Shangeet. It was Farida Parveen, whose distinct voice and vocal craft that brought the king of baul to the middle class audience with its inner spirit intact.