Play On Bengali Singer Lalon Fakir: Dum Dum inmates to spread message of communal harmony ...
(WorldNews Health)

The Dum Dum Central Correctional Jail will offer a stage to 25 inmates who will perform in a play, based on the life of the famous baul (folk) singer of Bengal, Lalon Fakir. Under the guidance of Samrat Bose, director and mentor of the group, Theatre Traveller, the prisoners will spread the message of communal harmony through the eponymous drama, Lalon. The performers, who have been undergoing rigorous rehearsals for six months, will finally showcase their talent towards the end of this month or beginning of the next. `Lalon Fakir is very much relevant in the present scenario of the country. Hundreds of years ago, he used to convey the message of humanity among people. Even in today´s world,...