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APTN National NewsCape Breton regional police in Membertou Nova Scotia are taking a different approach to policing.Their goal is to build trust with the community’s Mi’kmaq population in order to better serve and protect.APTN National News reporter Ossie Michelin was there and files this report.
NEW YORK — Facebook’s outgoing head of communications is taking the blame for hiring Definers, the public relations firm doing opposition research on the company’s critics including billionaire philanthropist George Soros.In a Facebook post that went up late Wednesday, Elliot Schrage said the responsibility to hire Definers rests with him and that he approved the decision to hire it and similar firms.Schrage has been at Facebook for a decade and announced his departure in June. In the post, Schrage acknowledges that Facebook asked Definers to do work on Soros after he called Facebook a “menace to society” in a speech. Definers, he says, also helped respond to what he said were unfair claims about the company.Facebook stopped working with the firm after a New York Times investigation unveiled its tactics.The Associated Press
Darjeeling: The body of a youth was found on the Indo-Bangladesh international border on Tuesday. An improvised firearm was also found next to the dead body.The incident occurred in the Daspara Gram Panchayat area under the Chopra police station of North Dinajpur. The deceased was identified as 23-year-old Mohammad Abu. He was a resident of Kalabarigach village under the Chopra police station. Local residents claim that he was shot by the BSF on suspicion of being a cow smuggler. The Block Development Officer of the Chopra Block along with the police from the Chopra police station visited the site of the incident. The body has been recovered and sent for post mortem at the Islampur hospital. Sumit Kumar, the Superintendent of Police stated that a magisterial inquiry will be started. “Only after the inquiry is completed will it be clear as to how the person died,” the Superintendent of Police said. Local residents claim that the youth used to run a “decorator” business and was not involved in smuggling. The villagers have demanded a probe into the incident. With this region close to the Indo-Bangladesh border there has been a number of cow smuggling incidents in the past.
USA96.33.60.4G71%23%5%98%77%56%38% China85.02.00.7E132638652161 TEAMWSPIOFFDEFGRP.1ST2ND3RDQTR.SEMIFINALWIN Australia90.52.70.7F2738298844187 Brazil91.02.70.6E55281394602814 South Africa75.71.41.1E39242641<1 Canada87.42.20.5F1530447730103 New Zealand83.82.00.9G52044511441 Sweden89.52.60.8E2837258339155 Zimbabwe69.51.31.6F<1314111<1<1 Group E: Brazil, Sweden, China, South AfricaBrazil sits atop Group E, the weakest of the groups with an average WSPI of 85.3, and with home field advantage adding a boost of about 0.35 goals per game they are very likely to medal this tournament — they’ve got a 94 percent chance to make the knockout stage and a 60 percent chance of making it to the semifinals. If five-time FIFA World Player of the Year Marta has any hat-trick surprises left at age 30, the Brazilians could go even further. Sweden is the next-best team in group E and has a 83 percent chance of advancing to the knockout rounds. They tied the U.S. in group play last year at the World Cup and are known to match up well against the Americans thanks to the former U.S. head coach Pia Sundhage. China exited the World Cup early last year in the quarterfinals, losing to the U.S. 1-0, but they’ve got a 65 percent chance of making it back to the knockout rounds this year as one of the two third-place teams that will advance. South Africa, despite holding the U.S. to only one goal last month, has only an 11 percent chance of advancing from the group stage.Group F: Germany, Australia, Canada, ZimbabweThe second-ranked team in the world, Germany, will be the biggest challenge for the Americans at the Olympics. The U.S. defeated the Germans in the semifinals of the World Cup 2-0 and 2-1 at the SheBelieves tournament in March, but Germany remains the next most-likely team to win gold, with a 21 percent chance. Australia, despite having only a 7 percent chance of winning the Olympics, is a sleeper pick from Group F; they beat Japan, 3-1, in the Asian Qualifiers in February to eliminate the World Cup runners-up from the Olympics. Canada will likely feel snubbed by their third-place rank in Group F, but an early exit at last year’s World Cup quarterfinals and a loss to France just a few weeks ago moved them further down in our ratings. Zimbabwe upset Cameroon on aggregate goals in last year’s Confederation of African Football (CAF) qualifiers to make it to their first major national tournament, but it’s unlikely they’ll see anything past the group games.Group G: U.S., France, New Zealand, ColombiaThe group that features the American women will usually be the de facto “Group Of Death,” but this tournament’s version earns the title with the largest average WSPI of all of the groups, 87.2. France will give the U.S. its most difficult group game, especially if injuries continue to nag the U.S. midfield — the area of the field where France excels. Les Bleues have a 22 percent chance of making the final game and an 8 percent chance of winning it all. New Zealand’s scrappiness can be effective — they held Canada to a draw at the World Cup last year — and they’ve got a 44 percent chance of squeezing into the knockout rounds as the third-place team from Group G. As for Colombia, I’m still waiting for the breakout performance of Yoreli Rincón, but there’s a 61 percent chance the Colombians go out in the group stage.CORRECTON (Aug. 3, 5:23 p.m.): An earlier version of this article misidentified the French women’s national soccer team. The team’s name is Les Bleues, not Les Bleus. We’re on the ground in Rio covering the 2016 Summer Olympics. Check out all our coverage here.RIO DE JANEIRO — The 2016 Olympic Games start Wednesday — not with Friday’s opening ceremony — with group play in the women’s soccer tournament. The reigning World Cup champions and four-time Olympic gold medalists, the U.S. women’s national team, play New Zealand in Belo Horizonte, but I’m hundreds of miles away in Rio de Janeiro, the epicenter of the Olympic Games and the city where the host nation’s team will begin its Olympic run against China this afternoon. It seemed like a good chance to catch a Brazil game among local fans. So far, I can’t even find a place to watch the game.“Rio is made of bars, but I’m not sure many people will be watching the women’s game,” Patricia “Patchy” Toledo, a former professional women’s soccer player in Brazil, told me when I asked if there are any places where Brazilian fans will be watching their team play. Cíntia Barlem, a journalist covering women’s soccer in Brazil for Globo Esporte, one of the largest sports news sites in Brazil, said she didn’t think most Brazilians would be paying attention. I told her that in the U.S., everyone will be watching the U.S. women’s national team play. “I would like it if the Brazilians do the same here, but it is not the reality.”Reality has been a trip for the U.S. women. Just over a year ago I sat in a stadium with 53,000 people and watched Carli Lloyd rocket a shot from half-field, sailing the ball over Japan’s backtracking keeper and scoring her third goal in the first 20 minutes of the Women’s World Cup final. Since then, the USWNT — which has won four of the five gold medals handed out in the history of women’s soccer at the Olympics, including three in a row since 2004 — has lost only one game in the past year. It has also added fresh, young talent — Mallory Pugh, Crystal Dunn and Lindsey Horan — to a roster of World Cup champions. All of this makes them heavily favored to win a fifth gold medal this year: They have a 38 percent chance of doing so — almost double the odds of Germany, the next-best team — according to our forecasting model. If they get the fifth gold, they’d be the first team in history to win the World Cup and Olympics in consecutive years.Our projections are based on the Women’s Soccer Power Index (WSPI) we created last year, which uses game-based offensive and defensive ratings to estimate a team’s overall skill level. The 12-team Olympic tournament is much smaller than the Women’s World Cup (which fields 24 teams) which means some of the world’s best teams, such as Japan and Norway, did not qualify while some, like England, have their own reasons not to compete in the Olympics. Instead, the field is stocked with teams like Zimbabwe, ranked 93rd in the world by FIFA and making their international tournament debut.This isn’t to say the Olympics will be inferior to the World Cup. In fact, the overall average WSPI of the teams at the Olympics is greater than it those that were at the World Cup (86 compared to 84) but the tournament is much more stratified with great teams at the top of the table — Germany, France and Brazil — and much weaker teams at the bottom like South Africa and Zimbabwe. Below, we take a closer look at the 2016 Olympic tournament, breaking down each team’s chances of advancing from the group stage to the knockout rounds. At the Olympics, the top two teams (as well as the top two third-place finishers) advance from each of the three four-team groups to the single-elimination knockout rounds: the quarterfinals, semifinals and the championship game. Colombia77.21.61.1G19292441<1 France91.52.70.4G2348218643228 Germany94.53.20.5F58281397634121 CHANCE OF FINISHING GROUPCHANCE OF REACHING ROUND
Belgium boss Roberto Martinez is not taking their opponents Japan lightly ahead of today’s last-16 clash, despite the fact that they are being considered the strong favourites to winThe Red Devils arrive at the Rostov Arena on the back of having won all three of their opening games to finish top of Group G after scoring nine goals.Belgium will welcome the return of record goalscorer Romelu Lukaku for today’s match along with Thomas Vermaelen and Vincent Kompany with the side aiming to win to progress for an encounter against either Brazil or Mexico in the quarter-finals.But Martinez is well aware that they must first beat Japan and he knows that it will be no easy feat.“They are footballers with an incredible energy and a great capacity to get really high up the pitch very quickly,” said the Spaniard, according to BT Sport.“This Japan team shows a lot of good experience, a lot of players who have played in big leagues in Europe for a long time. They know what it takes to win a game of this calibre.
Top 5 best players from the international break weekend Tomás Pavel Ibarra Meda – September 11, 2019 After a fresh international break just came to an end, we need to talk about the Top 5 best players during this whole weekend.We…“This is a group of players that know what they are doing. I expect a very difficult game.“They are capable of creating problems due to the dynamic approach that they have.”Martinez will have a fully-fit side for the match: “The group is in a very good moment.“Mentally and physically, you just get the feeling the players are desperate to be on the pitch. I feel the players are ready to get their rhythm as quick as they can.”A win for Belgium today will make it only the third time they reached the quarter-finals at the World Cup in their history, having previously done so in 1986 and 2014.
Central Coast Mariners have confirmed that a “contract proposal” has been sent to Usain BoltThe sprint king has been on trial with the A-League side for the past two months and recently scored his first two goals as a footballer.Bolt has made it clear that he wishes to earn a permanent contract with Mariners after turning down a two-year offer from Maltese champions Valletta.Now Mariners have confirmed an offer has been sent to the Jamaican.“The Central Coast Mariners and Usain Bolt’s representative Ricky Simms have progressed contract discussions and would like to offer clarity around the negotiations between the club and Usain Bolt,” read a statement on the club website.
Perth Glory boss warns squad to not get starstruck by United Andrew Smyth – July 12, 2019 Perth Glory manager Tony Popovic warned his players against getting starstruck ahead of Saturday’s friendly with Manchester United.“The club can confirm that a contract proposal has been offered by the Central Coast Mariners and negotiations remain ongoing with Usain Bolt and his management regarding his football future.“Both parties are eager to explore all options and ensure that if there is a suitable way forward for both player and club, the two parties will keep working together and formalise an agreement.“The Central Coast Mariners want to ensure that Usain Bolt is given every chance possible to fulfil his dream to become a professional football player.”The Australian club did, however, add that its unlikely terms will be agreed on with Bolt without the contribution of an external third party.Therefore, the 32-year-old will not attend training this week as Mariners prepare for their upcoming A-League fixture with Melbourne City.
According to the former Manchester United manager, both players have distinctive traits that make them the best in the world.Former Manchester United and Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho, has spoken what he thinks about Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.“I think it is unfair to both of them when someone says one is better than the other one,” he told beIN SPORTS as quoted by Sky Sports.“I think they are just different.”
Match Preview: Barcelona vs Valencia Boro Tanchev – September 14, 2019 Is derby time in La Liga, as Barcelona welcomes Valencia to the Camp Nou Stadium tonight at 21:00 (CET).“The only thing that I can say is that when I had Ronaldo on my side I was a very happy man,” he added.“And when I had to play against Messi I had to think a lot to try and help my team to have chances to succeed.”“The thing to admire is the number of years that they have stayed at the top,” he commented.“To win once, it can happen. To win and win and win and win and win is much more difficult.”
Pictured: Ajaz KhanIANSControversial actor Ajaz Khan has been arrested by Mumbai police for an alleged communal TikTok video that he posted on social media.The TikTok video reportedly instigates violence against a particular community. The video was reportedly made as “revenge” against Tabrez Ansari’s lynching. The video shows the actors threatening to kill people from a particular community.While Ajaz has already been arrested and will be produced before the court soon, bail plea of other TikTok actors have also been rejected. Apart from spreading communal hatred, the video also showcases Mumbai police in bad light.FIRs have been registered against a number of TikTok actors for making videos that instigate violence.However, it is not the first time that Ajaz has got arrested. Earlier, he was nabbed by anti-Narcotics department for allegedly possessing drugs. He was later granted bail.
To embed this piece of audio in your site, please use this code: As the population continues to grow in the Humble area, TxDOT wants to widen FM 1960 between Lake Houston and the 1960 Bypass. It’s about a seven-mile stretch. 1960 would go from four lanes to six. There would be an elevated roadway over Atascocita Road and West Lake Houston Parkway. TxDOT’s Danny Perez says they also want to get rid of the continuous turning lane that runs down the middle. They want to replace it with a raised median. “What happens is with folks when they’re traveling in different directions, say, they lose control or whatever the case may be, or even an intoxicated driver, they could certainly weave into the oncoming traffic,” explains Perez. The work is expected to cost about $98 million. Perez says it hasn’t been funded yet and they don’t expect to start construction until 2022. But there’s a chance they could get the money sooner. “We want to make sure we have everything ready to go and designed and something we can move forward on, get it let, and get somebody assigned to that project,” says Perez. “And we can move forward.”Another thing TxDOT has to do is acquire property along 1960. The agency says it will need close to 50 acres of right-of-way, so that means some businesses would have to move.http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/2842070-Atascocita-Road-Projects.html Share 00:00 /01:10 Listen X
Story Links LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville defense has seen numerous changes over the last couple of seasons, and this year is no different with the addition of defensive coordinator Bryan Brown.Working under their fourth defensive coordinator in the last four seasons, the Cardinals have found something intriguing with the hiring of Brown, who orchestrated a top-10 defense at Appalachian State last season.Finishing their second week of spring practice, there is a new energy inside the practice facility, and it’s translated into improved play after just six practices.”A lot of it is effort,” Brown said. “That’s the number one and most important thing for us right now. Giving effort and getting to the football and we’ve seen tremendous improvement since day one and that’s a bright spot, it really is.””The way the guys practiced from the very first practice and now they understand how we run practice and how hard we want those guys to practice. That’s been a really big improvement since day one.”The Cardinals have put their difficult season behind them, and are excited to look forward under the excitement and intensity of Brown’s defense.”Spring football has gone very well,” sophomore cornerback Anthony Johnson said. “It’s all a new feel with the new coaches and a new playbook. I like the new defense and the new mentality the defense has after two weeks. We have a lot of good calls and we are doing a good job of mixing our coverages.”Finishing near the bottom of all FBS programs on defense last season, the Cardinals know that’s not the standard around the football complex, and despite being only two weeks into learning a new defense, the Cardinals are close to getting on the same page.”The next thing is execution,” Brown added. “The other day we were laughing as a whole group as a defense. It was day number five and we actually had all 11 doing the exact right job on one play, so that’s a positive. We’re getting there. We’re going to crawl before we walk. We’re going to be okay.”In a short period of time, head coach Scott Satterfield has changed the culture within the Howard Schnellenberger Football Complex, and it’s translated onto the field after just six practices.”The thing is, all these guys are eager to learn,” Brown said. “They want to get better. They want to do right. They want coaching. You see guys coming in and out of the offices, asking questions in meeting, asking questions on the field. That lets me know that these guys want to do right. They want to win, they want to play right and that’s a big, big positive step.”As the team continues to get comfortable with a new scheme, Brown’s defensive unit has given full effort and an increased energy that’s noticeable on each play. With an innovative staff and condensed playbook, Brown has tried to keep it simple to ensure the team continues to play at full speed without having to think.”That’s why we’re not putting in a whole lot of defense right now,” he said. “I just want those guys to execute our base and play hard, and give effort each and every play. Because if play hard and give effort each and every play, good things will happen and you can erase some mistakes.”The Cardinals will resume spring practice on Friday afternoon at 4 p.m. The team will conclude spring on March 7 with the Spring Showcase at 7 p.m.Print Friendly Version
Amazon is working on its own wireless earbuds that will offer direct access to the company’s Alexa smart assistant, according to a Bloomberg report out this week. The earbuds are said to be similar to Apple’s Airpods, and could launch as early as this year.Amazon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.The earbuds will reportedly work similar to Amazon’s Echo speakers, and respond to the “Alexa” wake word to access the company’s smart assistant. Users will be able to ask for music, weather reports and even offer voice-based shopping functionality.The company is said to put a lot of effort into the product’s sound quality, with the goal of making them sound better than Apple’s Airpods. At the same time, Amazon may try to undercut the Airpod’s $199 price point.Amazon has had a mixed history with its own consumer electronics. The company has generally done very well in areas where it has been able to establish a new product, such as the Kindle e-book reader and the Echo smart speaker. Competing with existing products on the other hand has been a bit harder, with the most notable flop being the company’s ill-fated Fire phone, which got discontinued just a year after its 2014 introduction. Popular on Variety 
×Actors Reveal Their Favorite Disney PrincessesSeveral actors, like Daisy Ridley, Awkwafina, Jeff Goldblum and Gina Rodriguez, reveal their favorite Disney princesses. Rapunzel, Mulan, Ariel,Tiana, Sleeping Beauty and Jasmine all got some love from the Disney stars.More VideosVolume 0%Press shift question mark to access a list of keyboard shortcutsKeyboard Shortcutsplay/pauseincrease volumedecrease volumeseek forwardsseek backwardstoggle captionstoggle fullscreenmute/unmuteseek to %SPACE↑↓→←cfm0-9Next UpJennifer Lopez Shares How She Became a Mogul04:350.5x1x1.25×1.5x2xLive00:0002:1502:15
Having said all that, there are other issues as well, for example, in the video the group has made of their gadget, there is no sign of either the goo that normally goes along with such devices to cause the probes to adhere to the scalp, nor is there apparently any instructions pointing out where exactly on the scalp the probes are supposed to go. And the group shot at the end, with a table full of men with the harness and probes all connected comes across as just a little freaky. Thus, once again, the question arises, is this a serious application or a gimmick? Citation: Danish group develops EEG Smartphone app (w/ video) (2011, September 19) retrieved 18 August 2019 from https://phys.org/news/2011-09-danish-group-eeg-smartphone-app.html More information: milab.imm.dtu.dk/eeg Explore further Japanese company introduces irresistibly cute mind-controlled ‘cat ears’ (w/ video) This document is subject to copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study or research, no part may be reproduced without the written permission. The content is provided for information purposes only. © 2011 PhysOrg.com But the question remains, is it a truly useful application or a gimmick? It appears the group means for it to be a useful medical tool, similar to home heart or blood pressure monitors. For those with epilepsy or other such medical maladies, having such a home monitor would mean not having to travel to a medical facility on a periodic basis. It’s also likely the home device would offer more true results as the anxiety of a lab visit and test would be eliminated. And while there is an option that comes with the system that allows for sending data to a server that does a more serious crunching of the data, it’s not likely the device is as sensitive or accurate as the much more expensive machines typically used in a medical facility. Thus, it’s not clear whether medical professionals would accept the results of such a device as useful.Also there is the fact that some might see the device as a sort of party game. It’s not difficult to imagine college kids sitting around drinking hooking one another up to the device and laughing as they watch their brain cells dying in real time, right before their eyes. (PhysOrg.com) — Sometimes with Smartphone apps the line between seriousness and gimmick is difficult to discern. Take for example the Smartphone Brain Scanner developed by Jakob Eg Larsen and his colleagues at the Technical University of Denmark. It’s a hardware/software gadget that allows anyone with a Nokia N900 Smartphone and associated hardware, to run an electroencephalography (EEG) scan of their brain in the comfort of their home. The hardware consists of a head harness with probes for applying to the scalp. It sends wireless signals to the N900 which then displays a virtual image of the brain based on electrical activity.
Bratya Basu, the theatre maestro of Bengal, has mesmerised his audience again with his directional deftness, by picking on the Bengali classic film of the sixties, Meghe Dhaka Tara, directed by the legendary Ritwick Ghatak for his play. Basu has done what nobody has dared to dream.On January 2, Kolkata witnessed a rendezvous between two master directors of two different art forms at the newly renovated University Institute Hall. The play projects the pain, anguish, solitude, exploitation, and the unfulfilled desires and expectations of a family in the poverty-stricken refugee camp dealing with the aftermath of the Partition of Bengal. Also Read – ‘Playing Jojo was emotionally exhausting’When asked why he selected this film for the play, Bratya said, “Refugee issues have always besieged Bengal. While Bengali cinema to some extent has explored this subject, Bengali theatre hasn’t done as much. This play does offer a piece of the life of the refugees that Bengal witnessed once upon a time. As long as borders are there, we will have the refugee crisis: latest being Syria. True, the way refugee crisis came to be highlighted in the works of Manto or other authors in Punjab, was not done in Bengal.” Meghe Dhaka Tara (A Cloud-capped Star) is a film written and directed by Ritwick Ghatak in 1960 based on the social novel by Shaktipada Rajguru. It was a part of the trilogy of three films directed by the same director on the corollary of the partition of Bengal. The other two films were Komal Gandhar (1961) and Subarnarekha (1962). Bengal was then facing unprecedented human misery when national refugee care agencies were at a nascent stage. Also Read – Leslie doing new comedy special with NetflixGhatak wanted to inform the people about the plight of the refugees trying to reconstruct their lives amidst the rise of colonies in divided Bengal. The film revolves around Neeta, a beautiful young sibling of a poor school teacher Madhab, known as ‘Madhab-master’. After partition, the family has shifted from East Pakistan to the suburbs of Calcutta as refugees. Neeta is the provider to the family who aspires to help everybody in the family, including her fiancée, Sanat. She is exploited by all. Her mother, Ramala does not even think twice before marrying off her younger daughter, Geeta to Neeta’s fiancée to prevent the sole earning member in her family from leaving them. Sanat, unable to keep pace with her sacrificing attitude and constant anxiety amidst the clutch of poverty, takes no time in deciding to marry her sister. Neeta’s elder brother, though empathetic towards his sister, does not hesitate in taking her help to make a career in singing. Her younger brother, a budding soccer player leaves home to make his career too. Finally Neeta loses her job and gets infected with tuberculosis. She is quarantined and has no option but to stay away from her family. The dreams, hopes and aspirations of the protagonist crash amidst the growing demand of family members and her deep concern to save her family even at the cost of sacrificing her own interests. The original film was very melancholic, somber and melodramatic in tone. The lingering, surrealistic music used by Ritwick Ghatak left a feeling of numbness among the viewers. The magnitude of suffering rendered the audience speechless. Bratya Basu has used his flair and competence to create these nuances in the play and has paid a fitting tribute to the marvel of Bengali films. Basu has narrowed down the difference between a film and a theatre, on stage further. He has used the projection of original film clippings and the newly filmed footages in the background with impeccable perfection. Debarati Gupta has used the camera shots in a way to bring out the effect of close-ups seen in Ghatak’s film. The artistic finesse of Basu is seen in the subtlety with which the characters in the play express the varying orders of human emotions on stage. The stage presentation is not so overcast like the original film but it is an epitome of financial crisis. The tin sidewall of the house with a bed made of local wood and a photoframe dangling from the wall, an ordinary table with a chair and a meat-safe do not exactly depict the condition of a refugee camp. The books of Yeats, Elliot on the table carries the intellectualism of the middle class. But the loud colours of plastic flowers and a dream elevation in the backdrop seem to stand out exclusively in terms of representing the glaring difference between the world of fantasy and heart breaking reality. The characters move up the elevation whenever they think about an unfulfilled dream, or search for signs of happiness. The rise pulls them above the drudgery of their daily poverty stricken depressing life into a world of desires. Neeta’s flight of imagination, in the worst of moments, helps her fight the hopelessness and misery of her life. The bridge is her belief in the castle of dreams that she builds in the sky. The play represents these moments as the eternal hope in the bleak world of human beings. The conflicts of idealism, strengths and weaknesses of a post-colonial middle class family were clearly noticeable. Prithwis Rana surely deserves an accolade in building the stage. Veteran actor Subhasish Mukherjee as Madhab master has re-established his talent as an actor on stage. His flawless movements on stage and skills of getting absorbed into the character are a lesson for the younger stage actors and a treat to watch. Credit goes to the director again for utilising his talent on stage so efficiently. Poulomi Basu, in the role of Neeta has shown maturity in acting. She steals the heart of the audience with her heart-rending expressions ranging from sweet satisfaction of fulfilling family demands to shocking disbeliefs of being hurt by her near and dear ones. She has undoubtedly created a niche in the role of the protagonist, hailed in the film as having won million hearts with the epoch making dialogue, Dada, ami banchte chai (Brother, I want to live). Partha Bhowmick as Shankar, Kathakali Deb as Geeta and veteran actor Suranjana Dasgupta as Ramala have done a credible job to give their roles a distinctiveness to cherish. The background music and sounds used in the play is different from the original film. When asked about it, Bratya said, “Let’s take the use of the sound of a running train in the background, the sound of falling raindrops, the sound of water trickling down. I feel these help in bringing out a signature sound that one identifies with colony life.” Dishary Chakraborty used all these sounds with the classical line ups from Ustad Bahadur Khan. The script writer Ujjwal Chatterjee has written a delicately balanced script. Meghe Dhaka Tara is the first production of Naihati Bratyajon. Partha Bhowmick, MLA from Naihati and the director of the theatre group says, “We have decided, under the guidance of Bratya Basu, to stage the Bengali Classical films which carry social statements. Meghe Dhaka Tara is our first production in that direction.” They have decided to stage the play every Saturday at the University Institute Hall, in the educational hub of Kolkata.The next play, Adya Shesh Rajani, directed by Basu awaits the premier show on February 21 at Mohit Maitra Mancha, Kolkata.