Statesman News Service
MALDA, Jan 29: Mr BD Sharma, inspector general (prison), has asked the superintendent of Malda Correctional Home to make arrangement for staging a drama ~ Balmiki Pratibha ~ played by the inmates of Presidency Correctional Home.
The proposal is to stage the drama for the inmates of Malda Correctional Home to provide them a change from the everyday life in jail and to collect fund for prisoners’ welfare by staging the drama publicly.
It may be noted that all the actors in the drama are prisoners who have been serving life time imprisonment after conviction.
Mr Sharma has also asked the superintendent of Malda Correctional Home to present the drama in Malda College Auditorium for general public and sell tickets to collect funds for inmates’ welfare.
It is learnt that the jail authorities will approach the district administration to organise such a programme here. The drama team of Presidency Correctional Home staged the drama ~ Balmiki Pratibha ~ in Balurghat, South Dinajpur, fo general viewing on the first day and for inmates in Balurghat Correctional Home the second day. Mr Sharma and minister for jail Mr Biswanath Chowdhury took initiative to engage prisoners convicted for life term in theatre.
The Presidency Correctional Home in Kolkata and Berhampore Central Correction Home in Murshidabad have been able to give shape to the dream project of Mr Chowdhury and Mr Sharma.
Last year, the inmates of Berhampore Central Correctional Home, had staged Rabindranath Tagore's Taser Desh at the Malda College Auditorium.
The then Malda district magistrate, Mr CR Das, had donated Rs 31,000 to the prisoner's welfare fund by selling tickets of the dramaTaser Desh played by the prisoners.
No comments:
Post a Comment