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7:00pm. Lights off. A murmur ripples through the audience. People scroll through their phones, wondering when the act will finally begin, which, by Bangladesh standards, should be at least an hour after the designated time. And then, suddenly, the lights go out. The X Force logo on the screen begins to blink. The murmurs grow…

There is something about the rains that finds itself naturally entwined with Rabindranath Tagore—sometimes restless, sometimes tender, and at others carrying the weight of gathering clouds. Drawing from these shifting moods of the season, Jatiya Rabindra Sangeet Sammilan Parishad’s Dhaka Metropolitan branch presented its monsoon programme, “Badhonhara Brishtidhara”, at Chhayanaut Auditorium yesterday evening. Held at…