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Rezwana Chowdhury Bonnya at The Big Apple

Singer Rezwana Chowdhury Bonnya, one of the greatest exponents of Rabindra Sangit, will be presenting at the first ever event dedicated to Tagore's music in New York City this coming June 6, 2015. World Music Institute, USA's leading presenter of music and dance from around the world, will be hosting the event. Rezwana Chowdhury Bonnya studied at Shantiniketan, the school in West Bengal (India) that Tagore had set up at the turn of the 20th century. Herself a professor of music, Ms. Chowdhury has spent the last 35 years bringing ­Tagore's music and its message to the world through concert ­appearances and lectures and recordings, including Sruti ­Gitabitan, a collection of 2222 Tagore songs in 22 DVDs.

Harrison Ford Was a carpenter before he starred in Star Wars

You would be hard pressed to find anyone who doesn't know Harrison Ford. He is known for his iconic appearances in Indiana Jones and the original Star Wars franchise. Before he became a household name though, he had very minor roles in some movies. As fate would have it, while he was working as a carpenter for the Francis Ford Coppola, a studio executive was testing actresses for an upcoming film and asked him to help out by reading lines written for the male lead. He was so impressive that he won over the executive and went on to star that character. The movie was Star Wars and the executive turned out to be none other than George Lucas.

Ralph Lifshitz?

Ralph Lauren, the American fashion designer famous for founding the brand of the same name, was actually named Ralph Lifshitz. When inquired on the name-change, he told Oprah Winfrey that it was because of the obvious dirty English word embedded into it, for which he had to endure a lot of ridicule from other kids in his childhood.

Josh Harnett got so sick of fame  in his 20s that he took a break from acting

Josh Hartnett is 35 now and mostly acts in indie films, but he was a hot commodity back in the early 2000s, and almost every big picture wanted him in the lead. "Spider-Man was something we talked about. Batman was another one. But I somehow knew those roles had potential to define me, and I didn't want that," he told Details magazine of passing on the iconic characters. He also passed on 2006's "Superman Returns." Hartnett admits that he and his agents even parted ways after passing on such projects. Hartnett got so sick of fame in his 20s that he moved back to his home in Minnesota. "I was on the cover of every magazine. I couldn't really go anywhere. I didn't feel comfortable in my own skin. I was alone," he said. Now that he has had quite a long break, it seems that he is interested in acting again, since he is set to star in a new Showtime series called "Penny Dreadful," alongside Eva Green.