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On the occasion of the golden jubilee of its Blind Boys? Academy, Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Narendrapur, presents Vivekananda, a musical mono-act play. It traces the events that led Narendranath Dutta to become a great rebel saint who changed modern history with his vision and his work. This two-hour performance begins with well-known anecdotes of his childhood, before moving on to the influence of the Brahma Samaj and his resolve to find God. His meeting with his mentor Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa and the indoctrination he received from him is handled skillfully and is beautifully depicted as the final step before he casts off his old persona and becomes Swami Vivekananda. The momentous, unforgettable speech delivered by him at the Chicago religious congress establishes his love for humanity, envisioning the world as one large family. Written, composed and enacted by Shekhar Sen, the performance promises to enlighten modern minds with Vivekananda?s revolutionary thoughts.
Event: Musical play in Hindi, Vivekananda
When: Today at 6 pm
Where: Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama auditorium, Narendrapur
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Art
Till July 1 at G.C. Laha Centenary Fine Arts Gallery; 2 pm - 7 pm: Trauma Traversed, paintings and collages by Tapan Kumar Das and Arpita Das.
Till July 2 (except Saturday) at Galerie La Mere, 3 Regent Park; 4 pm - 8 pm: Drawings and paintings by six young artists.
Till July 4 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Seventh solo exhibition of paintings by Samir Saha.
Till July 5 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings and sculptures by Sharmila Majunder, Kanika Biswas and Tapan Kumar Das.
Till July 8 (except Monday) at Anant Art Gallery, 18A Alipore Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Anant Art Gallery presents Summer Exhibition 2006.
Till July 8 (except Monday) at Gallery Rasa, 828/1 Block P, New Alipore; 4 pm - 8 pm: Sculptures: The Bengal Connection, sculptures by Jamini Roy, Ramkinkar Baij, Chintamoni Kar, Sankho Chaudhuri, Kamala Das Gupta, Somenath Hore, Uma Siddhanta and others.
drama
July 1 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents Maramiya Mon. Performance and direction: Goutam Halder.
July 1 at Sujata Sadan; 6.30 pm: Swapna Sandhani presents two short plays, Khoj and Banku Babur Bandhu. Dir: Koushik Sen.
July 2 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Theatron presents Shey. Dir: Saswati Biswas.
July 2 at Padatik?s Buildwell Theatre; 7 pm: Padatik and Brainchild Theatre present the Hindi play, Thaneer Thaneer. Design and direction: Kunal Padhi.
talk
July 1 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Devarajananda will speak in Bengali on Mission Pratisthane Mulyabodher Dhara.
July 1 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Tyagarupananda will speak on Gitar Vani.
July 1 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7.15 pm: Dr Bhupendranath Sil will discourse on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Punthi.
doctors? day
July 1 at Urban Family Welfare Centre, 511 Dum Dum Park; 12 noon: Indian Medical Association, Dum Dum Branch, Rotary Club, Dum Dum Metropolis and Bharatiya Grameen Mahila Sangh, West Bengal Branch observe Doctors? Day with a hypertension and diabetes check-up camp.
July 1 at The Hyatt Regency; 5.30 pm - 7.30 pm: Rotary International District 3290 will felicitate five eminent doctors of West Bengal on the occasion of Doctors? Day. Also, Rotary district governor Debasish Mitra will announce a package of humanitarian programmes in the areas of health, water sanitation management, low-cost shelters, trauma-care units, thalassaemic care and polio eradication.
PERFORMING ARTS
July 1 at CLT Aban Mahal, Dhakuria; 5.15 pm: Sree Satyananda Sangeetpeeth- Dance Wing presents the dance-drama, Krishna Lila. Choreography and direction: Godhuli Bhattacharya and Kumkum Das.
July 1 at Gyan Manch; 6.30 pm: Hindustani classical vocal music presented by Varsha Dhar, Manidipa Sen and Namami Karmakar.
seminar
July 1 at Birla Institute of Futuristic Studies, 17 Darga Road; 2 pm onwards: Seminars on Mental Health Care ? an awareness programme (2 pm - 4 pm) and Career in Public Relations and Advertising (4.30 pm - 6.30 pm). For details, contact # 2281-2895/ 6879 (2 pm - 7 pm).
rath yatra
Till July 5 at Swabhumi: Utkala?s Orissa festival features classical dances, music, traditional theatre, folk dance and music, and display of handicraft and handloom. Also, a vocal music, dance and painting competition (July 2) and painting workshop for schoolchildren. Today: Folk dances and music of Orissa (6.30 pm) and Geeta Govinda in Kathak style by Saraswati Sen and troupe (7.30 pm).
quiz
July 1 at Swabhumi: Utkala is organising a quiz session for schoolchildren. For details, contact Shreelina Ghosh, #9830439040.
education fair
July 1 - July 3 at Netaji Indoor Stadium; 10 am - 9 pm: Eduquest 2006, the first education fair and festival of eastern India. Inauguration today at 11.30 am.
reading
July 2 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 11 am: Professor P. Lal reads Sanjaya?s report of Krishna?s attempt to console Abhimanyu?s grieving mother Subhadra and wife Uttara, and his pledge to help Arjuna avenge his son?s slaughter, in the 334th weekly session of his sloka-by-sloka English transcreation of Vyasa?s Mahabharata.
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