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Seagull Books presents the release of Purabi: The East in its Feminine Gender; Rabindranath Tagore, a special boxed set of 52 thematically arranged poems and songs by Tagore. Seventeen poems from Purabi (1925) form the core of this volume of translations, translated by Charu C. Chowdhuri, edited and introduced by Krishna Bose and Sugato Bose. To be released by Shuvaprasanna, it will be followed by an evening of Tagore songs by Pramita Mallick and Baikal choral group. Besides being defined as ‘the East in its feminine gender’, as the Poet has put it, Purabi also signifies the name of an evening ragini whose wistful strain seems to echo Tagore’s own mood during this very remarkable phase of his poetic life. The book reveals a passionate Tagore, a poet who celebrates the wonders of this world instead of merely pondering the mysteries of the world beyond. It acquaints us with a tender, sensitive soul, whose irrepressible love of life was tinged with an acute awareness of its inexorable limits and tragedies. An audio CD of 16 poems and songs accompanies the volume. The songs have been rendered by Rabindrasangeet exponent Pramita Mallick. Recitations by Sugata Bose (English) and Krishna Bose (Bengali).
Event: Release of a book of poems and songs by Tagore When: Today at 7 pm Where: G.D. Birla Sabhagar
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art
Till March 31 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Changing Images, recent works by the members of Rabindra Bharati Univeristy’s faculty of visual arts.
Till March 31 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm (weekdays) & 10 am - 3 pm (Saturday): Amit Banerjee’s second solo exhibition of paintings.
Till March 31 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: Poetry on Canvas, paintings by eminent artists.
Till March 31 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Calcutta Talent Search School hosts an art exhibition.
Till March 31 at Good Time Reading & Art Shop, 27 Shakespeare Sarani; 3 pm - 8 pm: Temporal Hues presents an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Tapas Sarkar, Chandan Bhandari, Pinaki Acharyya and Ashok Kumar Dey.
Till April 1 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: A group exhibition of works by members of Painters 80.
Till April 1 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: Painted Delights, an exhibition of works by contemporary artists of India.
Till April 1 at Gallery Rasa, 828/1 Block P, New Alipore; 4 pm - 8 pm: A solo exhibition of paintings by Debasish Manna.
Till April 3 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 4 pm - 8 pm: Faces — paintings by Wasim Kapoor, Dwijen Gupta, Romu Law, Anup Ray, Subrata Chowdhury, Nirmalendu Mandal and others.
Till April 3 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Animesh Biswas’ first solo exhibition of paintings.
Till April 3 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 4 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Saroj Sarkar, Tapan Pathak, Barun Roy and Nabakumar Chakraborty.
Till April 7 (except Sunday) at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani; 3 pm - 7 pm: Of Human Bondage — recent works of Arun Bain.
Till April 8 at Angan Art Gallery, 11 Fern Place; 4 pm - 8 pm: Reality as Fantasy: Art of the illustrators. Participating artists include Anup Ray, Debashis Deb, Jayanta Ghosh, Nirmalendu Mandal and Subrata Chowdhury.
Till April 12 (except Sundays & holidays) at CIMA Gallery; Mondays (3 pm - 7 pm), Tuesdays - Saturdays (2 pm - 7 pm): Reality Bytes — featuring recent works of three young artists, Debraj Goswami, Abir Karmakar and Uday Mondal.
Till April 14 (except Sundays) at Akar Prakar, P238 Hindustan Park; 3 pm - 8 pm: Recent works by Ganesh Haloi.
drama
March 30 at Gyan Manch; 6.30 pm: Spandan presents the Rangakarmee production, Manto Aur Manto. Dir: Usha Ganguli.
March 31 & April 1 at Max Mueller Bhavan auditorium; 6.30 pm: Agunmukho, the Bengali adaptation of Marius von Mayenburg’s contemporary German play Feuergesicht (Fireface) by Bratya Basu will be performed by Tritiyo Sutra and directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay.
March 31 & April 1 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 6.30 pm: Padatik & BrainChild Theatre present Late Lateef, a play in Hindi written by Sai Paranjpye, Hindi translation by Sudesh Syal and directed by Kunal Padhy.
March 31 at Academy of Fine Arts; 7 pm: Ensemble presents Snirir Nichey. Dir: Sohag Sen.
PERFORMING ARTS
March 30 at Madhusudan Mancha; 5.30 pm: Parag presents Basanta Utsav, an evening of Tagore songs by Abhirup Guha Thakurta, Swastika Mukhopadhyay, Achin Mukhopadhyay, Pubali Mukhopadhyay, Manoj Murali Nair, Manisha Murali Nair, Suchhanda Ghosh, Debarati Mitra, Arun Pradhan and Mrinmoy Roy. Also, recitation by Chitra Lahiri and Subir Bandyopadhyay.
March 30 at Aikatan, EZCC, IA-200, Sector III, Salt Lake; 6 pm: An evening of Tagore’s Brahmasangeet by Rajeshwar Bhattacharya, Debarati Som, Srabani Sen, Malabika Sur, Suchhanda Ghosh, Sudeshna Sanyal, Biswarup Rudra, Subrata Pal, Samir Das, Urabi Bhattacharya, Supriya Chakraborty, Sumita Das and others.
March 30 at Kala Mandir (B) / Kala Kunj; 7 pm: Annya Kantha presents a solo recital of Tagore songs by Rahul Mitra.
March 31 at Srinath Hall, Bharat Sevashram Sangh, Ballygunge; 5.30 pm: Bharat Sevashram Sangh and Sree Sundaram present a classical vocal recital by Shyam Sundar Goswami, accompanied by Sanjay Mukherjee (tabla), Biswajit Mishra (sarangee) and Hiranmoyee Mittra (harmonium).
talk
March 30 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Prabhananda will speak in Bengali on Amukhya Gita.
March 30 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Dr Sasanka Bhusan Bandyopadhyay will speak on Chandogya Upanishad.
SEMINAR
March 30 at Vidyasagar Hall of The Asiatic Society; 10 am: Inauguration of a two-day national seminar on Folk Performing Arts of North-East including North Bengal.
March 30 at the old state central library building, ground floor, Rabindra Bharati University, Emerald Bower Campus, B.T. Road; 11.30 am: A seminar on Publication of Art Books and its Necessity. Organised by Faculty of Visual Arts, Rabindra Bharati University. Speakers: Badal Basu, Nanak Ganguly, Prof. Arun Sen and Prof. Swati Bhattacharya.
CELEBraTION
Till April 2 at Sri Thyagaraja Hall, P-530 Raja Basanta Roy Road: Ved Bhavan Bhajan Samaj hosts Sri Ramnavami Celebrations. March 30: Puja & Laksharchana (6.30 am), Sita-Rama-Sahasranama Archana (10 am), Manjal Kumkum Distribution (5.30 pm) and a nadaswaram concert by Haripad P.K. Krishnakumar & party, Mavelikara (6 pm).
March 30 & 31 at Bengal Rowing Club & April 1 & 2 at Hindustan Club; 4 pm - 10 pm: Rajasthan Foundation Calcutta Chapter hosts Rajasthan Day Celebration 2007. Featuring a festival of food, handicrafts, art and culture.
FESTIVAL
April 1 at Sri Ganesh & Sri Murugan Temples, 58/14/3 & 6 Prince Anwar Shah Road: Panguni Uttiram Festival: Homam (7.30 am), Poornahuti (8.30 am), Kaavadi Puja (8.45 am), Moolavar Maha abhisekam (9.30 am), Deeparadanai and Prasada Viniyogam (10.30 am), Shodasopacharam (6.30 pm), Procession (7 pm) and Prasada Viniyogam (8.15 pm).
EXHIBITION
Till March 30 at Nupur’s Boutique, 169 Sarat Bose Road; 11 am - 7.30 pm: A spring summer collection of kalamkari, block-printed and hand-embroidered saris, suits, dhotis, kurtas and tops.
Till March 30 at Soumya’s Creation, 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Accessorize, showcasing personal and home accessories.
Till April 6 at Karma Kutir, 411/8 Hemanta Mukhopadhyay Sarani, near Gol Park Khadi; 11 am - 8 pm: An exhibition of sarees, kaftans, stoles, bags, table mats, bedcovers, table-cloths, cushion covers and wall hangings.All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to: Time out, The Telegraph, 6, Prafulla Sarkar Street, Calcutta-700 001; Fax: 2234-8244
All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less
than a week ahead to:
Time out, The Telegraph, 6, Prafulla Sarkar Street, Calcutta-700 001;
Fax: 2234-8244
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