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During the latter half of the 20th century, Jibanananda Das emerged as the most popular poet of contemporary Bengali literature. Considered the defining essence of modernism in Bengali poetry, his works evoke nearly all the suggested elements of the modernist phenomenon. Translated by Chidananda Dasgupta, Selected Poems, Jibanananda Das is an anthology of his poetry, which also offers a glimpse into the poet’s thoughts and imagination. As tribute to the poet and to commemorate Dasgupta’s English transcreation of Jibanananda’s verses, Aparna Sen and Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee will read out selected poems from the book and interact with the audience on their thoughts about his works. Hosted by Penguin Books India and Crossword Bookstore.
Event: Reading and interactive session on the poetry of Jibanananda Das When: Today at 6.30 pm Where: Crossword Bookstore, 8 Elgin Road
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art
March 20 - 30 (except March 21) at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street, #22293886; 2 pm - 7.30 pm: Mythology 2 Metaphysics, a duet exhibition of paintings by Ashok Kumar Dey and Pinaki Acharyya. Hosted by Temporal Hues.
Till March 20 at Gallery with Difference, 152 S.P. Mukherjee Road, #24646927; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of works by the members of Nandan, Santiniketan. Participating artists: Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Rabindra Krishna Paul, Sovon Som, Partha Pratim Deb, Manik Talukdar, Suchibrata Deb, Tapan Mitra, Swapnesh Chowdhury, Arundhati Banerjee, S. Anil Kumar Singh, Krishna Datta, Sulachana Saraswat, Sajal Kaity, Indrani Sadhukhan, Atanu Mukherjee, Chandrima Das, Sukla Chowdhury, Haren Thakur and others.
Till March 20 at The Address, Ganga Jamuna, 1st floor, 28/1 Shakespeare Sarani; 11 am - 7 pm: Narayan’s World, featuring paintings, sculptures and handmade jewellery by Narayan Sinha.
Till March 22 at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #24653212; 11 am - 7 pm: Mind’s Journey, an exhibition of paintings by Sunil Chandra Pal, Paromita Chakraborty, Khil Bahadur Chhetri, Indira Halder and Nantu Behari Das.
Till March 23 (except March 21) at Chemould Art Gallery; 2 pm - 7 pm: Subhendu Das’ sixth solo exhibition of paintings.
Till March 24 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, #2475 6587; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of bronze sculptures by Bipin Goswami, Niranjan Pradhan, Shankar Ghosh, Surojit Das, Tapas Sarkar, Bimal Kundu, Anil Sen, Somnath Chakraborty, Banamali B. Sharma, Ruma B. Sharma, Saurabh Majumder, Sudarshan Pal, Chinmoy Karmakar and Chandan Roy.
Till March 26 at Metropolitan Art Salon, Suite 18, 7 Jawaharlal Nehru Road, #22289719; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Amit Manna, Ankan Chakraborty, Poushali Chattopadhyay, Tanushree Ghosh, Tuhin Kundu, Shawon Bose and Moumita Das.
Till April 2 (except Sundays and public holidays) at Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park, #2464 2617/3843; 2 pm - 7 pm: A retrospective of works by Amitabha Banerjee.
Till April 5 at Gallery K2, Supra Court, 35 Lansdowne Terrace, #2465 1444; 11 am - 7 pm: A Million Lines — an exhibition of drawings and installation art by Partha Pratim Deb.
Till April 8 (except Sundays and public holidays) at CIMA Gallery, #2485 8717/8509; Mondays: 3 pm - 7 pm, Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2 pm - 7 pm: On the Verge — recent works by Sumitro Basak.
DRAMA
March 20 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents Leela Majumdar’s Duliya (Direction: Swatilekha Sengupta and Goutam Halder; Performance: Sohini Sengupta) and Nana Ranger Din (Play: Anton Chekhov/Ajitesh Bandyopadhyay; Performance: Rudraprasad Sengupta and Partha Pratim Deb; Direction: Rudraprasad Sengupta).
March 20 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Natasena presents Kali Buli, written and directed by Radha Raman Ghosh.
March 21 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nat-Ranga presents the comedy, Gulbaaj, the Man of the Match.
PERFORMING ARTS
March 23 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6 pm: Abhinandan presents an evening of Tagore songs and reading. Participants: Shampa Kundu and Mrinmoy Roy in songs and Soumitra Chatterjee in reading. Also, chorus songs by the artistes of Anandadhwani and conducted by Maya Sen. Compere: Debashis Basu.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Till March 20 at Gaganendra Pradarshashala, 1st floor: An exhibition of photographs taken by noted litterateur Himanish Goswami.
Till March 21 at Gaganendra Shilpa Pradarshashala; 2 pm - 8 pm: First Light & Shadow Annual Photography Exhibition.
Till March 30 (except Mondays) at Gallery Rasa, 828/1 Block P, New Alipore, #2400 7348; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of photographs by Jyoti Bhatt.
Till April 19 (except Mondays) at Bose Pacia, Stephen Court, 18 Park Street; 11 am - 7 pm: India Shining, India Crying - A tale of contemporary India: An exhibition of photographs by Johann Rousselot. Organised by the French Embassy in India, Alliance Française du Bengale, and Bose Pacia.
IN CONVERSATION
March 20 at Gyan Manch; 6.30 pm: Seagull Books presents Home Again: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak in conversation with Rosalind Morris. Morris and Spivak, friends and intellectual allies in New York, their shared home, ask each other what it is to live in so many worlds, in a place which is home to one and abroad to the other.
TALK
March 20 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Jushtananda will speak in Bengali on Bhagavat Katha.
March 20 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 3.30 pm: As part of the Kendra’s 33rd anniversary celebration, Prabrajika Sadanandaprana and Prabrajika Nityashuddhaprana will speak on Sri Sri Maa Sarada Devi.
March 20 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Samshuddhananda will speak in Bengali on Mandukya Karika.
EXHIBITION
Till March 20 at Anusthan Bhawan, 132 Rashbehari Avenue, Deshapriya Park; 11 am - 8 pm: Joyita’s Selection and Sparsh present Prak-Boisakhi Mela, a spring-summer collection of designer sarees, fabrics, kurtis, kids’ wear, men’s wear, a variegated range of Lucknow chikan along with fashion jewellery and gift items.
Till March 21 (except Thursday) at 85 Lansdowne, 85B Sarat Bose Road; 11 am - 7.30 pm: 85 Lansdowne’s Spring-Summer 2008 collection: introducing Sabina Singh, Pallavi Singhee and Rinaldi; saris by Shaina NC, Benarasi weaves by Snna, contemporary jewellery by Lavanya and children’s wear by Little Wardrobe; launching Sabyasachi Mukherjee’s spring-summer line; and presenting the latest collection by resident designers.
March 22 - 25 at 14/97 Golf Club Road, Tollygunge, #24734546; 12 noon - 9 pm: Sravasti’s summer show features KeyaChaitali’s exclusive fair of T-shirts, photuas, short kurtas, kurtas, salwar-kurtas, wrap-around sets, saradins, nakshikantha, batik, applique, fabric painted, block-printed cotton and silk sarees, blouse pieces and costume jewellery.
Till March 22 at Selimpur Road, Dhakuria, #9874532577; 2 pm - 8.30 pm: Nibedita’s Boutique presents designer sarees and costume jewellery.
Till March 23 at 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Soumya’s Creation presents an exhibition of exclusive costume jewellery.
Till March 31 at 1/57B Dover Place; #98301 92087; 2 pm - 7 pm: Gharoya Boutique’s summer collection features sarees, salwar-kameez, lungi sets, mekhlas, tops, kurtis and other ladies wear.
FESTIVAL
Till March 21 at Sri Ganesh & Sri Murugan Temples, 58/14/3 & 6 Prince Anwar Shah Road: Panguni Uthiram Festival. Today at 6.30 pm: Sri Murugan Avatharam and Leelaigal.
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