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One of the most well-known writers of the post-Tagore era, Buddhadeva Bose was a versatile genius, excelling in every literary genre. A brilliant poet, he also wrote novels, short stories, plays in both prose and verse, and non-fictional prose such as travelogues, memoirs, and literary essays. He was also an editor-publisher, a translator, a writer for children and a consummate critic. A seminal figure in the literary scene of his times, he nurtured all major, modern poets through Kavita, the famous poetry magazine he founded, edited and published for 25 years. It became the leading Bengali poetry magazine of its time, in which all important poets aspired to be published. It was also an extremely important magazine for the discussion and review of poetry. This evening, hosted by the Buddhadeva Bose Centenary Committee, renowned scholar and poet Dr William Radice (picture above) will deliver the second Buddhadeva Bose Centenary Lecture on On Being Modern: Buddhadeva Bose’s Poetic Style.
Event: Second Buddhadeva Bose Centenary Lecture by Dr William Radice When: Today at 6 pm Where: Rotary Sadan
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art
Till April 10 at Starmark, South City Mall; 11 am - 9 pm: Starmark, in association with Emami Chisel Art, presents Affordable Art, an exhibition of unusual finger and nail paintings by Parijoy Saha.
Till April 10 at Mon Art Gallerie, 6 Hungerford Street, 3rd floor, #22895438: Recent works of K. Prasun Roy.
Till April 10 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Meander Contemplation — works on sculpture by Provat Majhi.
Till April 10 at Kanvas Art Gallery, 53 Syded Amir Ali Avenue, 2nd floor, #3052 3243; 3 pm - 7 pm: The Small Wonders featuring art works by Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Gopal Sanyal, T. Vaikuntham, Hiran Mitra, Suhas Roy, Partha Pratim Deb, Dewashis Das, Ramesh Gorjala, Rajesh Bhowmik, Nitya Kundu, Subrata Das and others.
Till April 12 at Weavers Studio Centre for Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, #24604245; 11 am - 7 pm: Medini, Matir Kanna — an exhibition of paintings by Paresh Hazra.
Till April 13 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 2nd floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of the works by Rubi Chatterji and Nilanjana.
Till April 14 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Indira Halder.
Till April 14 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of painting, sculpture and tapestry by Ashis Kabasi, Babita Singh, Pradip Saha, Debasish Ghosh, Debashis Kabasi, Prabir Roy, Aniruddha Mukhopadhyay and Subhankar Ray.
Till April 16 (except Sunday) at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 11 am - 8 pm: A collection of Somenath Maity’s works, titled Structures.
Till April 19 at Gallery Kolkata, 41 Shakespeare Sarani, 2nd floor, #22873377/88; 11 am - 7 pm: Image of One’s Own Self — Paintings and sculptures cirated by Pranab Ranjan Ray. Participating artists: Chandrima Bhattacharya, Chhatrapati Dutta, Prasanta Sahu, Kazi Nasir, P. Bardhan, Debanjan Roy and others.
DRAMA
April 9 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Purba Paschim presents Tagore’s Chaturanga. Dramatised by Sekhar Samaddar, the lead cast comprises Chaiti Ghosal, Kushal Chakraborty, Debdoot Ghosh and Soumitra Mitra. Edited and directed by Bratya Basu.
April 9 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Pratikriti presents Manik Bandyopadhyay’s Padma Nadir Majhi. Direction: Alok Deb.
April 9 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: PLT presents Utpal Dutt’s Ekla Chalo Re. Direction: Mrinal Ghosh and Bishnupriya Dutt.
Till April 13: Sanglap Natyotsav ’08. Today at Sisir Mancha, 6.30 pm: Badsha Begum (Dir: Bablu Choudhury) by Unit Malancha (Halisahar) and Sera Chhabi (Dir: Sasanka Maiti) by Mallar (Mahisadal).
Till April 14 at Sarat Sadan-1, Howrah Maidan; 6 pm: A theatre fest organised by Natadha to raise funds for the needy theatre people. Today: Jalianwala Bag (Dir: Shib Mukhopadhyay) by Natyakendra, Howrah.
EXHIBITION
April 9 - 13 at Artisana, 13 Chowringhee Terrace, off Gokhale Road, 1st floor, #2223 9422; 10 am - 7.30 pm: Boyanika is organising a week-long display of its newly made designer collections in collaboration with Artisana. Inauguration today at 12 noon.
Till April 10 at Green House, Tollygunge Metro Station: Designer sarees, dresses and ladies wear.
Till April 12 at 12/1B Jamir Lane, Ballygunge; 11 am - 8 pm: Joyita’s Selection presents a wide range of ethnic Lucknow chikan which includes designer sarees, fabrics, kurtis, kid’s wear, gents wear and hand-brushing tussar sarees and dress material.
Till April 13 at Finesse, 11/1B New Road, Alipore, #24790545: Exquisite handwoven sarees from the looms of Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Bengal.
Till April 13 at Else, 9A Sukh Sagar, 2/5A Sarat Bose Road, #24749399: Exquisite Lucknowi chikankari fabrics, suit pieces and sarees.
Till April 13 at 79 Raja Basanta Roy Road, 1st floor; 11 am - 8 pm: Colour Me Green and Gallery 79 present Pens and Brushes, an exhibition of paintings and books.
Till April 14 at Madhuban, 2/1 Raja Naba Krishna Street, #9830170955; 10 am - 9 pm: An exhibition of sarees, kurtis, punjabi and churidar sets.
Till April 15 at 108 Raja Basanta Roy Road, #2466 4315; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: Summer show at Paramita Viswanathan’s Design. Items: silk, tassar print, chiffan, crepe print, mull, kota, tangail print.
Till April 20 at 46/18 Babu Bagan Lane, #2413 7992; 11 am - 8 pm: Ananya Boutique’s Baishakhi Mela features silk and cotton handcrafted sarees.
DISCUSSION
April 9 at Max Mueller Bhavan; 6.30 pm: Ranan presents Proximities (Volume II, Session V), an informal forum of discussion and exchange. Presenter: Jayoti Bose (theatre director). Topic: New Directions in Children’s and Youth Theatre (an interaction on Jayoti Bose’s recent experiences in Germany).
DRAMATIZED READING
April 11 at Crossword Bookstore; 6.30 pm: A dramatized reading of Buddhadeva Bose’s Pratham Partha by Gouri Ghosh, Rajatava Dutta, Sudipa Basu, RJ Koushik and Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee. The poet’s daughter, Damayanti Basu Singh, will grace the occasion.
TALK
April 9 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Sarvapremananda will speak on Sri Ramakrishner Bhaktabrinda.
April 9 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Sarvabhutananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita.
April 9 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 7 pm: Swami Loknathananda will speak on Teachings of Shivananda.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Till April 11 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: Landmarks of New York, an exhibition of photographs jointly sponsored by Birla Academy of Art & Culture and American Center, Calcutta.
Till April 14 at Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences & Armenian Church Trauma Centre, 124 Mukundapur, EM Bypass: To mark World Health Day 2008, an exhibition of photographs on Lifestyle Factors & Cancer Risk by eminent photographers Raghu Rai, Bikas Das, Arun Ganguly, Mala Mukerjee, Satyaki Ghosh, Amit Dhar, Nitin Rai, Dilip Banerjee, Boman Irani and Fawzan Hussain. Organised by Cancer Foundation of India.
Till April 19 (except Monday) at Bose Pacia, 18 Park Street; 11 am - 7 pm: India Shining, India Crying - A tale of contemporary India: An exhibition of photographs by Johann Rousselot.
IN CONVERSATION
April 10 at Srijan Rooftop, 120 Lenin Sarani; 6.30 pm: Dr William Radice, British poet and translator who teaches Bengali at SOAS, University of London, will be in conversation with Rosinka Chaudhuri, fellow in cultural studies, literary historian and critic, Sanjukta Dasgupta, poet and professor (English), University of Calcutta, and Vinay Sharma, poet, dramatist and actor.
FESTIVAL
Till April 14 at Sri Bajrang Vyayamgar, 199 Sarat Bose Road; 6 pm: Sri Anjaneya Swami Temple Association hosts Sri Rama Navami celebrations. Today: Upanyasam - Bharatha Raman (Paduka Pattabhishekam).
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