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To mark Rabindra Jayanti, Little Thespian pays homage to Tagore with Katha Collage- 3, a stage presentation of two short-stories by him. The third of a series, katha performances present a collage of two or more stories by well-known authors, with minimum dramatisation of the text. This evening’s two-part collage features Shesher Raatri (in Bengali; a scene from it appears right) and Duraasha (in Urdu/Hindi). A story of love and indifference, the former is about Mani, a young, bubbly girl married to Jatin, who is terminally ill. Jatin’s aunt disapproves of Mani, who has little interest in her husband or her household duties. When Mani leaves for her paternal home to attend a ceremony, Jatin’s aunt tries to console him by portraying Mani in a favourable light. But the illusion breaks and Jatin learns the bitter truth before long. Mani returns and repents, but it is already too late. Duraasha, a tragic tale of love, shows how true devotion led a Muslim princess to change her entire identity and existence, only to be forsaken due to her Hindu lover’s false bigotry. Design and direction: Uma Jhunjhunwala.
Event: Katha Collage- 3, plays presenting two short-stories of Tagore, produced by Little Thespian When: Today at 7 pm Where: Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road
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May 8 - 10 at Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park, #2464 2617; 2 pm - 7 pm: Akar Prakar and Society of Contemporary Artists host a show in memory of Shyamal Dutta Ray on his birth anniversary. Some of his works, from Dr Mukund Lath’s collection, will be on view.
Till May 9 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #6550 8418; 10.30 am - 6.30 pm: Figurative Expressions, an exhibition of the works by Kamalaksha Gangopadhyay, Sanatan Dinda, Subrata Pal, Shyamal Mukherjee, Prakash Karmakar, Suhas Roy, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Sibsaday Chaudhuri, Gourango Beshai, Bratin Khan and Ramananda Bandyopadhyay.
Till May 10 at Tejas Art Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, #98300 49825; 1 pm - 7.30 pm: Journey Continues — an exhibition of paintings by Gobardhan Ash, Nirban Ash, Deborshi Ash, Jyotirmoy Ash and Chinmoy Ash.
Till May 10 at Chemould Art Gallery: An exhibition of paintings by Mihir Maitra.
Till May 10 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 11 am - 7 pm: The Street, an exhibition of paintings by Yusuf Arrakel.
Till May 11 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 2nd floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures.
Till May 11 at Nehru Children’s Museum auditorium; 11 am - 6.30 pm: Tomar Srishti Aamader Tulitey — an exhibition of around 200 drawings and paintings based on Tagore’s poems, songs and stories by child artistes.
Till May 11 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Gallery Exposure presents Fantasy in Reality, paintings by Jahar Dasgupta.
Till May 12 at Halo Heritage, 26 Ritchie Road, near Maddox Square, #98300 50568; 12 noon - 9 pm: Oil paintings on canvas by Hari Sadhan Dey.
Till May 12 at Academy of Fine Arts, Gallery New South ‘B’; 3 pm - 8 pm: The fifth group exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Dots.... Participating artists: Anjana Kirtania, Nafisa Khatun, Shampa Majumdar (Sur) and Shyamali Paul.
Till May 15 (except Sundays and public holidays) at Gallery K2, 35 Lansdowne Terrace; 11 am - 7 pm: Beyond Figuration, an exhibition of works by Sunando Basu, Vishal Bhand, Susmit Biswas and Shilajit Ghosh.
Till May 17 (weekdays) at Masters Collection Art Gallery, G7 Malayalay Apts, 3 Woodburn Park Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Stretch of Imagination: A show of exclusive artworks by 30 well-known artists.
Till May 25 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road, #2455 6942/43; 2 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of works by Somnath Hore.
DRAMA
May 8 at Tapan Theatre; 4 pm: Arghya presents Tagore’s Rakta Karabi. Dir: Manish Mitra.
May 8 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Natasena presents Dhar Mundur Kissa. Dir: Durga Chakraborty and Dipankar Chakraborty.
May 8 at Tapan Theatre; 7.30 pm: Niva Arts presents Bidushak. Dir. & acting: Koushik Sen.
May 9 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Renaissance presents its latest production, Gardish (Hindi). Direction: Avinash Gupta.
May 9 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Shohan presents Helmet, written by Rajat Ghosh and directed by Anish Ghosh.
May 9 at Padatik; 7 pm: Theatrecian presents Edward Abee’s The Zoo Story. Performers: Deborshi Barat and Tathagata Chowdhury.
TALK
May 8 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Samshuddhananda will speak in Bengali on Mundaka Upanishad.
May 8 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7.15 pm: Swami Vamananandaji Maharaj will speak on Spiritual Retreat and Guided Meditation.
PERFORMING ARTS
May 8 at Science City auditorium; 6.30 pm: Indo Occidental Symbiosis and Juhu Cultural Association, Mumbai present Tagore’s Pancha Kanya featuring Kavita Krishnamurthy, Lopamudra Mitra, Sreeradha Bandyopadhyay, Shraboni Sen and Rezwana Choudhury Banya. Compere: Soumitra Chatterjee and Dhritiman Chatterji.
May 9 at Science City auditorium; 6.30 pm: Indo Occidental Symbiosis and Juhu Cultural Association, Mumbai present Tagore’s Pancha Putra featuring Nachiketa, Srikanto Acharya, Rupankar, Saheb Chatterjee and Fahim Hussain Chowdhury. Compere: Sreela Majumder and Chaiti Ghosal.
May 10 at Srinath Hall, Ballygunge; 6 pm: Bharat Sevashram and Srisundaram present an evening of Indian classical concert featuring Pandit Shyam Sundar Goswami, Ustad Sabir Khan and Ustad Roshan Ali.
RABINDRA JAYANTI
B>Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary will be celebrated today throughout the day and well into late evening with songs, reading and recitation from his works by renowned and upcoming artistes from both West Bengal and Bangaldesh. An update of the progrmmes follows:
Tara Ma Mandir area, opp. Sovabazar/Ahiritola Circular Railway ticket counter, 5.30 am: Rabindra Janma-Jayanti organised by Satayau.
B>u Rabindra Sadan complex; 6 am: Rabindra Janmotsav organised by Rabindra Sadan.
B>u Jorasanko Thakurbari; 6 am: Tagore’s birth anniversary celebrations.
B>u Raynagar Grounds, Behala; 6 am: Barisha Behala Sarsuna Thakurpukur Krida Sanskritik Kendra and Behala Shilpi Samnway, in association with Bhavna Records & Cassettes, present Kabi Smaran.
B>u Central Park, Bidhannagar, 6 am: Kabi Pranam 1415, organised by Bidhannagar Sanskriti Angan.
B>u Subinoy Roy Mancha, HA Block, Bidhannagar; 6.30 am: Tomari Naame Nayan Melinu, organised by Sreenandana.
B>u Southern Avenue boulevard, opp. Nava Nalanda School; 6.30 am: Nava Nalanda’s Rabindra Smaran.
B>u Nehru Children’s Museum; 7 am: Rabindra Prabhat and Rabindra Sandhya by the students of the Museum. Hosted by Nehru Children’s Museum and Tagore Foundation.
B>u Calcutta Town Hall, 3.30 pm: Hey Mouni Tapas, hosted by Calcutta Museum Society.
B>u Sisir Mancha, 5 pm: Samaroh’s Kabi Pranam.
B>u Santosh Mitra Square; 5.30 pm: Tagore’s birth anniversary celebration organised by Madhya Kolkata Sanskritik Angan.
B>u Gyan Manch; 6 pm: Surangama’s annual convocation and Rabindra Janmotsav celebration with dance and geeti-natya Kalmrigaya.
B>u Kamarhati Nazrul Mancha; 6 pm: Kabi Pranam, organised by Sarba Bharatiya Sangeet O Sanskriti Parishad and Kamarhati Poura Sabha.
Maharshi Bhavan, Jorasanko, 6.30 pm: To mark Tagore’s 148th birthday, a discussion along with songs titled, Gaaner Bhitor Diye. Hosted by Baitanik.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Till May 12 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of photographs by the members of Photographic Association of Bengal.
Till May 30 (except Sundays) at Gallery Kanishka’s, 2/1 Hindusthan Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Portraits of a Director — an exhibition of photographs on Satyajit Ray by Asit Poddar.
Till May 31 (except Mondays) at Bose Pacia Kolkata, Stephens Court, 18 Park Street, #40010148; 11 am - 7 pm: Bose Pacia Kolkata Gallery, the Embassy of France in India and Alliance Française du Bengale host India by Magnum: Plural Perspectives, a projected exhibition by 14 photographers from Magnum Photos. The projection comprises the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson, Raghu Rai, Werner Bischof, Marilyn Silverstone, Ferdinando Scianna, Bruno Barbey, Martine Franck, Steve McCurry, John Vink, Alex Majoli, Bruce Gilden, Carl De Keyzer, Harry Gruyaert and Gueorgui Pinkhassov.
FILM SHOW
May 8 & 12 at Gorky Sadan; 6.30 pm: Cinema of Love at the Time of War, dedicated to the 68th anniversary of the victory over fascism in 1941-45. Organised by Eisenstein Cine Club. Today: Sunflower (Italy), directed by Vittorio De Sica.
BOOK RELEASE
May 8 at Oxford Bookstore, 17 Park Street; 6.30 pm: Picador India, British Council and Oxford Bookstore Calcutta host the release of Patrick French’s The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V.S. Naipaul. The author will be in conversation with Supriya Chaudhuri, professor of English, Jadavpur University. The BBC arena documentary, The Strange Luck of V.S. Naipaul, will be previewed.
FESTIVAL
Till May 10 at Sankara Hall, 93 Southern Avenue: Sankara Hall and Sankara Institute of Philosophy & Culture hosts Adi Sankarachartya Jayanthi, a series of events to commemorate the advent of the great savant of Indian spiritualism, Adi Sankara. There will be a congregation of Vedic scholars and intellectuals. Today: Upanishad Parayanam, Mahanyasa Japa Ekadasa Rudrabhishekam at 6 am; Deeparadhana at 12 noon; Stotra recitation by Sarada Mandali at 5.30 pm; and musical discourse on Meenakshi Kalyanam by Bhagawat Kathamruthavarshi S. Janakiraman & party at 6.30 pm.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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