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A good cause, pan-Indian products, a traditional ambience and last but not the least, a splendid shopping experience, are the factors that go to make India Haat 2011, hosted by Rotary Club Of Calcutta Mahanagar in association with t2, the most happening event in town. Expected to generate a total footfall of over 15,000 by the time curtains come down on the three-day exhibition today, what sets it apart from others is its emphasis on showcasing products from exhibitors outside the city. In fact, more than half the stalls are by participants from Mumbai, Delhi, Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Santiniketan, Amritsar, Jalandhar and Lucknow, among others, displaying some of the best that India has to offer. The exhibition is divided into five segments or zones for the convenience of visitors. Designer Haat has purses, bags, shawls, stoles, jackets, scarves, hair and fashion accessories, as well as footwear. Jewel Haat is set to bedazzle prospective buyers with an impressive array of polki, diamonds and stones, kundan, meena, junk and fashion jewellery by well-known designers of the country. Haute Haat has a collection of prêt and couture, designer suits, tunics and dresses, menswear, kidswear, Western and Indo-Western clothing and bridal wear. Art Haat has artwork and ceramics, terracotta, metal and wooden artefacts, silverware, paper prodcuts, murals, pottery, handicraft, glassware, cane products, as well as ethnic and contemporary paintings by renowned artists. Angan Haat features home furnishing and decor, household accessories, gift items, dry flowers, candles and chocolate bouquets and aromatic bath products.
Event: An exhibition of Indian art and craft products hosted by Rotary Club of Calcutta Mahanagar, in association with t2 When: January 18 - 20; 10 am - 8 pm Where: Ice Skating Rink
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ART
January 20 - 26 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: The 10th solo exhibition of paintings by Dr Sankar Chatterjee.
Till January 23 at Presidency Court, 55 Gariahat Road; 3 pm - 7 pm: HSBC InvestDirect, in association with Chitrakoot Art Gallery, presents an exhibition of paintings, titled Early Paintings of Bengal in Oil.
Till January 27 at Society of Contemporary Artists, 398 Jogendra Garden (on Rashbehari connector); 4 pm - 8 pm: Refractions: Exhibition of works by Subir Hati over the last five years.
Till January 29 (except Sunday) at Aakriti Art Gallery, Orbit Enclave, 1st floor, 12/3A Hungerford Street, 2289 3027/ 5041; 12 noon - 7 pm: A Fleeting World: Paintings by Sunil De.
Till January 30 (except Monday & January 23, 26) at Birla Academy; 3 pm - 8 pm: Birla Academy of Art & Culture presents 44th Annual Exhibition 2011.
Till January 30 (except Monday & January 26) at Victoria Memorial Hall, Portrait Gallery; 10 am - 5 pm: An exhibition of paintings from the collection of Victoria Memorial Hall: India: Land and People by Western Artists.
Till January 31 at ECA Art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: Paintings by Tanmoy Roy Chowdhury.
Till February 12 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road, 24484925/24497931; 12 noon - 8 pm: Masks & Metaphors — recent works of Jaya Ganguly.
pERFORMING ARTS
Till January 21 at Laban Hrad Mancha, BD Park, Salt Lake City; 4 pm - 9.30 pm: 24th Salt Lake Music Festival. Today: Aditya Chaudhury (sitar), Sujoy Basu and Indradeep Ghosh (sitar/violin duet), Bidushi Mandira Lahiri (vocal), Pratik Srivastava (sarod), and Violin Brothers Debshankar and Jyotishankar (violin).
January 20 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Kathak dance recital by Sandeep Mahavir, with Dinesh Mahavir and Mama Khan (vocals), Kalinath Mishra (tabla), Narendra Gangani (pakhawaj), Dev Khan (khatal), and Mansoor Khan (dholak).
January 20 at Vivek Mela grounds, Harish Park; 5 pm: Calcutta Vivek, in association with Rabichchhaya, presents Rabi Kiraney, featuring Tagore songs by Goutam Mitra, Debarati Som, Anushila Basu, Sudeshna Sanyal Rudra, Biswarup Rudra, Ranojayabrata Roy, Ajanta Sarkar and Koel Adhikari; poetry-reading by Soumitra Mitra, and dance by Poly Guha and artistes of Nritya Bahvna.
January 21 at Vivekananda Centenary Hall, Ramakrishna Mission Ashram, Narendrapur; 6.15 pm: On the occasion of its 54th annual festival, Ramakrishna Mission Blind Boys Academy, Narendrapur presents an evening of Tagore songs by Rahul Mitra.
January 22 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6 pm: Bhavna presents an evening of Tagore songs by Anindya Biswas, Anasua Choudhury, Gautam Chowdhury, Manisha Murali Nair, Manoj Murali Nair, Rakhi Sen and Swapan Basu. Tickets at hall (11 am - 7 pm) / 24557845.
January 22 - 25 at Nazrul Mancha, Rabindra Sarovar; 8 pm onwards (night-long): Desh presents The Dover Lane Music Conference: 59th Annual Conference. January 22: Manjusha Patil (vocal), Avijit Ghosh (sarod), Gundecha Brothers (dhrupad), Kushal Das (sitar), Ajoy Chakraborty (vocal). January 23: Yamini Reddy (Kuchipudi), Kaushiki Desikan (vocal), Amaan Ali Khan (sarod), Rashid Khan (vocal). January 24: Rakesh Chaurasia (flute), Arati Anklikar (vocal), Dr N. Rajam (violin), Kaibalya Kumar Gurav (vocal), Shiv Kumar Sharma (santoor). January 25: Jayateerth Mevundi (vocal), Rajendra Prasanna (flute), Ashwini Bhide (vocal), Amjad Ali Khan (sarod).
DRAMA
January 20 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Belgharia Ethic will stage Kothay Pabo Tarey. Drama & direction: Debasis Sengupta.
January 20 at Minerva Theatre; 6.30 pm: Natadha presents its latest production, Caesar O Cleopatra, directed by Arna Mukhopadhyay.
January 20 - 27 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: A festival of six plays by Niva Arts to mark its 20th anniversary. Today: Shashtha Writu, directed by Biplab Bandyopadhyay.
January 20 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: On the occasion of its fifth anniversary, Blank Verse will stage Kanaichand Palowan. Drama & direction: Raja Bhattacharya. Also, Bengali folk songs by Siddhartha Sen.
January 22 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandipat will stage Shrinwantu Comrades. Direction: Bibhas Chakraborty.
January 22 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.45 pm: Rang Roop presents Mayer Moto, directed by Seema Mukhopadhyay.
January 22 at The Harrington Street Arts Centre, Harrington Mansions, 2nd floor, Flats 5 & 25B, 8 Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 7 pm: The Harrington Street Arts Centre presents A Slice of Life III featuring three plays So Please Be Kind by Frank D Gilroy, directed by Rohit Pombra; Lost by Mary Louise Wilson, directed by Nandini Banerjee; and Today A Little Extra by Michael Kassin, directed by Rohit Pombra. Produced by Stagecraft.
TALK / SEMINAR
January 20 at The Asiatic Society, Vidyasagar Hall; 10.30 am: Inauguration of a two-day national seminar on Ageing and Environment in the New Millennium — The Situation. Inaugural address by Professor P.V. Ramamurti, hony director (emeritus), department of psychology, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati. Introductory address by Professor Ranjana Roy, anthropological secretary, The Asiatic Society. Presidential address by Professor Biswanath Banerjee, president, The Asiatic Society.
January 20 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 6.10 pm: Swami Vamanananda will speak on The Message of Gita and Modern Society.
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January 20 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake City; 6 pm: Reading from Matri Sannidhye by Dr Kalpana Sarkar.
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January 20 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, Abhedananda Memorial Lecture Hall; 7 pm: Br. Satyachaitanya will speak on Swami Vivekananda Patravali.
QUIZ
January 21 at Birla Industrial and Technological Museum, 19A Gurusaday Road; 2 pm - 6 pm: British Council is organizing an inter-school quiz competition, Explore UK Quiz, to be conducted by Barry O’Brien. The quiz will be based on the United Kingdom – its culture, society, geography, environment , people, history, sports and music, will have the top 12 teams qualifying for semifinal rounds, which would be multimedia shows. The grand finale with the top six teams will be a rigorous 75-80-minute multimedia quiz with a variety of interactive formats. Actor Abir Chatterjee will distribute prizes at 5.30 pm.
January 22 at Hops, The Slounge Bar, South City Mall; 4 pm onwards: Open General Quiz for three-member teams. Quizmaster: Dhruv Mookerji. Eight teams qualify for the finals.
January 23 at Khamarpara Sishu Sangha, Bansberia, Hooghly; 11 am: An open-to-all quiz contest. For details, contact 9748148171.
WORKSHOP
Till February 6 at Starmark, Mani Square (2nd floor); 12 noon - 1 pm: Starmark will hold Hobby Ideas’ weekend art and craft workshops for children between 3 years and 12 years: card making (January 29), origami (January 22), clay modelling (January 23), bag making (January 30), coaster designing (February 5) and glass painting (February 6). Registration fees: Rs 100 per workshop. For more details, call 99039 85097.
January 20 at Happy Hours Multiactivity Hub, CD-69, Salt Lake; 11 am - 1 pm: Learn exotic Lebanese dishes — pita bread, falafel, hummus, pilaf rice and vegetables, mediterranean salad. To register, contact 9830227778.
January 21 - 23 at The Conclave, 216 AJC Bose Road; 9 am - 6 pm: Workshop on Basic Clinical Hypnotherapy, an independent workshop for individuals who want to understand how the mind works, how we block ourselves with our limiting belief systems and how to overcome them, and implant positive suggestions in our minds. It is also the first step in a 5-step process in becoming Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist. Advance registration required. Contact 9830129292.
January 21 - February 2 at Studio E2-69, 8/1 Esplanade East; 7 pm - 8.30 pm: A 10-day workshop on Rock and Roll Jive ( Club Dancing) by Mr S. Mukherjee. For further details, contact Suman (9830019635).
blood donation
January 20: The 31st anniversary programme of Association of Voluntary Blood Donors, West Bengal. At 20A Fordyce Lane, 9 am: Blood donation camp. At Kala Kunj, 5 pm: Convocation, felicitation and presentation of awards and certificates to blood donors and organisers.
exhibition
Till January 20 at Ice Skating Rink; 10 am - 8 pm: India Haat — an exhibition-cum sale of traditional Indian art and craft products in aid of charities. Organised by Rotary Calcutta Mahanagar, in association with t2.
Till January 23 at Abanindranath Gallery, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 10 am - 6 pm: A spectacular collection of mainly traditional Japanese dolls of various forms, sunch as Miyabi, Tsubaki, etc., in a typical Japanese ambience.
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