IN MEMORIAM: A mural dedicated to the memory of auteur Satyajit Ray on the wall of a Metro Railway building in the Charu Market area of south Kolkata was unveiled on Monday, March 21. A-Kill, a Chennai-based artist, painted the mural. The ‘Ray Wall’ is part of a project called ‘Donate a Wall’ by St+art India Foundation, in collaboration with Asian Paints. There will be three such mural walls across the city. The first one, based on the artisans of Kumartuli, had already come up on a CESC building in Patuli. The last one will be in Howrah
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FELICITATION: (From left) Director Sandip Ray and actor Victor Banerjee in conversation at Satyajit Ray’s residence on Bishop Lefroy Road on Monday, March 21. Banerjee was bestowed with the Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award at the private ceremony, organised by the West Bengal Film Journalists’ Association, on Monday
Amit Datta/My Kolkata
ON POETRY: (From left) Poet Srijato Bandyopadhyay, poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar and writer-filmmaker Sangeeta Datta in conversation on ‘Shaayri, Kobita’ at the Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet on Tuesday, March 22. The thought-provoking discussion was preceded by the unveiling of a Bengali translation of a poetry anthology by Akhtar. The Kolkata Literary Meet was inaugurated by Akhtar at Victoria Memorial Hall on Tuesday afternoon
Suvendu Das/My Kolkata
GREETINGS: Sister Joseph, the new superior general of the Missionaries of Charity, speaks to the press at Mother House in central Kolkata on Wednesday, March 23. Sister Joseph, who was elected on March 19, replaced Sister Prema, who helmed the organisation founded by Mother Teresa for 13 years
Ashim Paul/My Kolkata
COMBAT READY: Members of Warriors — an all-woman anti-terror squad of Kolkata police — display their dexterity with weapons at the closing ceremony of Tejashwini on Thursday, March 24. Tejashwini, which is a self-defence workshop for women by Kolkata police, began on March 11
From Kolkata police's Facebook account, @kolkatapoliceforce
REEL VS REAL: (From left) Actor Jim Sarbh, dancer Mallika Sarabhai and economist Shrayana Bhattacharya discuss ‘Rocket Boys’— a web series that explores the lives of India’s two extraordinary scientists Homi J. Bhabha and Vikram Sarabhai — at the Kolkata Literary Meet on Thursday, March 24. The first season of ‘Rocket Boys’ was released on February 4
From Victoria Memorial, Kolkata' Facebook account, @victoriamemorialhall
REMINISCENCE: (From left) Actor Riddhi Sen in conversation with veteran actors Pradeep Mukherjee and Dhritiman Chaterji on debuting as protagonists in Satyajit Ray’s City Trilogy at the Kolkata Literary Meet on Saturday, March 26. Actor Barun Chanda attended the session online
Suvendu Das/My Kolkata
