Comic relief Coming as a breath of fresh air into the city?s usually solemn literary and artistic circles, the ongoing exhibition of selected cartoons by Mangesh Tendulkar also provides a welcome relief from the boredom and monotony of daily life. Tendulkar?s creations, that have appeared in Marathi newspapers and magazines, depict the vagaries and uncertainties of life in a manner that at once makes us look at the lighter side of life, eliciting spontaneous laughter. Full of amusing, humorous picture stories, his cartoons also reveal the various facets of human nature in a delightful way. Selected from his sketches that have been published over the years, the collection on show has been specially re-drawn by the cartoonist for this exhibition. Without any accompanying caption, the cartoons retain the timelessness of the messages conveyed and also allow viewers to explore various interpretations without any language barriers. Event: An exhibition of cartoons by Mangesh Tendulkar When: Till March 1, 12 noon - 8 pm Where: Indian Museum, Asutosh Birth Centenary Hall

Art

February 28 at Chitra Bhavan, Emerald Bower Campus, Rabindra Bharati University; 12 noon - 7 pm: Students Annual Exhibition 2006, hosted by Rabindra Bharati University?s faculty of visual arts. Till March 2 at Chemould Art Gallery; 2 pm - 7 pm: Time in Flow ? an exhibition of the works of Ballari Mukherjee. Till March 4 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Bengal Chromosome, an art exposition on the cultural bond between Bengal and Bangladesh. Till March 4 at G.C. Laha Centenary Fine Arts Gallery, 7 Chittaranjan Avenue; 12 noon - 7 pm: Second group exhibition of paintings by Jayanta, Prasanta, Sudipta and Sumita. Till March 5 (except Saturday) at Galerie La Mere; 4 pm - 8 pm: Parama 2006, paintings and drawings by women artists. Till March 5 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: Indigenous Modernism in Bengal: A Few Facets, paintings from the collection of Birla Academy. Till March 5 at Aakriti Art Gallery, 1st floor, Orbit Enclave, Hungerford Street; 3 pm - 7 pm: Paintings by P.R. Narvekar. Till March 11 (except Sunday) at CIMA Gallery; 3 pm - 7 pm (Mondays) & 2 pm - 7 pm (Tuesdays - Saturdays): Graphics, drawings and paintings by Jogen Chowdhury. Till March 11 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre; 2 pm - 7 pm: A Daily Record, installations (including a video work: In Your Dreams) by Gisele Amantea.

drama

February 28 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Theatre Workshop presents two short plays, Utpal Dutt?s Lohar Bhim and Michael Madhusudan Dutt?s Buro Shaliker Gharey Rno. Direction: Ashok Mukhopadhyay. February 28 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Anibarya, an Abayab production. Direction: Chanchal Mukherjee. February 28 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Ekusher Aayna presents Just Is..., a crime thriller based on Agatha Christie?s work. Direction: Biswajit Dev Roy. February 28 at Ramgopal Mancha, Howrah; 7 pm: Dwandik presents Debsishu. Direction: Achintya Chowdhury. March 1 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Ushneek presents Subho Sambad. Direction: Ishita Mukherjee. March 3 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sundaram will stage Sajano Bagan on the occasion of Girish Janmotsav 2006. Drama, direction & acting: Manoj Mitra.

NATIONAL SCIENCE DAY

February 28 at Indian Science Congress Association auditorium, 14 Dr Biresh Guha Street; 11 am: National Science Day celebration on the theme of Nurture Nature for the Future includes Dr B.C. Deb Memorial Award Lecture for popularisation of science to be delivered by Dr A. Sujatha and a symposium on Integrated Rural Development: Science and Technology.

PERFORMING ARTS

Till March 3 at Dwarkanath Mancha, Rabindra Bharati University, Jorasanko campus; 10 am - 4 pm: Madol presents a programme of folk/rural/tribal art and culture from various states including participants from north Bengal, namely Mech, Rava and Rajbansi. February 28 at Rabindra Sadan; 6 pm: Rabi Chhandam presents a programme of Bengali songs by Sreyashi Mitra, Alak Roy Choudhuri, Dr Kakali Ghosh, Suman Panthi and Debasree Biswas. Also, dance-drama Chandalika. February 28 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB 201 Salt Lake; 6 pm: EZCC presents Rabindrasangeet recital of Indrani Dutta and the participants of her workshop. March 2 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: A Confluence of Two Musical Generations, featuring Pandit Kishan Maharaj (tabla) and Partha Bose (sitar). March 3 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 7 pm: Sangeet Ashram presents Bandish Baithak featuring Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan, Pandit Ramashray Jha and Purnima Sen. Accompanists: Ustad Sabir Khan, Samar Saha and Rajendra Prasad Banerjee.

talk

February 28 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Prabhananda will speak in English on Chhandogya Upanishad. February 28 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar, 6.15 pm: Discourse on the life of Sri Girish Chandra Ghosh by Swami Atmapriyananda.

photographs

Till February 28 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 1 pm - 8 pm: Riddle in a Tea Cup, an exhibition of photographs by Abhra Aich and Prabhas Kejariwal.

STORY-sharing

March 2 at K.P. Basu Memorial Hall, Jadavpur University, 3 pm - 5 pm; March 5 at St Xavier?s College, 9 am - 1 pm: Celebrating International Women?s Day, Thoughtshop Foundation, in association with West Bengal State AIDS Prevention and Control Society, presents That Takes Ovaries, an open mike session of young people sharing real-life stories, about times when they were bold, courageous, audacious. For registration, call #24071292.

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