Gems of Indian art Since the dawn of the 21st century, the contemporary art scene in India has become as varied as never before. Though artists continue to be influenced by historical traditions and folk styles, the emergence of newer forms and styles can also been found which cannot be categorised into any specific existing artistic genre. Despite the fact that contemporary Indian artists take inspiration from various sources and styles, Indian art still retains its distinct Indianness. nav-Ratna, the ongoing group exhibition of art works by eminent, veteran artists, bears testimony to the rich, immense variety and creativity in the field of the visual arts. Featuring paintings, drawings, etchings and lithographs, it celebrates the virtuosity and genius of its nine participants, each of whom has distinguished himself throughout his long, illustrious career. Participants: K.G. Subramanyam, Akbar Padamsee, Jogen Choudhury, Suhas Roy, Prokash Karmakar (a painting by him appears here), Dipak Banerjee, Kartick Chandra Pyne, Sunil Das and Shuvaprasanna. Event: An exhibition of art works by well-known artists When: Till April 7 (except Sunday); 11 am - 7 pm Where: Gallery Kolkata, Duckback House, 41 Shakespeare Sarani, # 2287 3377/88

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Till April 18 (except Sundays and public holidays) at CIMA Gallery; Mondays (3 pm - 7 pm), Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2 pm - 7 pm: Through the Eye of a Needle — recent works by Shreyasi Chatterjee. April 2 - 8 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Nature Mystique — an exhibition of abstract paintings on nature by Preetima Pande. Inauguration by Wasim Kapoor this evening at 6. April 2 - 12 at Academy of Fine Arts; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Gobardhan Ash (1907-96). Till April 3 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Maitreyi Banerjee. Till April 3 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Fourth solo exhibition of paintings by Amit Banerjee. Till April 3 at the ABC Hall, Indian Museum; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of Graphic Art by Biswatosh Sengupta. Till April 4 at Jamini Roy Gallery and Nandalal Bose Gallery, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 11 am - 7 pm: The Limitless Luminosity of Lines — a solo exhibition of the works of the well-known painter from Bangladesh, Safiuddin Ahmed. Till April 4 Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: Recent Works — an exhibition of paintings by Chandana Hore. Till April 4 at Aakriti Art Gallery, 1st floor, Orbit Enclave, 12/3A Hungerford Street, #22893027; 12 noon - 7 pm: Art Against Terrorism — featuring paintings and sculptures by renowned artists. Till April 5 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 2nd floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: Recent works of Anindya Mukherjee, Atin Mitra, Anjana Kirtania, Chandan Das, Nikhil Biswas, Probal Banerjee, Subrata Paul, Sudipta Majumdar and Sujit Karmakar. Till April 5 at Taj Bengal, Gallery By The Way; 9 am - 11 pm: A solo exhibition of oils and acrylics by Shambhu Saha. The artist will be painting live every day from 3 pm to 6 pm. Till April 5 at Tejas Art Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, #40076042; 12.30 pm - 7.30 pm: Adekha Dekha — paintings by Dhiren Sasmal. Till April 5 at Abanindranath Tagore Gallery, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 11 am - 7 pm: Images of India — artworks by Russian artist Elena Federovskaya. Till April 5 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: Navarasa, an exhibition of the works of nine Delhi artists: Kalicharan Gupta, Niren Sengupta, Jay Zharotia, Amrut Patel, Nand Katyal, Shobha Broota, Prem Singh, Jagadish Chander and Suhas Nimbalkar. Till April 7 (except Sunday) at Gandhara Art Gallery, 1B Gurusaday Dutta Road, Plat 5A (Palm Spring); 1 pm - 7 pm: Art Against Terrorism — featuring works by well-known artists. Till April 11 (except Sunday & holidays) at Gallery Eye on Art, 3 Pretoria Street, 2nd floor, #98310 62914; 12 noon - 8 pm: Diverse Dialogues — Contemporary expression on canvas by Debabrata Sarkar and Pradip Das. Till April 11 (except Sunday) at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Art Against Terrorism. Featuring works by Lalu Prasad Shaw, Shuvaprasanna, Shipra Bhattacharya, Paresh Maity, Jayashri Barman and Partha Shaw. Till April 19 (except Monday) at Bose Pacia, 18 Park Street, #40010148; 11 am - 7 pm: The works of Hema Upadhyay. Till April 30 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #65508418; 10.30 am - 7 pm: The Rhythm of Colour — works by Subrata Gangopadhyay, Suhas Roy, Prakash Karmakar, Shyamal Mukherjee, Samir Paul, Bratin Khan, Sanatan Dinda, Gourango Beshai, Sibsaday Chaudhuri, Atin Basak and others.

PERFORMING ARTS

April 2 at Kala Mandir B; 6.30 pm: The concluding evening of Antara Sangit Vidyalaya’s Basant Utsav (a festival of classical music and dance) features Pradip Bhattacharya (vocal), Amartyya Chatterjee (Kathak), Sourangshu Chatterjee (Bharata Natyam), Angshuraj Ghosh (Kathak), Rina Dutta (vocal), and group dance presented by Payel Classical & Creative Dance Centre. April 3 at Rabindra Sadan; 6 pm: Baitalik annual programme features Tagore’s Mayar Khela. Participants: Polly Guha, Alokananda Roy, Pradipto Niyogi, Aniruddha Singha, Swapan Som and artistes of Baitalik. April 4 at Rabindra Sadan; 6 pm: Bhavna, in collaboration with Sunandan, presents Enakshi Chattopadhyay in a solo recital of Tagore songs.

DRAMA

April 2 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Howrah Dakshinayan presents Hawa Badal. Drama & direction: Kunal Mukhopadhyay. April 2 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.45 pm: Gandhar presents Kachher Manush, directed by Gautam Haldar. April 2 at Sujata Sadan; 7 pm: Bikramgarh Maru Behag presents Tagore’s Ghare Baire. Script & direction: Jolly Guha Roy. April 3 at Gyan Manch; 6.30 pm: Italian Consulate General presents the JUDE production of Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of an Author, directed by Ananda Lal. April 5 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Ajnatobass — Nandikar’s latest production, directed by Sumanta Gangopadhyay. Story: Sukanta Gangopadhyay. Directorial adviser: Rudraprasad Sengupta.

TALK

April 2 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Atmapriyananda will speak in English on Kena Upanishad. April 2 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 6.50 pm: Discourse on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Punthi by Dr Bhupendra Nath Sil. April 2 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Samshuddhananda will speak in Bengali on Srimad- Bhagavad.

EXHIBITION

April 2 - 4 at 1/1/2A Gariahat Road (South), Jodhpur Park; 12 noon - 7 pm: Nari Seva Sangha presents an exhibition of saris, children’s garments, snacks and preserves made by underprivileged women. n April 2 - 5 at 14/97 Golf Club Road, #2473-4546; 2 pm - 8 pm: Sravasti presents its summer collection of soft and cool attire featuring Keya Chaitali’s exclusive fair of T-shirts, photuas, short kurtas, kurtas, salwar-kurtas, wrap-around sets, saradins, nakshikantha, batik, applique, fabric painted, block-printed cotton and silk saris, blouse pieces, costume jewellery and a variety of bags. April 2 - 11 at Kamala, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 10 am - 7 pm: Crafts Council of India presents Shwet O Neel, an exhibition of saris, dupattas and home linen in white & indigo created by award winning artisans. Till April 2 at 4RA 2/4 Purbachal II Salt Lake (opp. Hayatt Regency); 11 am - 8 pm: Sushree showcases its summer collection of saris, salwar suits, kurtis, tops, punjabis and more. Till April 5 at Artisana, 13 Chowringhee Terrace, #2223 9422; 10 am - 7.30 pm: Crafts Council of West Bengal presents Baishakhi, an exclusive summer collection of traditional and contemporary weaves of Bengal, hand-painted Madhubani saris, printed tussar, Phulia collection, Chanderi, printed cotton saris and Kalamkari. Till April 13 at Soumya’s Creation, 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Soumya’s Creation presents its Bengali New Year offering, New Beginnings, featuring saris, accessories, home linens and durries along with a range of children’s summer wear.

AUTISM AWARENESS DAY

April 2 at Ahead (Rehabilitation & Research Institute for Mentally Challenged Children), P-30 Prince Golam Mohammed Shah Road, Golf Garden, #24732189; 8.30 am: Ahead observes World Autism Awareness Day with a Walk from the school premises to Central Park of Golf Green Urban Complex. To be participated by students, teachers, parents and well-wishers of the institute. An awareness programme will be held at Central Park with students and teachers.

SYMPOSIUM

April 2 at Kavijanani Sarada Kaksha, Rabindra Bharati University, B.T. Road; 2 pm: Symposium on Henry Derozio: The Unbound Prometheus to mark his birth bi-centenary celebration. organised by Vidyasagar Centre for Indological Studies in association with the history department of Rabindra Bharati University.

FESTIVAL

Till April 3 at Sri Bajrang Vyayamgar, 199 Sarat Bose Road: Sri Anjaneya Swami Temple Association hosts Sri Rama Navami Celebrations. Today at 9.30 am: Sundara Kandam Parayanam; at 5 pm: Sahasranama Archana; and at 6.30 pm: Bhajan by Sri Raghavendra Bhajan Mandali. April 3 - 13 at Sri Thyagaraja Hall, P-530 Raja Basanta Roy Road, #2463 8296: Ved Bhavan Bhajan Samaj will celebrate Sri Rama Navami with discourse, kirtan, bhajan and nadaswaram.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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