Classical tribute A feast of classical music is in store for city music aficionados with the city playing host to one of the most highly acclaimed classical concerts this week. Featuring 13 of India’s most renowned artistes, the four-day musical soiree beginning today, is being held in tribute to tabla legend Ustad Karamatullah Khan. One of the finest exponents of the tabla, Karamatullah Khan represented the 32nd generation in an unbroken lineage of the Farrakabad gharana, which dates back to Mir Akasa in 1132. Born in a family of musicians in 1917 in Rampur, he went on to become the court musician of the Maharaja of Raigarh. His first remarkable performance was with Ustad Bade Fiaz Khan Saheb of the Agra Gharana, for which he received the title of Ustad at a very early age. His legacy lives on through his son Ustad Sabir Khan and his grandson Arif Khan, both of whom will perform at the festival. Participants: Ayaan Ali Khan, Partho Bose and Begum Parween Sultana (today), Shujaat Khan, Rashid Khan and Satish Vyas (September 5), Chitresh Das, Ulhas Kashalkar and Hariprasad Chaurasia (September 6), Arshad Ali Khan, Sultan Khan, Taufiq Qureshi and Sabir Khan (September 7). Presented by 100 Pipers, Showhouse and Sanskriti Sagar. Event: Classical music festival in tribute to Ustad Karamatullah Khan When: September 4 - 7; 6 pm onwards Where: G.D. Birla Sabhagar

art

Till September 4 at Academy of Fine Arts, South gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Silpam presents an exhibition of paintings by its young members of the age group three-and-a-half years to 18 years. Till September 4 at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #2465 3212; 11 am - 7 pm: Constructing the Present — featuring the works by Manjari Chakravarti, Tapati Chowdhury, Chhatrapati Dutta, S. Gopinath, Jehangir Jani, Mahbubur Rahman, Rajeswara Rao, Partha Shaw, Deepak Tandon, Tanmoy Samanta and Babu Xavier. Till September 7 at Artists Circle, 46 Circus Avenue, #2283 3176; 2 pm - 7 pm: View from the Edge, an exhibition celebrating Independence Day. Featuring works by Alok Bhattacharya, Animesh Nandi, Bijon Chowdhury, Biswapathi Maity, Chanchal Mukherjee, G.A. Dandekar, M. Senathipathy, Nilesh Kinkale, Partha Pratim Deb, Partha Bhattacharya, Prafulla Dhanuka, Prakash Karmakar, R.M. Palaniappan, Ram Lal Dhar, S.G. Vasudev, Sam Adaikalaswami, Suhas Roy, Sunil Das and Yusuf Arakkal. Till September 7 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 2nd floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: Entourage de Color, a show by young contemporaries Somit Gupta, Nobina Gupta, Saumik, Piyali, Santanu, Jayshree, Ritabrata and Pradeep. Till September 8 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery-A; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Krishnapratim Sahu, Avedananda Goswami, Dipankar Roy, Arindam Debnath, Shib Sankar Das, Sanjoy Kumar Das and Hemanta Sur. Till September 10 (except Sunday) at Gallery Kanishka’s, 2/1 Hindustan Road, #2463 0465; 11 am - 8 pm: Occupying Silence, an exhibition of graphic verse by Devashish Makhija. Till September 10 (except Sunday) at Tejas Art Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, #98300 49825; 1 pm - 7.30 pm: Krishna Katha, a solo show of drawings and paintings of Krishna by Siddhartha SenGupta. Till September 13 (except Sundays & public holidays) at CIMA Gallery; 3 pm - 7 pm (Mondays) and 2 pm - 7 pm (Tuesdays to Saturdays): An exhibition titled Concepts & Ideas 2008.

DRAMA

September 4 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nandipat presents Kah, directed by Bimal Chakraborty. September 4 at Sujata Sadan; 6.30 pm: Arghya presents Kalidasa’s Meghadootam. Concept: Manish Mitra.

PERFORMING ARTS

September 4 at Sisir Mancha; 4.45 pm: An evening of songs from Bengali films starring Uttam Kumar. Participants: Haimanti Shukla, Banasree Sengupta, Shravanti Majumdar, Sudhin Sarkar, Dr Srikumar Chatterjee, Parimal Bhattacharya, Saikat Mitra, Arindam Ganguly, debarati Som, Swapan Som, Pilu Bhattacharya, Jayati Ghosh, Dr Tania Das, Suchhanda Ghosh and others.

BIRTH ANNIVERSARY

September 4 - 6 at Nandan-2: Radhamohan Bhattacharya Birth Centenary programme organised by Radhamohan Bhattacharya Janmashatabarshiki Samiti in association with Nandan. Today at 5 pm: Reminiscence (Participants: Mrinal Sen, Tarun Majumdar, Soumitra Chatterjee, Dilip Roy, Samik Bandyopadhyay, Dhritiman Chattopadhyay and Neelanjan Chattopadhyay. At 6.30 pm: Screening of Udayer Pathey.

FESTIVAL

Till September 7 at 3/1/1A Nakuleshwar Bhattacharjee Lane, #2463 3859; 6.30 am - 9.15 am, 9.45 am - 12 noon, 2 pm - 4 pm, 4.30 pm, - 6.15 pm: The 30th Sreemad Bhagavatha Sapthaham orgainsed by Sree Guruvayurappan Samajam, Calcutta. Discourse on Sreemad Bhagavatham by the well-known personality from Karnataka, Swami Chaitanyaji, assisted by Kallamvally Jayan Nambudiri, and Puja by Narayan Murthy. Today’s topic: Gajendra Moksham, Amrithamardhanam, Vamanavatharam, Mahabali Charitham, Matsyaavatharam, Ambareesha Charitham, Sree Ramavatharam, Sree Krishna Avatharam.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till September 7 at Photographers’ Gallery, 59A Southend Park, ground floor; 3 pm - 8 pm: Visual Play: A Journey from Colour to Black-and-White — photographs by Atanu Paul and members of Third Eye.

SEMINAR

Till September 4 at Sahitya Akademi Auditorium: A national seminar marking the birth centenary of Manik Bandyopadhyay. Today: Fifth session (10 am): Genre: Other Literary Forms; Speakers: Biswajit Panda, Sumantra Mukhopadhyay, Sabyasachi Deb and Harimadhab Mukhopadhyay. Sixth session (12 noon): Genre: Representation; Speakers: Arun Basu, Arun Mukhopadhyay, Nabyendu Chattopadhyay and Pranabesh Maity. Concluding session (2 pm): Valedictory address: Mahasveta Devi. President: Syed Mohammed Sahed.

TALK

September 4 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Ramaranjan Mukherji will speak in Sanskrit on Bhavabhutir Uttararamacharit. September 4 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Samshuddhananda will speak in Bengali on Srimad-Bhagavad. September 4 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7 pm: Swami Vamanananda will speak on Spiritual Retreat and Guided Meditation.

WORKSHOP

September 4 at Depot, Emall & Pantaloons, Kankurgachi; 4.30 pm: Greeting-card making workshop for children. Organised by Depot. Details at #98305 48802. September 6 onwards at Mad Science Activity Centre, B 184 Survey Park: Mad Science of Kolkata offers two after-school science-enrichment programmes, Academy of Future Space Explorers and Mad Science System 2, for children (6 yrs to 12 yrs). The programmes are in eight-week modules and will be held every Saturday. For details, call #2416 4342, 98306 27921 or visit www.madscienceofkolkata.com

EXHIBITION

September 4 at Saturday Club; 10 am: Women’s Voluntary Services holds its annual pre-Puja sale in aid of school and other projects. September 4 - 6 at Darbari, P-249 Purna Das Road, #24644027, 24658537: An exclusive jewellery exhibition by Nilanjana Chakrabarty. September 4 - 6 at Kaushik Conference Hall, 3B Mandevilla Gardens, #98314 22621; 12 noon - 8 pm: Mriga Shira presents a lifestyle and food fair showcasing designer sarees in cotton, tussar, silk and kantha stitch, dress material, home decor, ornaments, leather bags, gift items and food. September 4 - 6 at Darbari showrooms, P-249 Purna Das Road & CB 68 Salt Lake Sector I: A festive collection of designer sarees, fabrics, tunics, skirts and accessories. September 4 - 29 at 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Soumya’s Creation presents an exhibition oriented towards getting ready for the Pujas, with varied products and designs in sarees, clothes, salwar suits, jewellery, accessories, home linens, etc. This week’s (Sept. 4 - 11) special: Sarees, heavy cholis and costume jewellery. Till September 4 at Anusthan Bhawan, 132 Rashebhari Avenue, #98302 23455: Best Friendz organises an exhibition of sarees, accessories, gift item and jewellery. Till September 4 at Anusthan Bhawan, 132 Rashebhari Avenue, #9831672247; 11 am - 8.30 pm: Tilottama’s exhibition of designer saree, salwar suit and jewellery. Till September 5 at 37/1A Garcha Road; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Jyotirmai Seva Mandir’s Explosion 2008, an exhibition cum sale in aid of charity by Silpam. Till September 6 at 10 Dr Sarat Banerjee Road, #2466 1111; 10 am - 7 pm: Kundahar’s exhibition of choicest handloom sarees. Till September 6 at Sushree, 4RA2/4 Purbachal II, Salt Lake; 12 noon - 8 pm: Sushree showcases its Puja collection of trendy dresses. Till September 7 at Sravasti, 14/97 Golf Club Road, Tollygunge, #24734546; 2 pm - 8 pm: KeyaChaitali’s exclusive fair of t-shirts, photuas, short kurtas, kurtas, salwar-kurtas, wrap-around sets, mekhalas, saradins, nakshikantha, batik, appliqued, block-printed cotton and silk sarees, blouse pieces, costume jewellery and bags. Till September 8 at Sreemayee, P-58 Dr Sarat Banerjee Road, #2466-2238, 24632369; 4 pm - 9 pm: Exhibition of festival collection of designer sarees from tant, silk, tasar to Gujarati silk, batik prints, khari print, kantha stitch, etc. Till September 8 at Artisana, 13 Chowringhee Terrace, 1st floor; 10 am - 7.30 pm: Crafts Council of West Bengal presents Aagomoni, a collection of exquisite textiles from across India: Southern waeves (Karnataka), cotton weaves (Chettinad), kalamkari prints (Masulipattam), tussar (Bhagalpur and Vidharba) tribal weaves (Kotpad), among others. Till September 14 at 10 Satyen Dutta Road, #24651697; 11 am - 8 pm: Toontooni’s exhibition of exclusive handloom sarees, kantha items and Dhakai darees.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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