Mind games for budding managers Students of management school IBS-Kolkata host Brio 2010-11, an annual inter-institute management and cultural festival, in association with t2. A platform to showcase physical and intellectual prowess, this two-day event, beginning today, features students from all over the country who compete to hold their own in an atmosphere of liveliness and camaraderie. Some of the attractions of this year’s fest are games that test the acumen of students in various management disciplines. Loaded with the right combination of innovation and team spirit, the various contests will encourage expression of students’ latent creativity. A magical blend of dance, music and an electrifying live performance by Insomnia tomorrow promise to add zing to the event. Today’s inaugural dance performance will be followed by the prelims of The Last Samurai (a test of management skills), a quiz, debate, marketing game, games on finance and HR, and an entrepreneurship game to end the day. Event: Annual inter B-school management and cultural fest hosted by IBS Kolkata, in association with t2 When & where: January 6 at IBS campus, 10 am onwards & January 7 at Swabhumi Urban Zone, 3 pm onwards

ART

Till January 8 at CIMA Gallery, Sunny Towers (2nd floor), 43 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, 2485 8717/8509; 2 pm - 7 pm: Ganesh Pyne: His Mahabharata. Till January 8 at Studio 21, 17L Dover Terrace, 2486 6735; 11 am - 7 pm: Tarang: New Wave from Santiniketan. Exhibition of recent works by members of SPAN (Santiniketan Practicing Artists Network). Participating artists: Apu Dasgupta, Atanu Mukherjee, Bimalananda Roy, Deepak Rajbhar, Mahmud Hussain, Md. Sabir Ali, Mrinmoy Debbarma, Naba Kumar Maji, Pradip Kumar Patra, Pushpal Sarkar, Rajendra Kumar Pradhan, Rishav Gandhar Narzary, Sajad Hamdani, Sajal Kaity, Sanatan Saha and Shekhar Baran Karmakar. January 6 - 12 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South ‘B’ Gallery; 3 pm - 7.30 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Sushanta Dutta and Swapan Das. Inauguration today at 5 pm. Till January 7 at The Art Gallery, ITC Sonar Calcutta; 11 am - 8 pm: La Venus: The Being and the Body — a solo art exhibition by Swagata Bose. Till January 8 at Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 11 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of enamel paintings by Susmita Banerjee. Till January 8 at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindusthan Road, 4001 2289 / 2463 0465; 12 noon - 7 pm: Experimenter presents the first ever showing of 2010 Turner Prize nominee, The Otolith Group. Till January 8 at Tejas Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, 9830049825: A group exhibition of small format artworks. Till January 9 at Taj Bengal; 3 pm - 6 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Ashis Kabasi and Debashis Kabasi. Till January 11 (except Sunday) at Gallery Image Kraft, 56/E, Block D, New Alipore, 32567425; 11 am - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by renowned contemporary Bengal painters. Till January 15 (except Sundays) at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani, 2290 2274; 11 am - 7 pm, Monday: 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of recent works by Dipak Banerjee. Till January 16 at ECA Art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: An exhibition of the works of young artists from the collection of Aspect Art Gallery. Till January 16 (except Mondays) at Shree Art Gallery, 11 Gurusaday Road, Kusum Apartment, Flat no. 61, 30222040; 3 pm - 7 pm: Paintings by Debabrata Chakraborty, Dipti Chakraborty, Samil Paul, Nitya Kundu, Milanendu Mondal, P.C. Sen, Arun Samaddar, Subrata Das, Pramathesh Chandra, Chandidas Bhattacharya, Ananda Das, Deben Laha, Prabal Roy, Tanmoy Roychowdhury, Aditi Chakraborty Sadhu, Ashis Mondal, Jibon Biswas, Ranadip Das, Khokon Raut, Ramaprasad De and others. 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.

DRAMA

January 6 - 11 at Sarat Sadan, Howrah: Dwandwik Natyotsav to mark the 17th death anniversary of dramatist Achintya Chowdhury. On this occasion, renowned theatre personality Manoj Mitra will be honoured with the Achintya Chowdhury Smarak Samman. Today at 6 pm: Inauguration, followed by the play, Kanyadaan, produced by Swapnasoochana. January 6 at Rabindra Sadan; 6 pm: Natadha presents two Tagore plays: Mrinal Eka (dir: Shib Mukhopadhyay) and Achalayatan (dir: Arna Mukhopadhyay). January 6 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Aneek presents Adventure Kaare Koy. Direction: Malay Biswas. January 6 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Dhnorai Charit Manas, a multi-lingual play by Nautanki Kolkata. Direction: Abhishek Basu. January 9 at Birendra Mancha, Shyambazar; 6.30 pm: Shohan will stage Helmet, a satiric play written by Rajat Ghosh and directed by Anish Ghosh.

exhibition

January 6 & 7 at Nari Seva Sangha, Kaushik Hall; 11 am - 7 pm: Kolkata Boutique organises winter fare of designer saris, salwar syuit, jewellery, woollen garments and home decor. Till January 9 at 11/7 Selimpur Road, 9339446294; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition on cinema and society featuring film festival tickets, bulletins, prospectus of Pune Film & Television Institute, market price list since 1930, invitation & debate cards of media houses, etc. Till January 10 at Design, 1st floor, 108 Raja Basanta Roy Road, 2466 4315; 11 am - 7.30 pm: Design’s winter exhibition of bright coloured silks and tussars. January 7 - 9 at Saroj Nalini Dutt Memorial Association, 23/1 Ballygunge Station Road, 24406852; 11 am - 8 pm: Annual fete along with a collection of different types of saris, garments, clothes for babies, costume jewellery, etc.

pERFORMING ARTS

January 6 at Sisir Mancha; 5 pm: Abirbhav presents Tagore songs by Apala Basu, Banani Dey and Malabika Sur; Nazrul songs by Uma Mukhopadhyay; folk songs by Maitreyee Roy Choudhury; Tagore song and recitation in duet by Tapas Nag and Saswati Sengupta; and dance by Swati Bandyopadhyay & troupe. January 8 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6 pm: Bhavna presents an evening of Tagore songs by Anup Ghoshal, Dipak Rudra, Manoj Murali Nair, Manisha Murali Nair, Sharmila Basu and Srabani Sen. Tickets at hall (11 am - 7 pm) / 24557845. January 8 at Science City Auditorium; 6.30 pm: Inner Voyage Communication presents a trio concert featuring Hariharan, Rashid Khan and Swapan Chaudhuri.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till January 14 (except Sunday) at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts & Tasveer with Bernard J Shapero Rare Books, in association with Ganjam, present One Hundred Vintage Views of India. A selection of early views of the great cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta and many others, or the rich cultural heritage as seen in the earliest photographs of Mughal and Hindu archaeological sites. Till January 14 at Earthcare Books and Resource Centre, 10 Middleton Street, 22296551; 11 am - 7 pm: My Kumartuli — an exhibition of photographs by Wera Saether. January 6 - 12 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Travelscapes — the second solo exhibition of photographs by Balaram Bose. Opening today at 5.30 pm.

HORSE SHOW

Till January 8 at Pat Williamson Grounds (centre of Race Course, Maidan); 8 am - 5 pm (lunch break: 1 pm - 2 pm): The 59th Calcutta Horse Show 2010, organised by Fort William Riding & Polo Club.

TALK

January 6 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 6 pm: Swami Vamanananda will speak on Practice of Spirituality and Meditation. /I> January 6 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Atmapriyananda will speak in English on Kena Upanishad. January 6 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, Abhedananda Memorial Hall; 7 pm: Swami Buddhatmananda will speak on Abhedananda Darsana.

WORKSHOP

January 8 & 9 at Hotel Golden Park: A Hypnosis & NLP workshop for self-improvement to be conducted by hypnotist & sports psychologist Pradeep Aggarwal. Learn hypnosis, self-hypnosis, hypnotising others, healing, goal setting, enhance concentration, develop confidence, improve relationships, remove fears and phobias etc. Visit www. pradeepaggarwal.com/kl. To register call - 09963910339 / 9830048800. January 8 onwards at Kriya Studio, 26/3 Ballygunge Circular Road: A 10-session photography workshop, Click Away, to be conducted by Sujoy Das. For details, call 9804829999, 9830379166. January 8 at Eudozone, Southern Avenue; 9 am - 11 am: Tips and Analysis of marking scheme of ICSE, ISC 2011 Maths exams by D.K. Bhattacharya, ex-head of department, La Martiniere for Boys. Also, six weeks crash courses for ICSE, ISC 2011 examinations on maths accounts, economics, commerce, English literature & Language starting on January 9,weekly till February 13 by reputed school teachers. See www.eduzoneindia.com. Register at eduzoneindia@gmail.com or call 9830020277, 92306135278. January 8 at Objet D’ Art, 14/1B Palm Avenue: Workshop on jewellery making. For details, call 9831200077.

GOLDEN JUBILEE

January 6 - 9 at Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, Joka: Celebrating the first IIM golden jubilee with Intaglio 2011, the IIM Calcutta International Business School Meet.

QUIZ

January 9 at IIM Calcutta auditorium: Intaglio Open General Quiz for three-member teams. Registration begins at 9 am. Elimination round will commence at 9.45 am. QM: Gautam Ghosh. No entry fee. All are invited.

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