Style and substance for moms and kids There is perhaps no relationship as pure as that between a mother and child. Hansel & Gretel, the very first mother-and-child exhibition in the city, is being hosted by Padmini Garg and Uddeta Jain to celebrate this special bond. It has been essentially designed to generate a common platform for all baby boutiques and stores so that they may showcase their range of innovative and specialty products to the specific, targeted customer base. Among kidswear, Kidology provides a flavour of designer wear for kids. They bring to the city collections from Gaurav Gupta, Malini Ramani, Ritu Kumar, Gauri & Nainika and Namrata Joshipura. Pallavi Bagaria, Swasti Parekh, Navika, Connect 2 and others would provide stylish apparel for moms on the move. While Gayatri Chopra, First Impressions by Bhavna Jasra, Creative by Anita Kanoria and Reasons, amongst others, would showcase accessories, home decor items would be displayed by brands like Aura, Think Cutieful, Pottery by Manjari and Philips. Besides, there will be stalls and studios for designer maternity wear, linen, educational accessories, wellness, delicacies, as well as a tarot card-reading corner. lEvent: An exhibition of mother, baby and child care products, apparel and accessories lWhen: Today; 11 am - 9 pm lWhere: Hyatt Regency Banquets

ART

Till August 14 (except Sundays & public holidays) at CIMA Gallery, Sunny Towers (2nd floor), 43 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, #2485 8717 / 2485 8509; Mondays: 3 pm - 7 pm, Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2 pm - 7 pm: Summer Show 2010. Featuring works by Manas Acharya, Akhilesh, Rashmi Bagchi Sarkar, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Sumitro Basak, Shipra Bhattacharya, Bhuribai, Tapas Biswas, Sakti Burman, Jayasri Burman, Shreyasi Chatterjee, Jogen Chowdhury, Sougata Das, Chandan Das, Meera Devidayal, Anju Dodiya, Debraj Goswami, Ramendranath Kastha, Bhupen Khakhar, Goutam Khamaru, Bimal Kundu, Subrata Kundu, Paresh Maity, Chittrovanu Mazumdar, Asim Pal, Niranjan Pradhan, Mona Rai, Satyajit Roy, Suhas Roy, Sarbari Roy Chowdhury, Kingshuk Sarkar, Ajit Seal, Shakila, Lalu Prosad Shaw, Shuvaprasanna, Mayank Kumar Shyam, Paramjit Singh, T. Vaikuntam, Yusuf and others. Till August 14 (except Sundays & public holidays) at Studio 21, 17L Dover Terrace, #2486 6735; Mondays: 3 pm - 7 pm, Tuesdays - Saturdays: 11 am - 7 pm: Monsoon Mix — an exhibition of prints and sculptures. Featuring works by Gauri, Sourav Chatterjee, Sougata Das, Sambaran Das, Goutam Khamaru, Sujit Karmakar, Anup Mondal, Sayak Mitra, Harish Ojha, Sunil Chandra Paul, Anand Prakash, Hemant Rao, Satyadheer Singh and Rahul B. Wagh. August 8 - 13 at Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, Nanadalal Bose Gallery; 11 am - 8 pm: Bharat Soka Gakkai presents Lotus Sutra (considered the highest level of teaching in Buddhist philosophy and hich deals with peace and harmonious coexistence), an exhibition of rare artifacts, calligraphic and pictorial representations and replicas of birch bark and palm leaf scrolls August 8 - 21 at Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, Abanindranath Tagore Gallery (2nd floor): Ganges 21 — a collection of paintings on ‘Ganga: From Gomukh to Ganga Sagar’ is the work of eminent Australian artists Kevin Pearsh.

PERFORMING ARTS

August 7 at Sree Thyagaraja Hall; 5.30 pm: Rasika Ranjana Sabha, as part of its 65th anniversary celebrations, presents a grand music recital featuring Sushma Somasekharan (Singapore) along with S. Ranganathan (violin) and R. Srinivasan (mridangam). August 7 at Jibanananda Sabhaghar; 5.30 pm: Chakrateertha presents Rabi Pradakshin, an evening of recitation and reading from Tagore’s work. August 7 at Ankur Hall, P-5 Regent Estate; 5.30 pm: Geeta Bithika & Santoor Ashram present a vocal recital by Sohini Roy Chowdhury and a Kathak dance recital by Vidya Hari Deshpande. August 7 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6.30 pm: Naba Pratishruti presents Antaheen Rabi — an evening of Tagore songs, reading and recitation. Participants: Mohan Singh, Rakhi Sen, Sutapa Bandyopadhyay and Madhabi Mukhopadhyay. August 7 at Someplace Else, The Park; 8 pm onwards: Celebration of 16 years of Someplace Else with Louiz Banks & Matrixx. Also featuring Saturday Night Blues Band. August 8 - 11 at Rabindra Sadan; 6 pm: Rabindra Smaran O Barsha Utsav, hosted by Rabindra Sadan, department of information & cultural affairs, Government of West Bengal, as a tribute to Tagore. August 8: Chorus by Ashokrenu (dir: Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta); discussion by Rabindra Bharati VC Karunasindhu Das; songs by Purabi Mukherjee, Purba Dam, Swapna Ghosal, Chitralekha Chowdhury, Bibha Sengupta, Swastika Mukhopadhyay, Alpana Roy, Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta, Jayasree Dasgupta, Prasad Sen, Ashis Bhattacharya, Dr Sreekumar Chatterjee, Bibhas Ghosh, Gopal Patra, Swapan Gupta and Goutam Mitra; poetry reading by Partha Ghosh, Gouri Ghosh and Pradip Ghosh; and recitation by Utpal Kundu and Soumitra Mitra. August 8 at Rathindra Mancha, Jorasanko; 6 pm: Rabindra Bharati Society’s tribute to Tagore features recitation & reading by Urmimala Basu, Jagannath Basu and Saswati Guha Thakurta; and songs by Soma Roy, Shikha Basu, Prabuddha Raha, Chaiti Majumdar, Shreya Guha Thakurta, Gopal Patra and Sukanya Nath. August 8 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6 pm: Bhavna presents Biswa Jatri Rabindranath, a programme of Tagore songs that the Poet had composed while he was abroad. Reading by Sugato Basu and songs by Pramita Mallick. Tickets at hall (11 am - 6 pm) or call 24557845. August 8 at Kaushik Hall, Nari Seva Sangha, Jodhpur Park; 6.30 pm: Hey Mohajibon — a programme of readings and songs on the 69th death anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore. Concept, script & direction: Chaitali Dasgupta. Readings by Chaitali Dasgupta and Agnimitra Ghosh. Songs by Debashis Raychaudhuri, Aniruddha Singha, Ranjini Mukherjee, Sounak Chattopadhyay and Rohini Raychaudhuri. August 8 at Chakra Baithak, Rabindra Sarovar; 6.30 pm: To mark Baishe Shravan, Santiniketan Puratani is presenting a musical programme under the supervision of Roma Chakravartti.

drama

August 7 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Naye Natua presents two plays: Missed Call (play: Debshankar Halder; direction: Goutam Halder; acting: Goutam Halder, Debshankar Halder and Dyuti Ghosh) and Borda Borda (direction & acting: Goutam Halder). August 7 at Minerva Theatre; 6.30 pm: Chetana presents Tagore’s Chirakumar Sabha. Direction: Arun Mukhopadhyay. August 7 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Nandipat presents Shrinwantu Comrades. Direction: Bibhas Chakraborty. August 7 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Theatre Workshop presents Juddha Paristhiti. Direction: Ashok Mukhopadhyay. August 8 at Academy of Fine Arts; 10.30 am: Swapnasandhani presents Birpurush, directed by Koushik Sen. August 8 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm & 6.30 pm: Vabishyat celebrates its 31st anniversary with the staging of Aei Samoy (at 3 pm) and Kanchan Rango (at 6.30 pm). Both the plays are directed by Tanmay Kormocar. August 8 at Minerva Theatre; 6.30 pm: Bohurupee presents Chaitanya. Dramatist: Alokh Mukherjee. Director: Tarapada Mukherjee.

ALBUM LAUNCH

August 8 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 10 am: An audio CD of hitherto unpublished Rabindrasangeet rendered by Pankaj Kumar Mullick will be released by Dwijen Mukherjee and Sumitra Sen. The CD also features the Indian national anthem, Jana Gana Mana, sung by Mullick at the behest of Jawaharlal Nehru. A play, titled Hey Nutan, written by Mullick’s grandson Rajib Gupta, will follow. Organised by Pankaj Mullick Music and Art Foundation.

TALK

August 7 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Divyananda will speak on Swamiji’s Katha. August 7 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Durga Basu will speak in Bengali on Gangeya Upatyakar Nagarayan O Mandir Sthapatya.

QUIZ

August 7 at Lake Friends Swimming Club, Gol Park; 4.15 pm: Sportslight 2010, an open sports quiz. QM - Indranil Mukherjee (92319 93632). Registration starts at 3.45 pm. Entry fee for 3-member teams: Rs 100. No entry fee for students upto class X. August 15 at Parnasree Club, Parnasree Pally, Behala; 3 pm: Parnasree Club’s quiz contest. Entry closes at noon of August 8. Contact Dipak Ray (9830854075).

WORKSHOP

August 7 at 27 Mirza Ghalib Street; 5 pm: Sasha presents Rhythm workshop by Bickram Ghosh and Nondon Bagchi.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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