Art and morality Blessed with an innate ability to understand and uncover truths about life to which others are oblivious, artists play an important role in society by sharing their insight through their creative compositions. Featuring works by veteran and upcoming artists alike, the ongoing exhibition of paintings and sculptures showcases a heterogeneous, diverse collection that provides a definitive commentary on the ethics, principles and mores of the modern world. Participating artists: Shanu Lahiri, Madhab Bhattacharya, Niranjan Pradhan, Shankar Ghosh, Sunil Sil (a painting by him appears above), Tapas Sarkar, Arnab Basu, Swapnesh Chowdhury, Chandra Shekhar Acharya, Bijoy Basak, Prabir Das, Indrani Sen, Milan Das, Subrata Biswas, Barun Roy, Somnath Chakraborty, Kaushik Pal, Kinkar Saha, Abdul Salam, Kaushik Bose, Indrajit Narayan, Sudip Banerjee, Chandan Roy, Sudip Ghosh, Sumana Ghosh and Tarun Purokait. Event: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures When: Till January 10, 3 pm - 8 pm Where: Charnock City, 7th floor, KB-26, Salt Lake

art

January 8 - 11 at Spandan Art Gallery, 87 Park Street; 10 am - 7 pm: Celebration, an exhibition of paintings by Keshav Roy, Anirban Seth, Anada Das and Rajashree Chatterjee. Till January 8 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Fifth solo exhibition of the works of Subhendu Das. Till January 10 at Gallery Kanishka’s, 2/1 Hindustan Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Contemporary Perspectives, works by Animesh Nandi, Asit Poddar, Atin Basak, Biswajit Saha, Soumitra Kar, Suman Roy and Tapas Konar. Till January 15 (except Sundays) at Mon Art Gallerie, 6 Hungerford Street, Regency, 3rd floor; 11 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of works by various artists. Till January 20 at Samokal Art Gallery, 23 Gariahat Road, 1st floor, Gol Park; 4 pm - 8 pm: Solo exhibition of paintings and drawings by Jahar Dasgupta. Till January 20 (except Mondays) at Artspace India, 7 Deodar Street; 12 noon - 7 pm: Paintings and sculptures by Debabrata De. Till February 3 (except Sundays) at CIMA Gallery, 43 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue; 2 pm - 7 pm (Mondays, 3 pm - 7 pm): CIMA Annual 2006, works by 30 artists from across India.

drama

January 8 at Laban Hrad Mancha, BD Block, Salt Lake; 6.30 pm: As part of the ongoing ninth Lok Krishti Natyotsav, Aajker Theatre presents Vijay Tendulkar’s Kanyadaan. Direction: Jayanta Ghosh. January 9 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Chetana presents Marich Sambad. Direction: Arun Mukhopadhyay. January 9 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Natya Ranga presents Chhotku. Direction: Swapan Sengupta. January 11 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Pancham Vaidic presents Poshu Khamar. Direction: Arpita Ghosh. January 13 & 14 at Proscenium’s Art Centre, 46 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: Proscenium presents the Theatrecian Theatre Workshop production, The L.U.C.K.I.E.S Trapped. Concept and direction by participants of the workshop.

performing arts

January 8 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB-201 Salt Lake; 5 pm: Lok Sandhya featuring Laiharaoba folk dance of Manipur and Siddhidhamal folk dance of Gujarat. January 8 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB-201 Salt Lake; 6 pm: Odissi dance recital to be presented by Aloka Kanungo and the participants of her workshop. January 8 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Sambhu Nath Das will sing verses from The Ramayana. January 10 -12 at Muktangan Rangalaya; 5.30 pm: Khola Janala presents Sanskritik Utsav 2007, featuring music, recitation and dance. January 11 at 111A S.P. Mukherjee Road, Rashbehari crossing; 5 pm: Friends-in-Need hosts a cultural programme featuring Biswarupa Basu Roy (vocal recital) and Rathindra Nath Majumder (sitar recital). January 11 at Gyan Manch; 6 pm: Bhavna presents an evening of Kathak featuring Madhumita Ray and her students. January 12 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall: A music festival to mark the 144th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. Participants: Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Ramakant Gundecha & Umakant Gundecha and Anindo Chatterjee & Bhawani Shankar (9 am); Guru Gangadhar Pradhan and the troupe of Odissi Dance Academy (Odissi dance recital) and Debasish Bhattacharya (2 pm); Nayan Ghosh and Ulhas Kashalkar (6 pm). January 12 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 7 pm: Sangeet Ashram presents a vocal recital by Ashwini Bhide Deshpande. January 13 at Uma, 2/4A Sarat Bose Road; 3 pm: British Council, in collaboration with Indian Council for Cultural Relations, will host Nowhere to Belong, a one-act performance by Yasmin Alibhai Brown. January 14 at Kala Mandir; 6.30 pm: In memory of Ustad Vilayat Khan and Nikhil Banerjee, Manik Shahani Art Foundation, Gameplan and Spandan present an evening of classical music featuring Purbayan Chatterjee (sitar). Accompanying him will be tabla maestro Zakir Hussain.

talk

January 8 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 5.30 pm: Swami Amiteshananda will speak on Practical Vedanta. January 8 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 5.30 pm: Sitanath Goswami will speak in Bengali on Panchadashi. January 8 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Puranananda will speak in Bengali on Adhyatma Ramayana.

birth anniversary

January 10 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar: Day-long celebration of the 145th birthday tithipuja of Swami Vivekananda. Mangalarati (5 am), special puja and homa (7 am), devotional songs (8 am), pushpanjali (11.30 am), distribution of prasadam (11.45 am), evening aratrikam (5.35 pm), religious meeting (6.15 pm) and Giti Alekhya (7 pm).

book launch

January 8 at Oxford Bookstore; 6.30 pm: Sharmila Tagore will release Sunita Kumar’s Blessed Teresa of Kolkata.

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