Chronicle of the bard’s music Much of what Tagore experienced in life — his frustration with the Indian freedom movement, grief and despair with premature deaths in the family, a sense of devastation after the woman he loved committed suicide — found poignant expression in his songs and lyrics. Written by Reba Som, Rabindranath Tagore: The Singer and his Song chronologically maps the musical journey of Tagore with anecdotes, allusions and translations from Bengali of long discourses on music of his era. The book has picture illustrations of personalities relevant to this story, of his paintings that have been linked to his music and the translation and transliteration of 60 songs contextualised in the text. As part of a special limited edition offer, it also includes in its jacket a compact disc with a selection of 45 of these songs from Saregama albums. This evening, Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi will launch the book, to be followed by the rendition of Tagore songs by the author, who is also an accomplished Rabindrasangeet singer. What distinguishes this book from any other on Tagore’s works, is the fact that Som has combined her skills as a singer as well as a trained historian to produce this book, never before attempted in the English language. The evening’s programme also features a discussion on the book by Dr Rajat Kanta Ray and Dr Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, and will conclude with the screening of the documentary, The Story of Gitanjali. Event: Launch of Reba Som’s book Rabindranath Tagore: The Singer and his Song, and Tagore songs by the author, a discussion on the book and screening of a documentary When: Today at 6.30 pm Where: Satyajit Ray auditorium, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani

Art

August 10 - 23 at The Promenade Lounge, Taj Bengal; 10 am - 11 pm: A solo exhibition of recent works by Subrata Ghosh. The artist will be painting live from 3 pm to 6 pm. August 10 - 22 (weekdays only) at Masters Collection Art Gallery, G-7 Malayalay Apts, 3 Woodburn Park, #30534053; 11 am - 6 pm: A group exhibition of paintings. Featuring works by Arup Ratan Choudhury, Bibhas Baidya, Indrajit Basu, Manas Mohan Bhaumik, Shuvendu Sarkar and Sushanta Das. Till August 12 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: West Bengal Government School Teachers’ Association presents an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by art teachers of the state government schools. Till August 12 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, #2475 2275; 3 pm - 8 pm: Chitrakoot presents Rare Glimpse of Rare Art, featuring works by Jamini Roy, Tagores, Roerich, Nandalal and Gopal Ghosh, and of early Bengal. Till August 14 at G.C. Laha Centenary Fine Arts Gallery, Laha Paint House, 1st floor, 7 Chittaranjan Avenue; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Alakananda Mukerji, professor, Studio Art Dept, Manhattanville College, NY, USA. Till August 14 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: A solo exhibition of paintings by Arpita Basu. Till August 14 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South-A Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Sanjib Roy. Till August 14 at Aakriti Art Gallery, 12/3A Hungerford Street, #2289 3027/ 5041; 12 noon - 7 pm: Leela — an exhibition of paintings by Kartick Chandra Pyne and Partha Pratim Deb. Curated by Pranabranjan Ray. Till August 15 at The Art Walk, Emami Chisel Arts, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: A solo exhibition of paintings by Dr Jayasmita Chatterjee. Till August 15 at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #2465 3212; 11 am - 7 pm: Eternal Landscape — a group show of landscape art featuring works by Manisha Dey, Ramlal Dhar, Sohini Dhar, Gopal Ghose, Mrinal Mondol, Surya Prakash and Sandip Roy. Till August 30 (except August 15 & Mondays) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 6 pm: An exhibition of paintings, sculptures, drawings and graphics by the awardees at the Annual Exhibition 2009 of Birla Academy. Participants: Amlan Dutta, Anupam Das, Avijit Mukherjee, Debashree Das, Harjit Saha, Manjushree Chakraborty and Sujit Karan.

TALK

August 10 at The Asiatic Society, Humayun Kabir Hall; 4 pm: Dr Ranesh Chandra Poddar will deliver a lecture on Population. August 10 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Atmapriyananda will speak on Kathopanishad. August 10 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Ritananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Lilaprasanga. August 10 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 7 pm: Prof. Amalendu Chakraborty will speak on Ishopanishad.

DRAMA

August 10 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB 201 Salt Lake; 6 pm: Phool Nautanki Vilas — a nautanki-style folk play in Hindi based on fables, folk tales and folklore of Bihar. Directed by Abhay Kumar Sinha, it will be presented by Prangan Cultural Organisation, Patna. Hosted by EZCC August 12 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandimukh presents Tettrish Tama Janmadibas, written by Harold Pinter and translated by Dr Pabitra Sarkar and Ajitesh Bandyopadhyay. Direction: Ashok Chattopadhyay. August 12 at Girish Mancha, August 13 at Minerva Theatre & August 14 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Renaissance presents its latest Hindi production, Kaal Kothri. Direction: Aloke Chakravorty. August 13 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Ajnatobass — Nandikar’s latest production, directed by Sumanta Gangopadhyay. Story: Sukanta Gangopadhyay. The cast includes Sohini Sengupta, Sumana Mukherjee, Swatilekha Sengupta, Sumanta Gangopadhyay, Swajan Srijan Mukherjee and Rudraprasad Sengupta. Directorial adviser: Rudraprasad Sengupta. August 15 at Tapan Theatre; 3 pm & 6.30 pm: Sayak presents Sanjhbela, directed by Meghnad Bhattacharya. August 16 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.45 pm: Rang Roop will stage Byaram Biram. Direction: Seema Mukhopadhyay.

PERFORMING ARTS

August 10 at Gyan Manch; 6.30 pm: Amitajyoti: Inspired by Tagore’s Vishwa-Parichay and a number of his songs, this Manipuri dance item includes not only the classical element, but folk and Thang-ta as well. Besides some yogic postures are blended into the choreography. Presented as part of Rabindra Utsav, hosted by Happenings. August 10 at Rabindra Sadan; 5.30 pm: The concluding evening of Barsha Utsav features dances by Gayatri Chatterjee, Shanti Basu, Polly Guha, Dr Malabika Mitra, Molly Roy, Reena Jana, Purnima Ghosh and Alokananda Roy; songs by Goutam Mitra, Pubali Debnath, Agnibha Bandyopadhyay, Shraboni Sen, Rajashree Bhattacharya, Rahul Mitra, Debarati Som, Manini Mukhopadhyay, Indira Bandyopadhyay, Soma Roy, Shantanu Roychoudhury, Sasa Ghoshal, Supratik Das and others; and recitation by Asish Ghosh, Shrabanti Maitra, Debashis Roychoudhury, Biswajit Mondal and Sudipta Mitra. August 12 at Kala Mandir; 6 pm: Ashoke Renu presents Barsha Aashe Basanta — a solo recital of Tagore songs by Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta. August 15 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6 pm: Biswabhara Pran presents solo and chorus recitals and readings of Tagore songs and poems. Participants: Gouri Ghosh, Gopa Roy, Jonaki Choudhury, Tapan Sinha, Partha Ghosh, Pradip Sarkar, Mita Ghosh, Shamit Roy, Sumana Bhattacharya and Sanhita Banerjee. Also, songs and reading from Geetanjali by Shraboni Sen and Ranjan Bandyopadhyay. August 16 at Rabindra Okakura Bhavan, Salt Lake; 10.30 am: To mark Surangama’s foundation day, the artistes of its Salt Lake branch will present a programme of songs and dance based on Tagore’s monsoon songs. Participants: Priyankar Majumdar, Debasree Mukherjee, Karabi Banerjee, Sahila Panja, Srotoswini Bhowmick, Pooja Bhadra, Dhritiman Ganguly, Satyapriya Ghosh, Anindita Moitra, Soumita Dutta, Tapasi Ghosh, Debapriyo Dutta Majumdar and others in songs, and Esha Goswami, Sanchita Patra, Dyuti Mukherjee, Dharitri Ganguly, Sagarika Mondal and others in dance. Direction: Kumkum Mitra.

INTER-SCHOOL FEST

August 10 & 11 at Kala Mandir; 9 am onwards: Lakshmipat Singhania Academy hosts Abhilakshya. Today: Inauguration (9 am), Brainwave (9.30 am), Encore (11 am), Gift of the Gab (1.45 pm) and Step Up! (2.45 pm).

EXHIBITION

Till August 10 at Soumya’s Creation, 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 11.30 am - 6.30 pm: Puja Prep - 2, a variety of sarees, kurtis, costume, silver and mina jewellery, evening bags, children’s clothes and household items. Till August 20 at 80G Sarat Bose Road; 11 am - 5 pm: Chandni unveils her new collection of sarees, light and bridal lehengas. Also, diaper cakes and baby arrival bouquets for baby showers and parties. 9831038115, 9339058424. Till September 24 at Darbari, P-249 Purna Das Road, #2464 4027; 11 am - 8 pm: An exhibition showcasing exclusive hand-embroidered, printed and woven ladies and men’s wear.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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