Stepping stone to success Designed to be the ultimate reference book for students aspiring to clear various competitive examinations, Barry O’Brien’s General Knowledge Manual 2010 combines the advantages of any specialised subject textbook along with that of an up-to-date encyclopaedia. It has been conceived and developed on the basis of the particular requirements of competitive examinations conducted by Union and State Public Service Commissions, Indian Forest Services, Indian Engineering Services, Combined Defence Services, National Defense Academy (NDA), SSC, Bank Probationary Officers Examinations, Reserve Bank of India Officers’ Examinations, Railway Recruitment Board, Special Class Railway Apprentices (SCRA), LIC, GIC, AAOs, the various MBA/MCA/BCA/BBA entrance examinations, as well as other administrative examinations. Presented in simple, systematic and student-friendly style, its objective is to cover the vast subject of general knowledge in a structured and useful manner, with special focus on the current trend of questions asked. Covering a spectrum of important and relevant topics in each area of study in 12 different sections, the book provides a current, reliable and authentic treatment of all topics. It also includes exclusive sections on IQ and Logic, Personality Developement, Communication Skills and Better English. Multiple-choice questions at the end of each section will help students revise and recapitulate every chapter. Value is added to the core material in the form of supporting diagrams, illustration and interesting tidbits of information. This evening, Somnath Chatterjee will formally launch the book. A concise version of the book will also be released. Hosted by Starmark. lEvent: Launch of Barry O’ Brien’s General Knowledge Manual 2010 lWhen: Today at 4.30 pm lWhere: Starmark, South City Mall, 2nd floor, 375 Prince Anwar Shah Road

ART

Till January 9 (except Sundays and public holidays) at CIMA Gallery; 3 pm - 7 pm (Mondays) & 2 pm - 7 pm (Tuesdays to Saturdays): In Search of a Context, an exhibition about the relation of art to its setting of time, place, social and historical moorings. Artworks include paintings, sculptures, drawings, collage, films and video. Featuring works of Manas Acharya, Samir Aich, Rashmi Bagchi Sarkar, Sumitro Basak, Rameshwar Broota, Shreyasi Chatterjee, Swarna Chitrakar, Jogen Chowdhury, Sougata Das, Partha Pratim Deb, Meera Devidayal, Early Bengal School, Anita Gopal, Subodh Gupta, Anup Mondal, Binode Behari Mukherjee, Ravinder G. Reddy, Satyajit Roy, Kingshuk Sarkar, Shakila, Shuvaprasanna, Mayank Kumar Shyam, Arpita Singh, J. Swaminathan, Rabindranath Tagore, Manish Waghdare, Ancient South Indian Sculpture, and Cinematic Installation by Rituparno Ghosh and Mainak Bhaumik. Till December 11 at Taj Bengal, The Poolside; 10 am - 5 pm: An art camp featuring 14 contemporary painters from India and Bangladesh. Till December 12 at G.C. Laha Centenary Fine Arts Gallery, 7 Chittaranjan Avenue, 1st floor; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Joydeb Bose, Karim Ali, Koushik Gupta, Mou Das, Prabir Chatterjee and Subir Kumar Banerjee. Till December 19 (except Sunday) at Gallery Kolkata, 41 Shakespeare Sarani, Duckback House, #2287 3377/88; 11 am - 7 pm: Mother and Child — an exhibition of paintings and sculptures conceptualised by Sunil Das. Participating artists: Anjali Ela Menon, Suhas Roy, Jogen Chowdhury, Prakash Karmakar, Sunil Das, Shuvaprasanna, Vasundhara Tewari Broota, Partha Pratim Deb, Sunil Kumar Das, Prasanta Sahu, Debabrata De, Chandrima Bhattacharya, Arunangshu Choudhury, Pratul Das, Murli Cheeroth, T.M. Aziz, Pradip L. Mishra, Debraj Goswami, Samir Aich, Mahjabin I Majumdar, Babu Ishwar Prasad, Ranjan Krishnan and C.F. John. Till December 20 at Sanskriti Art Gallery, 5C Alipore Park Road: An exhibition of sculptures by Debabrata De. Till December 26 (except Sunday) at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani, #22902274; 11 am - 7 pm, Mon - 2 pm to 7 pm: Modern Continuous — Works by Bikash Bhattacharjee, Dharmanarayan Dasgupta, Dipak Banerjee, Ganesh Pyne, Jogen Chowdhury, Lalu Prasad Shaw, Meera Mukherjee, Paritosh Sen and Somnath Hore. Till December 26 (except Sunday) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, #2465 3212; 11 am - 7 pm: A Study in Abstraction — an exhibition featuring works of Manjari Chakravarti, Shridhar Iyer, Prabhakar Kolte, Manish Pushkale, Deepak Rajvar, Partha Shaw, S. Harsha Vardhana, Deepak Tandon and Neha Chandria. Till December 27 (except Monday and December 25) at Birla Academy of Art and Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition to mark the golden jubilee celebration of Society of Contemporary Artists. Till December 28 at Starmark, South City Mall; 11 am - 8 pm: Paintings by Nina Das. Till January 2 (Sundays by appointment) at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #65508418; 10.30 am - 6.30 pm: Portals of Perception — an exhibition of paintings by Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Chandrima Ray, Aditya Basak, Sanatan Dinda, Sukanta Das, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Subrata Das, Suhas Roy, Samir Paul, Gourango Beshai, Sibsaday Chaudhuri and others. Till December 30 (except Mondays) at Ahuja Museum for Arts, 26 Lee Road, #40034974, 22894745; 11:30 am – 7:30 pm: Indian Masters I – an exhibition of painting and sculpture by M.F. Husain, S H Raza, A. Ramachandran, Chintan Upadhyay, Laxma Goud, T Vaikuntam, Yusuf Arakkal, Naynaa Kanodia, Manu Parekh, Satish Gujral, Lalitha Lajmi, Dilip Ranade, Gogi Saroj Pal, C. Jagdish, Badrinaryan, Arpana Caur and Maya Burman from the Museum’s collection. Till January 3 (except Monday) at Bose Pacia, Stephens Court, 18 Park Street, #40010148; 11 am - 7 pm: B-Swarga — new works by Jayanta Roy. Till January 16 (except Sunday) at 2/1 Hindusthan Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Experimenter presents Freedom is Notional — works of three of South Asia’s finest artists: Shilpa Gupta, Bani Abidi and Naeem Mohaiemen.

DRAMA

December 10 at Bangla Academy Sabhagriha; 6 pm: Inauguration of the 5th Durgadas Natyotsav, followed by conferring of Durgadas Natya Samman on Soumitra Chatterjee and Durgadas Memorial Lecture by Ashok Mukherjee. December 10 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Hattamela presents Hetamgarhe Hoi Choi. Direction: Gurudas Bandyopadhyay. December 10 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Natya Aanan presents Satyajit Ray’s Heerak Rajar Deshe. Direction: Chandan Sen.

PERFORMING ARTS

Till December 12 at Indumati Sabhaghar, Jadavpur University; 5.30 pm: All India Music Festival’s 26th annual conference. Today: Krisnakoli Dutta (vocal), Ranita Dey (vocal), Mallar Rakshit (sarod), Partha Pratim Das (vocal) and Gouri Roy Chowdhury (vocal).

FILM SHOW

December 10 at Max Mueller Bhavan: DEFA Films of Work and Everday Life. Screening of Berlin - Schönhauser Corner (dir: Gerhard Klein, 1957, b/w, 79 min) at 5 pm and The Trace of Stones (dir: Frank Beyer, 1966, b/w, 129 min) at 6.30 pm.

PHOTO EXHIBITION

Till December 20 at Birla Industrial and Technological Museum, 19A Gurusaday Road; 10 am - 5 pm: British Council and Birla Industrial and Technological Museum present Hard Rain, a project by eminent British photographer, author and environmental campaigner Mark Edwards. This photographic exhibition, interpreting Bob Dylan’s prophetic song A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall, showcases exclusive pictures taken and compiled from around the globe by Edwards to highlight our global problems.

BOOK exhibition

Till December 13 at Crossword, Elgin Road: Crossword-Penguin Fest (in association with t2). Attractive offers on Penguin Books for the entire period across five Crossword stores. Till December 13 at Girish Mancha complex; 3 pm - 9 pm: The Sixth Sutanuti Book Fair, organised by Sutanuti Boimela Committee. Till December 15 at Starmark (Lord Sinha Road, South City Mall, Mani Square and City Centre); 11 am - 8 pm: Children’s book exhibition offers a wide range of titles.

DANCE FESTIVAL

Till December 14 at Rabindra Sadan & Rabindra Sadan complex; 5.30 pm: Uday Shankar Nrityotsav 2009, hosted by West Bengal State Music Academy, Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, Government of West Bengal, in association with EZCC and West Bengal Dance Group Federation. Today at Rabindra Sadan: Ruma Dey and Sudeshna Majumdar (Gaudiya), Leena Mohanty, Orissa (Odissi), Shouvik Chakraborty (Kathak), Tridhara, Orissa (dir: Gajendra Panda), Kuchipudi Kalamadhuri (dir: Madhuri Majumdar), and Rudraksha Foundation, Orissa (dir: Bichitrananda Swain). At Rabindra Sadan complex: Shurasree Bhattacharya (Kathak), Arpita Saha and Udayshankar Sengupta (Bharata Natyam), Shayomita Dasgupta (Odissi), Madhurima Goswami (Kathak), Swatantra Cultural Unit (dir: Madhabi Barman), and Odissi Ashram (dir: Giridhari Nayek).

TALK

December 10 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 5.45 pm: Parimal Kanti Das will discuss Life of Balaram Basu. December 10 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Ramaranjan Mukherji will speak in Bengali on Bharatiya Nandantattva. December 10 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 6 pm: Bijon Lodh will speak on Sri Sri Mayer Katha. December 10 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Samshuddhananda will speak in Bengali on Mundaka Upanishad.

QUIZ

December 13 at International School of Business & Media, EN-22, Sector-V, Salt Lake City, near WEBEL Gate: MegaWhats Quiz, a written quiz for teams of four. Registration from 2.15 pm. Registration fee: Rs. 200 per team. For details, contact Gautam (98300 44093), Sudeep (98314 33050), Suprio (92305 62601).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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Fax: 2234-8244