A microcosmic peep into macro world Little Tatan is very worried and has lost his peace of mind because his country is reeling under severe draught. The cause of this calamity is the King’s decision to experiment with various new war weapons. Tatan’s search for a solution leads him to the Tree, the Stone and the Rabbit, and they all suggest him to look for the white pigeon, the harbinger of peace. The bird will usher in peace and prosperity in the country, they insist. Tatan’s quest for the white pigeon begins. Will he be able to combat the three demons: the forest, the mountain and the iceland, and restore peace for his country? This forms the crux of the first one-act play, Tatan Aar Sada Payra (Tatan and the White Pigeon).Direction: Tapas Das. The second one-act play, directed by Mithu De and Rana Mukherjee, Kahani Ek Tote Ki (Hindi) is about a parrot. Once the king’s men caught hold of a parrot and brought him to the king. The benign king wanted the bird to get equal opportunity like his subjects and hence instructed his men to impart proper “education” to the bird. His subjects saw this as an opportunity to fool the king and earn some easy bucks. They began “educating” the poor bird. The parrot was subjected to sheer torture in the name of education and ultimately the system killed the tiny bird. Both the plays are produced by Esho Natak Shikhi, a children’s drama workshop-cum-production centre and enacted by a group of talented and enthusiastic children. Event: Two one-act plays for children: Tatan Aar Sada Payra and Kahani Ek Tote Ki When: Today at 6 pm Where: Girish Mancha

art

Till July 15 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Art Wings presents an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Dipankar Pahari, Koushik Biswas, Palash Bhaduri and Saurav Kumar Dhabal Deb. Till July 15 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: A group show of paintings and sculptures featuring works by Rajat Sen, Shib Sankar Das, Subrata Paul, Sudipta Majumdar, Samik De and Sambhu Saha. Till July 16 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Cry from the Heart, the fifth solo exhibition of paintings by Shivaji Das. Till July 16 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Kalyan Chakraborty, Dipankar Ray, Bhaskar Bhattacharjee, Sanjay Bhaumik and Anjan Das. Till July 17 at Shree Art Gallery, 11 Gurusaday Road, Flat no. 61: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures on Nature. Participating artists: Ramananda Bandopadhyay. Subroto Gangopadhyay, Debabrata Chakrabarti, Sanatan Dinda, Niranjan Pradhan, Ratan Acharya, Abhishankar Mitra, Biswajeet Saha, Pramathes Chandra, Atanu Mitra and others. Till July 20 at Aakriti Art Gallery, 3/1A Picasso Bithi, #2289-3027/5041; 3 pm - 7 pm: Works by M.F. Husain, S.H. Raza, Paritosh Sen, Bikash Bhattacharjee, Kartick Pyne, Shyamal Dutta Ray, K.G. Subramanyan, Ganesh haloi, Paresh Maity, T. Vaikuntam, Shuvaprasanna, Sohan Quadri, Jogen Chowdhury, Rabin Mondal, Manjit Bawa, Prokash Karmakar, Sanat Kar, Suhas Roy, Wasim Kapoor and Sunil Das. Till July 20 at Kanvas Art Gallery, 53 Syed Amir Ali Avenue, 2nd floor; 3 pm - 7 pm: Vibrant Hues, an exhibition of the works of Biswajit Saha, Subrata Pal, Subrata Das, Sukanta Das, Dewashis Das, Anup Giri, Avishankar Mitra, Nitya Kundu, Swapan Das and others. Till July 22 at Seagull Arts & Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Faiza Huma. Till July 28 (except Sundays and public holidays) at CIMA Gallery; Mondays: 3 pm - 7 pm, Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2 pm - 7 pm: Summer Show featuring about 50 artworks from across India. Till July 28 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: The Masters of Imagination, an exhibition of paintings by Kartick Pyne, Atin Basak, Tapas Sardar, Prokash Karmakar, Ramananda Bandopadhyay, Suhas Roy, Sanatan Dinda, Bratin Khan, Aditya Basak, Subroto Gangopadhyay, Ashok Adhikary, Sibsaday, Subroto Das, Dewashish Das and others.

drama

July 12 at Girish Mancha; 6 pm: Kolkata Eso Natak Shikhi will stage two one-act plays, Tatan Aar Sada Payra (written and directed by Tapas Das) and Kahani Ek Tote Ki (direction: Mithu Dey and Rana Mukherjee). July 12 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Samikshan presents Manmoyee Girls School. Direction: Pankaj Munshi. July 13 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Samskar Bharati Repertory’s latest production, Jakhan Eka. Direction: Asit Basu. July 13 at Max Mueller Bhavan; 6.30 pm: Max Mueller Bhavan and Tritiyo Sutra present Agun Mukho. Drama: Bratya Basu. Direction: Suman Mukhopadhyay. July 14 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB 201 Salt Lake; 6 pm: EZCC hosts the staging of the play, Haroon-al Rashid (Direction: Samir Biswas), produced by Mangalik. July 14 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sayak presents Dildar. Direction: Meghnad Bhattacharya. July 14 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: Marubehag, in collaboration with Padatik, presents Tagore’s Ghare Baire. Direction: Jolly Guha Roy.

PERFORMING ARTS

July 12 & 13 at Madhusudan Mancha; 5.30 pm: Samaroha presents Barsha Utsav featuring Tagore songs and poems on monsoon. Participants: Rajeswar Bhattacharjee, Sanghamitra Gupta, Sreeradha Banerjee, Swastika Mukherjee, Subroto Sengupta, Anushila Basu, Basabi Bagchi, Shilpi Aditya, Madhuchhanda Ghatak, Debanjan Kundu and others on July 12; and Srikanto Acharya, Lopamudra Mitra, Monomoy Bhattacharya, Achin Mukhopadhyay, Suchhanda Ghosh, Debarati Mitra, Mrinmoy Roy, Irabati Basu, Sutapa Halder, Mrinmoy Roy, Sucharita Banerjee, Subir Bandyopadhyay and Pradip Ghosh on July 13. July 13 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 7 pm: Sangeet Ashram presents a sitar recital by Pandit Manilal Nag, with Pandit Samar Saha on the tabla. July 14 at Rabindra Sadan; 5.45 pm: Surarshi presents Chirodiner Gaan, an evening of Bengali songs of yesteryears. Participants include Dwijen Mukhopadhyay, Arun Dutta, Sudhin Sarkar, Shibaji Chattopadhyay, Srikanto Acharya, Parimal Bhattacharya, Goutam Mitra, Swapan Shom, Debmalya Chattopadhyay, Nirmala Mishra, Banasree Sengupta, Sreeradha Bandyopadhyay, Rajyasree Bandyopadhyay, Madhurima Dutta Chowdhury and Barnali Biswas. July 14 at Bhowanipur Sangit Sammilani Hall, 4 Ramesh Mitra Road; 6 pm: A classical music soiree featuring vocal recitals by Sugata Chatterjee, Guru Padma Bhusan Girija Devi and Basavi Mukherjee. July 15 at Sisir Mancha; 6 pm: Sur Chhandam presents a musical programme, Meghmedur Barshay. Direction: Krishnendu Bhattacharya.

talk

July 12 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Ramaranjan Mukherji will speak in Sanskrit on Bhavabhutir Uttararamacharit. July 12 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Tattwajnanananda will speak on Kenopanishad. July 12 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Samshuddhananda will speak in Bengali on Mundaka Upanishad. July 12 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7.15 pm: Chandan Majumder will speak on Sri Sri Ma Sarada Vandana.

FILM SHOW

July 12 at Gorky Sadan; 6.30 pm: Screening of Children of Heaven, directed by Majid Majidi.

EXHIBITION

July 14 -21 at Aranya, 124B S.P. Mukherjee Road; 11 am - 8 pm, Sunday (4 pm - 8 pm): A week-long monsoon fair. Articles on display include hand-made paper stationery and gift items along with sling bags in monsoon shades of blue, grey and green. Also, a special notebook, Brishtir Khata, with lines from well-known poems. An evening adda session on July 14 with poet Srijato and a musical performance by Shomi Bandyopadhyay. July 15 - 18 at Nehru Children’s Museum; 3 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of 50 prize-winning paintings selected from 2900 paintings. Inauguration by Monahar Tirkey, minister of state, public works department, on July 14 at 5.30 pm.

WORKSHOP

July 13 - 15 at Paschimbanga Banga Akademi Sabhaghar and Abanindra Sabhagriha: A poetry workshop hosted by Pratuibhash and Kabita Pratimash. Inauguration of workshop by Nirendranath Chakraborty on July 13, 6 pm at Paschim Banga Bangla Akademi Sabhaghar. July 15 at Calcutta Club, 241 AJC BOse Road; 9 am - 5 pm: Personal Leadership Workshop on Success, Motivation, Communication Skills, Time Management, Interpersonal Relationship with creative exercises and success stories, for industrialists, entrepreneurs, professionals, executives, students and housewives. Details at #9831229700, 9830070294.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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