Inside the consumer psyche The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and KKN Group, in association with The Telegraph, have recently initiated the Think… series of lectures for its members and select associates from January this year. The Chamber will organise one such talk session every month with an achiever in his or her field of expertise. Through this, the Chamber wishes to provide a forum for its members and constituents to listen to eminent personalities on issues of contemporary relevance spanning economy, business, industry, the social context, issues of national importance and the like. Also, it is expected to create value for its members and encourage the audience to think new, think fresh and widen their own perspectives. In the fifth edition of the Lecture Series, to be held this evening, Dheeraj Sinha, regional planning director, Bates 141, will address the audience on Consumer India — Inside the Indian Mind & Wallet. In his book of the same name, Sinha puts Indian consumers into three segments: partition generation, transition generation and no-strings generation, and gives an account of what marketers and advertisers need to keep in mind to draw the attention of each of these consumer segments. Taking off from his book and drawing upon facts, fiction and personal experience, Sinha will unravel the connections between the mind and the wallet of the Indian consumer in this session. Event: The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and KKN Group in association with The Telegraph present a lecture session by Dheeraj Sinha, regional planning director, Bates 141 When: Today at 7.30pm Where: The Palladian Lounge, The Bengal Chamber, 6 Netaji Subhas Road

ART

Till July 16 (except Sundays & public holidays) at CIMA Gallery, Sunny Towers (2nd floor), 43 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, 2485 8717, 2485 8509; Mondays: 3pm - 7pm, Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2pm - 7pm: Summer Show 2011. Participants: Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Sumitro Basak, Jyoti Bhatt, Shreyasi Chatterjee, Rini Dhumal, Farhad Hussain, Abir Karmakar, Surendran P. Karthyayan, Goutam Khamaru, Bimal Kundu, Paresh Maity, Martin O.C., Shyamal Roy, Shakila, Paramjit Singh, Thota Tharrani, Babu Xavier and others from across India. June 14 - 30 (except Sundays) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, 24653212; 11am - 7pm: Ganges Art Gallery presents The Aviary. Featuring works by Atin Basak, Sagar Bhowmick, Jayashree Chakravarty, Jogen Chowdhury, Sunil Das, Debabrata Hazra, Puran Singh Jhala, Mahjabin Majumdar, Avijit Mukherjee, Katayun Saklat and Mithu Sen. Inauguration today at 6pm. Till June 15 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: An exhibition of watercolours by Joydeep Chatterjee. Till June 15 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: Spectrum 09, a group of contemporary young artists, presents its second art show. Participating artists: Subhankar Biswas, Ranjit Kumar Bor, Abak Kundu, Gourav Pal, Moupia Chakraborty, Baishali Sarkar, Soumen Das, Prosenjit Nath, Tarun Rit and Shibram Das. Till June 15 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South ‘B’ Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: Praner Katha — a solo exhibition of recent paintings by Samiran Dey. Till June 15 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South ‘A’ Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: An exhibition of drawings and paintings by Painters Eye. Participating artists: Joydeep Ghosh, Biswajit Mitra, Subha Basu, Sahitya Mondal and Goutam Sarkar. Till June 15 at ECA Art Walk, South City Mall; 12noon - 8pm: An exhibition of watercolour paintings by Subrata Paul. Till June 18 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, 2475 2275; 3pm - 8pm: Chitrakoot presents Summer Oasis, an exhibition of artworks by renowned masters. Featuring works by Abanindranath Tagore, Atul Bose, B.P. Banerjee, Chintamoni Kar, Chittoprasad, Gaganendranath Tagore, Rabindranath Tagore, Gopal Ghosh, Hemen Mazumdar, J.P. Ganguly, Jamini Roy, Kalight School, Manindra Bhushan Gupta, M.F. Husain, Nandalal Bose, Nikhil Biswas, Prakash Karmakar, Ramkinker Baij, Ranada Ukil, Samar Ghosh, Somnath Hore, Suhas Roy, Zainul Abedin, Arun Goswami, Arup Das, Chanchal Mukherjee, Manoj Mitra, Pradip Maitra and others. Till June 22 (except Thursdays) at Gallery Gold, 11 Abdul Rasul Avenue, 9432359581; 2pm - 9pm: World of Art International Exhibition of paintings and sculptures. Showcasing works by Paritosh Sen, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Jogen Chowdhury, Alexandre Tokarev, Christian Schutz, Paresh Maity, Prakash Karmakar, Wasim R. Kapoor, Prabir Sen, Manas Roy (Roymans), Samir Aich, Rupchand Kundu, Renee Middelkoop and others. Till June 26 (except Sundays) at Tejas Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road; 12.30pm - 7.30pm: An exhibition of the works by Tanay Kumar Paul.

DRAMA

June 14 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30pm: Ekti Dal presents its popular comedy, Bidhuda. Drama & direction: Rajat Ghosh. June 14 at Girish Mancha; 6.30pm: Shruti Creations presents Bisamrekha. Drama & direction: Soumitra Basu. Till June 19 at Khardah Rabindra Bhavan: Theatre Platform presents Experimental Space Theatre Festival 2011. Today: Hamlet, produced by Anya Theatre and directed by Bibhas Chakraborty. June 15 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30pm: Nat-Ranga will stage Snuopoka, written and directed by Sohan Bandopadhyay. June 15 at Girish Mancha; 6.30pm: Samsatb will stage its latest production, Manaschakshu. Drama: Ujjwal Chattopadhyay. Direction & performance: Dwijen Bandyopadhyay. June 16 & 17 at The Creative Arts Studio; 7pm: The Creative Arts Studio presents the students’ year-end production, When things go bump in the night…, inspired from Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s short stories. Directed by Ramanjit Kaur. To book your seat, call 9830775677. June 17 at Academy of Fine Arts & June 19 at Girish Mancha; 6.30pm: Nandikar will stage Madhabi. Drama: Bhisma Sahni. Adaptation, music & direction: Swatilekha Sengupta. Acting: Rudraprasad Sengupta, Debshankar Halder, Parthapratim Deb, Sumanta Ganguly and Sohini Sengupta. June 18 & 19 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre; 7pm: The Red Curtain presents Charlotte Keatley’s My Mother Said I Never Should / Ma Bolechhe Korishna. Adaptation and direction: Shuktara Lal. For donor passes contact 9831171401. Proceeds to Hamari Muskan, an NGO that provides mainstream education to the children of sex workers.

PERFORMING ARTS

June 14 at Satyajit Ray Auditorium, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 6pm: Biswabhara Pran presents Rituranga, an evening of Tagore songs and readings from his works and accompanied by dances. Participants: Arkadev Bhattacharya, Urmimala Basu, Rituparna Roy, Koushik Chakraborty, Gopa Roy, Goutam Choudhury, Jagannath Basu, Jonaki Choudhury, Pradip Sarkar, Mrittika Bhattacharya, Rukma Dakshi, Sharmila Basu, Srabani Sen, Shamit Ray, Subrata Sengupta and Subrata Mukhopadhyay. June 14 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30pm: Shinjan Nrityalaya pays tribute to Guru Padma Vibhushan Kelucharan Mohapatra and Guru Raghunath Dutta with Odissi dance recitals by Padma Shri Ileana Citaristi, Jyoti Shrivastava and Nivedita Daw. June 14 at Aikatan, EZCC, Salt Lake; 6.30pm: Classical vocal by Shipra Khan. June 15 at Satyajit Ray Auditorium, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 6.30pm: ICCR Calcutta presents, in its Horizon Series, a recital of classical ragas on the slide guitar by Bhaskar Mukhopadhyay. June 16 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6pm: A vocal recital by Sameehan Kashalkar with Sanjoy Adhikari (tabla) and Sarwar Hussain (sarangi). To be followed by the screening of Usha Deshpande’s Khayal (courtesy: Films Division, Government of India).

taLK

June 14 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6pm: Swami Vedaswarupananda will speak in Bengali on Gita. June 14 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 7pm: Prof. Amalendu Chakraborty will speak on Swami-Shishya Sambad. June 14 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, Abhedananda Memorial Lecture Hall; 7pm: Prof. Samir Kumar Basu will speak on Mon O Manush.

EXHIBITION

Till June 14 at Gallery Nakshatra, 2nd floor, 2/1 Outram Street; 11.30am - 7.30pm: Treasures of Southeast Asia, an exhibition of artifacts, home accessories, Burmese teak wood furniture, gift items and hand bags. June 15 at The Conclave Club, Rose Room; 10am - 6pm: D’autre is presenting a world of luxury, lifestyle and fashion all under one roof. Till June 19 at 8/2 Loudon Street, 2nd floor: Earthy Myths showcases a summer collection of dresses, kurtas and tops. Till June 20 at Ice Skating Rink; 11am - 8pm: Furniturex ’11 — a mega exhibition on home furniture. Till June 21 (except Sundays) at Weavers Studio, 5/1 Anil Moitra Road, 24408926/27; 9.30am - 6.30pm: A fresh summer collection of saris, sets, tunics, dupattas and stoles. Till July 3 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 11am - 8pm: Thieving Magpie — Digital collages by Sunandini Banerjee.

QUIZ

June 19 at YMCA Chowringhee: General quiz for teams of four. QM Dhruv Mookerji. Prelims at 4.30pm. No entry fee. For details, contact quizfruit@gmail.com

pHOTOGRAPHS

Till June 15 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: An exhibition of photographs by Anup Paul. Till June 18 at Gallery Kolkata, 41 Shakespeare Sarani, 22873377/88; 11am - 7pm: Metamorphosis — an exhibition of photographs by Mohan L. Mazumder. Till June 24 (except Sunday) at The Harrington Street Arts Centre, 8 Ho Chi Minh Sarani, No. 5 & 25B, 2nd floor, 2282 9220/21; 12noon - 7pm: Face of Bengal, an exhibition of photographs taken by the US Consul General in Calcutta, Beth A. Payne. Till June 30 (except Mondays and national holidays) in the Portrait Gallery, Victoria Memorial Hall; 10am - 5pm: Hoppé’s Santiniketan — an exhibition of photographs from 1929 by Emil Otto Hoppé.

WORKSHOP

June 15 - July 20 at Gatewayz, 27B Camac Street: Harfun — a crash course (20 classes) on grooming and finishing school for girls and ladies: Cooking, beauty & makeup, yoga, floral art, sari draping, etc. Call 9836665651. June 16 - 18 at Mocha, AJC Bose Road: Ace your Interviews (18 years onwards, specially freshers) to brush up on your skills and gear up to face the most challenging interviews. For details & registrations, call Smart Tree 9830863380 or 64991496. June 17 - 19 at Allenby Inn, 1/2 Allenby Road; 9am - 6pm: Workshop on Basic Clinical Hypnotherapy by Neerja Poddar on behalf of California Hypnosis Institute of India. Learn how the mind works, how we block ourselves with our limiting belief systems and how to overcome them. Advance registration required. Contact 9830129292. June 18 - July 10 at Smart Tree, New Alipore: Debating workshop (10 years onwards) over four weekends (Saturday & Sunday) to bring out the debater in you and to brush up your skills conducted by an eminent and dynamic faculty with experience in debating nationally and internationally. For details & registrations, call Smart Tree 9830863380 or 64991496. July 1 - 10 at Happy Hours, CD-69 Salt Lake, 9830229898/9830227778: Vocaboom now in Salt Lake: Vocabulary enrichment programme from Mumbai —make your child love English and improve vocabulary through this programme, nominated for the ELT International Innovation Award by British Council. For Junior KG - Class VIII kids.

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