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Timeout 14-07-2007

Indian idols

The Telegraph Online Published 14.07.07, 12:00 AM
Indian idols
Concerned about the absence of Indian superheroes in children’s fiction, some of the country’s most popular children’s authors have come forward to create a number of truly amazing, native heroes, purely Indian in identity, idiosyncrasy and character. This evening, Oxford Junior and Scholastic India Pvt Ltd host the release of Superhero, the Fabulous Adventures of Rocket Kumar and other Indian Superheroes, an anthology of children’s fiction with weird, wild and wacky tales about the daring exploits of indigenous heroes with fantastic, extraordinary super-powers. Featuring stories by Samit Basu, Manjula Padmanabhan, Indrajit Hazra, Anita Roy, Anshumani Ruddra, Rimi B. Chatterjee, Sampurna Chattarji and Venita Coelho. To be followed by readings from the book by Indrajit Hazra, Rimi B. Chatterjee and Samit Basu.

Event: Release of children’s book of stories, Superhero, followed by readings When: Today at 5.30 pm Where: Oxford Junior, 17 Park Street

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 14 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Aneek presents Punorujjiban. Direction: Amalesh Chakraborty. 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. Dir: 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. July 14 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: IPTA Spandan presents Ishatshade, the Suicide Squad. Direction: Sangram Guha. July 15 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Rang Roop presents Mukhosh Nritya. Direction: Seema Mukhopadhyay. July 15 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Gandhar presents Jaara Brishtite Bhijechhilo. Drama: Joy Goswami. Solo acting: Bijoylakshmi Barman. Direction: Goutam Halder. July 15 at Mukta Angan Rangalaya; 6.30 pm: Shouvanik presents Abalilakromey. Drama & direction: Bimal Bandopadhayay. July 15 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Bohurupee presents its latest production, Aayna Harin. July 15 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sundaram’s Galpo Hekim Saheb. Drama, direction & acting: Monoj Mitra. July 15 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: Padatik and Brainchild Theatre present Thaneer Thaneer (in Hindi). Direction: Kunal Padhy.

PERFORMING ARTS

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 Robi Guha Mazumdar Academy, 47 S.P. Mukherjee Road; 5 pm: A musical evening to mark the 89th birth anniversary of late Robi Guha Mazumdar. Featuring songs of Robi Guha Mazumdar by Helen Mukhopadhya, sarod by Ustad Bidyut Khan, and vocal by Lata Prasad. July 15 at Sisir Mancha; 6 pm: Sur Chhandam presents a musical programme, Meghmedur Barshay. Direction: Krishnendu Bhattacharya. July 15 at Ramakrishna Mission Blind Boys’ Academy, Narendrapur, Vivekananda Centenary Hall; 7 pm: As part of its golden jubilee celebrations, Ramakrishna Mission Blind Boys’ Academy presents an evening of classical music featuring tabla-tarang by students of the Academy, vocal music by Bishnudeb Chakraborty, and a jugalbandi by Amlan Halder (violin) and Saumya Adhya (sitar). Also, felicitation to Pandit Manilal Nag and Swapan Gupta.

talk

July 14 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Samiran Chandra Chakraborty will speak in Bengali on Veda Parikrama. July 14 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Paramatmananda will speak in Bengali on Manovijnan O Atmatattwa. July 14 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7.15 pm: Swami Snehamayanandaji Maharaj will discourse on Sri Sri Ma Sarada Punthi.

seminar

July 14 at 178 AJC Bose Road, 1st gate beside Circular Hotel, 2nd floor, M.T. Fernandes; 3.30 pm: Seminar on Time Management and Financial Stability: An easy way to get out of debts and how one can be in control of one’s life. Registration 3.30 pm onwards. Talk till 6 pm.

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 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.

reading

July 15 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 11 am: Professor P. Lal reads Sanjaya’s report of Dhristadyumna and Drona clashing, and the Pandava general decapitating Drona after he discards his weapons and prepares for “yoga-heaven”, in the 382nd weekly session of his sloka-by-sloka English transcreation of Vyasa’s Mahabharata.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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