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Till November 20 (except Sundays & public holidays) at CIMA Gallery, Sunny Towers (2nd floor), 43 Ashutosh Chowdhury Avenue, 2485 8509 / 8717; Mondays (3 pm - 7 pm), Tuesdays - Saturdays (2 pm - 7 pm): Yeh Image Mahaan: India meets Bharat. Participating artists: Manas Acharya, Rashmi Bagchi Sarkar, Sumitro Basak, Jyoti Bhatt, Shreyasi Chatterjee, Jogen Chowdhury, Meera Devidayal, Ashish Ghosh, Debraj Goswami, M.F. Husain, Farhad Hussain, Ganesh Pyne, Jamini Roy, Kingshuk Sarkar, Shakila, Mayank Kumar Shyam, Sanjeev Sonpimpare, Abanindranath Tagore, Chintan Upadhyay, JWT, Rediffusion Dentsu Young & Rubican Pvt. Ltd, and other works. November 16 - 21 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 4th floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of recent works by Malay Saha and Anindita Saha. Opening today at 5 pm. Till November 16 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery (A); 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Tilok Mandal and Sudip Banerjee. Till November 16 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Colours and Beyond — an exhibition of paintings by Swapan Sarkar and Nabanita Banerjee. Till November 16 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: The Group, an association of women artists, presents its 27th annual exhibition of paintings and sculptures. Participating artists: Shyamasree Basu, Dr Anjali Sengupta, Tapati Mukherjee, Arati Das, Anita Dutta, Sudeshna Das, Minati Nath, Madhusree Mucchal, Rina Mustafi, Swantana Dutta, Bharati Choudhury, Maitreyee Chatterjee, Nilima Goel and Banashree Khan. Till November 18 at Chemould Art Gallery; 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: A solo exhibition of paintings by Mahuya Bhattacharya. Till November 20 at Eye on Art Gallery, 3 Pretoria Street, Chandrakunj Building, 2nd floor; 1 pm - 8 pm: The second solo exhibition of paintings by Dipak Ghosh. Till November 21 at Taj Bengal, Promenade Lounge; 11 am - 11 pm: A solo exhibition of Dhiren Sasmal’s canvases. Till November 21 at ECA art Walk, South City Mall; 12 noon - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Rajendra Malakar. Till November 22 at Halo Heritage, 26 Ritchie Road (opp. Maddox Square); 2 pm - 8 pm: Aspect Art Gallery presents its inaugural exhibition featuring works by Arun Kumar Samaddar, Prabal Roy, Rajib Sur Roy, Subrata Ghosh and Mehatab Hussain. Till November 26 (except Monday & November 21) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 1st floor; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of works of two masters Ajit Chakraborty (sculptor) and Sailen Mitra (painter). Till November 30 (except Sundays) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road, 24653212; 11 am - 7 pm: Ganges Art Gallery presents Jogen Chowdhury: Drawings, Doodles and Sketches. Till December 4 (except Sundays) at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindusthan Road, 2463 0465 / 4001 2289: Where Am I? — an exhibition of the works of four German artists Anja Ciupka, Stefan Panhans, Sebastian Stumpf and Claudia Wieser. Curated by Dr Barbara J. Scheuermann. Till December 11 (except Sundays) at Aakriti Art Gallery, 12/3A Hungerford Street, 2289 3027/5041; 12 noon - 7 pm: Projection of Disjointed Times — an exhibition of sculptures by Akhil Chandra Das.DRAMA
November 16 at Minerva Theatre; 6 pm: William Shakespeare’s Raja Lear — a Minerva Repertory Theatre production, directed by Suman Mukhopadhyay. Soumitra Chatterjee appears in the main role. The cast also includes Bimal Chakraborty, Biswajit Chakraborty, Sudipa Basu, Joyraj Bhattacharya, Senjuti Mukhopadhyay and Minerva Repertory Theatre’s 24 actors. November 16 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Bratyajan will stage Ruddha Sangeet, with Debshankar Halder in the lead. Drama & direction: Bratya Basu. November 17 at Academy of Fine Arts; 10 am: Natadha presents its latest production, Caesar O Cleopatra, inspired by Geroge Bernard Shaw. Direction: Arna Mukhopadhyay. November 18 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.45 pm: Lok-krishti will stage Tagore’s Laboratory. Drama & direction Phalguni Chatterjee. November 18 at Minerva Theatre; 6.30 pm: Nirbak Abhinoy Academy will stage Tin Guchir Binuni, a play by Sharmila Maitra. Direction: Suranjana DasGupta. November 18 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Shrutirangam will stage Bishmool. Drama, direction & acting: Paran Bandyopadhyay. November 18 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Blank Verse will stage Furrut, based on a short story by Upendra Kishore Roychowdhury. The play is written and directed by Raja Bhattacharya with Debshankar Halder in the lead role. November 18 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Belgharia Ethic will stage its new play, Kothay Pabo Tarey. Direction: Debasis Sengupta.PHOTOGRAPHS
November 16 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road, 2455 6942/43; 7 pm: On the occasion of the release of Roland Barthes’ Incidents (a new translation by Teresa Lavender Fagan with photographs by Bishan Samaddar), The Seagull Foundation for the Arts hosts the opening of the exhibition, Incidents — photographs by Bishan Samaddar. The exhibition will be on view till December 4, except Sundays, between 2 pm and 8 pm. Till November 26 (except Saturdays) at Creative Ritu, 3/2A C N C Street, Bhowanipore, 9831001947; 4 pm - 8 pm: The first solo exhibition of travel photographs by Raja Abhimanyu.TALK
November 16 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 5.45 pm: Discourse on Sri Ma Sarada Punthi by Swami Snehamayananda. November 16 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Sarvabhutananda will speak in Hindi on Manas Me Sri Rama Ka Charitra. November 16 at Ramakrishna Mancha, Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda’s Ancestral House and Cultural Centre, 3 Gour Mohan Mukherjee Street; 6.30 pm: Swami Shivamayananda will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Leelaprasanga. November 16 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 6.30 pm: Bimal Poddar will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita.BOOK LAUNCH
November 16 at Oxford Bookstore, 17 Park Street; 6.30 pm: Oxford Bookstore, Calcutta and Rai Foundation host the launch of Creative Living: A unique book on personal well being and happiness by Dr Harbeen Arora, eminent author, entrepreneur and mentor. The book will be released by Krishna Bose, eminent writer, educationist and parliamentarian. To be followed by a discussion on the theme of the book.EXHIBITION
November 16 & 17 at Taj Bengal; 2 pm - 7 pm: British Council’s Education UK exhibition. November 16 - 21 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8-B Middleton Street, 22293886; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Shrujan’s exhibition of Indo-western garments, including saris and kurtas all hand-embroidered by women of Kutch, and home furnishings. Till November 19 at Central Park, Karunamoyee, Salt Lake; 12 noon - 9 pm: Karigar Haat — national handicrafts and handloom fair.SCREENING
November 18 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: The screening of a documentary on Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, to be followed by a vocal recital by Raza Ali Khan with Amitabha Bhattacharya (harmonium) and Arif Khan (tabla).QUIZ
November 19 at Bidhan Park, Barasat; 5 pm onwards: To celebrate the 94th birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi, Barasat Town Indian National Congress, in association with Quiz Maniacs Society, is organsing a quiz on Indian National Congress. Open to any two-member teams. For details, call Partha Gupta (9830318721). November 20 at Dalhousie Institute: The 32nd Argus Open Quiz. Final from 6 pm. Teams to report by 3 pm. Entry free. Quiz Master: Soumyadip Chowdhuri. November 21 at St Xavier’s College auditorium; 3.30 pm - 8 pm: ALSOC Alumni Quiz for three-member teams from the same school or college, with at least one member being an alumnus of the institution. No entry fee. QM: Gautam Ghosh. Guest QM: Ashok Vishwanathan. Eight teams qualify for the final. For details, contact Shankar Ramalingam (98300 09889) or Gautam Ghosh (98300 44093).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-700001; Fax: 2234-8244All those who wish events to be included in this column should write not less than a week ahead to:
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