Afghan expressions Liberated from the shackles of an erstwhile tyrannical political regime, Afghan women are now coming forward to document their sufferings and express feelings that provide a key to their psychological needs. A group of talented young women have chosen the medium of art to articulate their vision of life in their country. Working together in a common art environment, they have shared stories of the trials of their lives, painting uninhibitedly to express their thoughts and emotions. This exhibition of paintings by young women artists from Afghanistan is the first of its kind in the art history of that country. Conveying the creative ideas of a young generation, it symbolically expresses their experiences of life within the framework of new art concepts. Featuring works by students between the ages of 16 and 25, it focuses in general on the life of women in contemporary Afghanistan. The artworks display the honour, pride and exceptional achievements of Afghan women, instead of portraying their deprivation and oppression. Nevertheless, they depict the reality of the situation of women, giving silent, yet eloquent expression to the problems caused by their subjugation. Hosted by Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, Calcutta. Event: An exhibition of paintings by women artists of Afghanistan When: September 20 - 27; 11 am - 7 pm Where: Jamini Roy Gallery, 3rd floor, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani

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Till September 20 at Aakriti Art Gallery, 12/3A Hungerford Street, #32998525, 22893027; 12 noon - 7 pm: Empty and Full, an exhibition of paintings by Akhilesh, Amitava Dhar, Manish Pushkaie, Samindranath Majumdar, Sunil De and Yogendra Tripathi. Till September 21 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road, #2455 6942/43; 2 pm - 8 pm: Second Skin, an exhibition of sculptures by Venkat Bothsa. Till September 21 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: Dancing Colours, an exhibition of paintings and photographs by Komala Vardan. Till September 21 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture, 2nd floor; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Bharat Das, Rajat Mondal, Pradip Kar, Soumen Pal, Raju Sen, Tanay Choudhury, Anna Paul (Dey), Shubha Ranjan Paul, Sanjib Gurey and Sandip Das. Till September 21 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: Fertile Emotions, an exhibition of paintings by Naba Kr Chakrabarty, Subrata Debnath, Saroj Sarkar, Badal Paul and Sreejib Ganguly. Till September 23 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road, #24752275; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Provas Chandra Banerjee. Till September 27 at Galerie Karma, P-505 Keyatola Road, #2463 6731/32; 10 am - 7 pm: Through the Glass Unbroken, an exhibition of the works of Rebanta Goswami. Till September 27 (except Sunday) at Galerie 88, 28B Shakespeare Sarani, #2290 2274; 11 am - 7 pm, Monday (2 pm - 7 pm): A special exhibition of the works of Sudhir Ranjan Khastagir to mark his birth centenary. Till September 27 (except Sunday) at Gallery Kolkata, 41 Shakespeare Sarani, #2287 3377/88; 11 am - 7 pm: In Small Format, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by well-known artists. Participants: K.G. Subramanium, Akbar Padamsee, Paritosh Sen, Jogen Chowdhury, Ganesh Haloi, Suhas Roy, Prakash Karmakar, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Kartick Ch. Pyne, Rabin Mondal, Shuvaprasanna and others Till September 28 (except Tuesday) at The Halo Heritage Art Gallery26 Ritchie Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: Recent works by Prabir Sen, Krishnendu Chaki, Reyhani Akan, Nilanjan Banerjee and Subhendu Sarkar. Till September 28 at Starmark, South City Mall; 11 am - 8.30 pm: Emami Chisel Art and Starmark present an exhibition of paintings by Arijit Chatterjee. Till October 4 (except Mondays) at Bose Pacia, Stephens Court, 18 Park Street; 11 am - 7 pm: Alone in the Crowd — an exhibition of paintings, installations and prints by Josh P.S.

DRAMA

September 20 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Ekush Shatak presents A Maya Kajol. Direction: Adhir Basu. Till September 21 at Sree Thyagaraja Hall, P-530 Raja Basanta Roy Road; 6.15 pm: As part of its 63rd anniversary celebrations, Rasika Ranjana Sabha presents a festival of Tamil plays by V.K.V. Vision, Chennai. Today: Meesai Aanaalum Manaivi. Tomorrow: Chocolate Krishna. September 20 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Howrah Dakshinayan presents Hawa Badal. Drama & direction: Kunal Mukhopadhyay. September 20 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Rangapat will stage Aurangzeb, directed by Harimadhab Mukhopadhyay. September 20 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Anya Theatre presents Aachhe Aachhe Sthan. Drama, music & direction: Ramaprasad Banik. Bibhas Chakraborty appears in the main role. September 20 at Weavers Studio; 6.30 pm: Rangakarmee presents Antaryatra. Design & direction: Usha Ganguli. September 20 at The Palladian Lounge, Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Third Level, 6 NS Road; 7 pm: The Palladian Lounge and Prerak, in association with Department of Sports & Youth Services, Government of West Bengal, present Just 10 Days, a play on cancer awareness conceptualised by the members of Stagecraft. Written and directed by Rohit Pombra. September 21 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Mukhomukhi and Niva Arts present Atmakatha, directed by Soumitra Chatterjee. September 21 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.45 pm: Sudrak presents Purbo Nirdharito.

PERFORMING ARTS

September 20 at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, 8 Shakespeare Sarani; 6 pm: Writam presents an evening of songs to mark Sursagar Himangshu Dutta Centenary Year. Participants: Anubha Ghosh, Agnibin Chattopadhyay, Anutosh Mukhopadhyay, Swapna Palit, Ashok Roychowdhury, Basabi Bandyopadhyay, Jayanti Purakayastha, Prabuddha Raha and Arghya Sen. September 21 at Rabindra Sadan; 5.30 pm: Rabi-Tirtha’s 63rd annual programme and convocation. On this occasion, Tagore’s Tasher Desh will be staged. Concept & direction: Suchitra Mitra. Assistant music direction: Kashinath Roy and Robin Mukhopadhyay. Dance direction: Aditya Mitra and Asit Bhattacharya. Dialogues: Suchitra Mitra and Subir Mitra. September 21 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6 pm: Ragranjani presents Nagar Baul Rabindranath— a conceptual presentation of Rabindrasangeet on the basis of Tagore’s Baul philosophy. Solo performance by Irabati Bose. Music association & narration: Dohar. September 21 at Rabindra-Okakura Bhawan, near Salt Lake City Centre; 6 pm: Imane Kedare Behage Bahare, a programme of Rabindrasangeet to be presented by the artistes of Shruti-Parishad. Direction: Suranjan Roy.

TALK

September 20 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Pradyot Kumar Mukhopadhyay will speak in Bengali on Dharma, Darshan O Vijnan. September 20 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7 pm: Discourse on Swami-Sishya Sambad by Swami Satprabhananda.

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Till September 22 at Photographers’ Gallery, 59A Southend Park, Gol Park; 7 pm onwards: Jugalbandi — a slideshow of a collection of photographs by Atanu Paul and Third Eye on the autumn season and Durga Puja festival blended with live ethnic music by Joy Guha and Rainbow.

EXHIBITION

Till October 5 at CIMA Gallery; 11 am - 8 pm: Art in Life 2008. Till September 30 (except Sundays) at the adjacent space of the Vidyasagar Hall, The Asiatic Society; 12 noon - 5.30 pm: Annual Book Fair 2008. Till September 29 at 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Soumya’s Creation presents an exhibition oriented towards getting ready for the Pujas, with varied products and designs in sarees, clothes, salwar suits, jewellery, accessories, home linens, etc. This week’s (Sept. 12 - 18) special: Stitched and unstitched salwar kurtas. Till October 6 at Darbari showrooms, P-249 Purna Das Road (#24644027, 24658537) & CB 68 Salt Lake Sector I (#40043486): A Milestone, as part of its 10th anniversary celebration, Darbari presents a collection of designer sarees, fabrics, tunics, skirts and accessories. Till October 6 at the emporium of Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India Ltd, 7 Jawaharlal Nehru Road; 10 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of sarees and ready-to-wear clothes.

FELICITATION

September 20 at Rabindra-Okakura Bhawan, Salt Lake; 5 pm: Ahana felicitates Sahitya Akademi awardee poet Samarendra Sengupta and launches its official website and annual magazine. September 21 at Sisir Mancha; 10.30 am: Felicitation to talented students from economically stressed families at Sinchan’s fifth annual social public meet.

READING

September 20 at Bangla Akademi, Jibanananda Sabhaghar; 5 pm: Poetry-reading by Isa awardee poets Siddhartha Singha, Bimal Mukhopadhyay, Priyadarshi Barua, Chandrakanta Das and Subhankar Sarkar. September 21 at Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi; 6.30 pm: An evening of story-reading to mark litterateur Bimal Kar’s 87th birth anniversary.

QUIZ

September 21 at Vidyasagar Mancha (Barasat Municipality Auditorium); 10 am onwards: Quiz Maniacs Society and Rotary Club of Barasat (District 3291) host Quiz Festival 2008 for two-member teams. Category: School & open. For details, call Pijush (9830495857) or Partha (9830318721) or Sarfaraj (9231664533).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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