Tribute to language martyrs Kazi Nazrul Islam’s works articulate rebellion against oppression and its various faces. It was this spirit that led thousands of Bengalees to participate in the linguistic movement on February 21, 1952. Their protest against Nurul Amin’s oppressive administration in East Pakistan resulted in largescale arrests and deaths. The Language Movement gained impetus and February 21 became a red-letter day, observed as Language Martyrs’ Day. To mark the day, Upoma presents Bangla Bhasha Maa Amaar, felicitating Rabindrasangeet artistes Dwijen Mukhopadhyay, Ritu Guha, Sanghamitra Gupta, Abhirup Guha Thakurta, Pabitra Sarkar, Partha Ghosh and Gouri Ghosh. To be followed by a musical programme featuring Dwijen Mukhopadhyay, Sanghamitra Gupta and Abhirup Guha Thakurta. Students of London-based organisation Nupur will present Shakal Rasher Dhara (dir: Pompa Dhar). Courtesy: Anandabazar Patrika and Friends 91.9 FM. Event: Programme to commemorate Language Martyrs’ Day When: Today at 6 pm Where: Rabindra Sadan

art

Till February 21 at Academy of Fine Arts (New South, B); 3 pm - 8 pm: Fantasy World 08, an exhibition of paintings by Subhas Roy. Till February 22 at Society of Contemporary Artists, 398 Jogendra Garden (EM Bypass Connector): Symphony — the first solo exhibition of paintings by Atanu Bhattacharya. Till February 23 at Tejas Art Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, #9830049825; 1 pm - 7.30 pm: Hues of Light, an exhibition of impressionist paintings by seven young Vietnamese artists. Till February 23 at Seagull Arts & Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents Mohandas N.N. / New York, an exhibition of paintings. Till February 23 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Dristi presents Miniatures, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by B.R. Panesar, Partha Pratim Deb, Sunil Das, Abhijit Das, Banasri Khan, Chandranath Saha, Debabrata Sarkar, Nabendu Sengupta, Nitai Das, Pradeep Das, Sudipta Dutta and Utpal Dutta. Till February 23 at Gallery with Difference, Avishek Point, 2nd floor, 152 S.P. Mukherjee Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: That is Today — a solo exhibition of paintings and pen & ink drawings by Shomi Banerjee. Till February 24 at Metropolitan Art Salon, Suite 18, 7 Jawaharlal Nehru Road, #22289719; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings, ceramics and graphics by Dipanjan Bagli, Manik Ghosh, Partha Kabiraj, Saheb Dey, Swarup Nandi and Tushar Kanti Pradhan. Till February 26 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: Windows on the World — an exhibition of the works by Ranadip Mukherjee. Till February 26 (except Sunday) at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Nature Symphonique — an exhibition of paintings by Anju Chaudhuri. Till February 27 (except Monday) at Anant Art Gallery, 18-A Alipore Road, #32584832; 11 am - 7 pm: Nishshabda — paintings by Siraj Saxena. Till February 29 (except Sunday) at Mon Art Gallery, 6 Picasso Bithi (Hungerford Street), Regency 3rd floor; #22895438; 11.30 am - 7 pm: In Search of the Abyss, a solo painting exhibition by Manoj Kachangal. Till February 29 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #6550 8418; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: Realism and Surrealism — an exhibition of the works by Tapas Sardar, Sanatan Dinda, Sukanta Das, Kartick Chandra Pyne, Prokash Karmakar, Suhas Roy, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Atin Basak, Sibsaday, Bratin Khan and others. Till February 29 (except Sunday) at Domus art Gallery, 28/B Shakespeare Sarani, #22892546; 11 am - 6 pm: An exhibition of Indian contemporary art. Participating artists: Ashoke Mullick, Dewashish Das, Dipankar Ray, Partha Sarathy, Rabindranath Pal, Swapan Denra, Shekhar Pal and Saumya Bandyopadhyay. Till March 2 at Samokal Art Gallery, 23 Gariahat Road, 1st floor, Gol Park, #98362 76110; 4 pm - 8 pm: Art of Neo-Bengal School Today, dedicated to Abanindranath Tagore. Participating artists: Ajay Kumar Ghosh, Amal Nath Chakladar, Arpita Basu, Chandra Sekhar Basu Majumder, Dhirendranath Brahma, Krishna Banerjee, Narendra Chandra De Sarkar, Nemai Basu Majumder, Nilima Dutta, Rajarshi Adhikary, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Ratan Acharya, Sankar Nath Aich, Saumya Kanti Mukhopadhyay, Shanti Ranjan Mukherjee and Sukti Subhra Pradhan. Curated by Prasanta Daw. Till March 2 at Gallery K2, Supra Court, 35 Lansdowne Terrace; 11 am - 7 pm: A New Fulfilment, an exhibition of paintings by Dhiraj Chowdhury. Till March 4 (except Mondays) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 6 pm: The Art Spectrum, a group exhibition of the works by eminent artists.

PERFORMING ARTS

February 21 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: A vocal recital by Arnab Chatterji, with Samar Saha (tabla) and Jyoti Goho (harmonium). February 21 at St Xavier’s College; 6 pm: Classical vocal concert by Shyam Sundar Goswami, with Sanjay Mukherjee (tabla), Roshan Ali (sarangi) and Bandana (tampoura).

TALK

February 21 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 6.30 pm: Swami Amiteshananda will speak on Life and teachings of Swami Adbhutanandaji Maharaj.

DRAMA

Till February 22 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Durgadas Natyotsav 2008, hosted by Durgadas Smriti Sangha. Today at 6.30 pm: Dildar (produced by Sayak), directed by Meghnad Bhattacharya. February 21 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: On its eighth foundation day, Ekush Shatak presents Krishna Ranga.Direction: Loknath Bandyopadhyay. February 21 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Charbak presents Apsara Theater-er Mamla, based on Satyajit Ray’s story. Direction: Sabyasachi Chakraborty, who also appears in Felu-da’s role. February 23 & 24 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 6.30 pm: Padatik presents its latest production, Lahron Ke Rajhans (Hindi) by Mohan Rakesh. Direction: Shyamanand Jalan. February 24 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Little Thespian will stage Katha Collage 2, comprising four stories by four different writers: Sayeed Premi’s Rihaee (Urdu), Shailendra’s Sapne Ki Baat (Hindi), Madhu Kankria’s File (Hindi) and Anis Rafi’s Polythene Ki Deewar (Urdu). Design & direction: Uma Jhunjhunwala.

ANNIVERSARY CELEBrATION

Till February 24 at Sankara Hall, 93 Southern Avenue; 5.30 pm: The 55th anniversary celebrations of Tamil Manram features discourses by Tamil scholars Nellai K. Sadagopan and N. Srinivasan.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till February 22 at Space Circle Club; 3 pm - 9 pm: National Academy of Photography organises an exhibition of creative photographic art. Till March 8 (except Mondays) at Bose Pacia Kolkata, Stephen’s Court, 18 Park Street; #4001 0148; 11 am - 7 pm: Gauri Gill - The Americans.

WORKSHOP

February 28 onwards at Proscenium Art Centre; 6 pm: Theatrecian hosts a 15-day workshop on performance on stage and screen, introduction to absurd theatre, and production design. Details at 98302 41007.

POETRY

February 24 at Rooftop of 120 Lenin Sarani, Calcutta 700 013; 4 pm - 7 pm: Srijan hosts Springtime Poetry Carnival. Participants include Amit Chaudhuri, Amitabha Chaudhury, Amitabha Gupta, Amitava Roy, Amlan Dasgupta, Ananda Lal, Ananya Banerjee, Anjana Basu, Ashoke Vishwanathan, Awadhesh M Gupta, Badal Basu, Bani Basu, Boudhayan Mukhopadhyay, Dibyendu Palit, Ian Zachariah, Joy Goswami, Kashi Kheria, Ketaki Dutt Paul, Mohan K Dewan, Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Namita Chaudhuri, Nawal, Narnarayan Harlalka, Nitasha Guha, Pawan Maskara, Rimi B Chatterjee, Samarendra Sengupta, Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay, Sanjukta Dasgupta, Sarat K and Bijoya Mukhopadhyay, Sharmila Ray, Sovona Mukherjee, Srijato, Subodh Sarkar, Trina Banerjee, Utpal, Utpal K. Basu and guest poet from the US, Biman Roy. Those interested in reading self-composed poems may e-mail to srijan2000@gmail.com

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