Philosophy and romanticism Rabindranath Tagore and Jibanananda Das have lived almost at the same time in the same geographical territory. However, their relation and interaction remains largely unexplored. Jibanananda had sent an early book of poems to Tagore for review and opinion. Tagore had described his work as ‘picturesque’ but ‘pessimistic’. Jibanananda consciously wanted to avoid Tagore style of writing and the two poets belonged to completely different worlds of imagination. Still, it is commonly known that Jibanananda wished to hear Tagore songs towards the end of his life. Rabindranath Ebong Jibanananda, this evening’s programme of poetry and songs is an attempt to study and uncover the strange and subtle undercurrents that existed between the two. Suchhanda Ghosh and Kamalini Mukhopadhyay will render Tagore songs and Sovan Sundar Basu will recite from Jibanananda Das’ poems. Concept and script: Dr Sanjay Ghosh. Hosted by Institute of Allergic & Immunologic Skin Diseases of Calcutta. Event: A programme of Tagore songs and poems of Jibanananda Das When: Today at 6.30 pm Where: Rotary Sadan, 94/2 Jawaharlal Nehru Road

Art

Till October 21 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Bhaskar Lahiri and Manas Biswas. Till October 21 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Paintings and drawings by Tamali Das. Till October 22 at Gallery K2, Supra Court, 35 Lansdowne Terrace, #2465 1444; 11 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of small format works by Shaibal Ghosh. Till October 22 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Wildscape Holidays presents Trip!, an exhibtiion of paintings by Asim Pal. Till October 23 at Genesis Art Gallery, 8B Middleton Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Sacred Images — an exhibition of paintings showcasing the works of Subrata Das, Rajib Sur Roy, Nitya Kundu, Gosto Kumar, Sarla Chandra, Harish Kumar, Asit Mondal, Jyotirmoy Ash, Arpan Bhowmick, Chinmoy Ash and Subrata Modak. Till October 24 at Akar Prakar, P 238 Hindustan Park; 2 pm - 7 pm: A solo show of paintings by Rabin Roy. Till October 25 at Monastery of Art, 48/44 Swiss Park; 2 pm - 7 pm: The Convergence, an exhibition of works by Radhika Mansata. Till October 25 at Mon Art Gallery, 6 Hungerford Street, Regency, 3rd floor, #22895438; 11 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of the works by Arup Ratan Chowdhury, Arup Lodh, Arun Kumar Samadder, Ashoke Ganguly, Basudev Ghosh, Bipul Roy, Dipankar Ghosh, Hemant Rao, Kaushik Raha, Palash Halder, Sudipta Karmakar, Suchismita Sahoo, Jayshrie, Subuddha Ghosh and Khushnaz Najam. Till October 31 at Ambo Art, 3 Pretoria Street, 2 nd floor; 12 noon - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings featuring the works of Abhijit Das, Aninda Mukherjee, Apurba Majumdar, Nikhil Biswas, Rintu Roy, Samir Roy, Tanuj Sardar and Tapas Sardar. Till October 31 (except Sunday) at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindusthan Road, #2463 0465; 11 am - 7.30 pm: In Memory of an Ideal — an exhibition of paintings by Ng. Bidyut Singha. Till November 21 (except Sundays & holidays) at Tejas Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, #9830049825; 1 pm - 7.30 pm: Tejas Gallery is hosting its third annual Devi show by 24 artists. The exhibits, numbering approximately 70, include both gods and goddesses. Till November 28 (Sundays by appointment) at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #9831005003, 65508418; 10.30 am - 6.30 pm: Color Immersion — an exhibition of the works by Atin Basak, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Subrata Saha, Aditya Basak, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Subrata Pal, Suhas Roy, Bratin Khan, Gourango Beshai, Sibsaday Chaudhuri and others.

DRAMA

October 21 at Tapan Theatre & October 23 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Miunas will stage its latest production, Strike. Drama & direction: Utsab Das. October 21 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB 201 Salt Lake City, 6 pm: EZCC will host the presentation of Sri Ram Vijoy – a bhaona (traditional Assamese drama in the Ankit Nat form and in the Brajawali language), written by Sankardeva, the great Vaishnava religious saint, social reformer and dramatist of Assam, directed by Gunakar Dev Goswami, and produced by Purbaranga, Guwahati. October 21 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Charbak will stage Chalo Patol Tuli. Drama, music & direction: Arindam Ganguly. October 21 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Chokh will stage Ardhek Aakash. Drama & direction: Abhijit Kar Gupta. October 23 at Academy of Fine Arts & October 25 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandikar will stage its latest production, Ajnatobass, directed by Sumanta Gangopadhyay. Directorial adviser: Rudraprasad Sengupta. October 24 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Pratikriti will stage Manik Bandyopadhyay’s Padma Nadir Majhi. Script & direction: Aloke Deb. October 24 at Tapan Theatre; 6.30 pm: Sayak will stage Dournama. Playwright: Indrasis Lahiri. Direction & in lead role: Meghnad Bhattacharya.

PERFORMING ARTS

October 21 at Gyan Manch; 6 pm: Saugandhikam presents Upasona (a medley of Indian classical dances choreographed by Sanjukta Banerjee); Rangbahar (creative composition); and Tagore’s dance-drama Chandalika (choreography: Dipanjan Baksi). Compere: Madhumita Basu. October 21 at Satyajit Ray Auditorium, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9A Ho Chi Minh Sarani; 6.30 pm: Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR Calcutta, in collaboration with the Embassy of Brazil, presents a classical guitar concert by eminent artiste of Brazil Yamandu Costa and troupe. October 22 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: The Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture presents Upasana, an evening of devotional songs (Gita Govindam, Jagannathastakam, Durga Vandana, Meera Bhajans, etc.) by Shiba Rath. October 22 at Astaraag, P-92 Hellen Keller Sarani, Majerhat bridge; 4 pm: The inmates of Astaraag, the old-age home run by Calcutta Port Trust Officers’ Association, celebrates Vijaya Sammilani with songs by Subrata Sengupta and Chandrabali Rudra Dutta. October 23 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place, #2461 3145; 6.30 pm: An evening of Western country and folk music by Rajiv Doss. October 24 at Spandan, 87 Park Street; 7 pm: Spandan and Manik Sahani Art Foundation present Kumar Mukherjee and his students in an evening of Sufi music.

TALK

October 21 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15 pm: Swami Sarvabhutananda will speak in Bengali on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita. October 21 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Buddhatmananda will speak in Bengali on Bani O Bichar.

FESTIVAL

Till October 24 at Sri Ganesh & Sri Murugan Temples, 58/14/3&6 Prince Anwar Shah Road, #2417 5058: Maha Skandha Shasti Dwajarohana Mahotsava. Today at 7.30 am: Yagasalai Puja, Japaparayanam, Poornahuti, Deeparadhanai (Kaalam-VI), Moolavar, Mahaabhishekam; at 5.30 pm: Yagasalai Puja, Yagavikshinyam, Poornahuti, Deeparadhanai (Kaalam-VII), Procession. October 21 - 25 at DPS Megacity School, Kalikapur, Rajarhat; 9 am (Yagna) & 2 pm (cultural programmes): Guru Pujanotsav Samity is organising Mahalaxmi Mahayagna with devotional and cultural programmes including discourses. Today: Sri Krishna Rasleela.

EXHIBITION

October 22 - 25 at Ice Skating Rink, 78 Syed Amir Ali Avenue; 10.30 am - 7 pm: An exhibition of the finest crafts and textiles handmade by artisans. Hosted jointly by Sasha and Fair Trade Forum of India. Till October 25 at 3/90 Chittaranjan Colony, Jadavpur; 10 am - 8 pm: The Indian Handicraft organises an exhibition on brass showpieces, silk/canvas paintings, diyas and gift items, greeting cards and luxurious wooden furniture.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till October 22 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 2 pm - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts and Tasveer present Face Up — an exhibition of photographs by Anna Fox and Sunil Gupta.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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