Essence of emotions Rasiya, depicting the nine rasas of life, is framed around the life of Lord Krishna, believed to be the embodiment of the nine human emotions which are necessary for any creative energy to take its course. The act begins with vatsalya ras shown by the love between Yashoda and the infant Krishna.Veer ras or bravery is shown when Krishna jumps into the river to retrieve his ball. The humorous episode of dressing Krishna up as a woman is a depiction of hasya ras. The attraction between man and woman, or sringar ras is shown by the love between Radha and Krishna. Again, the sorrowful plea of Udhav asking Krishna to return to Mathura is an act of karun ras. Krishna displays raudra ras or rage in his battle with Kansa. From here, the scene shifts to The Mahabharata where Draupadi is being undressed in court. Krishna arrives and saves her, much to the surprise of all. The episode shows adbhut ras. Horror or vibhasta ras is represented by the repulsive sight of the dead in Kurukshetra’s battlefield. The act concludes with shant ras or peace as seen in Meerabai’s deep devotion for Lord Krishna. Concept, choreography and direction: Sanjay Bhattacharya (picture left). Event: Dance drama, Rasiya When: Today at 7 pm Where: Maharashtra Niwas Auditorium, Hazra Road

art

September 22 - 28 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Biswajit Dasgupta’s second solo exhibition of paintings. September 22 - October 14 (except Mondays, October 2 & 10) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3 pm - 8 pm: Birla Academy of Art and Culture presents an exhibition of paintings, Vyakta-Avyakta (West Zone Artists’ Painted Realisations). Inauguration today at 6 pm by Harshavardhan Neotia. September 22 - 28 at Samokal Art Gallery, 23 Gariahat Road, Gol Park; 4 pm - 8 pm: Another Life, an exhibition of paintings by Nabakishore Chanda. Inauguration today at 6 pm. September 22 - October 17 at Gallery Kanishka’s, 2/1 Hindusthan Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Works on Paper — paintings and sketches on paper featuring works by eminent artists. Till September 22 at Chemould Art Gallery, Park Street; 12 noon - 7 pm: Vikalp Art Shop hosts Prints Posters and Beyond, including lithographs, serigraphs, digital prints, limited edition signed prints by M.F. Husain, Paritosh Sen, Manjit Bawa, A. Ramachandran, Suhas Roy, Shuvaprasanna and Shipra Bhattacharya. Also, prints and posters of eminent European and Indian masters. Till September 22 at The Palladian Lounge, BCCI Bldg, 3rd floor, 6 N.S. Road; 10 am - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Keshav Roy. Till September 22 at Mon Art Gallery, 6 Hungerford Street, Regency Building, 3rd floor; 11.30 am - 7 pm: Mon Art Gallery, in association with Kynkyny Art Gallery (Bangalore) presents recent works by G. Subramanian and Basuki Dasgupta. Till September 23 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Rabin Kumar Mandal, Dipannita Das Mandal and Suvro Chakraborty. Till September 25 at Gallery with Difference, 152 S.P. Mukherjee Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: Nexus presents Maa Uma, conceived by various artists. Till September 25 (except Sunday) at Ganges Art Gallery, 33A Jatin Das Road; 3 pm - 7 pm: Paintings and sculptures by well-known artists including Jogen Chowdhury, Paritosh Sen, Ganesh Haloi, Shuvaprasanna, Aditya Basak, Jayashree Chakraborty and Shipra Bhattacharya. Till September 29 (except Sunday) at Tejas Art Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road; 3 pm - 7.30 pm: A collection of mixed artworks by city artists Samir Aich, Tarun Chakraborty, Snehanshu Das, Abhijit Ghosh, Anita Gurbaxani, Ritu Poddar, Dhiren Sasmal, Shambhu Saha and Debasish Sengupta. Till September 30 at Silpi Art Gallery, 32B Judges Court Road; 1 pm - 8.30 pm: Expression of Mind, an exhibition of paintings by well-known contemporary artists of Bengal. Till September 30 at Gallery Exposure, 54B Mahanirban Road; 1 pm - 8 pm: Paintings by Tohidul Islam.

drama

September 22 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Bohurupee presents Ayana Harin. Dir: Tarapada Mukhopadhyay. September 22 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Shohan presents Helmet. Dir: Anish Ghosh. September 23 at Gyan Manch; 6 pm: The Creative Art presents This Earth is Yours..., This Earth is Mine... (three plays by children). Dir: Ramanjit Kaur. September 23 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Pratikriti presents Manik Bandyopadhyay’s Padma Nadir Majhi. Drama & direction: Aalok Deb. September 23 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Arghya will stage Tagore’s Rakta Karabi. Dir: Manish Mitra.

PERFOrMING ARTS

September 22 at Padatik’s Buildwell Theatre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 7 pm: Nritya Sangeet Sandhya — a Padatik Dance Centre presentation. Choreography & performance: Tanushree Kundu. Also, performance by budding talent Aaheli Chakraborty. September 23 at Asutosh Memorial Hall, Asutosh College; 5.30 pm: Sujata Chowdhury Foundation presents a music programme featuring Mandira Lahiri, Kasturi Chakraborty, Sudeb Chattopadhyay and Utpalendu Chowdhury.

talk

September 22 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6 pm: Swami Tattwajnanananda will speak on Kenopanishad. September 22 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Chetanananda will speak on Upanishadic Meditation. September 22 at Ramakrishna Math, Baranagar; 7 pm: Swami Satprabhanandaji will discourse on Sri Adhyatma Ramayanan. September 22 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Paramatmananda will speak in Bengali on Manovijnan O Atmatattwa.

EXHIBITION

September 22 at 85 Lansdowne, 85 B Sarat Bose Road; 11 am - 7.30 pm: An exhibition of affordable hand-crafted jewellery by designer Alka Javeri. Comprising hand-crafted bridal sets, earrings, pendants, bracelets and rings, set in diamond with precious and semi-precious stone. Till September 22 at Princeton Club, 26 Prince Anwar Shah Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Mahua Sarkar-Sen presents her collection of tribal silver jewellery, handloom vegetable-dyed sarees, dupattas fabrics and embroidered khadi blouse-pieces. Till September 23 at Ananya, 46/18 Babu Bagan Lane, Dhakuria: An exhibition of ethnic hand embroidered, mix and match of block, batik, kantha on cotton and silk sarees. Till September 29 at 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Soumya’s Creation presents Agomoni - The Welcoming, an exhibition of festive clothing and accessories in innovative designs and weaves. Till October 2 (except Sundays) at Gharoa, 1/57B Dover Place, #24619051, 9830192087; 2 pm - 7 pm: Gharoya’s exhibition of ladies wear: from sarees to tops, salwar kurtas, lungi sets, etc. Till October 9 at Sravasti, 14/97 Golf Club Road, Tollygunge, #24734546; 2 pm - 8 pm: KeyaChaitali’s exclusive fair of T-shirts, photuas, short kurtas, kurtas, salwar-kurtas, wrap-around sets, saradins, nakshi-kantha, batik, appliquéd, fabric-painted, block-printed cotton and silk sarees, blouse pieces, costume jewellery and bags.

SEMINAR

September 22 at Indian Association, 62 Bipin Behari Ganguly Street; 10.30 am - 5.30 pm: A seminar on Parallel Education inviting students, guardians and teachers to discuss related issues. Details at #22121436, 24241905, 9830184161.

KIDS’ CORNER

September 23 at Starmark, 3rd floor, Lord Sinha Road; 4 pm: Starmark, in association with TTIS, is launching the Star Trekkers Magical Voyage in the ‘Space Shuttle of Starmark’. This will be the first of a year-long series of opportunities for children to become passionate readers as well as knowledge discoverers under the guidance of Kathakars. While Kathakars and the Star Trekkers will be exploring stories and poems from Tuntuni, mime artiste Kamal Naskar will perform in mime. Stories and poems are in English and Bengali. After reading and recitation, Naskar will do a mime demonstration workshop with the Star Trekkers.

ALBUM RELEASE

September 23 at Sujata Sadan; 6 pm: The release of Shibapriyo’s two audio CDs: Prem Diley Na Prane, a collection of Tagore songs, and Brishti Bheja A Sokal, a collection of modern Bengali songs. The release programme will be followed by a solo recital by Shibapriyo.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till September 27 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre; 2 pm - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents NY Below the Belt, photographs by Pradeep Dasgupta.

reading

September 23 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 11 am: Professor P. Lal reads Sanjaya’s report of Asvatthaman’s approval of Karna as the Kaurava general after Drona’s death, and the regrouped Kauravas’ clash with the Pandavas, in the 392nd 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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