How the banking bubble burst Enamoured by the glamorous lives of the investment-banking hopefuls in Wellesley College, Massachusetts, pre-med student Riya Jain decides to become an investment banker. Her sole ambition is to secure an internship and, eventually, a full-time job with the prestigious Wall Street firm, Goldstein Smith. There, she would manage multi-million dollar projects, enjoy long corporate lunches and party at the hottest nightclubs in New York City. Unfortunately, reality is quite different — Riya’s boss is determined to make life as difficult for her as possible; her unkempt colleagues fail miserably to live up to her image of I-bankers; and, as an intern, the hours are long and stressful. Having escaped the cut-throat world of investment banking, Gautam Pandey, I-banker-turned-financial-journalist, seems to be the only contented one around. Now it is Riya’s turn to decide where her happiness lies — within the hallowed halls of Goldstein, or in the world outside. Written with refreshing candour, There’s No Love on Wall Street by Ira Trivedi lays bare the seductive world of investment banking where expense accounts always come with strings attached. Having worked on Wall Street herself, the novel is drawn from the author’s own experience there, or of those around her. Yet, it is a complete work of fiction.This book is a satire and aims to shatter all the illusions associated with the glamorous world of investment banking. Riya feels that the “sexy business suit, shiny pearls, designer shoes, cocktail receptions, fancy dinners and other such sophisticated events” are a sure shot way to a better and happier life. But once she shifts gears and realises her banking dream, she gets to know that there is more to investment banking than what meets the eye. This evening, Penguin Books India and Starmark present the launch of the book. Noted adman and marketing guru Suhel Seth will be in conversation with the author. Event: Launch of Ira Trivedi’s There’s No Love Wall Street. Hosted by Penguin Books India and Starmark When: Today at 6.30pm Where: Starmark, South City Mall, 2nd floor

ART

Till April 26 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: Folklore — an exhibition of paintings by Somnath Mazumdar. Till April 26 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South-B Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: Fight for Nature — the fourth solo exhibition of artworks by Jayanta Bera. April 28 - May 4 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3pm - 8pm: An exhibition of paintings and graphics by Anjana Mukherjee, Chaita Basu Jena, Puspita Ray and Saswati Chaudhuri. April 28 - May 4 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3pm - 8pm: Bani Chakra presents Voice of Colours, a group show of paintings. Till April 30 (except April 25 & 27) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 3pm - 8pm: Ganesha Ek - Roop Anek, an exhibition of creations in parchment art & craft by Sunita Tandon. Till April 30 (except Monday) at Bodhi Tree Monastery of Art, 48/44 Swiss Park, 24246534; 4pm - 7pm: Bodhi Tree Monastery of Art presents Annual Exhibition 2011. Till April 30 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, 65508418; 10.30am - 6.30pm: The Rapture of Form — paintings by Suhas Roy, Prokash Karmakar, Ramananda Bandyopadhyay, Sanatan Dinda, Atin Basak, Bratin Khan, Gourango Beshai, Sibsaday Chaudhuri, Subrata Das, Samir Paul, Sukanta Das and others. Till May 1 at ECA Art Walk, South City Mall; 12noon - 8pm: Signature of Asia presents an exhibition of paintings. Till May 1 at Proscenium’s Art Centre, 46 AJC Bose Road, 22290843; 4pm - 8pm: Paintings by Supriya Sarkar, Kowshik Ghosh, Kabita Biswas, Indrajit Roy and Moupia Chakraborty. Till May 4 (except Sundays and public holidays) at Gallery K2, Supra Court, 35 Lansdowne Terrace, 24651444; 11am - 7pm: Some Brilliant Watercolours — a group show of watercolours. Participating artists: Aparup Mukherjee, Katayun Saklat, Nabendu Roy, Paresh Maity, Sudipta Karmakar and Tapas Kanti Mitra. Till May 6 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 11am - 8pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents the exhibition, Somnath Hore: Prints, Drawings, Posters. Till May 7 (except Sundays) at Gallery Image Kraft, 56E Block D, New Alipore; 11am - 8pm: An exhibition of paintings by young Bengal painters. Till May 7 (except Sundays & holidays) at Mon Art Gallerie, 6 Hungerford Street, Regency Building, 3rd floor, 22895438; 11am - 7.30pm: Sublime Contours, an exhibition of recent paintings by some of the senior and well as upcoming artists of Andhra Pradesh. Till May 15 (except Mondays) at Kusum Apartments, 11 Gurusaday Road, Flat no. 61, 9903235566; 3pm - 7pm: Shree Art Gallery presents Baishakhi, and exhibition of paintings by B.R. Panesar, Bappa Halder, Pramathesh Chandra, Debabrata Chakrabarty, Dipti Chakraborty, Debendra Laha, Arun Kr Samaddar, Nitya Kundu, Milanendu Mondal, Prabal Roy, Ranjan Sarkar, Ranadip Das, Subrata Das, Samir Paul, Sambhu Saha and others. Till May 20 (except Saturdays & Sundays) at Emami Chisel Art, Emami Tower, 687 Anandapur, EM Bypass, 40113182/83; 2pm - 7pm: Uttar-Purab, an exhibition of contemporary art. Curated by Dr Archana Roy. Till June 9 (except Sundays) at Experimenter, 2/1 Hindusthan Road, 24630465, 40012289; 11 am - 7pm: The Young Man Was... (a few chapter): Naeem Mohaiemen.

DRAMA

April 25 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30pm: Charbak presents Rang, a play by Arindam Ganguly. April 26 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30pm: Binodan Kolkata will stage Tagore’s Raja O Rani. Direction: Rajat Ganguly. April 28 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30pm: Naye Natua will stage Jaal, based on a story by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay. Drama, direction & performance: Goutam Halder. April 29 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30pm: Dhakuria Jeetendra Smriti Chakra presents a short play, Darpan Sakshi (written by Chandan Sen), and the one-act play, Nirastra (written by Amit Maitra). Direction: Binayak Bandyopadhyay. April 30 & May 1 at Proscenium’s Art Centre, 46 AJC Bose Road; 6.45pm: Hatak (The Insult), directed by Sahir M. Siddiqui.

pERFORMING ARTS

April 25 at Gyan Manch; 6.30pm: Picasso presents Rabir Aalokey Ek Sandhya, a solo recital of Tagore songs by Sreyashi Mitra. An evening dedicated to ailing poet Mallika Sengupta, the programme will be inaugurated by Sunil Gangopadhyay. Poets Subodh Sarkar, Rokeya Roy and others will be present on the occasion. April 26 at Kala Mandir; 6.30pm: Calcutta School of Music presents Indian Youth Orchestra concert. April 28 - 30 at Purbashree, EZCC, Salt Lake; 6pm: Programme on Eastern Zonal Folk Culture, Guru-Shishya Parampara, an initiative by Government of India to revive folk dance and music. April 30 at Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi; 5.45pm: Shruti Kathan and Chhandak present Tumi Chhara Shunya Laagey. Featuring recitations in groups, solos and duets, audio-play and Tagore songs.

pHOTOGRAPHS

Till April 27 at Gaganendra Pradarshashala; 4pm - 7pm: Humanity Foundation presents an old & new photo exhibition on Mother Teresa and her works. The photographs were taken by Pranab Mukerji between 1967 and 1997. Till May 30 (except Mondays and national holidays) in the Portrait Gallery, Victoria Memorial Hall; 10am - 5pm: Hoppé’s Santiniketan — an exhibition of photographs from 1929 by Emil Otto Hoppé.

taLK

April 25 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 6pm: Swami Omkaratmananda will speak on Yogavashisthasar. April 25 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6.15pm: Swami Sarvabhutananda will speak in English on Katha Upanishad. April 25 at the Vivekananda Hall, Ramakrishna Mission Swami Vivekananda’s Ancestral Home and Cultural Centre, 3 Gour Mohan Mukherjee Street; 7pm: Swami Satyapriyananda will speak on Vivekachudamani. April 25 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 7pm: Asit Ranjan Saha will read from Swamiji’s Writings. April 25 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, Abhedananda Memorial Hall; 7pm: Amalendu Chakravortty will speak on Sri Ramakrishna Lila Parsad.

conversation

April 25 at Ranan, 8 Sultan Alam Road, 9831256730; 7pm: Ranan presents Adda at Ranan with Anita Ratnam, internationally travelled Bharata Natyam and contemporary dancer and choreographer, and the moving spirit behind www.narthaki.com. She will talk about and show excerpts from her extensive body of work, sharing her ideas about finding inspiration for new perspectives from the old.

EXHIBITION

April 25 & 26 at 114 Southern Avenue, 9830850000; 10am - 6pm: Ambrisha J. from Bangalore unveils her summer collection of Indian and Western wear. Till April 30 at 175 Block G, New Alipore, 40608060; 11am - 7.30pm: “V” Style Voyage exhibits new summer designer collection of salwar kurta, tunics, dresses. Also, artefacts, home-decor items, tablemats, bags, footwear and accessories.

BOOK RELEASE

April 25 at Dialogue Society, 19B Jawaharlal Nehru Road; 5.30pm: Monfakira and Dialogue Society host the formal release of Mahatma banam Gandhi, a novel by eminent Gujarati writer Dinkar Joshi and translated into Bengali by Nandita Bhattacharya.

WORKSHOP

Till May 17 at the British Council’s Calcutta Teaching Centre: Registrations are on for a limited number of seats for the Summer School for children aged 8 to 15 years. The project-based courses for children with an emphasis on improving communication skills and confidence in using English run over three-weeks in May. In addition, there are Summer School English language courses for adults with a special emphasis on spoken skills along with an overall language development programme. Classes start from May 18, 2011. Call 22825370 to book a free level test. Till June 27 at 27B Camac Street: A special workshop (Age: 6 yrs to 60 yrs) on contemporary dance Salsa and singing (Western/Bollywood) followed by a grand finale and stage performance. For details, call 9836665651. Till April 26 at Studio E2 69, 8/1 Esplanade East: A three-day dance fitness workshop: zumba (8am to 9am), body conditioning (9.30am to 10.30am) and bollywood aerobics (4pm to 5pm) by Guinness world record holder Dinaz Vervatwala from Hyderabad. For details and registration, call 9830019635. May 14 onwards at Eduzone, 112 Southern Avenue: Registrations on till May 8 for certified summer crash courses starting from May 14 for Foundation English, Hindi, Mathematics, Shakespearean literature, personality enhancement, public speaking and elocution for the age groups, 8yrs to 14yrs, 14yrs to 18yrs and 18yrs and above. Certified courses for basic & advanced Spanish, French and German. Laos, free diagnostic tests with evaluation on SAT, GRE, GMAT, IELTS, TOEFL on all Sundays in May at 11am. For details, visit www.eduzoneindia.com or e-mail at eduzoneindia@gmail.com to register or call 9830020277, 9230613528.

SCREENING

April 29 at Nandan-II; 6pm: Films Division, Government of India and Nandan, West Bengal Film Centre jointly present Indian Theatre on Celluloid (1988 / 106mins / col.) — screening of a documentary made by Dr. Jabbar Patel on the India’s theatre traditions.

MEDITATION

April 30 - May 11 at Vipassana Centre, Dhamma Ganga, Harish Chandra Dutt Road, Calcutta 700 114: Vipassana meditation residential courses. For details, call 25532855, 25833910, 22424561 or visit www.vri.dhamma.org

ART CONTEST

May 1 at Nehru Children’s Museum campus; 9am - 3pm: The 38th Sit & Draw Art Contest 2011.

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