Essence of a woman Inspired and intrigued by the city of Calcutta, Dayanita Singh has been shooting the city and its inhabitants since the last 10 years. Though her photographs have been exhibited extensively at different venues around the world, Ladies of Calcutta, the ongoing exhibition of her photographs, mostly features images that have have never before been on display. Structured as an archive, the show concentrates on portraits. One hundred and eight portraits of women form the major part of the exhibition. These private views of Calcutta’s women are sumptuous and revealing, personal and guarded. They depict women and girl children in many aspects, capturing them in moments of tenderness, introspection, thought or repose. While some portray women in indolent solitude, others depict them in conscious poses. Charming and innocent, often shrouded by an aura of mystery, the photographs reveal the latent, inner beauty of ‘every woman’. Event: An exhibition of photographs by Dayanita Singh When: Till February 9 (except Mondays); 11 am - 7 pm Where: Bose Pacia, Stephen Court, 18 Park Street

art

Till January 26 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Sanjib Roy. Till January 29 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of drawings and paintings by Siddhartha Sen Gupta and Shibani Sen Gupta. Till February 9 (except Sundays) at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road, #24484925; 11.30 am - 8 pm: Journey into the world of artist Lalu Prasad Shaw — a retrospective show. Till February 12 (except Sundays) at Gallery Kolkata, 41 Shakespeare Sarani, 2nd floor, Duckback House; 11 am - 7 pm: Young Contemporary India, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by established young artists. Till February 16 at CIMA Gallery (except Sundays & public holidays); Mondays: 2 pm - 7 pm, Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2 pm - 7 pm: Freedom: Sixty years after Indian Independence. An exhibition of paintings and sculptures by renowned artists.

DRAMA

January 26 at Academy of Fine Arts; 10 am: Natya-Anan presents Satyajit Ray’s Hirak Rajar Deshe. Direction: Chandan Sen. January 26 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Sayak presents Daibaddha. Direction: Meghnad Bhattacharya. January 26 at Derozio Hall, Presidency College; 4 pm: Little Thespian will stage ? (question mark). Design & direction: S.M. Azhar Aalam. Organised by West Bengal Government College Teachers’ Association. January 26 at Mukta Angan Rangalaya; 6.30 pm: Shouvanik presents Fakka. Direction: Chandan Das. January 27 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Samikshan’s Anya Bhuban. Dir: Pankaj Munshi. January 27 at Sisir Mancha; 6.30 pm: Abhinay will stage Dhruva-Swamini, a play in Hindi written by Jaishankar Prasad. Direction: Pratap Jaiswal. January 27 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Nandikar presents two short plays: Pil-Pil-Pil (drama: Satyajit Ray; dir: Susanta Mondal) and Satyi Rajputra (story: Sunil Gangopadhyay; dir: Sohini Sengupta). January 27 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Bohurupee’s Aayna Harin. Direction: Tarapada Mukhopadhyay. January 27 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: Putul Nacher Itikatha — Chetana’s latest production, directed by Arun Mukhopadhyay. January 27 at Madhusudan; 6.30 pm: Aachhe Aachhe Sthan — Anya Theatre’s latest production, starring Bibhash Chakraborty. Drama, music & direction: Ramaprasad Banik. January 27 at Gyan Manch; 7 pm: The Red Curtain presents The Proof, a play in English directed by Sumit Lai Roy. Being staged in aid of Operation Smile.

PERFORMING ARTS

Till February 1 at Sree Thyagaraja Hall, P-530 Raja Basanta Roy Road: Rasika Ranjana Sabha presents its 62nd Annual Music Festival. Today at 5.30 pm: Malladi Brothers Ramprasad and Ravi Kumar & party (vocal). Tomorrow at 10 am: Thyagabrahma Aradhana; at 5.30 pm: Carnatic-Hindustani jugalbandi by Sriram Parasuram and Anooradha Sriram & party.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Till February 3 at Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36C S.P. Mukherjee Road; 11 am - 8 pm: The Seagull Foundation for the Arts presents The Boxing Ladies — black-and-white photographs by David Trattles. Till February 3 (except Mondays) at Anant Art Gallery, 18-A Alipore Road; 11 am - 7 pm: Ramkinkar in Focus - Through the Eyes of Devi Prasad, an exhibition of photographs of Ramkinkar Baij’s works taken by Devi Prasad. A few of Ramkinkar’s paintings are also on view. Curated by Dr Naman Ahuja of the School of Arts & Aesthetics, JNU, New Delhi. Till February 9 (except Mondays) at Bose Pacia, Stephen Court, 18 Park Street, #40010148; 11 am - 7 pm: Ladies of Calcutta— an exhibition of photographs by Dayanita Singh. Till February 12 at Alliance Française du Bengale Gallery, 217 AJC Bose Road, #22815538; 10 am - 5.30 pm: Eurography, a photo exhibit by Rono.

SEMINAR

January 26 at Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta; 3 pm onwards: Praajak, a social development organisation supported by CRY, in collaboration with Initiative for Community Action, hosts a state colloquium on the national youth police, Yuva Aarohan - The Beginning of the Journey. Speakers include Shovan Chattapadhaya, Sangamitra Ghosh, Satya Gopal Dey, Sabir Ahmad, Aveek Sen, Rukmini Sen, Parambrata Chatterjee, Rathnaboli Roy, Paromita Banerjee, Tulika Das, Prof. Raghabendra Chattopadhyay and Prof. H.R. Tewari.

COMPETITION

January 26 at Crossword, 8 Elgin Road; 4 pm - 5.30 pm: Essay writing competition for children of the age group 8 yrs - 15 yrs.

QUIZ

January 27 at Starmark Terrace, 3 Lord Sinha Road: The Starmark Film Quiz for three-member teams. Spot registration at venue from 3.30 pm. Prelims from 4.30 pm. Open to all. For details, contact Devdan Mitra at 98316 77708.

DRAMATIZED READING

January 27 at Weavers’ Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place; 7 pm: Ah! Darkness, a tribute to Sombhu Mitra, features dramatized readings of excerpts from Raja Oedipus (based on greek tragedy Oedipus by Sophocles) and Raja (a play by Rabindranath Tagore) by Bijoylakshmi Barman (a theatre veteran and disciple of Sombhu Mitra) and Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee. The lead cast would be supported by Partha Mukherjee and Shantanu Gupta, and on the vocals (for Raja) would be Rabindrasangeet singer Suchhanda Ghosh. The performance would be preceded by a discourse by Samik Bandyopadhyay.

READING

January 27 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 11 am: Professor P. Lal reads Sanjaya's report of Arjuna massacring 10,000 Samsaptaka suicide-squad warriors, guru Kripa defeating Sikhandin, and Dhristadyumna defeating Kritavarman, in the 409th 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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Fax: 2234-8244