Reflections on life A mere toddler when she first came to Santiniketan with her parents, Chandana Hore’s association with colours began from her early childhood. A student of Patha Bhavan and an avid reader of poetry, her canvases often include lines from self-composed poems. Experiences of her own life, such as the illnesses of her parents, find expression in her canvases through the recurrence of themes of death and suffering. Nevertheless, her works have a wonderful equation with femininity. Her attitude towards it is not in-your-face, neither does it take the shape of a protest or a bare, simple documentation. Her works are a cry against the social pressures of being a woman, but at the same time they celebrate the woman’s body and womanhood. At the ongoing show of her recent works in watercolour and acrylic on canvas, Hore focuses her skills on articulating universal truths about the eternal cycle of life. A consciousness of the passing of youth and coming of old age and death marks most of her works. Conversely, while youth is associated with betrayal, confusion and loneliness, old age brings with it calmness, maturity and spirituality. Hosted by The Seagull Foundation for the Arts. Event: An exhibition of paintings by Chandana Hore When: Till April 4; 2 pm - 8 pm Where: Seagull Arts and Media Resource Centre, 36 C S.P. Mukherjee Road

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Till March 28 at Studio 21, 17L Dover Terrace, #2486 6735; 11 am - 7 pm: Fractals — Works by Anital Gopal. Till April 18 (except Sundays and public holidays) at CIMA Gallery; Mondays (3 pm - 7 pm), Tuesdays - Saturdays: 2 pm - 7 pm: Through the Eye of a Needle — recent works by Shreyasi Chatterjee. March 28 at Gallery Sanskriti, 5C Alipore Park Road; 6.30 pm: Inauguration of Art Against Terrorism. The show continues till April 11. March 28 - April 3 at Academy of Fine Arts, New South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Maitreyi Banerjee. Ganesh Haloi will release a book on the artist by Prof. Anupam Banerji today at 6 pm. March 28 - April 3 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Fourth solo exhibition of paintings by Amil Banerjee. Till March 29 at Taj Bengal: Paintings by Rafi Haque, well-known artist from Bangladesh. Till March 29 at Photographers’ Gallery, 59A Southend Park, #98303 31556; 2 pm - 8 pm: Tulikatha - Songs of the Colours: The first solo exhibition of paintings by Krishnajit. Till March 29 at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of paintings by Abdul Hamid, Amit Paul, Dipali Roy, Manas Biswas, Somnath Biswas, Subodh Mondal and Subuddha Ghosh. Till April 5 at Tejas Art Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, #40076042; 12.30 pm - 7.30 pm: Adekha Dekha — paintings by Dhiren Sasmal. Till March 28 at Gallery Nakshatra, 2/1 Outram Street, 2nd floor, #22892982; 11.30 am - 7.30 pm: Bronze sculptures by Tapas Sarkar. Till April 4 (except Sunday) at Aakriti Art Gallery, 1st floor, Orbit Enclave, 12/3A Hungerford Street, #22893027; 12 noon - 7 pm: Art Against Terrorism — featuring paintings and sculptures by renowned artists. Till April 7 (except Sunday) at Gandhara Art Gallery, 1B Gurusaday Dutta Road, Plat 5A (Palm Spring); 1 pm - 7 pm: Art Against Terrorism — featuring works by well-known artists. Till April 19 (except Monday) at Bose Pacia, 18n Park Street, #40010148; 11 am - 7 pm: The works of Hema Upadhyay.

DRAMA

March 28 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Durgadas Smrity Sangha presents Amla-Madhur. Direction: Tirthankar Chattopadhyay. March 28 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Chetana presents Manik Bandyopadhyay’s Putul Nacher Itikatha. Direction: Arun Mukhopadhyay. Till March 29 at Bijon Theatre; 6.30 pm: All India Full Length Drama Competition organised by Sayak. Today: Unity Malancha, Halisahar (North 24 Pgs) presents Chandraloke, directed by Debasish Sarkar. Tomorrow: Uhini, Calcutta will stage Tumi Daak Diyechho Kon Shokaley. Direction: Adrija Dasgupta. March 28 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Spandan IPTA presents Anticlock, written and directed by Sangram Guha. March 29 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.30 pm: PLT presents Utpal Dutt’s Kirat Parbo. Dir: Asit Basu. March 29 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Bohurupee presents Birja-Sulka. Dir: Tulika Das. March 29 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Manush Bhoot by Mangalik. Dir: Samir Biswas.

PERFORMING ARTS

Till March 28 at Rabindra Sadan; 6.15 pm: Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi, West Bengal State Music Academy, Information & Cultural Affairs, Government of West Bengal, and Anjika, Calcutta present Nritya Sangam, a festival of dance. Today: N. Ajit Singh and O. Debola Devi (Manipuri duet), Kalamandalam Shylaja (Kuttiyattam), Navtej Singh Johar (experimental) and Harish Gangani (Kathak). March 28 at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan, 8 Shakespeare Sarani; 5 pm: Rabi-Purabi’s Basanta Utsav features Tagore songs by Debarati Som, Dr Tania Das, Uma Mukhopadhyay, Banani Dey, Bivas Chattopadhyay and others. Also, stotra-gaan by Sikha Dutta and recitation/reading by Bimal Dutta and Santwana Choudhury. March 28 at Weavers Studio Centre for the Arts, 94 Ballygunge Place; 6 pm: Urban Notes, an evening of high-voltage music with Camila Celine (guitar), Pradyumna Manot Paddy (keyboard), Arif Khan (tabla) and Sounak Chattopadhyay (vocal). March 28 at Topaz, Hotel Hindusthan International; 8 pm: Medica ENT Institute presents a musical fundraiser (for the treatment of hearing impaired and underprivileged children) programme with Usha Uthup. March 29 at Birla Academy; 6 pm: Balai Majumder Musical Foundation’s first annual classical music programme features Biplab Bhattacharya (tabla solo), Partha Bose (sitar) and Pandit Jagdish Prasad (vocal),

TALK

March 28 at Ramakrishna Mission Saradapitha, Belur Math; 5.30 pm: Swami Tattwajnanananda will speak on Kenopanishad. March 28 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Vivekananda Hall; 6 pm: Sunilmoy Ghosh will speak in Bengali on Rajanikanter Jivan O Vani. March 28 & 29 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6.30 pm: Sanskriti Sagar hosts a lecture in English by Jaya Row on Bhagavad Gita - Ch. VII. March 28 at Bidhannagar Ramakrishna Vivekananda Kendra, DD-44 Salt Lake; 6.30 pm: Prof. Dipak Gupta will speak on Sri Sri Ramakrishna Kathamrita. March 28 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Paramatmananda will speak in Bengali on Siksha, Samaj O Dharma.

EXHIBITION

Till March 28 at Victoria Institution premises, 28B APC Road, #23501959; 11 am - 6 pm : Victoria Institution (College) Alumni Association hosts Basanta Mela. Till March 28 at Anusthan Bhavan, 132 Rashebhari Avenue, #9831093115: Sundari Silks, Chennai presents an exhibition of silk and cotton saris from the leading weavers of south India. Till March 28 at Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India Ltd, 7 Jawaharlal Nehru Road: An exhibition of gift items. Till March 28 at Finesse Gallery, 11/1B New Road; 11 am - 7 pm: A riot of colours: Cotton maheshwari/kota/tussar saris, hand-woven and block-printed from the looms of Madhya Pradesh, Bengal and Bihar.

FESTIVAL

Till April 3 at Sri Bajrang Vyayamgar, 199 Sarat Bose Road: Sri Anjaneya Swami Temple Association hosts Sri Rama Navami Celebrations. Today at 9.30 am: Sundara Kandam Parayanam; at 4 pm: Thiruppugazh Bhajan by Thiruppugazh Anbargal; at 5 pm: Sahasranama Archana; and at 6.30 pm: Discourse on Sri Hanuman Chalisa in Hindi by Br. Pushkar Chaitanya.

SYMPOSIUM

March 28 at Khalsa English High School, 73 Puddapukur Road; 10.30 am: A symposium on Punjabi Literature Today, hosted by Sahitya Akademi and Punjabi Sahitya Sabha, Calcutta.

BOOK LAUNCH

March 28 at Press Club; 12 noon: Wockhardt Hospital hosts the launch of How Well Do You Know Your Kidney.

REUNION

March 28 at Keshub Memorial Hall; 11 am: Victoria Institution (College) Alumni Association organises a reunion of old students, teachers and non-teaching staff.

READING

March 29 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 11 am: Professor P. Lal reads Vaisampayana's report to Janamejaya of the Asita Devala, Jaigisavya mani and Dadhicha kathas, and the Sarasvata tirtha's glory, in the 467th weekly session of his sloka-by-sloka English transcreation of Vyasa's Mahabharata.

POETRY

March 29 at Rooftop, 120 Lenin Sarani; 4 pm - 7 pm: Srijan hosts Springtime Poetry Adda, an open house poetry session in Bengali, English, Hindi and Urdu. Participants willing to read self-composed poems may send their entries to srijan2000@gmail.com or call Basant (98315 04751) or Anjana (9831005126) or Boudhayan (9330581722) for any other information.

QUIZ

March 29 at Spring Club (on EM Byepass near ITC Sonar): Adverb presents Love All (The Sports Quiz) from 11 am to 2 pm, and Showbiz (The Movie Quiz) from 5 pm to 8 pm. No Entry Fees. Three-member teams. Open to all.

STORY-TELLING

March 29 at Starmark, 3 Lord Sinha Road; 5 pm: As part of its Startrekkers programme for children, Starmark will hold its first story-telling session on the Mahabharata, with Mira and Daleep Kakkar of the Kathakars.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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