Heal the world Paul Brown has been working as the environment correspondent of The Guardian for the past 16 years. During this period, he travelled extensively to look at environmental problems and covered many international conferences on such issues. The subjects he has written about include climate change, population, desertification, biodiversity, pollution and management of oceanic resources. Besides, he has contributed to green politics and environmental journalism in general. British Council, in association with Dakini books, presents the launch of Brown’s book, Global Warning: The Last Chance for Change, where he addresses burning topics of global concern and showcases the factors of civilisation that disturb the ecological balance. It is an attempt to make the world sit up and take notice. The book launch will be followed by a talk on The Last Chance for Change by the author. Event: Launch of Paul Brown’s Global Warning: The Last Chance for Change When: Today at 7.30 pm Where: British Council, Camac Street

art

October 29 - November 3 at Academy of Fine Arts (New South Gallery - A); 3 pm - 8 pm: Solo exhibition of paintings by Arpita Sengupta. October 29 - November 4 at Chemould Art Gallery, 12F Park Street; 2 pm - 7 pm: Kalpanirjhar presents Discoveries, a group show by artists, old and new. Exhibition curated by Sandip Ray. Inauguration today at 6 pm. October 29 - November 10 at G.C. Laha Gallery, laha Paint ouse, 7 Chittaranjan Avenue; 3 pm - 7 pm: An exhibition of Joy Bhaduri’s works. October 29 - November 26 at Gallery Nakshatra, 2/1 Outram Street, 2nd floor, #22892928; 12 noon - 7.30 pm: A Route to Eternity, a journey of Indian art from 1960s to 2007. Showcasing works by Avijit Dutta, Bratin Khan, Dhiraj Chowdhury, Manoj Dutta, R. Muralidharan, Prakash Karmakar, Prasenjit Sengupta, Partha Bhattacharjee, Ramananda Bandopadhyay, Shyamal Dutta Roy, Suhas Roy, Suman Roy, Sunil Das, Shuvaprasanna, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Sekhar Kar, Shipra Bhattacharjee, Sanatan Dinda, T. Vaikuntham and Wasim Kapoor. Till October 30 at Gallery Kolkata, 41 Shakespeare Sarani, 2nd floor, Duckback House; 11 am - 7 pm: A Brush with Durga, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Jogen Chowdhury, Prakash Karmakar, Shuvaprasanna, Suhas Roy, Rini Dhumal, K.S. Radhakrishnan, Ashoke Mullick, Aloke Sardar, Arup Das, Manoj Mitra, Dwijen Gupta, Ram Kumar Manna, Mehazabin I Mazumder, Bratin Khan, Suman Roy, Sudipta Datta, K. Muralidharan, Sadhan Chakraborty, Shyamal Roy, Shyamal Mukherjee, Debabrata Chakraborty, Shekhar Kar, Subroto Biswas, Chanchal Mukherjee, Sanatan Dinda and Swapan Kumar Das. Till October 30 at Artists Circle, 46 Circus Avenue; 2 pm - 7 pm: Three Wheel Drive, an exhibition showcasing the works of Sukanta Hazra, Subhadeep Dawn and Soureya Chakraborty. Till October 30 at Academy of Fine Arts, North Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Soul Food, an exhibition of paintings by Chandranath Saha, Nandita Mukherjee, Sudipta Dutta and Susanta De. Till October 31 at Academy of Fine Arts, West Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of recent paintings by Balu K. Sadlage. Till October 31 at Academy of Fine Arts, South Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Solo exhibition of paintings by Sanatan Das. Till October 31 at Kanvas Art Gallery, 53 Syed Amir Ali Avenue, Shivam Chambers, 2nd floor; 3 pm - 7 pm: A Spiritual Tribute, a duet - lens and brush. Fine art photography by Partha Choudhury, and mystical strokes by Nitya Kundu, Sanjib Roy, Subrata Pal, Subrata Das and Jiban Biswas. Till November 3 at Tejas Arts Gallery, 11 Mayfair Road, opp. Ice Skating Rink; 3 pm - 7.30 pm: Tejas presents Devi — eighteen artists’ versions of Goddess Durga. Participating artists: Abhijit Ghosh, Anita Gurbaxani, Anirban Seth, Ashok Ganguly, Barun Saha, Biswarup Haldar, Debasish Sen Gupta, Dhiren Sasmal, Goutam Sarkar, Palash Paul, Partha Ray, Ritu Poddar, Runu Misra Banerjee, Samir Aich, Sarbani Ganguly, Shambhu Saha, Sudipto Tiwari, Swapan Kumar Saha, Tarun Chakravorty, Ujjwal Debnath and Buddhadeb Bose. Till November 7 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Rang Tarang, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures to celebrate 50 years of Mallhar. Participating artists: Bikash Bhattacharjee, Shyamal Dutta Roy, Dharmanarayan Dasgupta, Aditya Basak, Amitava Banerjee, B.R. Panesar, Chanchal Mukherjee, Dipankar Dasgupta, Jogen Chowdhury, Kanchan Dasgupta, lalu Prasad Shaw, Manoj Dutta, Manoj Mitra, Partha Shaw, Pradip Maitra, Rabin Mondal, Ranjan Sarkar, Sadhan Chakraborty, Sailen Mitra, Sanat Kar, Shyamal Sen, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Suhas Roy, Suman Roy, Swapan Kumar Das, Wasim R. Kapoor, Bimal Kundu, Manik Talukdar, Niranjan Pradhan, Sankar Ghosh, Sunil Kumar Das and Tapas Sarkar. Till November 30 at Idiyas Gallery, 15 Dover Road, #65508418; 10.30 am - 7.30 pm: Celebrations on Canvas, showcasing Indian art and sculpture by Gourango Beshai, Suhas Roy, Prokash Karmakar, Sanatan Dinda, Bratin Khan, Sibsaday, Subrata Pal, Tapas Sardar, Subrata Gangopadhyay, Kartick Pyne, Samir Paul, Sukanta Das, Subrata Das and others.

DRAMA

October 29 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Purba Paschim presents its latest production, Girish Karnad’s Agnijal. Translated into Bengali and directed by Bibhas Chakraborty. October 29 at Nazrul Mancha, Kamarhati; 6 pm: Rangakarmee presents its new Bengali play, Khela Gadi. Direction: Usha Ganguli. October 30 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Nandipat presents Kah, based on Sukumar Ray’s Range Chobano. Direction: Bimal Chakraborty.

PERFORMING ARTS

October 29 at Rabindra Sadan; 6 pm: Rashmi Welfare Society and Nritya Mandir present a reading of self-composed stories by Joy Goswami and a recital of Tagore songs by Rahul Mitra. October 30 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, Salt Lake; 6 pm: Bana Manisha, an Oriya jatra show to be presented by Sachidanandam & Research, Jagatsinghpur, Orissa. October 31 at Uttam Mancha: Rasikhapriya presents its 15th anniversary celebrations of Carnatic classical music. October 31 at 6.45 pm: S. Shashank (flute) with Nagai Sriram (violin) and Patri Satish Kumar (mridangam). November 1 at 6.15 pm: Calcutta K. Srividya (vocal) with Shertalai R. Sivakumar (violin) and Calcutta K. Mohan (mridangam). November 2 at 6.15 pm: Hyderabad Brothers D. Raghavachary and D. Seshachary (vocal) with Peri Sriramamurthi (violin) and V. Venkataramanamurthi (mridangam). November 3 at 5.15 pm: Nithyasree Mahadevan (vocal) with Shertalai R. Sivakumar (violin), I. Sivakumar (mridangam) and H. Sivaramakrishnan (ghatam). November 4 at 9.30 am: Lecture-demonstration on Pallavis - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow by Prof. T.R. Subrahmanyam; at 5.15 pm: Sudha Raghunathan (vocal) with Shertalai R. Sivakumar (violin), Neyveli Skandasubramaniam (mridangam) and R. Raman (mosring). November 1 - 4 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 6.30 pm: Academy Theatre hosts Bangarangamancher Binodini (Binodini of the Bengali Stage), a festival of three theatrical productions on Binodini Dasi (1863-1941) fromthe different approach of artistic translation by theatre groups of Delhi, Calcutta and Dhaka along with the stage performances of the theatre-songs on the related perspective. November 1: Nati Binodini (Hindi) produced by Theatre and Television Associates (Delhi) and directed by AmalAlana. November 2: Nati Binodini (Bengali; Performance: Tapasi Roy Chowdhury; Dir: Tridib Ghosh) by Bharat Teertha Jatra Samaj, Calcutta. November 3: Binodini (Bengali; Solo acting: Shimul Yusuf; Dir: Nasiruddin Yusuf) by Dhaka Theatre, Bangladesh. November 4: Binodini-kaler Natya Sangeet (Songs by Riddhi Bandyopadhyay and Debajit Bandyopadhyay; Narration: Soumitra Chattopadhyay.

EXHIBITION

Till November 5 at Soumya’s Creation, 57/9 Ballygunge Circular Road; 10.30 am - 7 pm: Home Scapes, an exhibition of home linens and accessories, enhanced by small paintings and desktop sculptures by well-known artists and sculptors.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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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