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Perhaps the most controversial and misunderstood writer of his time, Saadat Hasan Manto finally earned recognition nearly 50 years after his death, with his short stories being translated and simultaneously dramatised in several Indian languages. Conceived in the form of a collage, Sarhad Paar Manto focuses on his better-known stories on Partition, at the same time, offering a comprehensive study of the humanism that the author represented. It comprises Khol Do and Toba Tek Singh, stories born out of the pain that Manto carried with him in his own experience of exile. In both stories, Sirajuddin (in Khol Do) and Bishan Singh (in Toba Tek Singh) feel the shock of Partition as a terrible wrench. Through the loss of sanity of both characters, Manto seems to suggest that madness alone can bring a sufferer to terms with the horror of a country torn apart by communal politics. The two short plays are woven together with ironic snippets written by Manto and narrated by Usha Ganguli, who also directs.
Event: Play in Hindi, Sarhad Paar Manto, by Rangakarmee
When: Today at 7 pm
Where: Academy of Fine Arts
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art
December 5 - December 16 (except Monday) at Birla Academy of Art & Culture; 4 pm - 8 pm: Figure in Nature, an exhibition of Indian contemporary art by 54 well-known artists. Inauguration today at 6 pm.
Till December 6 at Gallery Nakshatra, 2/1 Outram Street, 2nd floor; 11 am - 7.30 pm: Light of Shadow: Song of Life, solo exhibition of graphic art and collage by Annouck Lepla.
Till December 9 at Spandan Art Gallery, 87 Park Street, 1st floor; 10 am - 7 pm: Paintings by Keshav Roy.
Till December 9 at G.C. Laha Centenary Fine Arts Gallery; 1 pm - 7 pm: Paintings by Shivaji Das.
Till December 9 at Gallery Kanishka’s, 2/1 Hindustan Road; 11 am - 8 pm: Mixed Media, paintings and sketches by Nabendu Sengupta.
Till December 10 at Chitrakoot Art Gallery, 55 Gariahat Road; 3 pm - 8 pm: An exhibition of sculptures by Manik Talukdar, Sunil Kumar Das and Bimal Kundu.
Till December 15 at Mon Art Gallerie, 6 Hungerford Street, Regency, 3rd floor; 11 am - 7 pm: Works by 35 well-known artists.
drama
Till December 9 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Durgadas Smriti Sangha hosts Duragadas Natyotsav. Today: Swapnasuchana presents Hemlat — The Prince of Garanhata. Dir: Bratya Basu.
December 6 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6 pm: Nandikar presents its latest productions, Lila Mazumder’s Natun Chhele Natabar (dir: Goutam Halder) and Ashapurna Devi’s Raater Kutum (an ensemble production).
December 6 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB-201 Salt Lake; 6 pm and December 7 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Satyaasatya, presented by Gandhar. Dir: Shyamal Chakravorty.
December 7 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Chokh’s latest production Atahkim Mahayuddha.
December 8 at Girish Mancha; 6.30 pm: Theatre Workshop’s latest production Matir Gobhire. Drama & direction: Ashoke Mukhopadhyay.
December 9 at Academy of Fine Arts; 3 pm: Pratikriti presents Padma Nadir Majhi. Dir: Aalok Deb.
performing arts
December 5 at Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture, 3 Regent Park; 10.30 am: Bhajans presented by Shantanu Bhattacharya and Durba Bhattacharya.
December 5 at Rabindra Sadan; 5.30 pm: Gouriprasanna Smriti Samsad presents Ekhon Gouriprasanna, featuring songs by Nirmala Misra, Haimanti Shukla, Indrani Sen, Sreeradha Bandyopadhyay, Sudhin Sarkar, Saikat Mitra, Srikanto Acharya and others. Also, felicitation to Ratu Mukhopadhyay.
December 6 at Calcutta School of Music; 7 pm: Western classical music concert featuring Julie Arnulfo (violin) and Nicolas Paul (cello).
December 6 at Bharatiyam Cultural Multiplex, IB-201 Salt Lake; 5 pm: EZCC’s Loknritya Samaroh features Bhangra folk dances of Punjab.
December 7 at Kala Mandir; 6 pm: BMS presents an evening with Jayanta Bose, a concert of experimental items. Guest appearances by Kumar Bose, Debojyoti Bose, Kushal Das and Ablu Chakraborty.
December 7 at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Salt Lake; 6 pm: Folk dances of Gujarat (garba), Andhra Pradesh (lambadi) and Punjab (bhangra).
December 8 at G.D. Birla Sabhagar; 7 pm: Sangeet Ashram presents a sitar recital by Ustad Nishat Khan, with Pandit Anindo Chatterjee on the tabla.
talk
December 5 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Pradyot Kumar Mukhopadhyay will speak in Bengali on Dharma, Darshan O Vijnan.
December 5 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Atmabodhananda will discuss in Bengali on Sri Sri Mayer Katha.
December 5 at Sri Aurobindo Bhavan; 5.45 pm: Georges Van Vrekhem will speak on God Within God Without.
book launch
December 5 at Oxford Bookstore; 6.30 pm: The launch of Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan by Shrabani Basu, to be followed by excerpts read by the author. Also, an interaction with Rudrangshu Mukherjee.
photographs
Till December 6 at Akar Prakar, P-238 Hindustan Park; 12 noon - 8 pm: Agree to Differ: Positions of Contemporary Photography from Bremen — works by the students of College of Arts, Bremen.
Till December 7 at Academy of Fine Arts, West & New South galleries; 3 pm - 8 pm: Eighth exhibition of photographs by Third Eye .
FESTIVAL
Till December 15: Virasat 2006, SPICMACAY’s on-going festival features (today) pottery workshop at Army Public School (8.30 am), Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (2.30 pm) and K.V. Ballygunge (11 am).
EXHIBITION
Till December 5 at Kyra, Hotel Hindustan International and Burlington; 11 am - 8 pm: An exhibition of Kyra’s Western evening wear for the upcoming party season.
Till December 5 at 105 Southern Avenue; 11 am - 6 pm: Suits, kurtis and saris in cotton and georgettes by Richa Kanoria.
workshop
December 7 - December 9 at Digital Academy - The Film School, 15C Everest Building, 46 J.L. Nehru Road: Video-editing workshop. For details, call #30520147/8/9.
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