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Relationships form the basis of civilization and society. Our lives are nurtured and built on the strength of relationships we share with our near and dear ones. Unfortunately, the so-called progress of society has brought in its wake the destruction of this core, sustaining fibre of life. Exposing the hollow sham of modern inter-personal relationships, Satyaasatya is an ironic reflection of the faithlessness, deception and pretence that we practise in our daily lives. Based on a play by J.B. Priestley, it offers a bitter portrayal of the utter dishonesty, infidelity and futility of human relationships. Rooted in a bed of hypocritical vows and shallow promises, they are kept alive only by carefully concealing their essential void beneath a veil of false amity and harmony. But when this fallacious veil is accidentally lifted, we try to hide our embarrassment by endeavouring to restore social propriety by putting on our masks of deception once again. Direction: Shyamal Chakraborty.
Event: Play in Bengali, Satyaasatya, produced by Gandhar
When: Today at 6.30 pm
Where: Academy of Fine Arts
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art
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 Indian Museum, Ashutosh Birth Centenary Hall; 12 noon - 8 pm: The 13th annual exhibition of Calcutta Sculptors features 50 Bronzes At A Glance.
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 12 at Academy of Fine Arts, Central Gallery; 3 pm - 8 pm: Beautiful Bengal, paintings by Mokhlesur Rahman (Bangladesh).
Till December 15 at Gandhara Art Gallery, 1B Gurusaday Road, Flat 5A; 11 am - 7 pm: Works of Prasun Ghosh.
Till December 15 at Mon Art Gallerie, 6 Hungerford Street, Regency, 3rd floor; 11 am - 7 pm: Works by 35 well-known artists.
Till 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.
drama
Till December 9 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Durgadas Smriti Sangha hosts Duragadas Natyotsav. Today: Drishyapat presents Aguner Barnamala. Direction: Anirban Bhattacharya.
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. Direction: Aalok Deb.
December 9 at Academy of Fine Arts; 6.30 pm: Rang Roop presents Mukhosh Nritya. Direction: Seema Mukhopadhyay.
December 9 at Girish Mancha; 4.30 pm: Sansriti presents Winkle Twinkle. Direction: Debesh Chattopadhyay.
December 10 at Mahajati Sadan; 4.30 pm: Kokil Manch presents Maithili drama Lodhanath. Direction: Ganga Jha.
December 10 at Bijon Theatre; 6.30 pm: Shohan presents Helmet. Direction Anish Ghosh.
December 10 at Madhusudan Mancha; 6.30 pm: Sanglap Kolkata presents Astorag. Direction: Kuntal Mukhopadhyay.
performing arts
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 - December 10 at ITC Sangeet Research Academy lawns: 14th ITC Sangeet Sammelan. The inaugural day’s programme features presentation of ITC Award to Hindustani vocalist Pt Dinkar Kaikini, vocal recital by Sameehan Ulhas Kashalkar, flute recital by Rupak Kulkarni and vocal recital by Pt Ajoy Chakraborty.
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.
December 9 at Sarat Sadan, Howrah, Hall 1; 5 pm: HSBC Employees’ Union Cultural Committee celebrates its diamond jubilee with a programme featuring songs by Raghab Chattopadhyay and play Thakurmar Jhuli by Calcutta Choir (dir: Kalyan Sen Barat).
talk
December 7 at Galaxy, Park Hotel; 6 pm: Prof Ananda Chakraborty will deliver a lecture on A Million Health Care Challenges — India Needs a Deliverable Policy, Not Debates.
December 7 at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Shivananda Hall; 6 pm: Swami Sarvabhutananda will speak in Hindi on Sri Sri Narada Pancharatram.
December 7 at Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, 19B Raja Rajkrishna Street; 7 pm: Swami Samshuddhananda will speak in Bengali on Srimad-Bhagavad.
photographs
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).
campaign
Till December 10: Swayam, DRIK India and IAWRT host The International Campaign to Stop Violence Against Women and Girls through mass awareness programmes. Today: Workshop with rights activists working on domestic violence for evolving best practices, common policies and strategies at work (Swayam office; 10 am - 5 pm) and Visible Work, Invisible Women, a photography exhibition by P. Sainath (Seagull Arts & Media Resource Centre; 2 pm - 7 pm).
workshop
December 9 & 10 at Padatik Dance Centre, 6/7 AJC Bose Road; 10 am - 7 pm: Kathak workshop for senior students by Jayant Kastuar.
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