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Kolkata Holds Handicrafts Fair For Rural Self-Help Groups


By ugesh sarkar, Section Local Artists and Performances
Posted on Wed Aug 18, 2010 at 12:24:55 AM EST

Women belonging to self-help groups in West Bengal recently took part in the handicrafts fair, 'Dakshinapan Mela 2010', organised by the State's Panchayat and Rural Development Department in Kolkata.  

Women from districts of South 24 Pargana, North 24 Pargana, Nadia, Jalpaiguri, Hooghly, Nadia, Howrah, Burdwan and Birbhum participated in the fair with their products.

"We belong to a self-help group and we have 20 women who save Rs. 20 every month and we deposit Rs. 400 in the banks, and for our business we take money from the bank and we make our products like jams, jellies, pickles, and we sell these," said Tapasi Bhar, an exhibitor.

Saswati Banerjee, the Joint Secretary of the Panchayat and Rural Development Department of West Bengal said that the department encourages self-help groups members to keep their savings in fixed-term deposits so that they can earn highest interest rates on them.

Source: www.dailyindia.com Kolkata holds handicrafts fair for rural self-help groups

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Treat For Music Lovers in Kolkata


By ugesh sarkar, Section Local Artists and Performances
Posted on Mon Jun 28, 2010 at 12:15:15 AM EST

Music is certainly the food of love, thinks Kolkata. So, it didn't come as a surprise when music lovers made a beeline for Someplace Else, The Park, on World Music Day (June 21), where the special day was celebrated with the programme, Beyond Barriers, featuring Orient Express.

The band that performed its brand of Latin jazz, had the crowd grooving to the music. "The best part was the crowd interaction where I stressed upon the need to develop an ear for good music," said Monojit aka Kachuda of Orient Express.

While it was a jazzy affair at SPE, pumping up the volume at Roxy were resident DJs - Sumit and Soumya. They churned out music ranging from Indian ragas to trance. "We tried to stick to the 70s, 80s and 90s era," said DJ Sumit. Music lovers were more than happy lapping up the double bonanza.

Source: Times Of India Treat For Music Lovers in Kolkata

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Create Your Comic


By ugesh sarkar, Section Local Artists and Performances
Posted on Wed Jun 02, 2010 at 10:57:56 PM EST

Are you a comic creator? Do you want to have your comics published? Then this one is for you. For its July issue Kindle, a Kolkata-based art, culture and society magazine, is planning a Graphic Novel and Comic Art special.

In accordance with this theme, the July cover story will be one that explores the power of the comic image and its relevance as a serious literary art.

In this regard, Kindle is looking to publish a small compendium of 10 four-page comic strips, that together |give a taste of what young, independent comic artists are doing right now.

The strips would be then taken together to create a collector's edition booklet to be given away with the July issue.

The comic strips can deal with any subject or idea of  the creator's choice as Kindle has left coming up with plot ideas entirely to the creators and any plot is welcome.

However, stories should not contain excessive sex or violence or any element that is not secular. To be a part of this edition, creators need to send a four-page black and white comic in A-4 size JPG/TIFF images scanned at 300 dpi.

The deadline for the submissions is June 15. Comics chosen will get the writers Rs 500 per page.

A youth magazine, published from Kolkata since August 2008, Kindle is perhaps the only magazine of its genre in India, to address the youth via critical socio-political dialogues.

Source: Hindustan Times Create your comic

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Asutosh Mookerjee's Rare Books On Exhibit


By ugesh sarkar, Section Local Artists and Performances
Posted on Tue Nov 24, 2009 at 02:12:34 AM EST

National Library on Monday organized an exhibition of Asutosh Mookerjee's collection of books, which great educationist and jurist 60 years ago. Present on the occasion were
Mookerjee's grandson, Justice (retd) Chittatosh Mookerjee and Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi.

The collection includes hundreds of rare volumes, like the first English translation of Euclid's Geometry (1570), Notitia Vatraqve, a 16th century document in Latin, and Goethe's Faust. They number 2,484 in all and the entire collection occupies more than 4,000 metres of space.

Kolkata's chronicler P Thankappan Nair, who has gone through most of Mookerjee's collections, revealed that it was Iswarchandra Vidyasagar who made a book lover out of Mookerjee. "In 1875, Vidyasagar presented him with Robinson Crusoe," he said.

K K Banerjee, the director of National Library, referred to Mookerjee's collection as a "the jewel box" and "the largest private collection in the country". Gandhi said: "It's extraordinary that National Library has been able to look after this collection."

Source: Times Of India Asutosh Mookerjee's Rare Books On Exhibit

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Bauls Come Together In Kolkata To Showcase Their Music In 3-Day Baul Music Festival


By ugesh sarkar, Section Local Artists and Performances
Posted on Fri Jan 09, 2009 at 11:48:53 PM EST

Over 40 `Bauls' - mystic minstrels of West Bengal - came together here from across the state to participate in a three-day baul music festival.

Baul, which means divinely possessed, is one of the few widely-known folk musical genres of Bengal sung by bards known by the same name. The songs they sing are known as â€oeBaul-gaan (Baul songs)”.

The festival titled `Shikawr' (roots) kicked off Friday evening and is being organised by state-based real estate group Bengal Shelter at `Mohor Kunjo', a citizen's park in south Kolkata.

`It is an attempt to restore baul music that is on verge on extinction like Punjabi Sufi music due to commercialisation of these songs. This is the first time so many bauls have come together for a cause,' Amitabha Basu, one of the initiators of the fest, told IANS Friday evening.

`Baul music is not only West Bengal's, but one of India's oldest folk music. But the present generation has no idea of what original baul music is all about. Instead, they distort the songs by remixing them and singing them against electronic instruments.' Basu said.

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A Portal With A Global Art Show 'www.thefuschiatree.com.'


By Nishant, Section Local Artists and Performances
Posted on Tue Sep 23, 2008 at 12:23:09 AM EST

Want to buy a piece of global art at rock bottom prices which can go with your home décor? Or further, want to exchange a piece of art which has gone old as per the décor of your home or office? Well yes, there is a solution to it all at The Fuschia Tree, a state-of-the-art web gallery.

The Fuschia Tree would be announcing its entry into the art world on Wednesday by creating a unique mélange of stylishly conceptualised artistic variety in its very first art and décor show titled Mint Green. The show would be on from September 24 to October 8 at The Attic at Regal Building in Connaught Place here and can also be viewed simultaneously on www.thefuschiatree.com.

Says Chanda Chaudhary Barrai, director, The Fuschia Tree, "International trends suggest that Mint Green is the next colour of the season and, therefore, we bring a heady blend of classical, contemporary and cutting edge art and décor elements with international sensibility. By combining the diversity and integrity of art and design, we aim to bring forth enormous creative energy which is unique and irreplaceable in nature. This exhibition fuses the old and the new and crosses over to a new dimension where Indian and international art from Russia, Peru, Botswana, Africa, Pakistan and Thailand, a few to name, will be showcased in a single space."

Since Mint Green is the hottest colour of décor worldwide, the forthcoming exhibition showcases selected 40 artworks from across the globe...all in varying hues of the colour `green'. And the best part is one can exchange the artwork with another as the season or style changes, with a 100 per cent authenticity and resale assurance guarantee!

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State To Organise Handicrafts Fair From Sunday For The Benefit Of The Artisans


By Shashank, Section Local Artists and Performances
Posted on Thu Aug 07, 2008 at 04:49:53 AM EST

The West Bengal government is organising a handicrafts fair from from August 9 to showcase the state’s handicrafts and facilitate their marketing for the benefit of the artisans.

The fair, which would continue till August 24, is the third in a series of six such fairs during this year.

“Two such fairs were held at the Eastern Zonal CulturalCentre (EZCC) and the rest four would also be held there,” said Micro and Small Scale Enterprises and Textiles Minister Manabendra Mukherjee.

The fair would be held to promote cane, bamboo and wood crafts in the state and is named as “Bengal Cane,Bamboo and Wood Crafts Fair”, said the minister. The first fair was organised in April and covered all major handicrafts products of the state. Nearly 80 artisans from different districts had participated in the fair.

Total sale in the fair was Rs 22.04 lakh, while the artisans got contracts for bulk purchases and exports, he said.

The second fair — ‘Bengal Terracotta Fair’— was organised from May 31 to June 15 for display and sale of terracotta products.

Nearly 70 terracotta artisans had participated in the fair, which saw the total sale of Rs 24.24 lakh. Two workshops on ‘Design Development’ and ‘Export Awareness’ were also organised for the artisans in that fair.

Source: Press Trust Of India 07/Aug/2008

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Kolkata-Based Pianist's Musical Gift To City On June 4 And 5


By Mrs Gupta, Section Local Artists and Performances
Posted on Tue Jun 03, 2008 at 04:41:52 AM EST

After a long time, the city will witness a full-fledged musical on stage for two days at GD Birla Sabhagar on June 4 and 5. Based on the famous legend of Jack the Ripper, this musical `Jack' will be a feast for the senses because it is a combination of theatre, cinema and opera. The musical is being presented by The Times of India.

`Jack' is the brainchild of gifted city-based pianist Pradyumna Manot, who has accompanied famous musicians like Pandit Visvamohan Bhatt as the latter played his Mohanveena. Manot is also part of the famous band, Saturday Night Blues, and has interest in Latin jazz.

The play is being directed by Amar Daing, who is well known in the theatre circuit of the city and has also staged plays abroad and the script is written by Chaitanya Manot. There are at least 11 songs in the musical and the choreography has been done by Shruti Mishra.

"We have adopted new techniques in this musical -- the way the stage movements have been designed, the effect of the rotating camera and the special light and sound effects have not been tried out before," promises Pradyumna. He says this musical will inspire many others in the future and soon musicals will become a genre that the city will look forward to every season.

Source: TIMES NEWS NETWORK

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Kolkata Set To Host India-Russia Art Show


By Sumit Kumar, Section Local Artists and Performances
Posted on Sun Jan 27, 2008 at 04:26:08 AM EST

Whe Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh signed a protocol to celebrate 2008 as the 'Year of Russia in India' and 2009 as the 'Year of India in Russia', they were looking at an exploration of bilateral relations at both public and private fronts.

But what was perhaps not anticipated at that point is that the first event to mark this momentous initiative would be a private one.

An art and photo exhibition at Kolkata's Gorky Sadan on January 29, organised jointly by the Russian Centre of Science & Culture and Asia Centre, Kolkata, could well be the first step in implementing this protocol of friendship that was signed in New Delhi a year ago.

"That the Asia Centre, a private non-profit organization, is joining the Russian Centre in organising the event makes it a significant example of a private initiative in public diplomacy," explains K.EY Nair, director, Asia centre, whose personal art collection forms the backbone of the display.

The collection of rare paintings and photographs by Nair during his three visits to remote regions of Siberian Russia gives interesting insights into the uniquely multicultural society that Russia is and is titled 'Colours of Russia (Where Asia meets Europe)'.

Source: HT, January-27-2008

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The Benefits Of Special Economic Zones Seem To Be A Mirage Says Center For Policy Research


By Mr Basu, Section Local Artists and Performances
Posted on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 04:38:01 AM EST

Special Economic Zones(SEZs) were conceived as delimited areas with highquality infrastructure and efficient administrative governance. However, the spotlight has thus far been on the cost of the various tax benefits and the implications of land acquisition. While important and emotive, focusing solely on them neglects the credibility of the promised offsetting benefits.

Before notifying an SEZ, the Central Board of Approvals, i.e. the Commerce Secretary, 16 other officers of the central government and a nominee of the state government, scrutinises the application. According to these applications, SEZs are expected to generate 2.1 million direct and 2.9 million indirect jobs. These have been widely quoted by the Commerce Ministry in support of SEZs. Are these commitments credible?

At the outset, while data on name, location, area and type is available for all SEZs, availability of other data mandated in the SEZ application, varies widely The most data available is for direct and indirect jobs and investment by developers, and even this is given only for 110, 82 and 109 out of 154 SEZs respectively; and just 15 SEZs provide data on foreign direct investment. This itself makes the approval process appear cavalier, with little real scrutiny.

Second, most SEZs and jobs are in the Information Technology/Information Technology-Enabled Services (ITES) sector Of the 2.1 million direct jobs, 61 per cent in this sector and another 15 per cent is in existing export sectors like apparel, textiles, gems and jewellery footwear and pharmaceuticals. Only 21 per cent is in multiproduct SEZs, the supposed mecca of manufacturing. It thus appears that SEZs merely perpetuate benefits for the IT sector and do little to diversify our exports. Is all this support to already successful industries worth it?

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Kolkata To Host Its First Ever Art Auction Next Year


By siddharth22, Section Local Artists and Performances
Posted on Wed Nov 21, 2007 at 12:12:25 AM EST

Kolkata is close to bringing its first art auction to India and the world. Emami Chisel Art, an auction house floated as a collaborative venture between the well-known Emami Group and Chisel Crafts, is coming with its maiden auction in mid-February 2008. Incidentally, Chisel Crafts is the parent company of the city's well-known Aakriti Art Gallery. This auction will focus on modern and contemporary art and include names from across the country.

"The auction is tipped to have a spread of about 80-100 lots covering modern and contemporary artists. We have begun sourcing works from collectors who are based in different parts countrywide.

The auction will be held on February 16. This will be when it will go on floor and held live. But, the bidding process will be rolled out online five days in advance. Thus, the sale is targeted to embrace bidders from India and around the world," Vikram Bachhawat, director, Emami Chisel Art, told ET.

The auction house has kept December 15, 2007 as the cut off date for accepting consignments from collectors, galleries and artists. In turn, the paintings, which will finally go under the hammer will be picked by a panel of experts by around end-December 2007. Although the artworks are now coming in, some of the artists who are on the anvil embrace MF Husain, SH Raza, FN Souza, Bikash Bhattacharjee, Ganesh Pyne, Shyamal Datta Ray and B Prabha. In tandem, some of the younger names include Sekhar Roy, Manish Pushkale, Farhad Hussain, Chhatrapati Dutta and Samindranath Mazumdar.

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Fireworks Fair Opens At Maidan, PCB For New Norms


By siddharth22, Section Local Artists and Performances
Posted on Mon Nov 05, 2007 at 01:19:49 AM EST

With the festival of lights round the corner, the fireworks dealers of the city have obtained permission from Kolkata Police to organise a Baazi (cracker) Bazaar at Maidan like every year. The weeklong fireworks fair began on Sunday evening and will continue till Kali Puja on November 9.

"Permission is granted to hold the fair just a few days before Dipawali. However, owing to the shortage of time, we have not been able to put in place the necessary infrastructure to our satisfaction," said Indrajit Buddhiraja, President of Burrabazar Fireworks Dealers Association.

The restrictions introduced by the Pollution Control Board (PCB) have re duced the sales and hit firework dealers in the city badly, he said.

"This year the decibel limit has been brought down to 90 from last year's 130 decibel. Compared to other states, this limit is lower by 30 decibel. In states like Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi and other north-western states, where Dipawali is celebrated in full swing, the permissible limit is over 120 decibels," rued Buddhiraja.

"The decrease in the sound limit has proved costly for dealers who have suffered a tremendous setback in the state," added Indrajit.

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IIM feast for classical music lovers


By Dr arvind, Section Local Artists and Performances
Posted on Tue Oct 24, 2006 at 03:31:16 AM EST

In an endeavour to promote Indian classical music, the IIM Calcutta chapter of the SPICMACAY (Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Youth) is organising recitals of Hindustani classical music for the IIM Calcutta community.

The campus will be set to play host to two foremost exponents of the Benares gharana vocal tradition over two days - October 24 and 25. The programme will be held at the Management Centre for Human Values (MCHV) Seminarium, at IIM Calcutta.

The first evening will have a performance by the brothers Rajan and Sajan Mishra, recepients of the Sangeet Natak Academy Award in 1998 and the coveted Sanskrit Award for musical excellence from the Prime Minister of India.

A performance of Girija Devi is scheduled for the next day. A Padma Bhushan awardee, Girija Devi represents the Benaras gharana of vocalists and is adept at various genres of Hindustani vocal music, including khayal, thumri, dadra, chaiti and kajari with her forte being Poorab and thumri. She is also described as the last living queen of thumri.

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Paris artist's brush with Indian motifs


By Dr arvind, Section Local Artists and Performances
Posted on Mon Oct 16, 2006 at 06:27:03 AM EST

When people go to Paris, they want to see the Versailles palace. "But when they come to Kolkata, they want to see the slums!"

This troubles Olaf Van Cleef, now on his 47th visit to India. For this painter from Paris, "Delhi is the city of babus, Bombay of Bollywood stars, while Kolkata is the city of Tagore, Aurobindo, Vivekananda, Ramakrishna." Kumartuli, College Street, Ganga ghat, "these spell a classy lifestyle," says Olaf who, as advisor to Cartier on high jewellery, would mostly meet the royal India. "Now I want to do things for the forgotten India," he announces.

His intimacy with India took another turn last year with an exhibition in Chennai. Now it's growing towards his first show in this city of forgotten palaces, come January.

The paintings he's showing in Chennai, Pondicherry or Kolkata have been "specially done" for India. "With Swarovsky diamonds," adds Olaf. With spots, circles, squares, oblongs, zigzags, triangles, dots and dashes, the painted surface could well be the layout for a carpet or a royal garden. "I inherited a rich carpet from my grandfather and I'd spend hours looking at it. That may be the source of my inspiration!" And the garden? "Well, my first job was designing gardens!"

Interestingly, Olaf 's work is reminiscent of tribal art from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthani miniatures. But Olaf puts his signature by designing these so as to add up to an elephant, monkey, tiger, parrot, Jagannath or Kali.

Why does Olaf still evoke India through these stereotypical images? "Because of Kipling!" he responds. "Jungle Book was my most precious possession as a child. And by painting Sher Khan and Balu and Ka, I return to my childhood."

From: TOI, OCT-16,06

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Big plans for Natya Mela this year Nov 23 to 30


By Dr arvind, Section Local Artists and Performances
Posted on Tue Oct 10, 2006 at 06:29:38 AM EST

To be held from Nov 23 to 30; leading theatre companies from in and around Kolkata, Bangladesh and Germany to take part

After a successful run for six years flat, this year the Paschim Banga Natya Academy has big plans for the Natya Mela or the Theatre Festival to be held from November 23 to 30. The Natya Mela is usually held immediately after the conclusion of the Kolkata Film Festival.

The Natya Mela, organised by the Paschim Banga Natya Academy, will see leading theatre companies from in and around Kolkata taking part in it. "We will allow small theatre companies to participate in the forum so that they can showcase their theatrical talents. There are two theatre companies from Bangladesh. We have a sister concern of the German Flying Fish Theatre Company coming from Germany. The original company participated in the festival last year," said Sukanto Ray, secretary of the Paschim Banga Natya Academy (PBNA).

The PBNA is a subsidiary of the Information and Cultural Department under the West Bengal government and looks after the welfare and development of theatre in the state. Last year, around 100 theatre companies participated in the festival. "This year, we expect the same number of theatre companies coming in or even more," said Ray.

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