Events 2011

We are pleased to announce details of our 2011events programme, including our Sunday events which are free for members and work on a first come first serve basis. Please note some of these events are subject to change, so do check back on this page nearer the time of your chosen event.

A Wayfaring Poet
A photographic Exhibition at the Nehru Centre Gallery
8 – 18 November 2011

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Past events this year...

Illustrated Talk: Tagore, Mussolini And Italian Press
by Dr Kalyan Kundu
8 – 18 November 2011

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
30 October 2011, 5pm
The Intimate Theatre Green Lanes Palmers Green London N13 4HD

Bring and Buy at The Tagore Centre UK
Sunday 25 September 2011, 4 – 7pm

Film screening: Atithi directed by Tapan Sinha
Sunday 31 July 2011
Adapted from the short story of Rabindranath Tagore. Introduced by Dr Bishnu P Choudhury, a retired medical academic, author, Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies.

Annual B-B-Q, Debden Campsite
Sunday 24 July 2011
Debden Green, Loughton, Essex IG10 2NZ, 10am to 5pm

We regret to inform you that the The Scoop music festival that was due Saturday 16 July 2011 has now sadly been Cancelled

Tagore's songs translated into English by Anjali Sen - presented by Dr Deepali Gaskell... followed by music from Ritu Adhikari
Sunday 12 June 2011
Mrs Anjali Sen has a double MA in History and 'Ancient History with Art and Architecture' and has had the opportunity to study under scholars like Dr Nihar Ranjan Roy and Stella Kramrisch. These translations will be followed by Rabindrasangeet by Ritu Adhikari.

Born and bred in England, Ritu Adhikari was trained in Rabindrasangeet from an early age. Her musical journey began in Delhi where she lived for five years between the ages of 9 and 14.

In July 2008, she received a diploma in Rabindrasangeet from Dakshinee, Kolkata. Ritu also started playing the piano at the tender age of six and passed her Grade 8 in 2001. Bringing together her Eastern and Western musical training, she plays Rabindrasangeet on the piano.

Bengali songs by Sonali Ray (Canada)
Sunday 29 May 2011
Sonali sings classical, semi classical and different genres of Bengali songs with equal proficiency. Her versatility in Bengali songs ranges from Rabindrasangeet, Dwijendrageeti, and Nazrulgeeti to Ragpradhan and Tappa. Her husband Anjan Ghosh will accompany her on the tabla.

Tagore’s short story: Chhuti
Sunday 22 May 2011
Storytelling with music presented by Sujoya and Jayanta Ray

Revisiting Rabindrananth
Sunday 6 – 8 May 2011 Celebrating 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore at Beveridge Hall, Senate House, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU.

Film screening: Nagarik directed by Ritwik Ghatak
Sunday 10 April 2011
Introduced by Lalit Mohan Joshi, Indian film historian, film critic and editor of the thematic journal South Asian Cinema. Lalit is currently the Director of London-based films organisation the South Asian Cinema Foundation (SACF).

Rabindrasangeet by Sahana Bajpaie
Sunday 27 March, 3 pm
Sahana, who was born and brought up in Santiniketan, has trained in Rabindrasangeet since the age of three. She has released an album: Notun Kore Pabo Boley from Bengal Music Company, Dhaka in 2007. Since 1995 she has performed extensively in Germany, UK, Bangladesh and India.

A film by Rituparno Ghosh
Sunday 13 March, 3pm

Suchitra Mitra: a documentary directed by Raja Sen.
Sunday 6 March, 3 pm
This will be The Tagore Centre UK’s tribute to Suchitra Mitra who sadly passed away in January this year. The film was the Rajat Kamal Winner in the Arts & Culture category in 1992. It also won the National Awards in four different categories; Production, Direction, Cinematography and Processing.

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