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	Webindia123.com- Indian Music Festivals
		Dover Lane Music Conference, one of the largest Indian Classical musical events is being held in Kolkata for the past five decades.
		The festival nearing its 50th year of origin is an institution by itself with participation of eminent classical music artists from all over the Country.
		The festival has a participation of eminent musicians and is appreciated by music lovers across the country.
	www.webindia123.com /music/fest.htm

	Film on Kolkata brothels to premiere in US
		A documentary about the children of Sonagachi red light district in Kolkata that has garnered award after award at film festivals is set for theatrical release in the US.
		A look at children growing up around prostitution in Kolkata, this is a work of art so deep and resonant that it puts most narrative films to shame.
		Briski first travelled to Kolkata in 1998 and started living with sex workers, photographing their day-to-day lives.
	www.24x7updates.com /FullStory-News-Film_on_Kolkata_brothels_to_premiere_in_US-ID-22720.html (1042 words)

	Jadavpur University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The three back to back cultural festivals of the three faculties which take place in March, are unique among college cultural festivals for their showcasing of Bengali culture.
		Jadavpur University is also host to one of the oldest college cultural festivals in Eastern India - Sanskriti.
		It is located in Kolkata, West Bengal and comprises two campuses - the main campus at Jadavpur and the new campus at Salt Lake.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jadavpur_University (1042 words)

	Buddhadeb against Goa as permanent film fest venue - Bollywood Hindi Movie News - IndiaGlitz.com
		These film festivals should get all help and facility from the centre," said Bhattacharya, claiming that in Kolkata only real film lovers throng theatres unlike the bureaucrats and their kin who fill cinema halls in places like New Delhi.
		Tourists would flock to Goa irrespective of a film festival," said Bhattacharya Wednesday night while announcing the schedule of the Kolkata Film Festival.
		When Information and Broadcasting Minister S. Jaipal Reddy visits here to inaugurate the 11th Kolkata Film Festival Nov 10, West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya will protest the government's decision to make Goa a permanent venue for the International Film Festival of India (IFFI).
	www.indiaglitz.com /channels/hindi/article/17834.html (307 words)

	No Brothels in India?
		It has been shown at film festivals in such cities as Atlanta, Nashville, Cleveland and Newport Beach.
		Briski has also set up a foundation to help the Kolkata children in the long run (www.kids-with-cameras.org).
		For nearly a year Born Into Brothels has been grabbing the attention of critics and audiences at more than two dozen film festivals in North America, Australia and Europe.
	www.rediff.com /movies/2004/dec/14born.htm (851 words)

	festival in west bengal , fair in west bengal , dance of west bengal , music of west bengal , festivals west bengal , west bengal fair
		This famous Bengali saying however grossly underestimates the number of festivals, civil and religious, celebrated in Kolkata, where communities belonging to all religions and from all over the subcontinent have brought along their own local cults which even within the Hindu religion vary from area to area.
		They gather at Bolpur which is 150 kilometers (93 miles) west of Kolkata and sings enchanting devotional tunes for three nights
		The first festival of the year in West Bengal is the New Year's Day.
	www.india-tours.com /destination/india/west-bengal/festivals-west-bengal.html (851 words)

	10th KOLKATA FILM FESTIVAL (November 10 - 17, 2004 Kolkata)
		Chaka his most acclaimed film, was awarded many prestigious awards in various international film festivals.
		Morshedul Islam made his big canvas film Dukhai, in 1997 received National Awards in 9 categories including best film and was also shown in many international film festivals.
		While still a student at the University of Colombo, she started her career as a television director in 1992, and in 1997 she won her first award as the best director at UNDA International Televsion Award festival for her telefilm Nonagathayaka Nimawa (An End of An Inauspicious Time).
	www.calfilmfestival.org /2004/cinema_international/index2.htm (4164 words)

	Kolkata Beckons: Adda - An identity of Kolkata (Calcutta)
		The origin of the adda seems to lie in the village gathering at day’s end at the chandimandap, the venue of rustic meetings and festivals.
		Adda does not ever demand that the joining persons should be of the same age.
		And cha in a bhanr or khuri (earthen pot) is a must if the adda session is being held on the street side.
	in.geocities.com /kolkatabeckons/adda.html (1146 words)

	Kolkata Beckons: Adda - An identity of Kolkata (Calcutta)
		The origin of the adda seems to lie in the village gathering at day’s end at the chandimandap, the venue of rustic meetings and festivals.
		Adda does not ever demand that the joining persons should be of the same age.
		The principal motive at this stage does appear to have been gossip.
	in.geocities.com /kolkatabeckons/adda.html (1146 words)

	Soma news articles
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	Guests -- Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival
		With this objective she has been programming a section called “Film India Worldwide” in India& festivals (Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai) which screens films that have an international connection.
		In the late 70s, da Cunha branched out on her own to pursue her interest in the area of film.
		The films da Cunha selects can be made by Indians settled or working abroad or films where Indian professionals (actors, screen-writers, technicians) play a major part or films that have an India connection made by a director of any nationality other than Indian (examples: Sturla Gunnarsson’s “Such a Long Journey” and Jane Campion’s “Holy Smoke”).
	www.ebertfest.com /seven/guests.htm (8147 words)

	Hawari History
		And participated at the following festivals : 3rd National Theatre Festival (Bharat Rang Mahotsava)Delhi, Nandikar's 19th National Theatre Festival Kolkata, 21st International Fadjr Theatre Festival, Tehran(Iran),Silver Jubilee of Prithvi Theatre Festival, Mumbai.
		English Version-"A Drop of Blood"- was first produced in Toronto, Canada, May 27 to June 15,2003,with additional performance in July 2003.
	hawari.org /History.htm (262 words)

	3to6 A Complete Movie Portal
		He has also directed Bhasa's Sanskrit plays, Madhyamavyayogam (1979), Kalidasa's Vikramorvasiyam (1981, 1996), Shakuntalam (1982), Karnabharam (1984, 2001), Uru Bhangam (1988), Swapnavasavadattam and Dootavakyam (1996) with the Sopanam troupe at the Kalidasa Samaroh in Ujjain, the Nandikar festival in Kolkata and many other prominent festivals in India and abroad.
		Panikkar's pioneering work with Sopanam has earned him the Kalidasa Samman, which was presented by the Madhya Pradesh Government recently, the National Award (Theatre, 1985) and the Nandikar Award in 1998.
		Here in Mumbai for the annual Nehru National Theatre Festival, this founder-director of the Sopana theatre unit based in Trivandram, has written 26 Malayalam plays and translated many English and Sanskrit classic plays into Malayalam.
	www.3to6.com /final_theatre/review-ntf.htm (474 words)

	Sucharita Sharma
		She is trained by them since 1990 and has also been a participant of various Dance Festivals as an artiste of Manipuri Nartanalaya.
		SUCHARITA SHARMA an honours Graduate and Bachelor of Education from the University of Kolkata has been interested in Indian Classical Dance from an early age.
		At present she is one of the examiner of Manipuri Dance in Rabindra Bharati University.
	www.calcuttayellowpages.com /adver/102584.html (474 words)

	Sucharita Datta
		She had also performed in dance recitals (Bharatnatyam, Kathak, Kathakali and Kuchipudi) in innumerable festivals organised by various organisations throughout West Bengal (including Kolkata) and in Orissa (Balasore), Rajasthan (organised by Rajasthan State Music Academy) and Bihar (Gomia).
		She had also attended and participated in Kathak workshops conducted by Pandit Birju Maharaj, Saswati Sen, Pandit Rammohan Mishra, Guru Kalanidhi, Guru Rema Srikant etc.
		Kathak performance in the Music and Dance Festival of “Damaru” anniversary celebration
	www.calcuttayellowpages.com /adver/102521.html (474 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 18
		The latter, based on the theme of a poor peasant's struggle to save his patch of land, won acclaim at the Cannes and the Karlovy Vary festivals in 1955-56.
		Beginning his career in the New Theatres film studio in Kolkata, he went to Mumbai at the behest of famous film actor Ashok Kumar to direct Bombay Talkies' Maa.
		Be it the story of the impoverished peasant family in Do Bigha Zameen, the travails of a lower caste woman in Sujata or the anguish of Devdas, the characters in his films live on in the collective memory.
	www.thedailystar.net /2004/06/14/d406141403123.htm (474 words)

	'MAMI must give priority to our filmmakers': Mid-Day.com
		A festival based in Mumbai must give importance to senior filmmakers of the city and their works, just as it happens in festivals at Kerala or Kolkata,� says director Sudhir Mishra on his decision to withdraw his film Hazaar Khwahishen Aisi from the ongoing International Film Festival, Mumbai (IFFM) at Imax Adlabs and Chavan Centre.
		Now that is completely the organisers� � Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image (MAMI) �- prerogative.� Mishra denies Nadgaonkar�s assertion to add, �I don�t want to make it an issue.� 24-year-old Manish Jha�s debut feature film Matrubhoomi is the festival�s closing film scheduled for Thursday, the concluding evening.
		This would have been the first public screening of Mishra�s latest film and he wanted the show to be peopled by a chosen right-minded audience who could reflect on the issues the film addresses.
	web.mid-day.com /entertainment/hot_today/2003/november/69687.htm (474 words)

	Sucharita Datta
		She had also performed in dance recitals (Bharatnatyam, Kathak, Kathakali and Kuchipudi) in innumerable festivals organised by various organisations throughout West Bengal (including Kolkata) and in Orissa (Balasore), Rajasthan (organised by Rajasthan State Music Academy) and Bihar (Gomia).
		Bharatnatyam performance in Young Talents’ Festival organised by West Bengal State Music Academy
		She had also attended and participated in Kathak workshops conducted by Pandit Birju Maharaj, Saswati Sen, Pandit Rammohan Mishra, Guru Kalanidhi, Guru Rema Srikant etc.
	www.calcuttayellowpages.com /adver/102521.html (474 words)

	agencyfaqs! > news & features > Radio Mirchi tries to be innovative with Bollywood
		The radio channel is also looking forward to other initiatives, including city centric festivals such as Ganesh Chaturthi in Mumbai; Half Marathon and Diwali in Delhi; Durga Puja in Kolkata; Pongal in Chennai, and events and on-ground activities.
		Private FM radio channels in India are largely dependent on Bollywood for their content and Radio Mirchi is no different.
		He continues: “However, Radio Mirchi is positioned as a ‘happy-go-lucky’ channel as our baseline reads, ‘Mirchi sunnewale always Khush (Radio Mirchi listeners are always happy)’.
	www.agencyfaqs.com /news/stories/2005/09/21/12722.html (338 words)

	Sucharita Datta
		She had also performed in dance recitals (Bharatnatyam, Kathak, Kathakali and Kuchipudi) in innumerable festivals organised by various organisations throughout West Bengal (including Kolkata) and in Orissa (Balasore), Rajasthan (organised by Rajasthan State Music Academy) and Bihar (Gomia).
		She had also attended and participated in Kathak workshops conducted by Pandit Birju Maharaj, Saswati Sen, Pandit Rammohan Mishra, Guru Kalanidhi, Guru Rema Srikant etc.
		Bharatnatyam performance in Young Talents’ Festival organised by West Bengal State Music Academy
	www.calcuttayellowpages.com /adver/102521.html (338 words)

	festival in west bengal , fair in west bengal , dance of west bengal , music of west bengal , festivals west bengal , west bengal fair
		This famous Bengali saying however grossly underestimates the number of festivals, civil and religious, celebrated in Kolkata, where communities belonging to all religions and from all over the subcontinent have brought along their own local cults which even within the Hindu religion vary from area to area.
		festival in west bengal, fair in west bengal, dance of west bengal, music of west bengal, festivals west bengal, west bengal fair
		According to Hindu mythology, all gods and goddesses of thee Hindu pantheon endowed Durga with a portion of their own energy to give her strength, or shakti, to destroy the evil forces.
	www.bangalore.hotel.india-tours.com /destination/india/west-bengal/festivals-west-bengal.html (338 words)

	Indo-Asian News Service -> India-Cinema-Bengal -> Bengali quotient in national awards enthuses filmmakers
		Kolkata, July 14 (IANS) A strong Bengali presence in this year's national film awards has come as a morale booster for the film fraternity here which believes in carrying forward the rich tradition of Satyajit Ray and Ritwick Ghatak.
		The film is travelling to at least 30 other international film festivals.
		While habitual National Award winner Buddhadeb Dasgupta was selected best director for his film "Swapner Din", predominantly Bengali filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh sprang a surprise by bagging the best feature film in Hindi award for the Aishwarya Rai-Ajay Devgan starrer "Raincoat".
	www.eians.com /stories/2005/07/14/14cf.shtml (430 words)

	sdr_orich12.doc
		For a successful draw of overseas tourists to this circuit, Kolkata airport should be made the port of entry for all flights coming from the east and the far east.
		The tourist treasure varies from historic monuments to places of worship, from colourful tribal culture to beautiful handloom and handicrafts, from wild life to well orchestrated festivals, from sandy sea beaches to geo-thermal health sites, from unique depository of flora and fauna to rich sources of marine species.
		This city is the gate-way to Orissa with Biju Patnaik airport and a major Railway station in the South Eastern Railway section that receive large number of visitors entering the place for business, official work, sight-seeing and religious pursuit.
	planningcommission.nic.in /plans/stateplan/sdr_orissa/sdr_orich12.doc (3362 words)

	THE COMFORTS - Jharkhand > East Singhbhum
		Get a firsthand experience of tribal life and local colour - festivals are celebrated with fervour and are the best time to drive in.
		The Kolkata-Ranchi National Highway goes through East Singhbhum (about 137 km away).
		The Thakora waterfalls and the natural springs at Lupungutu are places to see.
	www.thecomforts.com /in_jharkhand_eastsinghbhum.htm (3362 words)

	Mahavir Jayanti, Festivals of India, Indian Festivals, About India
		To know the other fabulous festivals of India better you may visit the following link:
		Mahavir Jayanti is also celebrated at Parasnath Temple in Kolkata and at Pawapuri in Bihar.
	www.hcilondon.com /india-overview/festivals/mahavir-jayanti.html (3362 words)

	Tendulkar, Sehwag to open
		He also disagreed with the view that unlike the pressure cooker atmosphere generally associated with Indo-Pak ties, tomorrow's match is being held in a relaxed atmosphere in the backdrop of the BCCI's platinum jubilee, and Diwali and Eid festivals.
		Buoyed by the victory over Australia in the Mumbai Test, India skipper Sourav Ganguly exhorted his team to make significant individual contributions to turn tables on Pakistan in the Board of Control for Cricket in India's Platinum Jubilee One-Day International in Kolkata on Saturday.
		Ganguly said it is an honour for him to lead the side in the match held to celebrate the Indian board's platinum jubilee.
	www.rediff.com /cricket/2004/nov/12gangu.htm (3362 words)

	Ulhas Kashalkar: Tribute to Ustad Vilayat Khan
		Currently, Ulhas serves as a Resident Guru at the Sangeet Research Academy, in Kolkata, India's first conservatory type institution for music education.
		He has performed at most of the major music festivals and conferences in India and is a respected and popular performer in the U.S.A., Canada, U.K., U.A.E., France and Switzerland.
		Ulhas Kashalkar is amongst the leading khayal vocalists.
	www.sonarupa.co.uk /itm01036.htm (3362 words)

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