Public Events in Kolkata

80 years of the 1943 Bengal Famine: Remembering through Talks and Events

Organised by: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal

 

January 5-8, 2024

 

Day 1, January 5

 

Venue: MAKAUT Auditorium, Haringhata

12.00 pm – 01.00 pm: Opening Ceremony

Welcome (Dr Rajarshi Mitra, Dr Sourit Bhattacharya and Dr Binayak Bhattacharya)

Formal inauguration by the Vice Chancellor Prof. Tapas Chakrabarty

Speech by the dignitaries

 

02.00 pm – 4.30 pm: Film Screening followed by discussion

Film: Akaler Sandhane (Dir. Mrinal Sen, 1982)

Discussant: Dr. Manas Ghosh, Department of Film Studies, Jadavpur University

 

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Day 2, January 6

 

10.00 am – 12.00 pm: Walk through the urban sites associated with the 1943 Bengal Famine

              “A Tour through Hunger” – Supervision: Dr Tathagatha Neogi

 

12.00 pm: Inauguration of the Exhibition:

              Monone Ponchash: Monontwor Fire Dekha

              Curated by Dr. Somshankar Ray, in collaboration with Jadunath Bhavan Museum & Resource Centre

Venue: Jadunath Bhavan Museum & Resource Centre (JBMRC), Lake Terrace, Kolkata – 700029

 

02.00 pm – 05.00 pm: Dialogues

Venue: Exhibition lobby, Jadunath Bhavan Museum & Resource Centre

Speakers:

 

 

 

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Day 3, January 7

 

Venue: Jadunath Bhavan Museum & Resource Centre (JBMRC), Lake Terrace, Kolkata – 700029

 

12.00 pm – 07.00 pm: Exhibition Monone Ponchash: Monontwor Fire Dekha 

 

01.00 pm – 03.00 pm: Dialogues

Venue: Exhibition lobby, Jadunath Bhavan Museum & Resource Centre

Speakers:

 

04.00 pm – 06.00 pm: Panel Discussions:

Venue: Barun De Auditorium, Jadunath Bhavan Museum & Resource Centre

Discussants:

 

06.30 pm – 07.00 pm: Closing of Exhibition

 

 

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Day 4, January 8

 

Venue: Madhusudan Mancha, Dhakuria, Kolkata – 700031

 

02.00 pm – 04.00 pm: Film screening

              Dharti Ke Lal (Children of the Earth, 1946) Dir. K.A. Abbas

             

04.00 pm – 05.00 pm: Panel Discussions

Discussants:

 

05.30 pm – 06.30 pm: Cultural performances

 

06.30 pm – 09.00 pm: Theatre performance followed by discussion

            Jabanbandi (Confessions, 1944) by Bijon Bhattacharya

Produced and staged by: Anandapur Gujob

           

09.00 pm – 09.30 pm: Closing remarks and Vote of Thanks

09.30 pm – End of Event