Satyameva: A New Play by ECTA

December 28, 2007 on 12:34 am | In Generic | 2 Comments


Satyameva“Satyameva Jayate” - a phrase from the Mundaka Upanishad is the national motto of India and all Indians. Literally it means, “truth alone prevails” - implying that truth is all that we should strive for, since truth only can lead us to success and happiness. But often this hypothesis has been proven wrong. Through bitter life experiences we all discover that “truth” hardly leads us anywhere - it is the “untruth”, the “false” and “deceit” that we need to master in order to attain our goals and objectives. Or is it that our goals and objectives need to be re-examined? Are we chasing the right goals? Goals for which we do not have to rely on the “false” - goals that can truly be achieved by truth alone? Or is it that “truth” is nothing but an illusion, a “fake” notion that we like to believe to be “true”?
“Satyameva”, tries to explore this age old question in a setting in North America where the immigrant Indian population tries to deal with this issue in their everyday lives. Continue reading Satyameva: A New Play by ECTA…

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Satyameva in New Jersey

December 20, 2007 on 6:02 pm | In Events | No Comments

After receiving great critical acclaim in Kolkata
Ethnomedia Center for Theater Arts (ECTA)
in co-operation with Raag-Rang Inc.
presents

SATYAMEVA

A play by Sudipta Bhawmik

Starring :
Sudipta Bhawmik and Pinaki Datta

Directed by Indranil Mukherjee

January 26 6.30pm and January 27 3.30pm
Edison Valley Playhouse
2196 Oak Tree Road, Edison, NJ

Tickets: $20.00
Contact: (732) 241 7060 bhawmik@gmail.com indymukh@gmail.com
Jan 26, Saturday Tickets - Click Here
Jan 27, Sunday Tickets - Click Here
Advance booking in encouraged due to limited seating.

Some review Comments:

The Bengali-American group Ethnomedia from New Jersey, which stunned Calcutta last year with Ron, returned for the world premiere of dramatist-director Sudipta Bhawmik’s Satyameva. A senior executive body-shopping software engineers fires his incompetent new recruit, who pleads that he should not be sent back to India. By a remarkable plot of twists and turns (perhaps too many of them) Bhawmik conveys older Bengalis’ nostalgia for their birthplace and younger Bengalis’ desire to emigrate to America. Sankar Ghoshal and Indranil Mukherjee respectively give realistic portrayals of these parts, but the playwright’s craftsmanship tends to get the better of heartfelt emotions, which we had found in Ron. - Ananda Lal, telegraph

Pratidin Review

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Satyameva in New Jersey

December 20, 2007 on 6:02 pm | In Events | No Comments
January 26, 2008
6:30 pmto8:30 pm
January 27, 2008
3:30 pmto5:30 pm

After receiving great critical acclaim in Kolkata
Ethnomedia Center for Theater Arts (ECTA)
in co-operation with Raag-Rang Inc.
presents

SATYAMEVA

A play by Sudipta Bhawmik

Starring :
Sudipta Bhawmik and Pinaki Datta

Directed by Indranil Mukherjee

January 26 6.30pm and January 27 3.30pm
Edison Valley Playhouse
2196 Oak Tree Road, Edison, NJ

Tickets: $20.00
Contact: (732) 241 7060 bhawmik@gmail.com indymukh@gmail.com
Jan 26, Saturday Tickets - Click Here
Jan 27, Sunday Tickets - Click Here
Advance booking in encouraged due to limited seating.

Some review Comments:

The Bengali-American group Ethnomedia from New Jersey, which stunned Calcutta last year with Ron, returned for the world premiere of dramatist-director Sudipta Bhawmik’s Satyameva. A senior executive body-shopping software engineers fires his incompetent new recruit, who pleads that he should not be sent back to India. By a remarkable plot of twists and turns (perhaps too many of them) Bhawmik conveys older Bengalis’ nostalgia for their birthplace and younger Bengalis’ desire to emigrate to America. Sankar Ghoshal and Indranil Mukherjee respectively give realistic portrayals of these parts, but the playwright’s craftsmanship tends to get the better of heartfelt emotions, which we had found in Ron. - Ananda Lal, telegraph

Pratidin Review

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We and Our Theater

December 19, 2007 on 9:43 pm | In Generic | No Comments

by Sambit Basu
ENAD

A Scene from RonI just finished directing a play by Sudipta Bhawmik called Ron. It’s a very relevant story of our time waited to be told. Sudiptada has weaved a magic spell of contemporary tale on an age-old philosophical conflict between the need to fight some wars and the principled position of anti-war. This not only looks at the current time, it does so from the first generation and second generation immigrants’ perspective. Continue reading We and Our Theater…

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Sicko: A Documentary that can change America

December 4, 2007 on 6:24 pm | In Generic, Social | 7 Comments


Sicko: A Documentary that can change AmericaMichael Moore’s documentaries always manage to stir up strong emotions amongst their viewers. Fahrenheit 9/11 caused lot of stir, won an Oscar, but it did not change anything. One potential reason may be that the facts shown were hard to believe and there was no easy way to validate them. This reduced a very well made documentary to the status of a cheap political propaganda. But, Mr. Moore’s latest film, “Sicko”, is different. It deals with an issue that we witness in our daily lives, directly or indirectly - the US health care system, or more specifically the US healthcare management system.
Continue reading Sicko: A Documentary that can change America…

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Ananda Sandhya

November 30, 2007 on 4:22 pm | In Events | No Comments
December 14, 2007
8:00 pmto10:00 pm


DECEMBER, 14, 8 pm ANANDA SANDHYA at Ananda Mandir

SMT SUGATA CHATTERJEE (vocal)

With Sri MADHU VORA on Harmonium, And Sri SHYAM MOHAN on Tabla

As usual, the ANANDA SANDHYA concert is FREE, Children come free. However, your kind donation is always graciously accepted.

For info, call Arun Bhowmik at 908-672-1452.

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Poetry Reading by Erica Jong and Yusef Komunyakaa

November 30, 2007 on 12:15 am | In Events | No Comments
December 7, 2007
7:00 pmto10:00 pm


UNITED STATES KOLKATA LITERARY EXCHANGE
at JANUARY 2008 KOLKATA BOOK FAIR
USKLE will be bringing a group of 12 to 18 distinguished
poets, writers, screenwriters, publishers, editors, translators
and playwrights to the 2008 Kolkata Book fair
please check USKLE.org

A Benefit dinner and
An evening of poetry reading by

Erica Jong
Yusef Komuniakaa

on Friday December 7th, 7 pm
at Nupur Lahiri’s house (BFA)
4343 Rt 27, Princeton NJ 08540

To sponsor travel expanse for the delegates to Kolkata
suggested donation $100.00 or more

Erica jong, author of eight novels including Fear of Fying, Fanny, Sappho’s Leap,
What do Women Want, A Midlife Memoir, Fear of Fifty and six volumes of poetry.

Yusef Komuniakaa won Pulitzer prize, William Falkner prize, Kingsley Tufts Poetry award
for his poetry and Bronze Star for for his service in Vietnam.
In 1999 he was elected a Chancellor of The Acadamy of American Poets

RSVP Nupur Lahiri 732-821-3949
Krishna Bhattacharya 732-536-6325
Goutam Datta 908-507-5998

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IIPA presents Indian Classical Dance and Music Concert

November 16, 2007 on 2:58 pm | In Events | No Comments
December 8, 2007
7:00 pmto11:00 pm


Indian Institute of Performing Arts (IIPA) presents an evening of classical music and dance featuring

Brinda Guha (Kathak presentation)

Mitali Banerjee Bhawmik(vocal)

Mohan Deshpande(Vocal)

Accompanying musicians for the vocal recitals are Kedar Naphade on harmonium and Amod Dandawate on tabla.
8th December at 7 p.m.

Venue:
The Community Presbyterian Church of the Sand Hills
57 Sand Hills Road
Kendall Park, NJ 08824
Donation: $15.00 per person.
Contact information: (732)-821-8719.
email: suparnaguha@aol.com

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ENAD to stage “Ron” in California

November 16, 2007 on 2:52 pm | In Events | No Comments


ENAD, a theater group based in the Bay Area in California will be staging “Ron” on December 8, 2007 at Cubberley Theater in Palo Alto. “Ron”, a play written by Sudipta Bhawmik, has been staged earlier in the USA and Kolkata, India by Ethnomedia and has received excellent reviews from the critics and the audience. If you have friends living in the Bay Area, make sure that they don’t miss this play.

3.00pm and 6.30pm

Tickets: $15 in advance, $20 at gate and $30 for VIP

Children under six are not allowed. Parental discretion advised due to adult content.

For tickets, call: Nisar Ahmed (510-708-0741)/Debankur Das (408-406-2184)/Rebanta Mitra (408-249-7633)

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ENAD to stage “Ron” in California

November 16, 2007 on 2:52 pm | In Events | No Comments
December 8, 2007
3:00 pmto5:30 pm
6:30 pm


ENAD, a theater group based in the Bay Area in California will be staging “Ron” on December 8, 2007 at Cubberley Theater in Palo Alto. “Ron”, a play written by Sudipta Bhawmik, has been staged earlier in the USA and Kolkata, India by Ethnomedia and has received excellent reviews from the critics and the audience. If you have friends living in the Bay Area, make sure that they don’t miss this play.

3.00pm and 6.30pm

Tickets: $15 in advance, $20 at gate and $30 for VIP

Children under six are not allowed. Parental discretion advised due to adult content.

For tickets, call: Nisar Ahmed (510-708-0741)/Debankur Das (408-406-2184)/Rebanta Mitra (408-249-7633)

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