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CIMA Gallery and Chitrakoot century, and is based on musical times and are open only
Gallery. CIMA Gallery also has a plays that revolve around the to members. Sometimes
gift shop. Krishna legend (see p183). temporary membership
Characterized by dramatic acting can be arranged, particularly
interspersed with song and at the popular Tollygunge Club
Music and Theatre
dance, the plays cater to both (see p697), which is the only
Performances of West Bengal’s rural and urban audiences. country club of its kind in India
well-established classical and Another popular form of and has huge grounds with rare
folk theatre (jatra) are staged entertainment is Rabindra trees and birds. Visitors can stay
through out the year by semi- Sangeet. These melodious at the club, which offers all the
professional and amateur songs composed by Tagore comforts of a top hotel but at
groups. Bengali theatre is include folk songs that are reasonable rates.
perhaps the most vibrant in traditionally sung by boatmen Kolkata’s once-glittering
the country. Its rich repertoire who ply the Ganges. Regular and lively nightlife dwindled
includes plays with historical concerts are held in the city, during the political upheavals
and socially relevant themes and attract audiences who of the 1960s. It is reviving
as well as translations of Greek, continue to revere Tagore. now, and affluent youth
European, Sanskrit and Hindi throng hotels where the
classics. Jatra, on the other city’s hip nightclubs and
hand, was introduced by the Clubs and Nightlife discotheques, such as Shisha
Vaishnava saint, Chaitanya Kolkata is a city of clubs Reincarnated, Someplace
Mahaprabhu, in the 16th which date back to colonial Else and Tantra are situated.
DIRECTORY
Saris and Textiles Manjusha Emporium Makhan Lal INOX
7 Jawaharlal Nehru Road. Das & Sons South City Mall.
Ananda 313, Rabindra Sarani. Tel (033) 2422 5265.
13, Russell St. Tel (033) 2228 3205. Tel (033) 2555 8182. Metropolis Mall, Hiland
Tel (033) 2229 2275. Sasha Park, 925 Chak Garia.
Tel (033) 2358 4499.
Biswa Bangla 27, Mirza Ghalib St. Nakur Nandy & Girish Nandan
Chandra Dey
Ground Floor, Dakshinapan Tel (033) 2252 1586. 56, Ramdulal Sarkar St. 1/1, AJC Bose Rd.
Complex, Dhakuria. Tel (033) 2223 1210.
Tel (033) 2324 7230. Books and Music Tel (033) 2241 0048.
Rabindra Sadan
Calcutta Carpets Dasgupta & Co. Entertainment Cathedral Rd.
209A, AJC Bose Road. 54/3, College St. Venues Tel (033) 2223 9917.
Tel (033) 3028 3940. Tel (033) 2241 4609. Clubs and
Academy of Fine Arts
Good Companions Oxford Bookstore 2, Cathedral Rd. Nightlife
13 C, Russell St. Tel (033) 2223 7096. Shisha Reincarnated
Tel (033) 3292 9612. 17, Park St. 22, Camac Street, Block D,
Tel (033) 2229 7662. Birla Academy of 6th Floor
Meera Basu Art and Culture Tel (033) 2281 1313.
8, Dr Sarat Banerjee Rd. Seagull Bookstore 108, Southern Ave.
Tel (033) 98300 38677. 31, SP Mukherjee Rd. Tel (033) 2466 2843. Someplace Else
Tel (033) 2476 5869. The Park Hotel, Park St.
Ritu Kumar British Council Tel (033) 2249 9000.
South City Mall. Starmark 16, Camac St. Tantra
Tel (033) 2422 5422. South City Mall. Tel (033) 2282 5370. The Park Hotel, Park St.
Tel (033) 88201 20120. Tel (033) 2249 9000.
Handicrafts Chitrakoot Gallery Tollygunge Club
and Gifts Sweets 55, Gariahat Rd. 120, Deshpran Sasmal Rd.
Tel (033) 2461 8812. Tel (033) 2417 6022.
Crafts Council Balaram Mullick
of West Bengal 2, Puddapukur Rd. CIMA Gallery
13, Chowringhee Terrace. Sunny Towers, 43,
Tel (033) 2223 9422. Bhowanipur. Ashutosh Chowdhury
Tel (033) 2454 0281.
Dolly’s Tea Shop Ave. Tel (033) 2485 8717.
G-62, Dakshinapan KC Das & Sons Gorky Sadan
Complex, Dhakuria. 11, Esplanade East. 3, Gorky Terrace.
Tel (033) 2423 6445. Tel (033) 2248 5920. Tel (033) 2283 2742.

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