Mahadevi Ki Chintaon Mein Stri, Interdisciplinary Research Oriented Workshop

Venue: Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad

Date: 27 April, 2013

Life Oriented Analysis of Paintings and Poems of Mahadevi Verma

‘Bhasha Manch’ (A Unit of the Research  Cell of Sodepur Solidarity Society) in collaboration with Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad organized this interdisciplinary research oriented seminar followed by a week long exhibition highlighting the unique philosophy of women empowerment focused in the works of Jnanpith award winner Hindi writer Mahadevi Verma. The programme was designed and coordinated by Dr. Rakhi Roy Halder.

‘Bhasha Manch’under the guidance of Dr. Rakhi Roy Halder from 2011 with a view to inspire and educate the college and university students to find out such significant values expressed through different art forms which are very much applicable to present day life and society and can bring positive changes formed a team of researchers selecting students from different universities of West Bengal.  Research was undertaken on the historical, psychological and socio-cultural aspects of Mahadevi's  works and the outcome of in-depth studies were presented by the researchers through Power Point presentation in the seminar 

A documentary on Mahadevi Verma’s life entitled ‘Panth Rahney Do Aprichit ’(Let the Path be Unknown) was  screened.

In order to present Mahadevi’s unique technique and vision in a comprehensive manner to the public ‘Bhasa Manch’ along with seminar organized a week long exhibition on her paintings in collaboration with Chamber of Fine Arts from 28^th April to 5^th May at the Chamber of Arts auditorium.

Please click on the videos to see the recording of the programme.

                                         
                                        

                                        

                                         

                                           

                                          

                                          

                                          

 

Colours of Life in Indian Culture

Venue: Lok Sanskriti Bhawan
Date: 26th July 2015

‘Colours of Life in Indian Culture’was organized under the banner of Sodepur Solidarity Society.  The coordinator and concept designer of the programme is Dr. Rakhi Roy Halder. The aim of the programme was to highlight the positive values of Indian Culture and to motivate young talents of performing arts, visual arts and educational field to serve humanity in creative way.

The Deputy Consul General of Nepal, International Classical Dancer Smt. Kalawati Devi, Eminent writer honoured by Sahitya Academy Dr. Soma Badopadhyay  graced the occasion as Guests of Honour.

An album of paintings titled ‘Rainbow of Hope for Nepal’ was presented to the Deputy Consul General of Nepal prepared by young artists of ‘Rhythm School of Fine Arts’ to convey good wishes to the earthquake victims of Nepal.

To promote a rich value of Indian culture that is care for environment, Environmental Awareness Award was given to three residents of Panihati Municipality, who are struggling to keep the environment clean and green in their own way alone. These efforts are inspired through awards to create a demand of keeping clean and green environment in the society.

The special event of the programme is the dance drama ‘Colours of life in Indian Culture’ presented by the students of 'Solidarity Dance Academy', directed by Ms. Nilanjana Sarkar, student of eminent international dancers Mamata Shankar & Kalawati Devi. The dance drama highlighted on the rich values of Indian culture. Different stages of life have different colours. The dance drama focused on those colours. It redefined the philosophy of life.

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Soundarya Ki Sanskriti Aur Bazaarwad : Interdisciplinary Research Oriented Seminar followed by Dance Drama

 

Venue: Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad

Date: 23rd Sept 2014

Life Oriented Discussion on 'Culture of Beauty and Market Hegemony'

  On 23 Sept,2014, ‘Bhasha Manch’ (A Unit of the Research  Cell of Sodepur Solidarity Society) in collaboration with Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad organized an interdisciplinary research oriented seminar on ‘Culture of Beauty and Market Hegemony’ followed by dance drama ‘Abhigyan Shakuntalam. The coordinator and concept designer of the programme  is Dr. Rakhi Roy Halder. The concept of beauty was deeply associated with nature, justice, humanity, peace and tranquility. The seed of lust, greed, and vulgarity in arena of aesthetic sense of common people has given rise to many crises in society among which vulgar attitude towards woman is one of the burning issues at present. The students of ‘Research Team’ of ‘Bhasha Manch’ and the students of ‘Solidarity Dance Academy’ through the seminar and the dance drama highlighted the features of healthy aesthetic sense with an aim to provide a vision for making the society a better  place to live in.

On 2011‘Bhasha Manch’ formed a team of researchers selecting students from different universities of West Bengal with a aim to inspire the college and university students to find out such significant values expressed in different art forms, which are very much applicable to present day life as well as society and can bring positive changes.  The research team of students done research under the guidance of experts and identified the cultural factors which are leading to violent attitude towards women.  The outcome of in-depth studies were presented by the researchers through Power Point presentation in the seminar. The programme also highlighted that how art and literature can become instrumental for positive social changes. The objective of the seminar was to give an insight towards a new direction and emphasize on the need of shouldering social responsibility through the expression of art & literature. The programme coordinator Dr Rakhi Roy Haldar deeply feel that students who are pursuing subjects like art and literature can play the role of Social Engineer and Social Doctor in order to bring positive  social changes, if they are trained properly.  For this purpose education should be imparted from a different angle and the approach should be holistic. 

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Vartamaan Sandarbh Mein Premchand Ki Kahani - Interdisciplinary Research Oriented Seminar

  

   Date- 1st August 2011

   Interdisciplinary Life Oriented Analysis of Premchand's Short Stories

The seminar was organized on 1^st Aug 2011 on the occasion of Premchand Jayanti. The aim of the seminar was to communicate that

1. The literary pieces demands multidisciplinary approach for its interpretation. As the literary pieces are deeply influenced by the circumstances of the society, so the disciplines like History, Sociology, Psychology are needed to be referred to understand the nature of the crisis depicted by the author in a literary piece.

     2. Understanding the crisis is not enough for a student of literature rather they should think about 
          the ways to combat the crisis of the society to bring peace. 

Dr. Rakhi Roy Halder ( Coordinator and Concept Designer of the Programme)  selected the students from Calcutta University, West Bengal State University & Kalyani University  for paper presentation by coordinating with the higher authorities of the Universities. The participants were selected through a planned interactive session held in their classroom. The Student Rsearch Team was formed and the students were guided to visualize the stories of Premchand from life oriented perspective to create a vision and own philosophy of life to live a purposeful life.

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