Be a culture vulture this weekend and gear up for a rich experience of exploring Bengal's art and history. Zee Network is flagging off their pan-India culture fest Arth on December 1 and 2, and this is your best chance to meet renowned artists, scholars, dancers, thespians, poets and writers all in one place.
Young or old, this one is a must attend to explore Bengal's regional crafts, folk and performative art forms to hearing its finest thinkers and scholars speak on interesting and important topical issues. Be here to catch Dona Gangully perform Odissi, Bratati Bandopadhyay recite Tagore's poetry, Tathagata Roy speak on Shyama Prasad Mookejee's forgotten legacy, musicians Ustad Rashid Khan and Bickram Ghosh perform, besides others.
A full day event of talks, performances, workshops and exhibition, you can hit up the food pavillion to replenish yourself and check out the pop-up market to score some fantastic bamboo, jute and sal pata crafts from different regions of Bengal.
The other important to look out for is Lillette Dubey's production of Mahesh Dattani's play Gauhar (a play on Gauhar Jaan) which includes stellar performers like Rajeshwari Sachdev, Zila Khan, Denzil Smith, Danny Sura, Rajiv Siddhartha.