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State government to organise workshops to revive traditional dance forms

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The state government has decided to organise workshops to revive different forms of folk dances which are on the verge of getting extinct. West Bengal Chief Minister had taken many initiatives for revival of different traditional dance forms in the past five years.

The Information and Cultural Affairs Department will organise the workshop in which around 70 artists will be participating from different parts of the state.

Dance forms like Chandi Dance, Bhandi Dance, Rabankata Dance, Gajan Dance and Samsan Dance will be the part of the workshop scheduled to be held on June 25 at Lalan Mancha in Chitkalikapur.

Teams of Chandi Dance from Bhetaguri and Dinhata in Cooch Behar, Bhandi Dance from Mathabhanga in Cooch Behar, Rabankata from Bishnupur in Bankura, Gajan Dance from Sudpur in Burdwan and Samsan Dance Shiblun in Burdwan will be present in the workshop.

The artists will be interacting with the folk dance experts during the workshop. There will also be dress designers and experts in the workshop where they will work along with the artists to develop new ideas maintaining the tradition of the dance forms.

Folk dance researchers will also be present in the workshop and they will speak to the artists about their respective dance forms. The artists will be immensely benefited as they will get an opportunity to work with the people who are experts in the field.

The artists will also be provided with dress, musical instruments and other equipment including masks after the workshop ends.

We have unleashed ‘Karma Utsav’ in Bengal: Mamata Banerjee

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated quite a few projects today.

Adivasi Bhavan and Lepcha Bhavan, located in New Town, were inaugurated. The two multi-storied Bhavans, to be used as guest houses and for other purposes, have been designed by reputed architecture firms. They reflect the culture and tradition of the communities.

A centre for supporting weavers of muslin, named Muslin Tirtha, has been set up in Krishnagar, Nadia district, as a part of Project Muslin.

Among the other projects inaugurated were Aharan, a name coined by the Chief Minister herself for the State Institute of Hotel Management in Durgapur, a renovated Mahajati Sadan, a decorated gate of Nakhoda Mosque, and two water supply projects – one at Dhapa and another for the benefit of Behala, Jadavpur and other areas of South Kolkata.

Also inaugurated were 69 bus routes covering the entire State. She also wished the best to the Srijan Group for its new township project, being built in Uttarpara at a cost of Rs 10000 crore.

She greeted all the youth on the occasion of Saraswati Puja.

The inaugurations took place at the Milan Mela ground at 5.30 pm.

 

The salient points of the Chief Minister’s speech are:

  • We are trying to revive the art of muslin. We have undertaken projects for muslin weavers.
  • We have renovated Mahajati Sadan and several other auditoriums and theatres in the city.
  • We have inaugurated a water supply project for large parts of South Kolkata today at Garden Reach.
  • We have started a water supply project at Dhapa. Large sections of people have benefitted.
  • The Kolkata Municipal Corporation is doing very good work. I wish them all the best for the future.
  • I always support those who work earnestly for the benefit of people at large.
  • The Rajarhat-Newtown area has been beautified. The area looks beautiful now.
  • We have ushered in a revolution in the transport sector. 1500 buses and 15000 taxis have been introduced in the last 5 years.
  • Today we have started 126 new bus routes for North and South Bengal. This will boost the State Government’s ‘Gatidhara’ project.
  • When I was the Railway Minister, I allocated 10 railway factories to West Bengal. I started several Metro projects.
  • The Metro projects will be completed in three to four years and the traffic problem will be solved.
  • Railway factories started by me in Dankuni and Budge Budge are complete now.
  • Srijan Group has started a new township project in Uttarpara at a cost of Rs 10000 crore. My best wishes to them.
  • We are setting up a State Institute of Hotel Management in Durgapur. I have named it ‘Aharan.’ I pray for its long life and future.
  • West Bengal has progressed a lot in the last four years.
  • Jangalmahal is peaceful. Kanchenjungha is smiling. My brothers and sisters in the Hills are happy.
  • We have started the Lepcha Development Board, and boards for the Tamang, Bhutia and other communities. We will set up another one for the Adivasis of Terai.
  • We have created employment opportunities for 68 lakh youths despite financial hardships. We have created 98 crore mandays.
  • The Budget for the Minority Development Department has been hiked four-fold. We have introduced reservations for OBCs and minorities.
  • The developmental boards in the Hills are doing very good work. I congratulate them.
  • Women are coming forward. We have increased maternity leaves. We plan to introduce paternity leaves too.
  • We have unleashed ‘Karma Utsav’ in Bengal. If you work hard, your mind will be fresh.
  • Bengal is surging ahead in agriculture.
  • We have started free healthcare in the State.
  • My greetings to all the youth on the occasion of Saraswati Puja. Some people also celebrate it as a day of love.
  • Jaya Jaya Devi Chara Chara Share/ Kucho Jogo Shobhito Mukta Hare/ Beena Ranjita Pustaka Haste/ Bhagwati Bharati Devi Namastute
  • Saraswati Mahabhage/ Vidye Kamalalochane/ Vishwaroope Vishaalaakshmi/ Vidyang dehi Namastute

 

বাংলা জুড়ে ‘কর্ম উ९সব’ চলছে: মুখ্যমন্ত্রী

পশ্চিমবঙ্গের মাননীয়া মুখ্যমন্ত্রী শ্রীমতী মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় আজ মিলন মেলা প্রাঙ্গনে বেশ কিছু প্রকল্পের উদ্বোধন ও শিলান্যাস করলেন।

রাজারহাট ও নিউটাউনে আদিবাসী ও লেপচা ভবনের শুভ শিলান্যাস করলেন মুখ্যমন্ত্রী। এছাড়া ফলক উন্মোচনের মাধ্যমে নবরূপে নির্মিত মহাজাতি সদনের দ্বারোদঘাটন হল আজ।

স্টেট ইন্সটিটিউট অফ হোটেল ম্যানেজমেন্ট , দুর্গাপুরের ‘আহরণ’ পর্যটন দপ্তরের উদ্বোধন করলেন মুখ্যমন্ত্রী।

১২৭ নং ওয়ার্ডের শকুন্তলা পার্কে ৩ মিলিয়ন গ্যালন ক্ষমতাসম্পন্ন জলাধার ও বুস্টার পাম্পিং স্টেশনেরও শিলান্যাস করলেন মুখ্যমন্ত্রী।  এছাড়া একটি ‘মসলিন তীর্থ’ ও উদ্বোধন করলেন। এটি ‘প্রজেক্ট মসলিন’ এর অন্তর্গত প্রথম সাধারণ উ९পাদন কেন্দ্র।

উত্তরবঙ্গ পরিবহণ নিগম আরও ৬৯টি নতুন বাস রাস্তায় নামাতে চলেছে, এর মধ্যে আজ ২০টি বাসের উদ্বোধন হল আজ।

 

মুখ্যমন্ত্রীর বক্তব্যের কিছু বিষয়:

  • মহাজাতি সদনকে নতুন ভাবে তৈরি করা হল
  • কলকাতা কর্পোরেশন খুব ভালো কাজ করছে, আমি চাই ভবিষ্যতে আরও ভাল কাজ করুক
  • রাজারহাট-নিউটাউন এলাকাকে অনেক সুন্দর করা হয়েছে
  • আজ আরও ১২৬ টি বাসরুটের উদ্বোধন করা হল দক্ষিণ ও উত্তরবঙ্গের জন্য
  • আর ৩-৪ বছরের মধ্যে মেট্রো প্রকল্পের কাজ শেষ হয়ে যাবে এবং যানজট সমস্যা মিটে যাবে
  • যখন আমি রেলমন্ত্রী ছিলাম বাংলার জন্য বহু মেট্রো প্রকল্প সহ ১০টি রেল কারখানা শুরু করেছি
  • উত্তরপাড়ায় ১০০০০ কোটি টাকার একটি টাউনশিপ প্রজেক্ট শুরু করেছে শ্রীজান গ্রুপ, আমার তরফ থেকে তাদেরকে অনেক শুভেচ্ছা
  • জঙ্গলমহলে শান্তি বিরাজ করছে, কাঞ্চনজঙ্ঘা হাসছে, আমার পাহাড়ের ভাই-বোনরা খুশি
  • আমরা লেপচা, তামাং, ভুটিয়া ও অন্যান্য সম্প্রদায়ের বোর্ড তৈরি করেছি, আদিবাসীদের জন্যও আমরা বোর্ড গঠন করব
  • গত ৪ বছরে পশ্চিমবাংলা অনেক এগিয়েছে
  • বাংলায় এখন ‘কর্ম উ९সব’ চলছে
  • আমরা বিনামূল্যে স্বাস্থ্য পরিষেবা শুরু করেছি রাজ্যে
  • সকলকে আমি সরস্বতী পুজোর শুভেচ্ছা জানাই
  • দুর্গাপুরে আমরা একটি স্টেট ইন্সটিটিউট অফ হোটেল ম্যানেজমেন্ট তৈরি করছি এর নাম ‘আহরণ’
  • সরস্বতী মহাভাগে বিদ্যে কমললোচনে, বিশ্বরূপে বিশালাক্ষী বিদ্যাং দেহি নমস্তুতে
  • জয় জয় দেবী চরাচর সারে, কুচযুগ শোভিত মুক্তাহারে। বীণা পুস্তক রঞ্জিত হস্তে, ভগবতী ভারতী দেবী নমোহস্তুতে

 

 

WB CM felicitates cine artists with Mahanayak Samman

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West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee today gave away the annual Mahanayak Samman awards at Nazrul Mancha to felicitate the actors and technicians of the Bengali film industry.

“It is our honour to felicitate the veterans. We instituted Banga Bibhushan awards, Sangeet Samman, Tele Samman to felicitate our cultural icons,” WB CM said.

The awards were instituted in the year 2012, on the initiative of the Chief, in the memory of the legendary actor Mahanayak Uttam Kumar.

Veteran actors Sabyasachi Chakraborty and Rituparna Sengupta were conferred Mahanayak and Mahanayika Samman. Lifetime achievement awards were conferred on veterans Paran Bandyopadhyay, Anjan Dutta, Sandhya Roy, Chiranjeet Chakraborty, director Utpalendu Chakraborty.

Special awards were given to actors Debalina Roy, Rajatabha Dutta, Dulal Sarkar, Dulal Lahiri, Rahul Bandyopadhyay, Abhishek Chatterjee, Tanushree Chakraborty, Sreelekha Mitra, Biswanath Basu.

Composer Shantanu Moitra was conferred a special award along with director Shiboprosad Mukhopadhyay, cinematographers Gopi Bhagat and Sudip Chattopadhyay. Art director Indranil Ghosh was also felicitated on the occasion.

Calling Uttam Kumar a nostalgia, WB CM prided the fact that Bengal is the cultural capital of the world. “Culture unites everyone. No one can create a rift in the world of art,” she said.

WB CM said she was confident one day Tollywood will give tough competition to Hollywood.

 

Jogen Chowdhury speaks on the reduction of funds for art institutions | Full Transcript

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Sir, I am really surprised to find the allocation of funds made by the Government in this year’s Budget for various existing major national art and cultural institutions.

In comparison to earlier allocations, it is ridiculously low. We are frustrated to find that the Government has slashed the allocation by 50 per cent or even 100 per cent. It is fantastic! How can a progressive Government do it?

I have listed the name of 33 art and cultural bodies. I give few examples here for your information –

  • Lalit Kala Academy: Allocation has come down from Rs 20 crore to Rs 11 crore
  • Sangeet Natak Academy: Allocation has come down from Rs 59 crore to Rs 12 crore
  • Sahitya Academy: Allocation has come down from Rs 21 crore to Rs 9 crore
  • Zonal cultural centres: Allocation has come down from Rs 87 crore to Rs 55 crore
  • National School of Drama: Allocation has come down from Rs 43 crore to Rs 13 crore
  • National Gallery of Modern Art: Allocation has come down from Rs 22 crore to Rs 5 crore
  • National Museum: Allocation has come down from Rs 30 crore to Rs 11 crore

Such allocations have come, is unimaginable. It has no vision. It is a backward movement for us if we want to be a progressive nation. Traditionally, since thousands of years, India is a country with rich cultural heritage.

Great personalities like Abul Kalam Azad, Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru knew the importance of the art and culture of India and had vision to create various institutions after India’s independence. But the present Government seems totally insensitive to the cause of art and culture and they drastically reduced the allocations in various art and cultural institutions.

Such low allocations of funds will not only discourage the institutions but will make them crippled and inactive.

If we look towards the western countries, even China, we find that they are vigourously encouraging art and culture. Most of the western cities have famous art and cultural institutions. China has planned to revive their traditional art and culture. They have made a large Art District in Beijing and they have plans to make hundreds of museums all over the country.

Besides, art and culture also attract tourists. Tourism brings money to the exchequer. So, we need to have a very thoughtful visionary plan to rejuvenate our art and culture of this country even for the development of our nation.