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Inside a Dark Hall: Space, Place, and Accounts of Some Single-Theatres in Kolkata
South Asian History and Culture ISSN: 1947-2498 (Print) 1947-2501 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rsac20 Inside a dark hall: space, place, and accounts of some single-theatres in Kolkata Madhuja Mukherjee To cite this article: Madhuja Mukherjee (2017): Inside a dark hall: space, place, and accounts of some single-theatres in Kolkata, South Asian History and Culture, DOI: 10.1080/19472498.2017.1304086 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19472498.2017.1304086 Published online: 23 Mar 2017. Submit your article to this journal View related articles View Crossmark data Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=rsac20 Download by: [Madhuja Mukherjee] Date: 23 March 2017, At: 21:24 SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE, 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19472498.2017.1304086 Inside a dark hall: space, place, and accounts of some single-theatres in Kolkata Madhuja Mukherjee Department of Film Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India ABSTRACT KEYWORDS This essay is a part of ongoing attempts to shift the focus of research on Single-theatre; Calcutta; Indian cinemas from textual analyses, studies of authorial styles, move- viewership; film industry; ments, also from language specific readings of cinema of the regions, to film history a more complex understanding of film practices and viewership. Through research conducted on certain single-theatres of Calcutta, it shows how some of these theatres, namely Rupabani, Chhabighar, and Regal, operating since the 1930s, bore the signs of historical changes. The emphasis on ‘spatial’ transformation draws attention to alterations within the industry, narratives of migration into the city, changes within public cultures and cinematic forms, and the ‘Bengali’ film industry’s dependence on Hindi films or its big-Other. -
Kolkata District with an Objective Venerations and Greetings to All
SRI SATHYA SAI SEVA ORGANISATIONS WEST BENGAL DISTRICT ANNUAL REPORT KOLKATA 2018 - 19 ANNUAL REPORT 2018 - 19 This report is dedicated at the Lotus Feet of our Lord and Master Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba SRI SATHYA SAI SEVA ORGANISATIONS, KOLKATA ANNUAL REPORT 2018 - 19 Foreword Offering my most humble and reverential The Bal Vikas classes designed by none other salutations to my Beloved Master, Bhagawan Sri than our Divine Master, are being conducted in all Sathya Sai Baba, I extend my most sincere the Samithis of Kolkata District with an objective venerations and greetings to all. We are indeed of invoking and nurturing the inherent human blessed to place the First Annual Report of Sri values in the children so as to enable them to Sathya Sai Seva Organization, Kolkata district, become a good and responsible citizen of our West Bengal for the year 2018-19 at the Divine Nation . Lotus Feet of our Beloved Master Bhagawan Sri Bhagawan is the only source of our inspiration Sathya Sai Baba. and guide to enable us to perform the Seva. Sri Sathya Sai Organisation has its motto as However, the contribution of our Seva Dals, “Transforming self to transform the world” and the volunteers and devotees are also immensely best way to attain this is by putting into practice important to us to spread the love of Bhagawan the maxim given by Sathya Sai Baba - “Love All far and wide. Truly, pictures speak for themselves Serve All” and “Help Ever Hurt Never”. and therefore photos with the write-ups in the following pages bring forth the spectrum of the Currently, the Kolkata organization is spread activities conducted by various Samithis ad Bhajan in14 Sathya Sai Samithis and 3 Sathya Sai Bhajan Mandalis of Kolkata District during the year with Mandalis. -
Rainfall, North 24-Parganas
DISTRICT DISASTER MANAGEMENT PLAN 2016 - 17 NORTHNORTH 2424 PARGANASPARGANAS,, BARASATBARASAT MAP OF NORTH 24 PARGANAS DISTRICT DISASTER VULNERABILITY MAPS PUBLISHED BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA SHOWING VULNERABILITY OF NORTH 24 PGS. DISTRICT TO NATURAL DISASTERS CONTENTS Sl. No. Subject Page No. 1. Foreword 2. Introduction & Objectives 3. District Profile 4. Disaster History of the District 5. Disaster vulnerability of the District 6. Why Disaster Management Plan 7. Control Room 8. Early Warnings 9. Rainfall 10. Communication Plan 11. Communication Plan at G.P. Level 12. Awareness 13. Mock Drill 14. Relief Godown 15. Flood Shelter 16. List of Flood Shelter 17. Cyclone Shelter (MPCS) 18. List of Helipad 19. List of Divers 20. List of Ambulance 21. List of Mechanized Boat 22. List of Saw Mill 23. Disaster Event-2015 24. Disaster Management Plan-Health Dept. 25. Disaster Management Plan-Food & Supply 26. Disaster Management Plan-ARD 27. Disaster Management Plan-Agriculture 28. Disaster Management Plan-Horticulture 29. Disaster Management Plan-PHE 30. Disaster Management Plan-Fisheries 31. Disaster Management Plan-Forest 32. Disaster Management Plan-W.B.S.E.D.C.L 33. Disaster Management Plan-Bidyadhari Drainage 34. Disaster Management Plan-Basirhat Irrigation FOREWORD The district, North 24-parganas, has been divided geographically into three parts, e.g. (a) vast reverine belt in the Southern part of Basirhat Sub-Divn. (Sundarban area), (b) the industrial belt of Barrackpore Sub-Division and (c) vast cultivating plain land in the Bongaon Sub-division and adjoining part of Barrackpore, Barasat & Northern part of Basirhat Sub-Divisions The drainage capabilities of the canals, rivers etc. -
TDI Agra Jabalpur Samdareeya Era Cinema Agra SARV Multip
SubRegion Name Cinema Name SubRegion Name Cinema Name Agra BIG Cinemas: TDI Agra Jabalpur Samdareeya Era Cinema Agra SARV Multiplex: Agra Jabalpur Movie Magic: South Avenue Mall, Jabalpur Agra Pacific Cinema: Agra Jaipur Big Cinemas: Cinestar Ahmedabad BIG Cinemas: Himalaya Jaipur BIG Cinemas: Galaxy Ahmedabad CineMAX: Dev Arc Mall Jaipur Fun Cinemas: Jhotwara Ahmedabad Cinemax: Red Carpet Jaipur Fun Cinemas: Vidyadhar Nagar Ahmedabad CineMAX: Shiv, Ashram Road Jaipur INOX: City Plaza Mall, Bani Park Ahmedabad Fun Cinemas: Ahmedabad Jaipur INOX: Crystal Palm,C Scheme Ahmedabad PVR Acropolis, SG Rd Jaipur INOX: Entertainment Paradise Ahmedabad Rupan Cinema : Relief Road Jaipur INOX: Pink Square, Govind Mark Ahmedabad 5D Bonzai Adventure: Ahmedabad Jaipur INOX: Vaibhav, Amarapali Circle Ahmedabad Cine Pride: Krishna Nagar Jaipur Laxmi Mandir Ahmedabad Devi Multiplex: Naroda Jaipur Suryamandir Ajmer Glitz Cinemas: Ajmer Jalandhar BIG Cinemas: Viva Collage, Jalandhar Akola BIG Cinemas: Radhakrishna, Akola Jalandhar PVR MBD Mall Akola Vasant Talkies Jammu Movietime Aligarh BIG Cinemas Vadra Jamnagar BIG Cinemas Mehul Allahabad BIG Cinemas: Sangeet, Allahabad Jamnagar Review Cinemas: Jamnagar Allahabad Payal and Jhankar BIG Cinemas Jodhpur Bioscope: Jodhpur Allahabad PVR Vinayak city, Jodhpur Glitz Cinemas : Blue City Malll Ambala Fun Cinemas: Galaxy Mall Jodhpur Satyam Cineplexes: Ansal Royal Plaza Amravati Prabhat Theatre Kalyan Cinemax: Kalyan Amritsar BIG Cinemas: Suraj Chand Tara Kalyan Fame Metro Mall Junction: Kalyan (E) Amritsar Cinepolis -
The Great Calcutta Killings Noakhali Genocide
1946 : THE GREAT CALCUTTA KILLINGS AND NOAKHALI GENOCIDE 1946 : THE GREAT CALCUTTA KILLINGS AND NOAKHALI GENOCIDE A HISTORICAL STUDY DINESH CHANDRA SINHA : ASHOK DASGUPTA No part of this publication can be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the author and the publisher. Published by Sri Himansu Maity 3B, Dinabandhu Lane Kolkata-700006 Edition First, 2011 Price ` 500.00 (Rupees Five Hundred Only) US $25 (US Dollars Twenty Five Only) © Reserved Printed at Mahamaya Press & Binding, Kolkata Available at Tuhina Prakashani 12/C, Bankim Chatterjee Street Kolkata-700073 Dedication In memory of those insatiate souls who had fallen victims to the swords and bullets of the protagonist of partition and Pakistan; and also those who had to undergo unparalleled brutality and humility and then forcibly uprooted from ancestral hearth and home. PREFACE What prompted us in writing this Book. As the saying goes, truth is the first casualty of war; so is true history, the first casualty of India’s struggle for independence. We, the Hindus of Bengal happen to be one of the worst victims of Islamic intolerance in the world. Bengal, which had been under Islamic attack for centuries, beginning with the invasion of the Turkish marauder Bakhtiyar Khilji eight hundred years back. We had a respite from Islamic rule for about two hundred years after the English East India Company defeated the Muslim ruler of Bengal. Siraj-ud-daulah in 1757. But gradually, Bengal had been turned into a Muslim majority province. -
Daffodil Greens - Tollygunge, Kolkata Residential Enclave Daffodil Greens, True to Its Name, Has Come up Amidst the Magical Splendor of Fairy - Green
https://www.propertywala.com/daffodil-greens-kolkata Daffodil Greens - Tollygunge, Kolkata Residential Enclave Daffodil Greens, true to its name, has come up amidst the magical splendor of fairy - green. It has four blocks containing 12 flats each divided equally in four floors. Project ID : J504611904 Builder: Daffodil Location: Daffodil Greens, Tollygunge, Kolkata - 700033 (West Bengal) Completion Date: Jan, 2004 Status: Completed Description Daffodil symbolizes the decades of trust.Daffodil Group has established itself to the forefront in the area of building residential and commercial properties.The vision has been to create landmarks ... and for seven decades, living places have been effectively redefined, in which people reside and work. Daffodil Greens, true to its name, has come up amidst the magical splendor of fairy - green. It has four blocks containing 12 flats each divided equally in four floors. In all there are forty-eight flats.Blending oriental aesthetics with modern architecture DAFFODIL Greens offers its inhabitants an array of all possible amenities complementing even the smallest needs. Apart from ample car parking space, it provides its residents a well-equipped health club and a community hall.The construction was completed well on schedule and possession handed over in January 2004.For the security, convenience and aesthetic values for its residents, special care has been taken for an enjoyable and safe living. Location: Tollygunge (Chanditalla Road) Amenities & Specifications: Video phones security system in each flat. Recreation Hall Health Club with well equipped facilities for all ages Deep Tube well with submersible pump to augment water supply for 24 hours. Well decorated lift in each block Provision for Cable T.V. -
UFO Digital Cinema THEATRE COMPANY WEB S.No
UFO Digital Cinema THEATRE COMPANY WEB S.No. THEATRE_NAME ADDRESS CITY ACTIVE DISTRICT STATE SEATING CODE NAME CODE 1 TH1011 Maheshwari 70Mm Cinema Road,4-2-198/2/3, Adilabad 500401 Adilabad Y Adilabad ANDHRA PRADESH UFO 698 2649 2 TH1012 Sri Venkataramana 70Mm Sirpur Kagzahnagar, Adilabad - 504296 Kagaznagar Y Adilabad ANDHRA PRADESH UFO 878 514 3 TH1013 Mayuri Theatre Mancherial, Adilabad, Mancherial - 504209, AP Mancherial Y Adilabad ANDHRA PRADESH UFO 354 1350 4 TH1014 Noor Jahan Picture Palace (Vempalli) Main Road, Vempalli, Pin- 516329, Andhar Pradesh Vempalli Y Adilabad ANDHRA PRADESH UFO 635 4055 5 TH1015 Krishna Theatre (Kadiri) Dist. - Ananthapur, Kadiri - 515591 AP Anantapur Y Anantapur ANDHRA PRADESH UFO 371 3834 Main Road, Gorantla, Dist. - Anantapur, Pin Code - 6 TH1016 Ramakrishna Theatre (Gorantla) Anantapur Y Anantapur ANDHRA PRADESH UFO 408 3636 515231 A.P 7 TH1017 Sri Varalakshmi Picture Palace Dharmavaram-515671 Ananthapur Distict Dharmavaram Y Anantapur ANDHRA PRADESH UFO 682 2725 8 TH1018 Padmasree Theatre (Palmaner) M.B.T Road, Palmaner, Chittor. Pin-517408 Chittoor Y Chittoor ANDHRA PRADESH UFO 587 3486 9 TH1021 Sri Venkateswara Theatre Chitoor Vellore Road, Chitoor, Dist Chitoor, AP Chittoor Y Chittoor ANDHRA PRADESH UFO 584 2451 10 TH1022 Murugan Talkies Kuppam, Dist. - Chittoor, AP Kuppam Y Chittoor ANDHRA PRADESH UFO 316 3696 Nagari, Venkateshmudaliyar St., Chittoor, Pin 11 TH1023 Rajeswari Theatre Nagari Y Chittoor ANDHRA PRADESH UFO 600 1993 517590 12 TH1024 Sreenivasa Theatre Nagari, Prakasam Road, Chithoor, -
Recentadvancesincomputationa
2017 IEEE CIS Summer School on Recent Advances in Computational Intelligence (RACI) (18-22 September 2017) Jointly Organized by: IEEE CIS Kolkata Chapter & Indian Statistical Institute. At 203 Barrackpore Trunk Road, Kolkata - 700108, India http://www.isical.ac.in/~raci2017/ Important Information: The objective of this 2017 IEEE CIS Summer School is to Number of seats is limited to 70. provide a common platform for research scholars and students, Last date of receipt of application is 31st as well as researchers from academia and industry, to be exposed July,2017. List of selected participants will be to state-of-the-art developments in computational intelligence. displayed in the website on 10th August, The summer school will focus on recent advances in 2017. Applicants are requested to visit the computational intelligence and machine learning with emphasis website for regular updates about the on Deep Learning, Internet of Things, Brain Computer Interface, workshop. Big Data Analytics, and learning in Non-Stationary Venue: Environments. To make the school self-contained, the necessary Platinum Jubilee Auditorium, introductory materials will also be covered. 1st Floor, Platinum Jubilee Building, Indian Statistical Institute, Topics of interest include List of Speakers (tentative) 203 B. T. Road, Kolkata - 700108, India. (but are not limited to): L. Hall, USF, USA Registration Fees: Machine Learning H. Ishibuchi, SUST, China Category Fees Deep Learning M. Vellasco, PUC-RIO, Brazil Students INR 5,000 Academic Researchers INR 10,000 Data Science P. N. Suganthan, NTU, Singapore Industrial Researchers INR 15,000 Internet of things N. R. Pal, ISI, Kolkata, India Participants (Outside India) US$ 500 Big Data Analytics S. -
KOLKATA: the Shining Star of the East 02 KOLKATA: the SHINING STAR of the EAST Foreword
July 2018 KOLKATA: The Shining Star of the East 02 KOLKATA: THE SHINING STAR OF THE EAST Foreword ANUJ PURI Chairman ANAROCK Property Consultants Kolkata, the ‘City of Joy,’ not only resonates its rich old-world-charm, but also infuses a perfect blend of modernity with traditionalism. The city’s residential real estate development has come a long way and has emerged as the key affordable housing destination of India with around 62% of new units added between 2013 and Q1 2018 being priced less than INR 40 lakh. Being the British Capital of India, Kolkata is still dotted with old British architecture, royal buildings like Victoria Memorial and even the most famous Indian Coffee House, rendering a feel-good factor. Keeping in tune with the changing facade of most metros due to rapid Furthermore, fast-paced development of the urbanization and increase in multi-faceted INR 5,000 crore East-West Metro Corridor, developments, the city’s real estate market has connecting Salt Lake to Howrah and the CBD, also metamorphosed over the last decade. is already underway. Other than connecting the southern and northern fringes of the city via The recent push by the West Bengal metro and providing a lifeline for many office- government to accelerate infrastructure goers, further extension of East-West Metro development in the city is likely to bode well from Salt Lake City to NSC Bose Airport is also for the overall real estate market. For instance, being contemplated. All-in-all, these multiple to establish seamless connectivity, the state infra upgrades are likely to enhance the city’s government has undertaken multiple projects quality of life which will invariably propel real including the widening and extension of arterial estate growth in Kolkata in the near future. -
Vivekananda Setu 1 Vivekananda Setu
Vivekananda Setu 1 Vivekananda Setu Vivekananda Setu Vivekananda Setu Crosses Hooghly River Locale Bally-Dakshineswar Total length 880 metres (2,890 ft) Opened 1932 Coordinates 22°39′11″N 88°21′12″E Vivekananda Setu (Bengali: বিবেকানন্দ সেতু also called Willingdon Bridge and Bally Bridge) is a bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. It links the city of Howrah, at Bally, to its twin city of Kolkata, at Dakshineswar. Built in December 1932, it is a multispan steel bridge and was built to provide road cum rail link between the Calcutta Port and its hinterland. It is 2,887 feet (880 m) long.[1] The construction of bridge was done by famous Kutchi-Mistri contractor and Industrialist Rai Bahadur Jagmal Raja Chauhan. His nameplate can still be seen on each girder of the bridge. The construction of bridge started in year 1926 and was completed in year 1932. The fabrication of the bridge was done at works of Braithwate & Company, Calcutta.[2][3] The Bally Bridge was named Willingdon Bridge after Viceroy of India, Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon, who inaugurated it. The first train that ran across the bridge was named Jagmal Raja Howrah Express by British acknowledging the feat of Rai Bahadur Jagmal Raja. It is said that bridge cost over one crore in those years. The bridge serves both road and rail: • Rail - connects Sealdah Station to Delhi • Road - connects Grand Trunk Road (Howrah side) to Barrackpore Trunk Road (Kolkata side) The famous Dakshineswar Temple is situated on the banks of the Hooghly river near the Bally Bridge. -
Legend Magazine September – 2020
aa RACE Coaching Institute for Banking and Government Jobs Courses Offered: BANK | SSC | RRB | TNPSC | KPSC | www.raceinstitute.in | www.bankersdaily.in LEGEND MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER – 2020 (CURRENT AFFAIRS AND QUIZ, BANKING & ENG VOCABULARY) Exclusively prepared for RACE students Chennai: #1, South Usman Road, T Nagar. | Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Chandigarh| Bangalore |Erode |Namakkal |Puducherry |Thanjavur| Trivandrum| Ernakulam| Tirunelveli | Vellore | Tirunelveli | Tiruvanamalai | Coachin | Tuticorin | Rajapalayam | Kozhikode | Nagercoil | H.O: 7601808080 / 9043303030 | www.raceinstitute.in Chennai RACE Coaching Institute Pvt Ltd Courses Offered : BANK | SSC | RRB | TNPSC |KPSC | NATIONAL NEWS: virtually inaugurated 45 highway projects Ministry of Tourism organizes the 50th in Madhya Pradesh. webinar titled "Cultural heritage of These projects includes construction of 1,361 Hyderabad" under DekhoApnaDesh km of Road, two over bridges and six bridges series: at an estimated cost of Rs 11,427 crore. The webinar showcased the culture of Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Hyderabad which is quite distinct from the Welfare to integrate e- Pension Payment rest of Telangana with its strong Islamic Order with Digi Locker: influences inherited from the period of the It will create a permanent record of their PPO Nizam rule which is starkly visible on in their Digi Locker and at the same time Hyderabad's architecture, food, lifestyle. eliminate delays in reaching the PPO to new Himachal Pradesh government signs Pensioners, as well -
Panihati Municipality E-Newsletter October 2015, VOLUME-5
Panihati Municipality e-Newsletter October 2015, VOLUME-5 Our City Our Vision Panihati Municipality, the Southern part of erstwhile South Barrackpur Union (a local Self Government in1969) came into being on 1st April in the year 1900. Today it is one of the A category municipalities in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area on the East Bank of the river Ganga. Situated on the industrial belt of Kolkata, to its west lies the Ganga, to north and south Khardaha canal and Khardaha municipality, to east North Dum Dum municipality and Bilkanda gram- panchayat. It is served by southeastern railway at Sodepur & Agarpara stations, by Barrackpore Trunk Road, Nilganj Road (Old Calcutta road), Barasat Road (Raja Chandraketu road), Chittaranjan road, East & South Station road among many. Soon it will be served by North-South Metro Rail. Municipal Vision: “Panihati Municipality will work for the improvement of physical and social infrastructure with due consideration for pro-poor, participatory and inclusive development based with equity and equality. It includes concern for environmental factors (in widest sense of the term covering pollution-free environment, development of greenery and enhancement of overall beautification of the city etc.), introducing gender and child sensitive policies, provision for ‘shelter for shelter less’, primary and mass education facility especially for the children of economically weak and linguistic minority sections. This will enable the citizens across the sectors of the society to be healthy, knowledgeable and economically self-sufficient. The municipality aims to achieve its goals through mobilization of local and other resources, efficiency, better citizen interface and organizational development.” From The Desk of Chairman: Friends, Festive seasons are all around.