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This interaction is part of the Cymroza Art Gallery & British Council Division Art Educational Programme 1997-98.

At the National Gallery of Modern Art. On March 24 and 25, 1998. Time: 10.00 am to 5.00 pm. On Tuesday, there will also be aslide show. Time: 6.30 pm.

Graphic art

Born in Gujarat, the 64-year-old Jyoti Bhatt graduated from the Faculty of Fine Art, Baroda and even taught there for a brief while. Later in 1966, she began to work on the photographic documentation of folk and tribal art in India. From then on, photography became as much as a part of her art as painting and in 1985, she went to the UK to study holography.

She has been exhibiting in Mumbai since 1963 and returns to the city with Printed Images — an overview. There are 104 works on display and they are priced between Rs 1,500 and Rs 6,000.

At the Cymroza Art Gallery, from March 19 to April 04, 1998. Time: 10.00 am to 7.00 pm.

Partition Poetry

For those of you who thought that Sindhi poetry was not getting its due, don’t miss the Sindhi Partition Poetry reading session, this week. Part of The Enduring Image exhibition, the reading has been organised by Anju Makhija and Menka Shivdasani. Both poets writing in English, they have translated theworks of Sindhi poets like Dr Arjan Mirchandani, Popati Hiranandani, Hari Daryani `Dilgir’ and Prabhu Chhugani `Wafa’ — all related to the Partition experience. "As the Sindhis struggled to rehabilitate themselves in the wake of Partition, this heritage, along with their political identity, was lost," say the translators. They aim to bring this cultural identity to a wider audience by translating the works into a language the younger generation will find more accessible.

Dr Arjan Shad will introduce the work and Ghansham Vaswani will set some original Sindhi poems to music.

At the National Gallery of Modern Art on March 18, 1998. Time: 6.30 pm.March 21 and 22, 1998. Time: 6.00 pm and 9.00 pm, respectively.