Two of a kindThey are twins and share more than just similar features. Ashis and Debashis Kabasi follow the same metier and have the same disability - both are deaf and dumb. The contrasts however multiply when it comes to their work . The brothers have completely different styles of painting.While Ashis's work shows that he is influenced by Piccaso, Debashis's paintings usually have underlying social themes. Using masks and lurking figures, he suggests the hidden brutalities in everyday life. Their paintings are in the collections of Lalit Kala Akademi, Quality Inn Hotel and India House - London, among others. Their works are priced between Rs 7,000 to Rs 25,000.At Bajaj Art Gallery, Nariman Point till February 02, 1998. Time: 11.00 am to 7.00 pm.Memory bitesNCPA's Mohile-Parikh Centre for the visual Arts Architecture Forum has organised an interesting discussion this Friday. Mohile-Parikh's first event of the year, the panel discussion will explore ideas of memory and space in literature. This is in keeping with the twin themes of `memory and space' that the centre will inculcate in all of its programmes through the year. The panel will include celebrated writers Kiran Nagarkar and Gauri Deshpande.At the Godrej Dance Academy Theatre, NCPA on January 23, 1997. Time: 5.00 pm. Admission free for all on first come first basis.Campus notesBesides the Gunnidas Sangeet Samelan, only one music festival has been held regularly over the years the Indian Music Group of St Xavier's College. Twenty-five years old, this three-day festival is held on the grounds of the college and this year it will commence on January 23. Pt Budhaditya Mukherjee will present a sitar recital accompanied by Yogesh Samsi on the tabla at 7.30 pm and this will be followed by Malini Rajurkar, vocalist, accompanied by Subhash Kamat on the tabla and Arvind Thatte on the harmonium.On January 24, Ustad Aashish Khan will start the evening at 7.30 pm with a sarod recital accompanied by Pranesh Khan on the tabla. Later, Begum Parveen Sultana will present a vocal recital with Nana Mulye on the tabla and Tulsidas Borkar on the harmonium. The last day of the festival, which will start at 9.00 pm, has Kala Ramnath, vocalist, with Ramdas Palsule on the tabla. In the second session, Rashid Khan will present a vocal recital. The grand finale of the night will be a jugalbandi between Pt Shivkumar Sharma, santoor, and Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia, flute. They will be accompanied by Pt Anindo Chatterjee on the tabla and Bhavani Shankat on the pakhawaj.Tickets are available at the college with the season tickets priced between Rs 100 and Rs 500 and daily tickets marked between Rs 40 and Rs 200.Lens eyeThe world-famous images of India captured through the lens of Henri Cartier are on display at the Henri Cartier-Bresson In India show. Known for his fascination with the country, the exhibit contains the very best of Cartier's photographs produced during his innumerable visits to India, beginning from the time of Independence.Born in 1908, Henri studied painting in the 1920s. He later studied film and was assistant to film director Jean Renoir. In 1947, he set-up the photographic agency, Magnum, with Robert Capa, David Seymour and others.His pictures of Hindus in refugee camps after the Partition speak with the same passion as those of the Maharaja of Baroda's sumptuous birthday celebrations or of the Mountbattens on the steps of Government House. The exhibition also features the famous reportage of the death and cremation of Mahatma Gandhi.At Piramal Gallery, NCPA, till January 31, 1998. Time: 11.00 am to 7.00 pm.
