In pictures: Cultural events this week

Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy is going to stage Opera theatre troupe's 11th production Hat Bariye Dao on March 15 at 7 pm, at the Studio Theatre Hall. The play is a theatre adaptation of Italian journalist and novelist Oriana Fallaci's most acclaimed novel Letter to a Child Never Born. The play was later translated by Anu Muhammad Collected

On the occasion of Bangbandhu's birth centenary, on March 17, a play titled Bagh will be staged at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy at 5:30pm and 7:30pm. The play was penned by Nasrin Mustafa and directed by Irin Pervin Lopa Collected

Theatre troupe Palakar will stage a play titled Ujane Mrityu on March 13 at 7pm, at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Based on Syed Waliullah's novel of the same title, Shamim Sagor will direct the play Collected

Popular play Draupadi Parampara will be staged at National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on March 18, at 7pm. The play, written and directed by Prabir Datta, deals with the age-old oppression of women in the patriarchal society Collected

Art Talk: Session 3, organized by Brihatta in collaboration with EMK, will present Roots, a curatorial project, on March 14 at 6pm. Bishwajit Goswami, Sumon Wahed, Bipul Mallick will speak at the event.The event is free for everyone Collected

Golpo-kantha, a reimagination of the Kantha by Humayra Kabir and Maliha Mohsin, brings together the Bangla words (golpo), meaning ‘stories’, and (kantha), a traditional quilt crafted by women, femmes, and caregivers all over Bangladesh for their families. Crafts such as hand-embroidery & kantha-making have been traditionally gendered as feminine and considered trivial, but the kantha is an example of some of the most tangible essentials of life that have been produced by such labours. Golpo-Kantha took place today at Jatra Biroti and will conclude on March 21 Collected