শারদ উত্ সব ১৪২০ durga puja 2013 - BASC

শারদ উত্ সব ১৪২০ durga puja 2013 - BASC

Bengali Association Of
Southern California
DURGA
শারদ উত্সব ১৪২০
PUJA
Oct 18-20, & Oct 26, 2013
2013
Duarte Performing Arts Center
1401 Highland Ave, Duarte, CA
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Dear Friends,
Welcome to 35th Durga Puja of BASC in 2013.
We have waited all year long for this auspicious moment in anticipation of being
filled with joy and divine peace that accompany both our worship and our
festivities. Together let us pray and enjoy every single moment of this
celebration with our families and friends. Let us forgive and forget all our
differences and come together in worshipping Ma Durga.
In the initial months of this year we started planning for our new Pratima. I am
extremely happy to announce that this pratima was fully sponsored by our next
generation members Tridivesh and Tulika Kidambi. This year they celebrated
the birth of their daughter Jiya. On behalf of BASC committee and all BASC members I thank the
family. Per Indian tradition, I also thank their parents Ranga and Rastri Dey Kidambi and
Madhusudan and Sikha Kundu. Both these families are also long term BASC members. It shows the
passing of BASC tradition from one generation to other.
This year we had a lot of festivities. We started with Saraswati Puja. Following the tradition, we had Dol
in Bharat Sevashram Sangha. Although we had an initial setback with our landmark classical program
in June, we worked hard and rescheduled the event in September. Kaushiki Chakraborty’s concert
which was a big success like the last year’s concert. We had a great Annual Picnic in the relaxed
environment of English Springs Park with a lot of sports and fun activities.
We continued our vision of collaboration with communities. This year we approached Dakshini for
mutual collaboration and I am extremely happy that Arnab Chatterjee , president of Dakshini gave us
warm support with this. By collaborating we can share volunteers and conduct more cultural programs
and charitable activities. We had a very fruitful initial meeting where we worked out a lot of future
activities and already implemented several of them.
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BASC and Dakshini together with Vedanta Society was involved in feeding the homeless people in
Long Beach.
BASC and Dakshini conducted a very successful Mahalaya in Bharat Sevashram Sangha where
more than 350 members of both organizations attended.
We are now planning a Natyamela in 2014 with San Diego based organization Saikat.
We will conduct Dol in 2014 together.
In future you will see many collaboration between BASC and Dakshini.
These programs and events would not have been possible without your donation. BASC truly
appreciates all its sponsors who have been supporting us generously and have been doing so for
many years. Lastly, BASC's success is due to its hard working and dedicated volunteers. A big salute
and a huge THANK YOU to all our volunteers without whom it would not have been possible to
organize this year’s programs and events.
We wish each and everyone of you a great Durga Puja and Shubho Bijoya.
On behalf of Team BASC,
Deep Ghosh, President
পুষ্পোঞ্জবি েন্ত্র
Om apavitrah pavitro vaa sarvaa-vasthaang gatohpi vaa,
Yah smaret pundarikaaksham sah baajhyaa-bhyantara
suchih.
(Mantra-Flower Offering)
ওঁ অপবিত্রঃ পবিত্ত্রো িো সিবোিস্োাং গত্ োঽবপিো |
য: স্মত্েৎ পুণ্ডেীকোক্ষাং সঃ িোহ্যোভ্যন্তে শুব ঃ ||
Om. Whether sacred or not, or been through all walks of
life, if one remembers Krishna, one is immediately purified
outside and inside.
ॐ अपवित्रः पावित्रो िा सर्विाािस्ाां गतोऽवप िा |
Om aaurdehi yasho dehi bhaagyang bhagavati dehi me,
ওঁ আয়ুত্দববহ্ যত্ ো দেবহ্ ভ্োগযাং ভ্গি ী দেবহ্ দে ।
Putraan dehi dhanang dehi sarvaan kaamaangscha dehi me.
পুত্রোন্ দেবহ্ ধনাং দেবহ্ সর্ব্বোন্ কোেোাংশ্চ দেবহ্ দে ।।
यः समरे त ् पुन्दररकाक्षां स बाह्याभ्यतर शुच ः ||
Om. Give me longevity, endow me with reputation. Please
give me good fortune Give me sons, wealth, give me all sort ॐ आयुदेहि यशो दे हि भाग्यां भगिती दे हि मे |
of desirables.
पुत्रान ् दे हि धनां दे हि सर्विाान ् कामाांश्च दे हि मे ||
Om. Bhagavati bhayochchede bhavaabhavini kaamade,
Shankari Kaushiki twang hi Kaatyaayani namostu te.
Om. Devine mother, you are the eradicator of fear. O consort of Shiva, giver of all desires, you are Shankari *, Koushiki*, and Katyayani *. I pay obeisance to you.
ওঁ ভ্গি ী ভ্ত্য়োত্েত্ে ভ্িভ্োবিবন কোেত্ে ।
ঙ্কবে দকৌব বক ত্বাং বহ্ কো যোয়বন নত্েোঽস্তুত্ ।।
ॐ भगिती भयोच्छे दे भिभाविचन कामदे |
* Various names of Durga.
शङ्करर कौचशहक त्बां हि कात्यायचन नमोऽसतुते |
Esha sachandana gandha pushpaanjali saayudha-vaahana
এষ স ন্দন গন্ধ পুষ্পোঞ্জবি সোয়ুধিোহ্ন
parivaara-sahita Sri Sri Bhagavatyai Durgaayai namah.
পবেিোেসবহ্ শ্রীশ্রী ভ্গিত দুগবোতয় নেঃ ।
With this sandalwood paste-scented flowers I pay obeisance to the Goddess Bhagavati Durga, who is bedecked
with weapons, and accompanied by Her ride (lion) and Her
family (Lakshmi, Saraswati, Ganesha and Kartikeya).
एष स न्दन गन्ध पुष्पाञ्जचि सायुधिािन पररबारसहित
Om. Hara papang, hara kleshang, hara shokam,
haraashubham, Hara rogang, hara kshobhang, hara
maaring, Harapriye.
ওঁ হ্ে পোপাং হ্ে দে াং হ্ে দ োকম্ হ্েোশুভ্ম্ ।
Om. Please remove sins, remove affliction, remove pain of
separation, remove all sort of inauspiciousness, remove
illness, remove agitation of the mind, remove pestilence, O
beloved of Hara (Shiva).
श्रीश्री भगबत्यै दग
ु ाायै दे र्वयै नमः |
হ্ে দেোগাং হ্ে দক্ষোভ্াং হ্ে েোেীাং হ্েবিত্য় ।।
ॐ िर पापां िर क्िेशां िर शोकम ् िराशुभम ् |
िर रोगां िर क्षोभां िर मार ां िरविये ||
Om. Kaali Kaali Mahaakaali Kaalike paapahaarini,
ওঁ কোিী কোিী েহ্োকোিী কোবিত্ক পোপহ্োবেনী।
Dharmaartha mokshade Devi Naaraayani namohstu te.
ধর্ম্বোর্ব দেোক্ষত্ে দেবি নোেোয়বি নত্েোঽস্তুত্ ।।
Om. You are Kali, Mahakali, Kalika, the destroyer of sins. O
Devi Narayani, giver of Dharma (righteousness), wealth,
and liberation, salutation to You.
ॐ कािी कािी मिाकािी काचिके पापिाररणी |
धमाा्ा मोक्षदे दे वि नारायणण नमोऽसतु ते
||
Puja Schedule
Durga Puja - 2013
Friday, October 18, 2013
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Bodhan and Sashthi Puja
6:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Aarati in the Mandap
Saturday, October 19, 2013
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Saptami Puja and Pushpanjali
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Ashtami Puja and Pushpanjali
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Spiritual Talk by Swami Sarvadevanandaji
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Sandhi Puja and Arati
Sunday, October 20, 2013
8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Navami Puja and Pushpanjali
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
Homa
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
4:00 PM
Dasami Puja and Shantijal
Bisarjan, Sindur Khela and MishtiMukh
Lakshmi Puja, October 26, 2013
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Lakshmi Puja
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ঘণ্টা োশ্বি োশ্বলনয় এই অেুষ্ঠানে োবার ইনে শে খুব
একিা শ্বেল ো েয় | শ্বকন্তু কী কনর শেে েেিা শিনে
শ্বেল - েনে পিল -শ্রী বীনরন্দ্রকৃষ্ণ েনের েলা - “ো
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িশ্বেই হনো | আশ্বে একা েই – শদখলাে প্রেুর শলাকই
এনসনেে – আশা কশ্বরশ্বে এে পশ্বরশ্বেে েুনখর সনে
শদখা হনব এই এনো সকানল - অনেনক আবার এই
উত্সনবর পনর কান োবার েয প্র্তুতে হনয়ও
এনসনেে | শশ্বেবানরর শোনর োরশে ওপর বাঙাশ্বলর
সনেলে শদনখ েনে হল BASC ও দশ্বিণীর েুগ্ম
প্রনেষ্ঠা সফল হনয়নে |
বাঙাশ্বল অেুষ্ঠাে শো - েোরীশ্বেনে শুরু হল শ্বেধষাশ্বরে
সেনয়র প্রায় ঘন্টাখানেক পনর | েরে ো ও শ্বসোিার
বযবস্থা োকার কো শ্বেল শ্বেেন্ত্রণপত্র অেুসানর – ো
শদনখ শবশ শ্ববরিই হলাে | শ্বকন্তু হিাত্ েখে রশ্বঞ্জে
দানসর শঙ্খধ্বশ্বে আর সেনবে কনে “ো েণ্ডী” শুরু হল
েূশ্বলনয় শ্বদল স্থাে কাল | েনল শেলাে সুদূর অেীনে
েখে T V শ্বেলো – শোর োরনিনে এলােষ শ্বদনয় উনে
radio শে শ্বিন ে েুখাশ্ব ষ, শযােল শ্বেত্র, োেনবন্দ্র
েুখাশ্ব ষ, সন্ধ্যা েুখাশ্ব ষ, উত্পলা শসে প্রেুখ োয়ক
োশ্বয়কানদর েলায় এই োে গুনলাই শুেোে |
এই আসনর োরা োে করনলে োরাও শ্বকেু কে
েে | োলা োেুলীর একক সেীে “অশ্বখল শ্ববোনে” ও
সসকত্ েক্রবেষীর সনে সিে কনে “শহ শ্বেেয়ী” শ্ববনশর্
উনেখ শোেয | শসৌেয েুখাশ্ব ষ ও সুেন্ত্র েক্রবশ্বেষর উদাত্ত
েলায় আেেেীর বণষো ও েণ্ডী পাে শ্রী বীনরন্দ্র কৃষ্ণ
েনের শেনক শ্বকেু কে োয় ো | এোিাও োনে োরা
অংশ গ্রহণ কনরশ্বেনলে ঋশ্বি েক্রবেষী, ঋেুপণষা
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দুনব, পলা শঘার্, কাকলী েণ্ডল, শ্বপয়াশ্বল েুখাশ্ব ষ, শুভ্র
বযাোশ্ব ষ, ও শ্বসিােষ দত্তগুপ্ত | শ্বসিােষ ও শুভ্রর সিে কনে
“ ানো দুেষা” ো হনল শেে েহালয়া সম্পুেষ হনো ো |
শ্বকেু সেনবে, শ্বকেু একক ও শ্বকেু সিে কনের োনে
নে উেল আসর | েবলাসেে করনলে োরে
শসবাশ্রে সংনঘর পুনরাশ্বহে শ্রী প্রদীপ েহারা | বাাঁশ্বশ
বা ানলে
শ্রীরাধাপ্রসাদ পশ্বিে - েশ্বিরায় ঋেুপণষা এবং
হারনোশ্বেয়ানে োলা ও শসৌেয | অেুস্ষ্ষ্ঠােশ্বি পশ্বরোলো
কনরনেে োলা োেুলী | শপেনে শেনক োরা শব্দেনন্ত্র
সাহােয কনরনেে োরা হনলে েপে শেৌধুরী, শকৌশ্বশক
দত্ত, ও শসৌরে শঘার্ রায় |
এনেও আসর শশর্ হনলাো - শোনরর ো শ্বসোিা ো
োকনলও প্রােরানশর শকােও ত্রুশ্বি শ্বেল ো – েরে
লুশ্বের সনে আলুর দে, হালুয়া, ও েরে ো| রান্না োরা
কনরনেে ও োরা রান্নানে সাহােয কনরনেে - শসাো
সরকার, শশ্বেষ েক্রবেষী, রীো েক্রবেষী, শ্বলশ্বপকা
ে ুেদার, ঋেুপণষা েক্রবেষী, সুনেত্রা শসে, শ্বেোলী পাল
গুপ্তা, ঋশ্বি েক্রবেষী, অেেযা দত্তগুপ্তা, পদ্মপেষা হালদার,
শাওশ্বল রায়, শ্বেনবশ্বদো লাহা, শিো েট্টাোেষয, কশ্বণকা
শঘার্, সুপ্রো রায়, বণষা সাহা, স্বপ্না দাস, আরশ্বে দাস,
রাে শসে, প্রাণশ্ব ে সাহা, সুেে েযািা ষী, শকৌশ্বশক
শ্ববিাস ও অেযােয আনরা অনেনক |
েহালয়ার অেুষ্ঠাে East Coastর োো শহনরই োলু
আনে| Los Angeles অঞ্চনল এই প্রেে| োরে
শসবাশ্রে সংনঘর প্রােনণ শসশ্বদে B A S C , দশ্বিণী, ও
োরে শসবাশ্রে সংনঘর শ্বেশ্বলে প্রনেষ্টায় শে অেুষ্ঠাে
সুসম্পন্ন হল ো োর্ানে বণষো করা োয় ো | আশা
কশ্বর এই প্রনেষ্টার এখানেই শশর্ েয় | েশ্ববর্যনে
B A S C ও দশ্বিণী হানে হাে শ্বেশ্বলনয় েহালয়া োিাও
আরও অেয োো প্রকার অেুষ্ঠানের আনয়া ে
করনবে শসই আশানেই রইলাে |
Entertainment Schedule
Friday, October 18, 2013
7:00 PM
Dinner
8:30 PM
Abar Ashibo Phire - A Musical Theater
9:30 PM
Classical Music by Sounak Chattopadhay
Saturday, October 19, 2013
12:30 PM
Lunch
3:00 PM
Kids’ Sit and Draw Art Contest
6:30 PM
Dinner
8:00 PM
Khukur Swapno - A Dancer’s personal Odyssey
9:00 PM
Anwesha in Concert
Sunday, October 20, 2013
12:30 PM
Lunch
2:00 PM
Einstein O Indubala - PathBhaban Drama
2:40 PM
Ajo Kahini - Play Directed by Ajit Bose-Roy
4:00 PM
Dhaker Tale Hridoy Dole, Bijoya & Sindur Khela
5:15 PM
Musical Chair - Srutinatak written by Sudipta Bhowmick
6:15 PM
Dil Dhoondta Hai - A broadway style musical
7:00 PM
Dinner
Lakshmi Puja, October 26, 2013
6:30 PM
Dinner
8:00 PM
Dugga Elen Los Angeles - Play by Pathsala Kids
8:50 PM
Kids Dance
9:00 PM
Bangla Gaaner Ashor By Prabuddha Raha
BASC thanks Tridivesh and Tulika Kidambi for sponsoring the
fourth new Pratima in 2013.
BASC Fondly remembers
the friends we lost last year
Manas Roy Chowdhuri
We are deeply saddened to announce that Manas RoyChowdhuri, Manas da
to some of us, passed away on Thursday, March 28. Manas was fighting multiple myeloma, a form of cancer, for several years but his spirit remained strong till the end.
Manas was an incredibly gracious, caring and practical person – an inspiration to many
of us Bengalis. The extended BASC family mourns this incredible loss alongside
Manas’s wife Jayshri , son Jojo, daughter-in-law Himani and granddaughter Ajuni.
Manas was a major sponsor of all things Bengali. He generously donated in all BASC events and always
helped us with his wisdom and practical suggestions.
Manas always wanted a permanent place for the Bengali community in southern California. He helped create
business plans for a Bengali community center and then was instrumental in finding a home for Bharat Sevashram (BSSW) in Brea. He helped financially as well as with his counsel with attorneys, accountants, and donors.
Besides being a major donor, Manas was at the center of many activities in the Brea BSSW temple, including
publication of the BSSW brochure, Newsletter SANJOG, ‘Feed the Hungry’ program, and so on. His dream was
to make the Brea temple a center for all Bengali religious, philanthropic and cultural activities in Southern California.
Besides his love for entrepreneurship, Manas loved music, theater, arts, dramas, religion, & literature. He
supported many cultural and philanthropic organizations. He was well-liked by all that came in contact with him
and had an incredible zest for life.
Sri Bhola Nath Mazumdar
We are deeply saddened to announce the demise of Sri Bhola Nath Mazumder who passed away
on Sunday, March 31st at 5:30 AM. He is survived by his wife Champa Mazumder, daughter Simonti
Mukhopadhyay, son-in-law Sanmay Mukhopadhyay, grand daughter Sharanya, grandson Sharthak
and other relatives and friends.
Bholanath Mazumder was a devoted husband, father and grandfather. He was a highly respected
Horticulturalist in India and had come to the U.S. to study at the University of Illinois for his masters
degree. He had maintained a 5.0 gpa throughout his study and later was given many prestigious
awards for his work and achievement in horticulture. In 2008, Bholanath and Champa Mazumder
came to the U.S. to live with their beloved daughter, Simonti Mukhopadhyay. Throughout the last 5
years, he has been known in our community with various names like "bapi", "dadai", or
"meshomoshai" but regardless of which name came to mind, everyone remembered his smiling
face. His happiness in the small things in life, liking making applesauce from the apples in the backyard garden, or feeding the ducks in the nearby pond, or going to the mandir and having some
"mishti" is what made him so cherished. His happiness, his light, his blessings, his smile will live on
in our hearts and we appreciate all of your thoughts, prayers, and good wishes throughout this difficult time.
Friday Oct 18 , 8:30 PM - Abar Asibo Phirey
The first two decades of this
century will see the convergence of many
seminal milestones in the cultural historyof
the Bengali people: The convergence of
these paradigm shifting events represents
thinking that maybe
analyzed via a set of
very, very different narratives.
In “Abar Ashibo Phirey”, we choose to
celebrate them via this one particular
theme: Conjure the rich history of our past;
Analyze and Criticize the present and then
Transcend to an Optimistic Future. Most of
the iconic Bengali
personalities in
literature, religion, philosophy, cinema and
social policy followed this pattern of
thinking. This has shaped the Bengali
psyche: in Bengal, in
India and in the
Indian diaspora abroad.
In "Abar Ashibo Phirey" we explore
examples of the theme with drama, music,
dance and fine arts.
We utilize a multitude of emotions: tragedy,
humor, satire and hope and our timeline
includes the inception of the Bengali
Renaissance to Satyajit Ray.
The intellectual trajectory drawn by the
personalities we will showcase are way more
than a part of Bengali cultural history, it
was avant garde for all of humanity. Our aim
is to reflect a bit; remember and maybe
collectively conceptualize a future.
Theatrical Direction : Kalachand Seal
Musical Direction : Arijit Bal
Multimedia/Art
: Devjani Biswas
Special Thanks
: Tathagata Dasgupta
Concept, Artistic : Arpita “Ria” Banerjee
Production
: Arpita “Ria” Banerjee
( Including an acting and musical cast of
another twenty people )
Friday Oct 18 , 9:30 PM - Sounak Chattopathay
22 years of rigorous training in pure classical and other forms of music, has made
Saunak one of the leading
vocalists of the present generation.
His stage perfonmences in India and abroad
has earned him accolades and fame. He has
created his unique style by blending
classical music with Rabindra Sangeet, that
has been widely accepted by audience of all
ages.
Jyoti Prakas is a highly
accomplished percussionist.
He started learning tabla from
his father Sri Nagendranath
and later under the much
revered and celebrated Pandit
Abhijit Banerjee. Jyoti has established
himself as a talented tabla player in both
commercial and classical forms of music
and his mastery as a percussionist has
earned him the title SANGEET BIVAKAR.
He has participated in prestigious concerts
in India and abroad. He has been living in
USA for last eight years and successfully
running a tabla School, called “DHWANI
ACADEMY of PERCUSSION MUSIC”,
founded by his Guru Pt. Abhijit Banerjee. He
has accompanied several stalwarts including
Pt.Jasraj, Bidushi Purnima Chowdhury, and
the famous Kathak dancer Pt. Chitresh Das.
Jyoti played for the EMMY Award Ceremony
in 2005.
Saturday Oct 19 , 8:00 PM - Khukur Swapno
A young girl, Khuku pursues her dream of becoming a dancer with the help of
her friends and dance teacher.
This dance drama focuses on her personal odyssey. An evolution of music and dance will
be portrayed, so stay tuned. Here comes BASC’s most talented younger generation to
entertain you under the direction of Ishani Ganguly.
Concept & Direction
Ishani Ganguly
Narration
Sharmistha Chakraborty
Script
Ishani Ganguly, Amit Ganguly
Actors
Dancers
Backstage Help
Rumki Guha
Sandeepa Dey
Sabyasachi Mitra
Ankita Guha
Monami Mukherjee
Ujjayan Banerjee
Ashmita (Tinni) Deb
Sufi Raina
Soma Prosad
Adrika (Titas) Bhattacharya
Trina Sarkar
Arpita Mitra
Annika Guha
Ashmita (Tinni) Deb
Shelly Deb
Sambodh (Gugul) Mitra
Ishani Ganguly
Kanika Ghosh
Nilanjana Bhattacharya
Rumki Guha
Bakul Banerjee
Hashnu Dasgupta
Prompter
Decoration & Costume
Video
Shelly Deb
Saumi Nandy
Subhodip Ghosh
Sarbani Mallick
Shantanu (Rana) Sarkar
Amit Ganguly
Sound
Light
Saikat Chakraborty
Sudip Chakraborty
Nandini Rudra-Ganguly
Pratik Deb
Saturday Oct 19 , 9:00 PM - Anwesha
Anwesha is our marquee artist for Durga puja 2013. She is a
singer who made her presence felt in the Indian music scene at the age
of 13 through the reality show Amul STAR Voice of India, Chhote Ustaad.
Anwesha is also known for starring in Gajendra Singh's Music ka maha
muqqabla at the age of 16. She not only had the sole distinction of
bagging 6 Singer of the Day awards for 7 performances, but also won
the Singer of the Series award.
She has also made her debut in commercial playback singing in a Hindi
movie Golmaal Returns. Anwesha has sung the song Tha Karke, which is
said to be the most expensive song to ever be shot in Bollywood. Apart
from few Bollywood songs, She has sung many Bengali songs, Tamil songs and 1 Telugu song.
Along with other awards, she won Best female playback
singer award for Bengali song in Tele Cine awards.
Sunday Oct 20 , 2:00 PM - Einstein O Indubala
Kids from Pathabhavan present a timeless classic comedy adapted from
Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay’s original story about what happens when both the
foremost scientist in the world and the most well-known cinema actress of her generation
land up in Ranaghat on the same day. How did this happen and who would the people go
to see? It is a safe bet to say it is not as straight forward as you think, it is all relative…..
Direction
: Rahul Ganguli, Abhijeet Mukherjee, Mandavi Chattopadhyay
Actors
: Aayush
Sets
: Mimi Ganguli, Amalesh Pradhan
Costumes
: Baisakhi Samanta, Sarbani Pramanik, Chandana Sarkar, Mimi Ganguli, Rinki
Saha, Rushil Ganguli, Abheek Pradhan, Aniket Mukherjee,
Adi Chattopadhyay, Disha Ghosh, Ankita Sarkar, Pinaki Pramanik, Avik Samanta, Trinetra Dey, Rohin Ganguli, Anisha Ghosh, Drishti Saha and Om
Bhattacharya
Dey, Sumana Saha, Manidipa Ghosh, Mahua Mukherjee, Sujata Bhattacharya,
Swati Pradhan
Sound
: Amit Samanta, Jayanta Dey
Lights
: Debashis Ghosh, Partha Pramanik, Mrinmay Sarkar, Surajit Bhattacharya
Sunday Oct 20 , 2:40 PM - Ajo Kahini by Ajit Bose-Roy
Asok with his wife Kakoli lives in a city in United States. So does Satyaki and Kheyali. Both
the families are part of the local ethnic Bengali community that has a club named “Hillol”.
While the families are friends with each other, the upcoming election of the executive
members of Hillol has pitched Asok and Satyaki against each other as presidential
candidates. With a hidden ambition of being the First Lady of Hillol, both Kakoli and
Kheyali are involved in getting votes by impressing the Bengali voters with their excellent
culinary skills of “pathar mangsho” or goat meat items. Unfortunately, FDA has banned the
sale of “pathar mangsho” due to some unknown reason. Now both the families have to
somehow manage the huge expectation of the goat-meat-hungry Bengali voters. How would
they do that? Who will win the war and be the president of Hillol? The effort and the chaos
that follow are at the heart of Ajo Kahini, or A Goat Story!
Cast:
Asok – Kalachand Seal
Satyaki – Joydeep Bannerjee
Soumen – Avijit Mukherji
Samar - Jyotisko Ganguly
Mandira – Gargi Das Gupta
Kakoli – Sudeshna Seal
Kheyali – Saheli Bannerji
Montu – Pallab Halder
Manashi – Anusua Kusari
Aslam – Ujjain Banerjee
Crew:
Producer – Dhruba Bose-Roy
Light Director and Operator – Pratik Deb
Art Director – Saumi Nandy
Sound - Raja Chakraborty and Soumya Mukherjee
Stage and Prop Manager – Chiranjib Das Gupta
Sunday Oct 20 , 4:00 PM - Dhaker Tale Hridoy Dole
Right in the beginning Durgapuja was not a open-to-all-byall event. Durgapuja first started in Houses of Zamindars.
Thereafter, other families too started the puja in their own
houses and gradually local clubs and organizations took it
over to make it a truly open-to-all event. However, since
pujas in houses of prominent families of Bengal were of the
true original form of worshipping Ma Durga, we'll first
present here the festive atmosphere of that time through
songs and dances. Together we’ll enjoy the gaiety of the
family festivity of that time through the all-inclusive celebration by the participation of
masses -- that carried the message of joy and peace to all of us
Director’
Dance Choreographer
Script and Narration
Set
Make-up, costume
Sound
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Babli Chakrabarty
Shelly Deb, Nilanjana Chakrabarty, Chumki Sengupta
Rumi Bagchi Bhawal
Biman Ghosh, Tamal Chakrabarty, Soumitra Guha
Nilanjana Chakrabarty, Rumki Guha, Monalisa Dasgupta,
Shelly Deb
: Sumanta Chakrabarty
Kids
: Todo, Arin, Arko, Ayush, Abiral, Roop, Tanisk , Riti, Rani, Tiya,
Ania, Mimi, Tinni, Rupsa, Sujata,.
Ladies :
: Mou Tribedi, Sami Ghanashyam, Dipali Nandi, Sudeshna
Halder, Tuli Gupta, Monalisa Dasgupta, Poly Purkait, Chumki
De Sarkar, Rumki Guha, Soma Prasad, Roshni Biswas, Saumi
Nandy, Swapna Nandi, Kumkum Sengupta, Rupsi Burman, Pradipta (Sapu) Ray, Shankhomala Bardhan
Pujarini
: Sanchayita(Mini) Mukherjee, Meera Ganguly, Atraye Banerjee,
Payel Sasmal, Julie Chatterjee, Arpita Mitra
Men
: Sandip Sengupta, Ujjyan Banerjee, Pallab Halder, Sushil
Pramanik, Shyamal Nandi, Girish Ray, Soumitra Guha, Asok
Nandi, Tarun Maitra, Sudipta Burman, Deb Biswas
Sunday Oct 20 , 5:15 PM - Musical Chair
"Musical Chair" is a 40 min comedy involving 25 ladies from our
community. It is about the typical "ladies gossip" that happens in a party or a similar
environment in the bengali community in USA. All the characters are fictitious. The main
purpose is just to have fun from both end...the audiences and the participants.
Direction
: Monalisa Dasgupta
Participants
: "Naribahini" of BASC
Original Script
: Sudipta Bhowmick
Revised Script
: Monalisa Dasgupta
Basc felicitation
Soumya Mukherjee for his outstanding contribution in community
development with Pathsala
Tapan Chaudhuri and Koushik Dutta for helping out BASC for many years in
Sound Engineering
Madangopal Mukhopadhyay for his new book 'েেুে শোব্দী েেুে েীে'
Ajay Ray for his new book 'Babbles and Blogs'
Jyotishko Ganguly for his contribution in Kheya and other literary activities
Dipak Bagchi for his new book 'Translations of Gita in Bengali Verse'
Monalisa Dasgupta for her documentary 'কুোরিুশ্বলর দশেূ া'
Sunday Oct 20 , 6:15 PM - DIL Dhoondta Hai
Dil Dhoondta Hai is an original musical drama that presents a simple story of the main
character Anirban and his love Nilanjana. Anirban comes from a middle-class family in
Kolkata, brilliant in studies, and gifted with many talents in the arts, literature and music.
We enact his youth period, college life, involvement in fun and creative stuff with his
friends but above all his evolving love relationship with his girl-friend Nilanjana. A chance
opportunity to go to the west to pursue higher studies becomes a turning point in
Anirban’s life. As he leaves his home and country, he starts to settle in a new foreign land
as an immigrant. We follow Anirban’s journey, all his trials and tribulations, successes and
failures and conclude with Anirban now living a retired life but a very lonely man. As he
reflects on his life, his heart seems to be searching for an answer to an eternal question:
Where is his home? Did he make the right decisions? Is this the life he wanted? An
ensemble cast of singers, actors, musicians, dancers, and an entire production team from
the local community have come together to present this unique musical extravaganza that
will mesmerize you.
Original script &
Overall Creative Concept
: Samir Chatterjee
Dance Director
Dance Creative Concept
: Simonti Mukhopadhyay
: Sharanya Mukhopadhyay
Drama Team
: Rahul Ganguli, Mandavi Chattopadhyay, Kallol Chatterjee, Soma
Sarkar, Jyotishko Ganguly, Somangshu Bhattacharya, Ananda
Chatterjee
Singers
: Sarbani Pramanik, Subhra Banerjee, Rituparna Chakraborty, Samir
Sanyal, Madhumita Chatterjee, Saikat Chakraborty, Piyali
Mukherjee, Shampa Chowdhuri, Asim Dasgupta, Mitra Chatterjee,
Sunetra Sen, Shamsur Rehman
Music Team
: Anis Chandani (Keyboards, flute), Jyotiprakash (Tabla), Rishi
Thakar (Octopad/Drums), Samir Chatterjee (Guitar/bass)
Dancers
: Sharanya Mukhopadhyay, Shilpi Paul, Pritha Ghosh, Sudeshna Samanta Verma, Bushra Khan, Krishty
Mukherjee, Devina Sen,
Monami Mukherjee, Trina Sarkar, Tanya Chowdhuri, Payel
Bhowmick, Pianka Roy, Ananda Chatterjee
Set Designer
Sound
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Volunteer
: Rana Sarkar
Projection
Lighting
Set Helper
Costume & Makeup
Saumi Nandy
Ram Sen
Somnath Sarkar , Shantanu Sarkar , Rahul Ghosh
Ujjayan Banerjee, Sudeshna Halder, Soma Prasad
Sarbani Mullick, Shyamal Nandi
Koushik Dutta, Tapan Chowdhury, Debanik Chowdhuri
Saturday Oct 26 , 8:00 PM - Dugga Elen Los Angeles
Just like other years the Pathsala kids will present a high-energy
hilarious play; this time set in rapid-fire rhymes. This time Devi Durga is visiting Los
Angeles with her kids. Preparations are in full swing both in Kailash and in Los Angeles
Bongo Somaj. The "morto" people, however, are really in trouble - everyone has a different
idea about everything and nothing seems to get done. Perhaps the gods can help? Oh, wait
looks like Asura has quite an evil plan. But ... we can't tell you that now, can we? Come see
us on October 26 in Duarte and we promise you an LOL, no ROFL time!
Written By
: Soumya Mukherjee
Direction
: Pratik Deb, Soumya Mukherjee, Soumitra Guha
Dance Direction
: Shelly Deb, Nilanjana Chakraborty
Costume/Set
: Soumitra and Rumki Guha
Light / Sound /
Projection
: Pratik Deb, Sumanta Chakraborty, Reema Chakraborty,
Pallab Halder, Subhodip Ghosh, Sandip De Sakar,
Soumya Mukherjee
Logistics / Backstage /
Inspiration
: All Pathsala parents
Participants
: Deeptodhee Ghoswami, Gaurav Karande, Shohan Dey, Roma Burman, Anya Pramanick, Paroma Ganguly, Shounak
Ganguli, Arin Sasmal, Rishi Halder, Pramit Mazumder,
Shounok Ghosh, Ayush Sen , Indronil Ganguly,
Ankita Guha, Tia De Sarkar, Ashmita Deb, Abiral Ganguly,
Sashwato Ganguli, Bakul Banerjee,
Aurnov Chattopadhyay, Rishav Ghosh, Mimi Halder, Swarna
Das, Kanak Das, Adrika (Titas) Chakraborty, Adrija (Neela)
Chakraborty
Produced By
: Pathsala, a BASC affiliated Bengali school in Irvine, CA
Saturday Oct 26 , 8:50 PM - Kids Dance
The dance is Krishna Bhajan. In this the six little girls are the gopikas . They hear krishna
playing the flute and are thrilled they start dancing in joy.
The dance is choreographed by Mrs Rachna Upadhay of Kathak KalaKendra in Northridge
Participants
Ruhi ,Hasrat,Reva,Zara,Rhea and Ruhini.
Saturday Oct 26 , 9:00 PM - Prabuddha Raha
Over the last 15 years, Prabuddha Raha
has extensively performed both Rabindra Sangeet and
modern songs in various well known concerts in different
cities of India and abroad. His songs have been reviewed
with very high ratings by most of the leading music critics
of various newspapers in India.
B A S C ’র সকল বন্ধ্ুনদর াোই
আন্তশ্বরক শারদীো প্রীশ্বে ও শুনেো।
দশ্বিণী সদসযবৃি
BASC Board of Directors & Compliance Committee
PRESIDENT :
Deep Ghosh
SECRETARY : Sushil Pramanick
VICE PRESIDENT :
Saikat Chakraborty
TREASURER
Jyoti Kusari
CULTURAL SECRETARY : Rahul Ganguli
DIRECTORS
Shukla Sarkar
Dipankar Purkayastha
Amalesh Pradhan
Soma Prasad
Soma Sarkar
Raja Ghosh
Dipak Sarkar
Dr. Somangsu Bhattacharya
Dr. Madangopal Mukhopadhay
Sharmistha Chakraborty
Soumya Mukherjee
COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE
Puja
PRODHAN PUROHIT:
Malay Chatterjee
BoD MEMBER :
Sushil Pramanick
Asst PUROHIT :
Tamal Chakraborty ,
Kallol Chattopadhyay
COORDINATOR :
Sharmishtha (Babli) Chakraborty ,
Sweta Chatterjee
FLOWER :
Nilima Mondol
FRUITS :
Sushil Pramanik ,Poly Purkait , Anya Pramanik
CHANDI PAATH :
Dr. Chitto Sarkar, Dr Madan Gopal Mukhopadhyay and Dr. Pinaki Chakrabarti
PUJA ASSISTANCE , PROSAD PREPARATION AND SWEET DONATION VOLUNTEERS
Nandita & Bijay Pal
Sandhya Roy
Poly Purkait
Mitra Chatterjee
Chanda Dutta,
Anya Pramanick
Jaya Bhattacharya
Pompa Banerji
Bharati Bondopadhya
Dr. Bharati Ghosh
Lipi Mitra
Swapna Nandi
Soma Sarkar
Maya & Anjan Bhaumik
Chumki De Sarkar
Dhruba Bose Roy
Shikha Kundu
Swati Sengupta
Patralika (Papri) Rakhit
Samita (Mimi) Sarkar
Runa KarGupta
Payel Sasmal
Rupali Roy
Monisha Bhattacharya
Jayashree Dutta
Manjulika Ray
Mollika Ray
Mitali Das
Nivedita Sanyal
Simonti Mukherjee
Tuli & Satyajit Gupta
Rita Sarkar
Bashudha Sinha
Jayshree Chaudhuri
Meera Ganguli,
Rastri Kidambi
Shukla Sarkar
Ruba Datta
Lolita Samanta
Nilanjana Chakraborty
Keya Chakraborty
Sunita Saxena
Sujata Ganguli
Mala Chakraborti
Jayshree Dutta
Anindita Samanta
Mita Guha
Sujata Chakraborty
Anjali Dutta
Jhuma (Reema)Chakraborty
Shelly Deb
Rumki Guha
Kanika Ghosh
Sudeshna Halder
Arundhoti (Mou) Tribedi
Sudeshna Halder
Saumi Nandy
Mitali Gupta
Sudeshna Roy
Devjani (Mumu) Sarkar
Gitali Kundargi
Atraye Banerjee
Bipasha Ghosh
Nandini Rudra Ganguly
Suparna Chattopadhyay
Jhumur Bhattacharjee
Bani Ghosh
Arup Banerjee
Santa Chakrabarti
Alok & Indrani Ray
Kheya chatterjee
Anjana Basu
Misty Banerjee
Mandavi Chattopadhyay
Nilantika Chakraborty
Santa Chakraborty
Mou Roy
Amalesh Pradhan
Swapna Ray
Sharmistha Chakraborty
Rumi Bagchi-Bhawal
Rupsi Burman
Raja Ghosh
Soma Prasad
Rituparna Chakraborty
Entertainment
BoD MEMBER : Rahul Ganguli and Saikat Chakrabarty
STAGE MANGER :
Shelly Deb, Mitali Gupta , Kanika Ghosh
BACKSTAGE HELP:
Rituparna Chakrabarty , Debarati Ganguli
SOUND :
Koushik Dutta, Tapan Chaudhuri
LOGISTICAL HELP :
Amit Ganguly, Nandini Ganguly, Partha Pramanik
LIGHTS :
Somnath Sarkar, Soumya Mukherjee, Pratik Deb, Shantanu Sarkar, Rahul Ghosh, Subhodip Ghosh
STAGE PREP :
Amalesh Pradhan, Amitava Samanta, Ujjayan Banerjee, Surajit Bhattacharya, Saumi Nandi, Soma Prasad
EMCEES :
Devjani Sarkar, Samita Sarkar, Sumana Saha, Anindita Ghosal, Sankhamala , Payel Paul, Tanya Das, Nilanjana Gautam, Rahul Ghosh
PROJECTION :
Subhodip Ghosh, Ram Sen TRANSPORTATION : Partha Sinha, Biswajit Dutta, Satyajit Gupta
Decoration
BoD MEMBER :
Soma Prasad
COORDINATOR :
Saumi Nandy and Ujjayan Banerjee
VOLUNTEERS :
Sushil Pramanick
Anya Pramanick
Anasua Kusari
Amala Mandal
Amit Ganguly
Atraye Banerjee
Babli Chakraborty
Chumki De Sarkar
Kanika Ghosh
Meera Ganguly
Payel Sasmal
Samita Sarkar
Soma Prasad
Devjani (Mumu) Sarkar
Mini Mukherjee
Poly Purkait
Sarbani Mullick
Soumitra Guha
Rituparna Chakraborty
Partho Mandal
Ruba Sanyal
Shelley Deb
Soumitra Sarkar
Roshni Shetty Biswas
Soumya Mukherjee
Rumki Guha
Subhra Banerjee
Sudeshna Halder
Reema Chakrabarty
Sudeshna Roy
Tarun Maitra
Pallab Halder
Nandini Rudra Ganguly
Kallol Chattopadhyay
Chiranjib Dasgupta
Rupsi Burman
Ishani Ganguli
KIDS TEAM :
Ankita Guha
Sohini(Mimi) Halder
Roma Burman
Tia De Sarkar
Bakul Banerjee
Aurnov Chattopadhyay
Anika Biswas
Abiral Ganguly
Tanya Roy
Mallhar Roop Gupta
Shayon(Rishi) Halder
Reception, Membership, Fund Raising and Collection
BoD MEMBER :
Jyoti Kusari and Soma Prasad
COORDINATOR :
Mithu Das , Ram Sen & Sunetra Sen ( welcome booth )
VOLUNTEERS :
Subhra Banerjee
Dipak Roy
Nandini Ganguly
Samita Sarkar
Mitali Gupta
Mithu Das
Jyoti Kusari
Sudeshna Halder
Nilanjana Chakraborty
Tuli Gupta
Soma Prasad
Anasua Kusari
Shelly Deb
Reema Chakraborty
Shyamal Nandy
Saumi Nandy
Bhuvana Rao
Payel Sasmal
Siddharth Dasgupta
Jayshree Dutta
Poly Purkait
Manmohan Bhamra
Devjani (Mumu) Sarkar
Soma Sarkar
Somnath Sarkar
Saivendra Kayal
Nupur Kayal
Jyotishko Ganguly
Kallol Chattopadhyay
VOLUNTEERS TEEN:
Anish Sasmal
Bakul Banerjee
Ishani Ganguli , Mimi Halder
Neela Chakraborty
Rohit Banerjee
Romit Gupta
Titas Chakraborty
Hashnu Das Gupta
Devina Sen , Trina Sarkar
TECHNOLOGY :
Sumanta Chakraborty and Soumya Mukherjee
QUICKBOOKS ACCOUNTING :
Josh Mitra
Food
BoD MEMBER :
Soma Sarkar
COORDINATOR :
Jyoti Kusari
VOLUNTEERS :
Girish Roy
Madhu Kundu
Jayanta Majumdar
Lipika Majumdar
Koushik Sasmal
Shantanu Sarkar
Payel Sasmal
Rajdeep Chatterjee
Rahul Chatterjee
Saikat Paul
Apurba Tribedi
Apurba Dutta
Chiranjib Dasgupta
Sanjukta Chowdhuri (Bulbul)
Sumanta Chakraborty
Rima Chakraborty
Anjali Dutta
Rituparna Chakraborty
Anasua Kusari
Biman Ghosh
Tapan Sengupta
Payel Paul
Somnath Sarkar
Kanika Ghosh
Saikat Sarkar
Nishit Mukhopadhyay
Lipi Mukhopadhyay
KIDS TEAM :
Titas
Neela
Tinni
Roopsa
Roddur
Todo
Puja
Rai
Facilities and Transport Management
Tridivesh Kidambi
Raja Ghosh
Amalesh Pradhan
Swarup Kumar Das
Soham Punjabi
Rahul Ghosh
Sumanta Chakraborty
Satyajit Gupta
Subhojit Dhara
Pratanu Ghosh
Debashish Ghosh
Amit Samanta
Publication
BoD Member : Shukla Sarkar
Coordinator : Rumi Bagchi Bhawal
Volunteers : Soumya Mukherjee, Apurba Tribedi
and Swarup Kumar Das
Welcome Team
New Member Welcome Team
Coordinator : Ram and Sunetra Sen
Volunteers : Arpita and Utpal Banerjee ,
Deep and Kanika Ghosh ,
Ujjayan Banerjee, Monisha Bhattacharya,
Kheya Editorial Board
Reema Chakraborty, Nilanjana Chakraborty,
Chief -Editor : Jyotishko Ganguly
Editors
: Prasun De, Jayanta K. Chakrabarti,
Sukumar Pal, Dipak Bagchi,
Swarup Kumar Das, Asok Nandi
and Rumi Bagchi-Bhawal
Publisher
: Swarup Kumar Das
Saikat and Rituparna Chakraborty,
Kallol Chattopadhyay, Sanjukta Chowdhury,
Shelly and Pratik Deb, Sandip De Sarkar,
Jyotishko and Meera Ganguli,
Rahul and Debarati Ganguli,
Bipasha Ghosh, Rumki Guha,
Rita Goswami, Sudeshna Haldar
Ankur Editorial Board
Sarbani Mallick
Chief - Editor : Adrija Chakrabarty
Editors
: Adrika Chakraborty, Sohini Halder
Shreya Chattopadhyay, Roop Gupta
Aurnov Chattopadhay ,Raima Ghosh,
Sujata Chowdhury , Bakul Banerjee,
Poly Purkait and Sushil Pramanick,
Rupsha Chakraborty , Roddur Dasgupta
Front Cover Art: Rohit Banerjee
Back Cover Art: Raima Ghosh
Payel and Koushik Sasmal,
Nishit Mukhopathay , Lipi Mukhopadhay
Photographers
Volunteer Photographers
Biman Ghosh,
Sushil Pramanik,
Newsletter Team
Deep Ghosh,
Coordinators and BoD Member : Shukla Sarkar
Editors : Rumi Bagchi-Bhawal , Shukla Sarkar
Druba Bose Roy , Apurba Trivedi
Publisher: Apurba Tribedi
Swarup Kumar Das,
Website, Brochure ,Facebook & Email
Webmaster : Rumi Bagchi Bhawal
Web Designer: Swarup Kumar Das
Web Art : Saumi Nandi
Facebook: Nilanjana Chakraborty & Shelly Deb
Email : Amalesh Pradhan
Brochure : Swarup Kumar Das
Invitation Card
Design : Saumi Nandy and Deep Ghosh
Logistics : Subhra and Atraye Banerjee
Rumi Bagchi Bhawal
Marketing
BoD Member : Sushil Pramanick
Chief Sponsor Liason: Dr. Amal Guha
BASC Presidents 1971-2013
Dr. Anjan Bhaumik
Ranjan Guha
Ranjit Roy
Dr. Bijoy Pal
1971-1973
1973-1978
1975-77,1983-84
1978-80,1998-2000
Prasun De
Chandan Das
Amitava Raksit
Dr. Mani Ghosh
Dr. Nandita Pal
1982-83
1984-1986
1986-88
1988-90
1990-1991
Sipra Sengupta
Samir Sanyal
Anjali Ghosh
Dr. Biman Ghosh
Shyamal Nandi
1991-1992
1992-1994
1994-95
1995-98
2000-02
Arun Roychowdhuri
2002-04
Dr. Pinaki
Chakrabarti
1980-82
Kallol Chattopadhay
Anjan Ghosh
Soumya Mukherjee
Deep Ghosh
2004-06
2006-2008
2008-11
2012 - 13
Year
Milestone
1968
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The first Bijoya Sammelan organized by the Southern California Bengali Community
1969
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First Saraswati Puja and First Picnic
1971
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Formation of SCBCA – Southern California Bengali Cultural Association
1973
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First preschool children’s dance program staged
1974
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Kheya Magazine (hand written) published
1979
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First Durga Puja Celebration with Pratima from India
Name Change approved in committee: To BASC - BENGALI ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA
Mahanayak Uttam Kumar came to BASC Event
BASC (with Tax exempt status) registered with the State of California. New Constitution adopted
BASC became member of FIA—Federation of India Associations and took part in the all India celebration of 15th. August
Bengali Schools started in Pasadena, Diamond Bar, and Orange County
Kheya magazine revived & Newsletter Started
Area representatives appointed for engaging members in greater Southern California
1984
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Started youth magazine—YOUTH EXPRESSION
Copyrights from U.S. Library of Congress was obtained for KHEYA and BASC Newsletter
BASC logo was selected, adopted and copyrighted through open competition.
1988
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Second Durga Pratima from India
ANKUR magazine started and KHEYA published in printed form.
1990-91
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1980-82
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BASC MILESTONES
1998
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Scholarships to outstanding High School Students
Fund raising for flood victims in Bengal
Laxmi Puja started publicly
BASC co-organized the 1992 Los Angeles Banga Sammelan
First Bengali Directory published
Re-registered names with the State of California—BASC, SCBCA, BAC, KHEYA, ANKUR, and
BASC logo
First Web Site for BASC started
2002
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25th anniversary of BASC Durga Puja
Third Pratima from India
Centralized web-based member database started
BASC officially started donating to non-profit organizations in India and USA.
2009
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BASC constitution re-written and ratified as per latest State and Federal regulations.
Executive Committee members formed Board of Directors.
Electronic (e-mailed) receipt for member donations and payments incorporated.
2010
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Launched BASC online newsletter—Sambad Bichitra
Formed Advisory Board to conduct elections
2011
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40th Anniversary of BASC/SCBCA
Green initiative launched to reduce paper communication
Schools formally brought under BASC as autonomous entities
Patha Bhaban Bengali School started in Valley
Pathsala Irvine Bengali School which started independently in 2001 – Longest running Bengali
school in Southern California
2012
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BASC Facebook Page Launched
BASC Milestone document introduced
2013
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4th New Pratima from India
Collaboration between BASC & Dakhini
1992-94
2008
Suggestions: please email info@bascweb.org
BASC Sponsors - 2013
( Till 14th Oct 2013 )
Grand Sponsor(s)
Tridivesh and Tulika Kidambi , Jon D Self
Platinum Sponsor(s)
Prabir and Rekha Bakshi
Diamond Sponsor(s)
Utpal and Arpita Banerjee , Soumya Kanti and Sanchayita Mukherjee
Gold Sponsor (s)
Kallol and Mitra Chattopadhyay, Bikram and Rajashri Choudhury, Dipankar and Ipsita Das,
Apurba and Jayshree Dutta, Devasis Ghose and Annu Sharma, Deep and Kanika Ghosh, Amal
and Gopa Guha, Biplab and Mita Guha, Saivendra and Nupur Kayal, Jyotirmoy and Anasua
Kusari, Basu and Piyali Mukherjee, Madan and Asita Mukhopadhyay, Pratapaditya and
Chitralekha Pal and Soumitra and Devjani Sarkar.
Silver Sponsor(s)
Mithu and Rajat Das, Shantanu and Samita Sarkar,Somnath and Mandavi Chattopadhyay
Subhra Kumar and Atraye Banerjee, Joydeep and Saheli Banerjee, Somangsu and
Manisha Bhattacharya, Tamal and Sarmishtha Chakraborty, Debabrata and
Benefactors
Maitreyee Chakraborty, Ratul and Anamika Chatterjee, Siddharth Dasgupta and
Rati Verma, Birendra and Kumkum Dutt, Manab and Mala Dutt, Koushik and Anjali Dutta,Rahul and Debarati
Ganguli, Amit Kumar Ganguly and Nandini Rudra Ganguly, Subhodip and Bipasha Ghosh, Sukumar and Bharati
Ghosh, Soumitra and Rumki Guha, Kaberi Haldar, Tarun Maitra and Soma Prasad, Swapan and Mitra Nag,
Shyamal and Dipali Nandi, Sushil Pramanick and Poly Purkait, Dipankar Purkayastha and Bhuvana Rao, Ajay
and Sandhya Ray, Ashok and Roma Roy, Sujit and Jyotsna Roy, Manoj and Anindita Samanta, Dipak and Chitra
Sarkar, Somnath and Soma Sarkar and An anonymous donor
Patrons Arijit and Atreyee Bal, Taradas and Bharati Bandyopadhyay, Prabir and Sila Bhattacharya, Anjan and
Mayashree Bhaumik, Biplab Bhawal and Rumi Bagchi Bhawal, Nivedita Bhowmick, Asok and Nanda Biswas, Debarshi and Roshni Biswas, Ajit and Dhruba Bose Roy, Leena and David Brown, Bijan and Rita Chakrabarti, Buddhadev and Santa Chakrabarti, Pinaki and Manjulika Chakrabarti, Saikat and Rituparna Chakraborty, Sumanta and
Jhuma Chakraborty, Supriya and Mala Chakraborty, Utpal and Sharmistha Chakraborty, Siddharta and Pragna
Chakravarti, Sudip and Nilanjana Chakroborty, Alok and Lopamudra Chatterjee, Samir and Madhumita Chatterjee,
Bishnu and Suparna Chattopadhyay, Sidhartha and Sanjukta Chowdhury, Chiranjib and Gargi Dasgupta,
Rabindranath and Parul Datta, Biswajit Dutta and Dhruba Dutta Sanyal, Jyotishko and Meera Ganguly, Biman K and
Srabani Ghosh, Sujal and Rinku Ghosh, Ashim and Sujata Ghosh, Arunabha Gupta and Dayita Datta, Satyajit and
Tuli Gupta, Pallab and Sudeshna Halder, Partha and Runa Kargupta, Madhusudan and Sikha Kundu, Jayanta and
Lipika Majumdar, Sabyasachi and Arpita Mitra, Ananta Mukerji and Kumkum Mukherjee, Suparna Mukherjee and
Amit Karande, Narendra and Rita Parson, Mrinmoy K. and Rita Paul, Amalesh and Swati Pradhan, Partha and Sarbani Pramanik, Sagar K. and Patralika Raksit, Girish and Pradipta Roy, Kishore and Sudeshna Roy, Benoy and Lolita Samanta, Niladri and Rita Sarkar, Koushik and Payel Sasmal, Pradeep and Sunita Saxena, Kalachand and Sudeshna Seal, Monidipa and Tarun Sharma, Manojit and Yolanda Sinha
BASC Sponsors - 2012
Platinum Sponsor(s)
Prabir and Rekha Bakshi
Diamond Sponsor(s)
Bikram and Rajashri Choudhury , St Mary Hospital
Gold Sponsor (s)
Shantanu & Samita Sarkar
Deep and Kanika Ghosh
Utpal and Arpita Banerjee
Saivendra and Nupur Kayal
Mithu and Rajat Das
Sukumar and Bharati Ghosh
Birendra and Kumkum Dutt
Biplab and Mita Guha
Apurba and Jayshree Dutta
Amal and Gopa Guha
Devasis Ghose
Koushik and Anjali Dutta
Soumitra and Devjani Sarkar
Madan and Asita Mukhopadhyay
State Bank of India California
Pratapaditya and Chitralekha Pal
Debabrata (Raja) and Maitrayee Chakraborty
Soumya Kanti and Sanchayita Mukherjee
Silver Sponsor(s)
Kallol and Mitra Chattopadhyay , Don and Premanjali Ganguly
Benefactors
Subhodip and Bipasha Ghosh
Subhra Kumar and Atraye Banerjee
Biplab Bhawal and Rumi Bagchi Bhawal
Sushil Pramanick & Poly Purkait
Somnath and Mandavi Chattopadhyay
Basu and Piyali Mukherjee
Somnath and Soma Sarkar
Tathagata and Monalisa Dasgupta
Asok and Nanda Biswas
Tridivesh and Tulika Kidambi
Swapan and Mitra Nag
Sujit and Jyotsna Roy
Manab and Mala Dutt
Dipankar Purkayastha and Bhuvana Rao
Manas and Jayasri Roy Chowdhuri
Ronald S and Gitali Kundargi
Pradeep and Sunita Saxena
Tarun Maitra and Soma Prasad
Dipak and Chitra Sarkar
Patrons
Somangsu and Manisha Bhattacharya
Tamal and Sarmishtha Chakraborty
Sumanta and Madhumita Chakravarti
Samir and Madhumita Chatterjee
Ratul and Anamika Chatterjee
Rabindranath and Parul Datta
Jyotishko and Meera Ganguly
Soumitra and Rumki Guha
Satyajit and Tuli Gupta
Pallab and Sudeshna Halder
Partha and Runa Kargupta
Amit Kumar Ganguly and Nandini Rudra
Ganguly
Anjan and Mayashree Bhaumik
Nivedita Bhowmick
Milan Chakrabarty
Saikat and Rituparna Chakraborty
Sumanta and Jhuma Chakraborty
Supriya and Mala Chakraborty
Prasun K. and Manjari De
Sandip De Sarkar and Chumki Sen
Madhusudan and Sikha Kundu
Jyotirmoy and Anasua Kusari
Mrinmoy K. and Rita Paul
Sagar K. and Patralika Raksit
Ajit and Dhruba Bose Roy
Bijan and Rita Chakrabarti
Buddhadev and Santa Chakrabarti
Bishnu and Suparna Chattopadhyay
Debanik and Shampa Chaudhuri
Sidhartha and Sanjukta Chowdhury
Chiranjib and Gargi Dasgupta
Siddharth Dasgupta and Rati Verma
Rahul and Debarati Ganguli
Geetimala and Supratim Mukherjee
Jishnu Mullick and Rakhi Dasgupta
Narendra and Rita Parson
Seminar at SAT 19th OCT 5 PM CHORAL ROOM