DURGA PUJA 2014 শারদ উত্সব ১৪২১

The Bengali Association of Southern California
DURGA PUJA 2014
শারদ উত্সব ১৪২১
Dear Friends,
Welcome to 36th Durga Puja of BASC in 2014.
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.
This year we had a lot of festivities. We started with Saraswati Puja. Following the
tradition, we had Dol in Bharat Sevashram Sangha. We had two mid-year cultural
program with renowned external artists, Rabindra Jayanti with Kamalini Mukherjee
and Natyamela with Debshankar Halder. 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 collaboration with Dakshini and had two common cultural programs
- BASC, Dakshini and Sanatan Bengali Society together conducted Dol (Basanta
Utsab)
- BASC and Dakshini conducted a very successful Mahalaya in Bharat Sevashram
Sangha where more than 350 members of both organizations attended.
In future you will see many collaboration between all the Bengali Societies.
My vision is to have a Unified Bengali Community in Southern California in which
all of us will collaborate.
This year, I am delighted that we have announced Sathi, BASCs voluntary wing.
Sathi is in formation stage now and will help our senior citizens, members who are
settling down and members who are suffering from illness.
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
Puja
Schedule
Friday, October 3
5:00 - 6:00 pm | Bodhan & Sashthi
6:30 - 7:00 pm | Aarati
Saturday, October 4
8:30 - 12:30 pm | Saptami Puja & Pushpanjali
1:30 - 4:30 pm | Ashtami Puja & Pushpanjali
5:30 - 6:30 pm | Sandhi Puja & Aarati
Sunday, October 5
8:30 - 12:30 pm | Nabami Puja & Pushpanjali
12:30 - 1:15 pm | Homa
1:30-3:30 pm | Dashami Puja & Shantijal
4:00 - 5:00 pm | Sindur Khela & Mishti Mukh
Lakshmi Puja, Saturday, October 11
6:30-7:00 pm | Lakshmi Puja
Entertainment
Schedule
Friday, October 3
9:00 pm | Shruti Natak - Musical Chair
9:40 pm | Ivy Banerjee
Saturday, October 4
3:00 pm | Kids’ Drawing Contest
8:00 pm | Yeh Shaam Mastani
9:00 pm | Arnab Chakrabarty
Sunday, October 5
1:45 pm | Drawing Contest Awards Ceremony
2:15 pm | Sufi Raina Dance Program
2:30 pm | Pathshala Natok
3:30 pm | Dhunuchi Nach
5:00 pm | Peeriti Kanthaler Atha
Saturday, October 11
8:00 pm | Pathabhaban Natok
8:40 pm | Shaheb Chatterjee
BASC fondly Remembers
Smt. Chhabi Chakraborti
Chhabi Chakrabarti was mother to Sri Jayanta Kumar Chakrabarti and a longtime
member of BASC. She was a beloved mother, grandmother, sister, and aunt. A
gifted graduate from Bethune College, Kolkata and a noble advocate for education, she was well known for her endless desire to teach and spread the word of
faith across generations. She has left an imprint on many individuals, and she will
be deeply missed.
Dr. Sachindra Kumar Chakraborti
Dr. Sachindra Kumar Chakraborti was father to Sri Jayanta Kumar Chakrabarti
and a longtime member of BASC. A man of great honor,
Dr. Sachindra Kumar Chakraborti, passed away unexpectedly in April. A beloved father, grandfather, husband, brother, and uncle, he has left behind countless memories of his benevolence, his everlasting wisdom, and innumerable
contributions to the world of science. He is lovingly remembered and missed
by many.
Sri Kali Pratim Datta Chowdhury
Kali Pratim passed away last February and is survived by his wife, Joystana, and
two children, Kali Prasun (Duke) and Priyanka (Diana). He achieved many levels
of excellence in his academic and professional career, with several noted distinctions. He served as the prestigious District Commissioner of Kusthia in Bangladesh, and he was an active volunteer and philanthropist during his time in the
United States. He became the vice president of KPC Resolution Company. Kali
Pratim was well read and articulate, someone who would understand and appreciate everyone’s personal point of view. He will be greatly missed by everyone who
knew and loved him.
Sri Subir Mitra –Obituary by Sagar Rakshit
Subir passed away on this September leaving wife Anita and daughter Jayita
behind. Subir attended Jadavpur University and was a member of the University
Rowing Club. Subir comes from a respectable family in Barackpore. He was one
of the early Bengali settlers in LA area and was involved in BASC activities from
its very inception. He loved marshal art and was a Karate Black Belt. He did his
M.S. in Computer Science from Cal State LB and worked in that field for several
years. He was also involved in several Bengali dramas staged by BASC at various
Pujas. He was a well liked gentle soul ever present at the BASC functions and his
absence will be greatly felt. May his soul rest in peace.
Sri Ganendra Purakayastha
Mr. GKP had a very bright academic career - Bachelors in Engineering from IIT
Kharagpur followed by 3 masters. He conducted researched in several reputed
places including NASA. His friends remember him as a very bright, yet unassuming and pure hearted person. He never married and enjoyed the life as a single person. He was helpful to everyone around, however he himself rarely asked for help.
He enjoyed music and good food - his favorite being fish curry and mango. Being
a Bengali, he was deeply attached to Mother Durga and Kali, Chaitanya
Mahaprabhu and Sri Ramkrishna. His spirituality pulled him to all temples and
Gurudwaras in the locality. In his last 5-6 months, he was not keeping good
health. Even in that tough condition, he kept to himself, rarely asking for help. He
is remembered fondly by the community.
Sri Tarit Sengupta
Tarit Sengupta was a longtime resident of Diamond Bar, and he survived by his
wife Papri, son Suman (Joy), and several cousins in Northern California. Tarit
graduated from BE College, Shibpur in 1959. After working for several years in
India he and Papri came to the US in 1971. They initially settled in the San Francisco Bay Area and he worked in major projects for engineering/construction companies, relocating to construction sites as the job required. In 1984, the family
moved to Diamond Bar. Tarit’s health declined during the past few years and he
retired from work about seven years ago. Tarit was a kind and gracious person and
he will be lovingly remembered by all those who knew him.
Sri Samar Sircar
Samar Sircar was a passionate and benevolent surgeon, residing in Rolling Hills,
CA since 1978. His skillfulness as a doctor was paralleled by his compassion for
all those around him, from performing surgeries pro bono to taking the time to
listen to every person’s problems. Dr. Sircar additionally showed a great interest
in the celebration and promotion of Indian Culture in the US. While in Norfolk,
Virginia, he was to celebrate Saraswati Pujo in the Community. In Southern California, he founded the Indian Association of Palos Verdes. Samar Sircar passed
away this March, and is survived by his wife Vidya, his three daughters, Kanta,
Anita, Shoma, and his son Shuvo. Countless friends and family from around the
world have recounted how much he had touched their lives, and his impact will
never be forgotten.
Smt. Lakshmi Shankar
Smt. Lakshmi Shankar was a legendary maestro of north Indian classical music
and a stalwart of bhajans. She is survived by her son, Kumar Shankar, her daughter
-in-law, Anita Shankar, her granddaughter, Devika Shankar, and her grandson, Siddhartha Shankar. Shankar was one of the foremost and well-known vocalists of
India and was trained in various disciplines, including Bharat Natyam, Carnatac
music, and Rabinra Sangeet. She has been honored with numerous awards, both in
India and the United States, and even received a Grammy nomination. Our deep
condolences go out to the family, friends and fans all over the world.
Dinner
7:00 PM
Musical Chairs
Shruti Natok
Musical Chairs is a comedy involving twenty five ladies
from our community. It is about the typical ladies’ gossip
which happens in a party or social gathering in the Bengali
community in USA. All characters are fictitious and involving as many ladies as possible in the play was the main focus of the play. The story is totally brainless (with no cerebral content!) and the main purpose is just to have fun from
both ends - the audience and the participants.
Participants: Jayshree Dutta, Atreye Banerjee, Suparna
Chakraborty, Sapu Roy, Poly Purkait, Shelly Deb, Simonti
Mukhopadhyay, Rumki Guha, Saumi Nandy, Sanchayita
Mukherjee, Samita Sarkar, Payel Sasmal, Sudeshna Halder,
Babli Chakraborty, Nilanjana Chakraborty, Mou Tribedi,
Rupsi Burman, Arpita Mitra, Lupin Chatterjee, Kuntala
Mitra
Director/Coordinator : Monalisa Dasgupta
Original Script: Sudipta Bhowmick
Revised Script: Monalisa Dasgupta
IVY banerjee
Light Classical Music
Ivy Banerjee is a bright and shining star in the realm of Hindustani Classical music. She showed her interest in music at a very early
age and her mother Mrs. Tapati Banerjee started teaching her music
when she was only three years old. She went on to receive music lessons from Mr. Amal Mukherjee, Mrs. Bharati Kar Choudhury and for
the last ten years, she has been maturing under her guidance of Prof.
Nihar Ranjan Banerjee. She has also received training from Late Bidushi Sipra Bose.
Within a short span of time, Ivy has achieved a lot of accolades including several awards in various classical music competitions at the
state and national levels. She received first prize at the prestigious
Dover Lane Music Competition in Thumri and Dadra in 2003. She
was awarded the best singer ("Tarar Sera") in a musical talent show
named "Eto Noy Shudhu Gaan", which was organized by Tara Muzik
channel. Currently she is a regular guest performer on "Aaj Shokaler
Amontrone" - an immensely popular TV show on Tara.
Ivy travels throughout India as well as abroad to bring her musical
magic to her ever receptive audiences. She has performed at Bangamela at Columbus, Ohio in 2008 and she visited the USA during Durga
Puja hosted by Saikat at Tampa Bay, Florida in 2010.
Lunch 12:30 PM
Kid’s Drawing Contest: 3:00 PM
Yeh Shaam Mastani
100 years of Bollywood
Dinner 6:30 PM
Fashion meets dance to celebrate 100 years of Indian cinema, starting with
the feature film "Raja Harishchandra" released 3rd May, 1913. The program
will include glimpses of movies from the 60's all the way to 2013 with live
performances and demonstrations of contemporary dresses by members of
our Bengali community.
Program Director: Somnath Sarkar Program Design and Coordinaton: Babli Chakrabarti
Sound : Koushik Dutta and Tapan Chaudhuri
Light : Koushik Sasmal, Pratik Deb, Shubhra Bannerjee and Subhankar Aich
Projection: Shantanu Sarkar
Compere: Rupsi Burman
Stage Manager: Kanika Ghosh and Shelly Deb
Costume/Make Up/Stage Decoration: Shyamal Nandi, Rumki Guha, Manjulika Roy, Krishnendu
Saha, Sudip Chakravarti, Rajib Roy, Sabyasachi Mitra, Nandini Ganguly, Chhabi Chakraborty, Tamal
Chakrabarti, Tathagata Dasgupta
Dance Choreography: Babli Chakravarti, Debajyoti Roy, Dipanwita Batabyal, Ilona Maitra,
Nilanjana Chakrabarty, Nilantika Gupta (Dona), Pallab Halder, Rajesh Gupta, Roma Roy, Sankhamala Bardhan
Performers: Abiral Ganguly, Anika Guha, Ankita Guha, Ishani Ganguly , Master Rohan, Sambodh
Mitra (Gugul), Shinjini Das
Anita Chatterjee (Mithu), Anushua Kusari, Dhruba Bose-Roy, Dipali Nandi, Dipanwita Batabyal, Gopa Thilakan, Ilona Maitra, Kuntala Mitra, Lopa Chowdhury, Lupin Chatterjee, Monalisa Dasgupta,
Nilanjana Chakravarty, Nilantika Chakraborty (Donna), Paromita Chatterjee, Roma Roy, Rumki
Guha, Samita Sarkar (Mimi), Sankhamala Bardhan , Sami Ghanshyam, Saumi Nandy,
Shampa Chaudhuri , Sharmila Saha, Sharmistha Chakrabarti, Shelly Deb, Sipra Sengupta,
Simonti Mukhopadhyay, Soma Prasad , Srijita Sarkar (Payal), Sudeshna Halder,
Susmita Mukherjee
Alok Chatterjee, Debajyoti Roy, Dipankar Das, Goutam Mitra, Jyotishko Ganguly,
Pallab Halder, Pinaki Chakrabarti, Rahul Chatterjee (Shasha), Rahul Ghosh,
Rajdeep Chatterjee (Ananda), Rajesh Gupta, Rupak Das, Sanmay Mukhopadhyay,
Soumitra Guha, Sudipta Burman, Tarun Maitra, Ujjayan Banerjee
Arnab Chakrabarty
Live in Convert
Arnab Chakraborty is an extremely versatile singer who has
been a stage performer since the age of fifteen. He has significant
classical vocal training and has been under the tutelage of a number
of vocalists of the Agra and Gwalior Gharanas. He has trained with
gurus like Gautam Mukerjee and Achyut Thakur and won the National Collegiate Competition for Music and Dance three years in a
row between 1995 and 1997. Despite having a strong background in
Hindustani classical music, he always dreamed of making a name for
himself in Bollywood. He started his career by singing advertisement
jingles, remixes and regional movie songs. He shot to fame with the
immensely popular "Wada raha pyar se pyar ka" song from Khakee in
2004, which earned him nominations for The Best Male Playback
singer at the Zee Cine Awards and at the Stardust Awards. Subsequently he has worked with several renowned composers in Bollywood like Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Jatin-Lalit, Shantanu Moitra and
others. In 2008, he was crowned as the champion of the TV reality
show "K for Kishore" by the legendary singer Asha Bhosle. Thereafter he signed an exclusive contract with Sony and Saregama India
Limited (HMV). Times Music has released his debut solo Indipop albumNaam, which is a beautiful blend of western, folk, and classical
music. His latest gift to music lovers is the song "Jiya" from the 2014
Hindi movie Gunday.
Awards for
Lunch drawing contest
12:30 PM
1:45PM
Sufi Raina
Katthak Recital
Sufi Raina completed her Masters in Kathak under the tutelage of Dr.
Santosh Vyas from Apeejay College of Fine Arts. She also holds a
Masters in Psychology from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
Trained in Jaipur Gharana, Sufi taught Kathak as a lecturer at KMV
College Jalandhar for three years. During this time she taught dance
as a major to under - graduate students. She also choreographed
performances for the university and national level youth festivals
where her work earned appreciation and accolades. She was invited to
England by the North Somerset Music Service as a part of a teacher's cultural exchange program to perform and teach Kathak in
schools and introduce students to Indian classical dance. She has
choreographed many dance performances for stage, national television
and was an assistant choreographer for the movie Heer Ranjha. Sufi
moved to Southern California in 2011
and has been actively
performing on various events
organized by Indian and
International Cultural
Associations of Southern California.
Laptop Lopat
Pathshala Natok
The middle school in this little community is in a turmoil. One of the new
kids has been accused of stealing another student's laptop. But when the
principal tries to find the truth by interviewing various people, she finds that
the versions of "what really happened" widely vary.
The mystery of stolen laptop does not get solved. But the principal learns a valuable
lesson that people look at events through the colored glasses of their own
preconceived beliefs.
Participants: Shohan Dey, Roma Burman, Anya Pramanick, Paroma Ganguly, Riddhi (Ria)
Banerjee, Arin Sasmal, Rishi Halder, Pramit Mazumder, Shounok Ghosh, Ayush Sen,
Indranil Ganguly, Ankita Guha, Tia De Sarkar, Ashmita Deb, Abiral Ganguly, Rishav
Ghosh, Sohini Halder
Direction: Pallab Haldar and Pratik Deb
Story: Soumya Mukherjee
Sound: Soumya Mukherjee and Tanuka Chaklanobis
Light: Pratik Deb
Dance Choreography: Shelly Deb and Tanuka Chaklanobis
Costume: Soumitra & Rumki Guha
Backstage Team: Pathsala Parents
Dhunuchi Nach
Religious Dance
Dhunuchi Naach is a quintessential part of the Durga Puja
celebrations. It’s a traditional “arati” dance in front of the idol of
Ma Durga to offer salutations and to seek Ma’s blessings. It’s a
very rhythmic dance to the tune of beautiful heart throbbing
dhaak beats. This program starts with a depiction of Ma Durga as
Mahishasura Mardini, followed by a group dhunuchi naach and a
dhunuchi naach competition.
Program Directors: Pradipta Roy and Simonti Mukhopadhyay
Dance Choreography: Simonti Mukhopadhay
Coordinators: Sunetra Sen, Shelly Deb, Payel Sasmal
Participants: Devina Sen, Kristy Mukerjee, Shelly Deb, Payel
Sasmal, Kanika Ghosh, Poly Purkait,Soma Sarkar, Lipika Majumdar, Tanuka Chaklanobis, Sudeshna Haldar, Manju Ray, Sunetra
Sen, Simonti Mukhopadhyay, Monalisa Dasgupta, Swapna Ray,
Anasua Kusari,
Paromita Chatterjee, Anindita Ghoshal,
Sushil Pramanick,
Ram Sen, Mrinmoy Paul, Shyamal Nandi
Peeriti Kanthaler Atha
Musical Natok
Bengalis are born romantic. Boys grow crush before they grow mustache... and let's not
talk about girls. This program is a tribute to lovers of all ages and will span several decades. The program will combine actors, singers and dancers for an incredibly funny and
highly enjoyable performance.
Story and Direction: Soumya Mukherjee
Actors: Sanmay Mukhopadhyay, Ujjayan Banerjee, Tuli Gupta, Satyajit Gupta
Singers: Dipankar Das, Maitreyee Chakrabarty, Saikat Chakrabarty, Rituparna Chakrabarty,
Subhra Banerjee, Satyajit Gupta, Anita Chatterjee, Soumitra Guha, Shampa Choudhuri,
Rupak Chowdhury, Soumya Mukherjee
Dancers: Monami Mukherjee, Krishty Mukherjee, Ishani Ganguly, Mallhar Roop Gupta,
Roddur Dasgupta, Ankita Guha, Ashmita (Tinni) Deb
Rajesh Gupta, Nilantika (Dona) Chakrabarty, Babli Chakrabarty, Tarun Maitra, Soma Prasad, Ujjayan Banerjee, Saumi Nandy, Ananda Chatterjee, Anita Chatterjee, Mou
Tribedi, Sushil Pramanick, Simonti Mukhopadhayay, Dipanwita Batabyal, Mumu Sarkar,
Lopa Chowdhury, Sharmistha Chakrabarty, Rekha Nath, Tanya Das, Samita Sarkar, Roma
Roy
Sound: Soumya Mukherjee,
Light: Pratik Deb
Costume: Soumitra & Rumki Guha
Stage Management: Shelly Deb
Ajob Shaja
Pathbhaban Natok
Sunday Dinner
7:00 PM
Lakshmi Puja Dinner
6:30 PM
Kids from the Valley present Ajob Shaja, a hilarious play
adapted from Sukumar Ray's timeless classic of the same
name. Presented in a Sruti natok format, we promise to keep
you in splits, and with a twist at the end, leave you thinking
about it for a while longer.
Participants: Avik Samanta, Ayush Saha, Abheek Pradhan,
Rushil Ganguli, Pinaki Pramanik, Trimetra Dey, Disha
Ghosh, Aneesha Ghosh, Rohin Ganguli and Drishti Saha
Directed by: Rahul Ganguli
Sound, light, sets and costumes: Parents of PathBhaban
kids
Saheb ChatterJee
Live in Concert
Saheb Chatterjee is a charismatic Bengali singer and actor. He has
particularly distinguished himself in the realm of Rabindra Sangeet
and has been awarded the prestigious Dakshinee Puraskar. In 2004
he launched his acting career in Doordarshan and has acted in several
Tollywood movies in Kolkata, like Goyenda Gogol, 033, Hitlist and
others.
Saheb Chatterjee will grace the stage on our Lakshmi puja and will
present a program entitled "Gaaner Bhuban". He will surely enthral
the audience as he takes us on a journey through different genres of
Bengali as well as Hindi music. This versatile artist's performance will
not only include the evergreen songs of the Nobel Laureate, Tagore
and the songs of the legendary Bollywood music composer & singer,
R. D. Burman, he will also be singing traditional folk songs of Bengal. Saheb's show will be enlivened by the accompaniment of three
other musicians.
মা দূর্গা আসগি তরাই হগয়
ওগর্া মা দূর্গা ক ান সুদূর পগের ক াগর
ক্লান্ত, তুমম তরাই অরণ্য পার গর;
কে পগে এ মদন মগতগর জননী আমার,
কপল লাঞ্ছনা মনষ্কৃমত—ধগর গুপ্ত অমসর ধার;
তুমম এগল, কেগবমিলাম বাজাগবা শঙ্খ,
েুগল সুখ দুগখর জমিল ুমিল অঙ্ক;
কেগবমিলাম কদব উলু, ধরব তুগল দীপ,
পরগবা নব রতগনর হার, ওগর্া মির সুখী
ো পগর কনপাল নৃপমত হত মৃর্য়া মুখী;
আমিম ও মবরাগর্ পমরপূণ্গ কতামার স্বামী,
জানগব না কস েু তুমম ধরার পগে র্ামী;
ম ন্তু হায়, ত দীন, কতামার পে কিগয় নাম ,
অন্ন বস্ত্র কজাগিনা তাগদর, খরাগত লুগি বাম ;
কমাগদর লামর্ নয়, মা, এস কেগব ত্রগের মুখ খামন,
োগর ক উ কদয়না িাল, োত াপগে িানািামন;
কতামার ীমতগ হগত গর োরা অগক্লগশ ধার,
গর তারা গর শত হুঙ্কার ও অহং ার;
পলগ মবনাশ গরা েত াপগণ্যর করশ,
আগনা শামন্তর বামর, খবগ গরা কেষ;
বাউল বাতাগস গরা মুখর মধুর, ওগর্া রাই,
প্রমত বাতায়গন উঁম মদ লালন ও মনমাই;
তুমম নযা, নাম জায়া, মলর মহামায়া,
মূ , বমধর আগি োগলা - মনগয় কতামার িায়া;
অগহতু আস্ফালন গরা কমাগদর মেমমত,
আনগে গরা না অধীর, গরা অবনমমত;
আর জনগম কেন শুধু তব িরগণ্ স্থান পাই,
িাই না - মবদযা, ধন রামশ, শুধু তুমম ওগর্া রাই।
কজযামতষ্ক র্গগাপাধযায়
BASC Felicitations
Each year, BASC aims to thank and congratulate those individuals who have
gone above and beyond their duties. This year BASC felicitations go out to
Malay Kumar Chatterji
For his dedication in conducting Durga Puja for many years
Subhra Banerjee
For his extreme hard efforts in making BASC as a financially solid
Organization
Biman Ghosh
For his dedication in capturing BASC events in photo and video
Dr. Pratapadiya Pal
Congratulating him on his prestigious position - Senior Lectureship of
"Curating & Museology in Asian Art" by American Foundations and the
School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) of the University of
London
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জানাই আন্তমর শারদীয়া প্রীমত
ও শুগেচ্ছা
দমিণ্ী সদসযবৃে
Manilal Bhaumik
Founder
Ranjit Roy
Dr. Anjan Bhaumik
1971
Formation of
SCBCA
Southern
California Bengali
Cultural
Association
1974
First Handwritten
Kheya Published
Ranjan Guha
1984
Youth Magazine
Youth Expression
started
1980
BASC registered with
state of California
1980
Constitution
1973
BASC
Adapted
logo adapted
1979
First Durga Puja
Celebration with
Pratima from India
1973
First preschool
children’s dance
program staged
Pinaki Chakrabarti
Chandan Das
1982
Bengali Schools
established in
Pasadena,
Diamond Bar, and OC
1979
SCBCA name
changed to BASC
Dr. Bijoy Pal
1988
Second Pratima
from India
1988
Ankur Magazine
started
1990
Fundraising for
Bengal flood
Victims
1990
Lakshmi Puja started
publically
1982
BASC
Newsletter
established
Prasun De
Dr. Mani Ghosh
Amitava Raksit
Dr. Nandita Pal
Samir Sanyal
Dr. Biman Ghosh
1998
First BASC
Website
launched
1992
First Bengali
Directory
Arun Roychowdhuri
Anjan Ghosh
Deep Ghosh
2013
4th New Pratima from
India
2002
25th Anniversary
of BASC
2014
Sathi Volunteer wing
established
2013
BASC Dakshini
Collaboration
2014
Bengali communities
come together for Dol
Mahalaya and Bijoya
2002
Third Pratima
from India
1993
All BASC titles
registered with state
of California
2008
Constitution/ Rewrite
Board of Directors
formed
2011
Green Initiative
Launched 2011
2001
Irvine Bangla
School Started
Valley Pathbhaban Bangla
School started
Sipra Sengupta
Anjali Ghosh
Shyamal Nandi
Kallol Chattopadhay
Soumya Mukherjee
Special Thanks to our sponsors
Grand Sponsors | Kali Pradip and Sunanda Chaudhuri.
Platinum Sponsors | Prabir and Rekha Bakshi
Diamond Sponsors | Ajit and Dhruba Bose Roy, Deep and Kanika Ghosh.
Gold Sponsors | Subir K Bandyopadhyay and Debjani Banerjee, Utpal and Arpita
Banerjee, Kallol and Mitra Chattopadhyay, Bikram and Rajashri Choudhury, Mithu and
Rajat Das, Dipankar and Ipsita Das, Tathagata and Monalisa Dasgupta, Amal and Gopa
Guha, Tarun Maitra and Soma Prasad, Ananta Mukerji and Kumkum Mukherjee, Madan
and Asita Mukhopadhyay, Pratapaditya and Chitralekha Pal, Somesh Roy and Jayanti
Tambe, Soumitra and Devjani Sarkar.
Silver Sponsors | Somangsu and Manisha Bhattacharya, Asok and Nanda Biswas,
Somnath
and Mandavi Chattopadhyay, Apurba and Jayshree Dutta, Devasis Ghose and Annu Sharma, Soumitra and
Rumki Guha, Ashok and Roma Roy
Benefactors | Subhra Kumar and Atraye Banerjee, Ashok & Nanda Biswas,Tamal and
Sarmishtha Chakraborty, Birendra and Kumkum Dutt, ,Koushik & Anjali Dutta,Rahul and
Debarati Ganguli, Don and Premanjali Ganguly,Amit Kumar Ganguly and Nandini Rudra Ganguly,
Subhodip and Bipasha Ghosh, Sukumar and Bharati Ghosh, Biplab and Mita Guha, Kaberi Haldar,
Pallab and Sudeshna Halder, Saivendra and Nupur Kayal, Tridivesh and Tulika Kidambi, Jishnu
Mullick and Rakhi Dasgupta, Swapan and Mitra Nag, Sushil Pramanick and Poly Purkait,
Dipankar Purkayastha and Bhuvana Rao, Ajay and Sandhya Ray, Aloke and Indrani Ray, Girish
and Pradipta Roy, Kishore and Sudeshna Roy, Sujit and Jyotsna Roy, Manoj and Anindita Samanta,
Dipak and Chitra Sarkar, Shantanu and Samita Sarkar, Somnath and Soma Sarkar, Kalachand and
Sudeshna Seal, Manojit and Yolanda Sinha
Patrons |Joydeep and Saheli Banerjee, Prabir and Sila Bhattacharya, Anjan and Mayashree
Bhaumik, Nivedita Bhowmick, Rathin and Ratna Biswas, Sudipta and Rupsi Burman, Bijan and
Rita Chakrabarti, Buddhadev and Santa Chakrabarti, Pinaki and Manjulika Chakrabarti, Debabrata and Maitreyee Chakraborty, Saikat and Rituparna Chakraborty, Sumanta and Jhuma
Chakraborty, Supriya and Mala Chakraborty, Sudip and Nilanjana Chakroborty, Alok and Lopamudra Chatterjee, Ayan and Madhuja Chatterjee, Malay Kumar and Sweta Chatterji, Bishnu and
Suparna Chattopadhyay, Sidhartha and Sanjukta Chowdhury, Rupak and Lopa Das, Chiranjib and
Gargi Dasgupta, Siddharth Dasgupta and Rati Verma, Manab and Mala Dutt, Jyotishko and Meera
Ganguly, Biman K and Srabani Ghosh, Dwip and Supti Ghosh, Manindra K and Anjali Ghosh, Ashim
and Sujata Ghosh, Pabitra and Krishnakali Guha Roy Choudhury, Partha and Runa Kargupta,
Madhusudan and Sikha Kundu, Goutam and Kuntala Mitra, Sajal and Lipi Mitra, Sabyasachi and
Arpita Mitra, Shyamal and Dipali Nandi, Bijay Krishna and Nandita Pal, Pradip and Sumitra Roy
Burman, Manas and Jayasri Roy Chowdhuri, Niladri and Rita Sarkar, Koushik and Payel Sasmal,
Pradeep and Sunita Saxena, Ramanupam and Sunetra Sen, Sandip and Sipra Sengupta.
Sponsors 2014
Grand Sponsors | Tridivesh and Tulika Kidambi , Jon D Self
Platinum Sponsors | Prabir and Rekha Bakshi
Diamond Sponsors | Utpal and Arpita Banerjee , Soumya Kanti and Sanchayita
Mukherjee
Gold Sponsors | 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 , Soumitra and Devjani Sarkar.
Silver Sponsors | Mithu and Rajat Das, Shantanu and Samita Sarkar,Somnath and Mandavi Chattopadhyay, Don and Premanjali Ganguly
Benefactors | Subhra Kumar and Atraye Banerjee, Joydeep and Saheli Banerjee, Somangsu and
Manisha Bhattacharya, Tamal and Sarmishtha Chakraborty, Debabrata and 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
Sponsors 2013
Puja would not be possible without our
numerous hard-working and passionate
volunteers
Board of Directors
President Deep Ghosh
Vice President Saikat Chakraborty
Secretary Sushil Pramanick
Treasurer Payel Paul
Cultural Secretary Sunetra Sen
Directors
Shukla Sarkar
Babli Chakraborty
Soma Sarkar
Gautam Karmakar
Amalesh Pradhan
Rahul Ganguli
Compliance Committee
Dipak Sarkar
Dr. Somangsu Bhattacharya
Dr. Madangopal Mukhopadhay
Puja Committee
Prodhan Purohit
Malay Chatterji
Assistant Purohit
Dr. Utpal Banerjee
BoD Member
Babli Chakrobarty
Coordinator
Arpita Mitra
Sweta Chatterji
Flowers
Nilima Mondol
Fruits
Sushil Pramanick
Poly Purkait
Anya Pramanick
Chandi Paath
Dr. Chitto Sarkar
Dr. Madan Gopal Mukhopadhay
Dr. Pinaki Chakraborty
Special Assistants and Donors
Nandita & Bijoy Pal
Lipi Mitra
Dhruba Bose Roy
Runa KarGupta
Manjulika Ray
Tuli & Satyajit Gupta
Rastri Kidambi
Keya Chakraborty
Anindita Samanta
Shelly Deb
Sudeshna Haldar
Gitali Kundargi
Jhumur Bhattachrjee
Keya Chatterjee
Santa Chakraborty
Rumi Bagchi
Sandhya Roy
Jaya Bhattacharya
Swapna Nandi
Sikha Kundu
Payel Sasmal
Mollika Ray
Rita Sarkar
Shukla Sarkar
Sunita Saxena
Mita Guha
Rumki Guha
Saumi Nandy
Atraye Banerjee
Bani Ghosh
Anjana Basu
Mou Roy
Rupsi Burman
Poly Purkait
Pompa Banerji
Soma Sarkar
Swati Sengupta
Rupali Roy
Mitali Das
Basudha Sinha
Dhruba Datta
Sujata Ganguli
Sujata Chakroborty
Kanika Ghosh
Mitali Gupta
Bipasha Ghosh
Raja Ghosh
Amalesh Pradhan
Mitra Chatterjee
Bharati Bandhopadhyay
Maya & Anjan Bhaumik
Patralika Rakhit
Manisha Bhattacharya
Nivedita Sanyal
Jayshree Chaudhuri
Lolita Samanta
Mala Chakrabarty
Anjali Dutta
Sudeshna Roy
Nandini Rudra Ganguly
Mandavi Chattopadhay
Swapna Ray
Soma Prasad
Chhanda Dutta
Dr. Bharati Ghosh
Chumki De Sarkar
Samita (Mimi) Sarkar
Jayashree Dutta
Simonti Mukherjee
Meera Ganguly
Nilanjana Chakraborty
Jhuma (Reema) Chakraborty
Arundhuti (Mou) Tridebi
Devjani (Mumu) Sarkar
Suparna Chattopadhay
Alok & Indrani Ray
Nilantika Chakraborty
Sharmistha Chakroborty
Rituparna Chakroborty
Sahana Chakroborty
Asim & Sujata Ghosh
Trina Mukherjee
Aparna Choudhury
Entertainment
BoD Member
Sunetra Sen
Stange Managers
Shelly Deb
Kanika Ghosh
Mitali Gupta
Devjani Sarkar
Emcees
Rita Sarkar
Jayshree Dutta
Gargi Dasgupta
Soumi Battacharya Chowdhury
Sound
Koushik Dutta
Tapan Chowdhury
Lights
Suman Chowdhury
Bhaskar Goswami
Koushik Sasmal
Pratik Deb
Subhra Bannerjee
Subhankar Aich
Dipankar Das Soumya Mukherjee
Projection Shantanu Sarkar
Stage help
Shyamal Nandi
Rumki Guha
Manjulika Roy
Krishnendu Saha
Sudip Chakravarti
Rajib Roy
Subhankar Aich
Sabyasachi Mitra
Nandini Ganguly
Chhabi Chakraborty
Biswajit Dutta Partha Sinha
Decoration Team
BoD Member
Sushil Pramanick
Coordinators
Saumi Nandy
Ujjayan Banerjee
Gopa Thilakan
Soma Prasad
Tarun Maitra
Atraye Banerjee
Subhra Banerjee
Bakul Banerjee
Amala Mandal
Bhuvna Rao
Shantanu Sarkar
Samita Sarkar
Devjani Sarkar
Soumitra Sarkar
Jayshree Dutta
Lopa and Rupak Das
Poly Purkait
Anya Pramanick
Sushil Pramanick
Kanika Ghosh
Sudeshna Roy
Chumki Sen
Nilanjana Bhattacharya
Shelly Deb
Sanchayita Mukherjee
Ujjayan Banerjee
Saumi Nandy
Jyotishko Ganguly
Gargi Dasgupta
Sudipta Burman
Reception and Membership
BoD Members
Payel Paul
Deep Ghosh
Coordinators
Anjali Dutta
Soma Sarkar
Mithu Das
Tech Support
Sumanta Chakraborty
Soumya Mukherjee
Finance Support
Saikat Sarkar
Payel Paul
Special Volunteers
Mitali Gupta
Tuli Gupta
Shyamal Nandi
Jayshree Dutta
Somnath Sarkar
Subhra Banerjee
Soma Prasad
Saumi Nandy
Poly Purkait
Saivendra Kayal
Dipak Roy
Jyoti Kusari
Anasua Kusari
Bhuvana Rao
Manmohan Bharma
Nupur Kayal
Nandini Ganguly
Sudeshna Halder
Shelly Deb
Payel Sasmal
Devjani (Mumu) Sarkar
Jyotishko Ganguly
Samita Sarkar
Nilanjana Chakraborty
Reema Chakraborty
Siddharth Dasgupta
Kallol Chattopadhay
Jayanta & Lipika Majumdar
Teen Volunteers
Anish Sasmal
Bakul Banerjee
Ishani Ganguli
Mimi Halder
Devina Sen
Titas Chakraborty
Food Team
BoD Member
Soma Sarkar
Coordinator
Lipika & Jayanta Majumder
Special Assistants
Girish Roy
Madhu Kundu
Amalesh Pradhan
Kaushik Sasmal
Shantanu Sarkar
Rajdeep Chatterjee
Rahul Chatterjee
Apurba Trivedi
Apurba Dutta
Chiranjib Dasgupta
Sanjukta (Bulbul) Chowdhury
Anjali Dutta
Rituparna Chakraborty
Anasua Kusari
Biman Ghosh
Tapan Sengupta
Somnath Sarkar
Kanika Ghosh
Saikat Chakraborty
Dipak Roy
Deep Ghosh
Samir Chatterjee Madhumita
Chatterjee Partha Sinha
Facility Managers
BoD Member
Amalesh Pradhan
Special Volunteers
Rahul Ghosh
Sumanta Chakraborty
Aniruddha Bhattacharya
Pratanu Ghosh
Amitava Samanta
Sudipto Das
Arin Boseroy
Welcome Team
BoD Member
Sunetra Sen
Volunteers
Kallol Chattopadhyay
Mitra Chattopadhyay
Deep Ghosh
Kanika Ghosh
Manjulika Ray
Jyotishko Ganguly
Sushil Pramanick
Poly Purkait
Reema Chakraborty
Sumanta Chakraborty
Nilanjana Chakraborty
Sudeshna Haldar
Shelly Deb
Sanjukta Chowdhury,
Somnath Sarkar
Soma Sarkar
Ram Sen
Sunetra Sen
Saikat Chakraborty
Rituparna Chakraborty
Gargi Dasgupta
Saivendra Kayal
Debarati Ganguli
Rahul Chatterjee
Paromita Chatterjee
Koushik Sasmal
Payel Sasmal
Soumitra Guha
Biman Ghosh
Paula Ghosh
Nupur Kayal
Rahul Ganguli
Photographers
Biman Ghosh
Sushik Pramanick
Deep Ghosh
Swarup Kumar Das
Rumi Bagchi
Marketing
Bod Members
Babli Chakraborty
Amalesh Pradhan
Chief Sponser Liason
Dr. Amal Guha
Payal Sarkar
Publications
BoD Member
Deep Ghosh
Coordinator
Jyotishko Ganguly
Kheya Editorial Board
Editor-in-chief
Jyotishko Ganguly
Editors
Prasun De
Jayanta K. Chakrabarti
Sukumar Pal
Dipak Bagchi
Swarup Kumar Das
Asok Nandi
Rumi Bagchi
Publisher Swarup Kumar Das
Ankur Editorial Board
Co-Ordinator
Shukla Sarkar
Editor-in-chief
Adrija Chakrabarty
Copy Editor
Aurnov Chattopadhay
Art Editor
Shivangi Das
Secretary Editors
Sohini Halder
Rupsha Chakraborty
Editors
Adrika Chakraborty
Sujata Chowdhury
Roop Gupta
Roddur Dasgupta
Ashmita Deb
Sambodh Mitra
Junior Editor
Abhiral Ganguly
Newsletter Team
Shukla Sarkar
Rumi Bagchi
Dhruba Bose Roy
Apurba Trivedi
Publisher
Apurba Trivedi
Invitation Card
Design : Saumi Nandy
Logistics
Sumanta Chakrabarty
Reema Chakrabarty
Saikat Chakraborty
Rituparna Chakrabarty
Additional
Web Art Saumi Nandy
Social Media Presence
Nilanjana Chakraborty
Shelly Deb
Email Correspdence
Devjani (Mumu) Sarkar
Webmaster Payal Sarkar
Web Designer Payal Sarkar
BASC Brochure Payal Sarkar