Oct 18-20, & Oct 26, 2013

Duarte Performing Arts Center

1401 Highland Ave, Duarte, CA

Bengali Association Of

Southern California

DURGA

PUJA

2013

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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 Chakrabortys concert which was a big success like the last years 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. 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 years 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

Om apavitrah pavitro vaa sarvaa-vasthaang gatohpi vaa,

Yah smaret pundarikaaksham sah baajhyaa-bhyantara suchih.

Om. Whether sacred or not, or been through all walks of

life, if one remembers Krishna, one is immediately purified

outside and inside.

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Om aaurdehi yasho dehi bhaagyang bhagavati dehi me,

Putraan dehi dhanang dehi sarvaan kaamaangscha dehi me.

Om. Give me longevity, endow me with reputation. Please

give me good fortune Give me sons, wealth, give me all sort

of desirables.

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Om. Bhagavati bhayochchede bhavaabhavini kaamade,

Shankari Kaushiki twang hi Kaatyaayani namostu te.

Om. Devine mother, you are the eradicator of fear. O con-sort of Shiva, giver of all desires, you are Shankari *, Kou-shiki*, and Katyayani *. I pay obeisance to you.

* Various names of Durga.

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Esha sachandana gandha pushpaanjali saayudha-vaahana

parivaara-sahita Sri Sri Bhagavatyai Durgaayai namah.

With this sandalwood paste-scented flowers I pay obei-sance to the Goddess Bhagavati Durga, who is bedecked with weapons, and accompanied by Her ride (lion) and Her family (Lakshmi, Saraswati, Ganesha and Kartikeya).

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Om. Hara papang, hara kleshang, hara shokam, haraashubham, Hara rogang, hara kshobhang, hara maaring, Harapriye.

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).

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Om. Kaali Kaali Mahaakaali Kaalike paapahaarini,

Dharmaartha mokshade Devi Naaraayani namohstu te.

Om. You are Kali, Mahakali, Kalika, the destroyer of sins.O Devi Narayani, giver of Dharma (righteousness), wealth, and liberation, salutation to You.

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Durga Puja - 2013

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Bodhan and Sashthi Puja

6:30 PM - 7:00 PM Aarati in the Mandap

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

8:30 AM - 12:30 PM Navami Puja and Pushpanjali

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM Homa

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Dasami Puja and Shantijal

4:00 PM Bisarjan, Sindur Khela and MishtiMukh

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Lakshmi Puja

Puja Schedule

Friday, October 18, 2013

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Lakshmi Puja, October 26, 2013

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7:00 PM Dinner

8:30 PM Abar Ashibo Phire - A Musical Theater

9:30 PM Classical Music by Sounak Chattopadhay

12:30 PM Lunch

3:00 PM Kids Sit and Draw Art Contest

6:30 PM Dinner

8:00 PM Khukur Swapno - A Dancers personal Odyssey

9:00 PM Anwesha in Concert

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

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

Entertainment Schedule

Friday, October 18, 2013

Saturday, October 19, 2013

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Lakshmi Puja, October 26, 2013

BASC thanks Tridivesh and Tulika Kidambi for sponsoring the

fourth new Pratima in 2013.

BASC Fondly remembers

the friends we lost last year

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 my-

eloma, 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

Manass wife Jayshri , son Jojo, daughter-in-law Himani and granddaughter Ajuni.

Manas Roy Chowdhuri

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 Sevash-

ram (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 Cal-

ifornia.

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.

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 back-

yard 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 diffi-

cult time.

Sri Bhola Nath Mazumdar

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 Re-

naissance 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 train-

ing in pure classical and oth-

er forms of music, has made

Saunak one of the leading

vocalists of the present gen-

eration.

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 BASCs 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

Rumki Guha

Ankita Guha

Ashmita (Tinni) Deb

Adrika (Titas) Bhattacharya

Annika Guha

Sambodh (Gugul) Mitra

Nilanjana Bhattacharya

Bakul Banerjee

Hashnu Dasgupta

Dancers

Sandeepa Dey

Monami Mukherjee

Sufi Raina

Trina Sarkar

Ashmita (Tinni) Deb

Ishani Ganguly

Backstage Help

Sabyasachi Mitra

Ujjayan Banerjee

Soma Prosad

Arpita Mitra

Shelly Deb

Kanika Ghosh

Rumki Guha

Prompter

Shelly Deb

Sound

Saikat Chakraborty

Nandini Rudra-Ganguly

Decoration & Costume

Saumi Nandy

Sarbani Mallick

Light

Sudip Chakraborty

Pratik Deb

Video

Subhodip Ghosh

Shantanu (Rana) Sarkar

Amit Ganguly

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.

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Sunday Oct 20 , 2:00 PM - Einstein O Indubala

Kids from Pathabhavan present a timeless classic comedy adapted from

Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyays 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 Saha, Rushil Ganguli, Abheek Pradhan, Aniket Mukherjee, Adi Chattopadhyay, Disha Ghosh, Ankita Sarkar, Pinaki Pramanik, Avik Saman-

ta, Trinetra Dey, Rohin Ganguli, Anisha Ghosh, Drishti Saha and Om

Bhattacharya

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Sets Mimi Ganguli, Amalesh Pradhan :

Costumes Baisakhi Samanta, Sarbani Pramanik, Chandana Sarkar, Mimi Ganguli, Rinki Dey, Sumana Saha, Manidipa Ghosh, Mahua Mukherjee, Sujata Bhattacharya,

Swati Pradhan

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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

Art Director Saumi Nandy

Sound - Raja Chakraborty and Soumya Mukherjee

Light Director and Operator Pratik Deb

Stage and Prop Manager Chiranjib Das Gupta

Right in the beginning Durgapuja was not a open-to-all-by-

all 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 well 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

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

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Kids Todo, Arin, Arko, Ayush, Abiral, Roop, Tanisk , Riti, Rani, Tiya,

Ania, Mimi, Tinni, Rupsa, Sujata,.

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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, Pra-

dipta (Sapu) Ray, Shankhomala Bardhan

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Pujarini Sanchayita(Mini) Mukherjee, Meera Ganguly, Atraye Banerjee,

Payel Sasmal, Julie Chatterjee, Arpita Mitra

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Men Sandip Sengupta, Ujjyan Banerjee, Pallab Halder, Sushil

Pramanik, Shyamal Nandi, Girish Ray, Soumitra Guha, Asok

Nandi, Tarun Maitra, Sudipta Burman, Deb Biswas

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Sunday Oct 20 , 4:00 PM - Dhaker Tale Hridoy Dole

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 ' '

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 ' '

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

Anirbans life. As he leaves his home and country, he starts to settle in a new foreign land

as an immigrant. We follow Anirbans 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

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Dance Director

Dance Creative Concept

Simonti Mukhopadhyay

Sharanya Mukhopadhyay

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Drama Team Rahul Ganguli, Mandavi Chattopadhyay, Kallol Chatterjee, Soma

Sarkar, Jyotishko Ganguly, Somangshu Bhattacharya, Ananda

Chatterjee

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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

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Music Team Anis Chandani (Keyboards, flute), Jyotiprakash (Tabla), Rishi

Thakar (Octopad/Drums), Samir Chatterjee (Guitar/bass)

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Dancers Sharanya Mukhopadhyay, Shilpi Paul, Pritha Ghosh, Sudeshna Sa-

manta Verma, Bushra Khan, Krishty Mukherjee, Devina Sen,

Monami Mukherjee, Trina Sarkar, Tanya Chowdhuri, Payel

Bhowmick, Pianka Roy, Ananda Chatterjee

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Set Designer

Projection

Lighting

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Costume & Makeup

Sound

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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

Rana Sarkar

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

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Logistics / Backstage /

Inspiration

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Participants : Deeptodhee Ghoswami, Gaurav Karande, Shohan Dey, Ro-ma 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 , 9:00 PM - Prabuddha Raha

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 , 8:50 PM - Kids Dance

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 AS C

BASC Board of Directors & Compliance Committee

Entertainment

Puja

PRESIDENT : Deep Ghosh VICE PRESIDENT : Saikat Chakraborty

SECRETARY : Sushil Pramanick TREASURER Jyoti Kusari

CULTURAL SECRETARY : Rahul Ganguli DIRECTORS

Shukla Sarkar Dipankar Purkayastha Amalesh Pradhan

Soma Prasad Soma Sarkar Raja Ghosh

COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE

Dipak Sarkar Dr. Somangsu Bhattacharya Dr. Madangopal Mukhopadhay

Sharmistha Chakraborty Soumya Mukherjee

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

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

Food

Reception, Membership, Fund Raising and Collection

Facilities and Transport Management

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

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 : QUICKBOOKS ACCOUNTING : Josh Mitra Sumanta Chakraborty and Soumya Mukherjee

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

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

Kheya Editorial Board

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

Ankur Editorial Board

Chief - Editor : Adrija Chakrabarty

Editors : Adrika Chakraborty, Sohini Halder

Shreya Chattopadhyay, Roop Gupta

Aurnov Chattopadhay ,Raima Ghosh,

Sujata Chowdhury , Bakul Banerjee,

Rupsha Chakraborty , Roddur Dasgupta

Front Cover Art: Rohit Banerjee

Back Cover Art: Raima Ghosh

Newsletter Team

Coordinators and BoD Member : Shukla Sarkar

Editors : Rumi Bagchi-Bhawal , Shukla Sarkar

Druba Bose Roy , Apurba Trivedi

Publisher: Apurba Tribedi

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

New Member Welcome Team

Coordinator : Ram and Sunetra Sen

Volunteers : Arpita and Utpal Banerjee ,

Deep and Kanika Ghosh ,

Ujjayan Banerjee, Monisha Bhattacharya,

Reema Chakraborty, Nilanjana Chakraborty,

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

Sarbani Mallick

Poly Purkait and Sushil Pramanick,

Payel and Koushik Sasmal,

Nishit Mukhopathay , Lipi Mukhopadhay

Welcome Team

Volunteer Photographers

Biman Ghosh,

Sushil Pramanik,

Deep Ghosh,

Swarup Kumar Das,

Rumi Bagchi Bhawal

Photographers

Marketing

BoD Member : Sushil Pramanick

Chief Sponsor Liason: Dr. Amal Guha

BASC Presidents 1971-2013

Shyamal Nandi

2000-02

Dr. Biman Ghosh

1995-98

Dr. Bijoy Pal

1978-80,1998-2000

Sipra Sengupta

1991-1992

Deep Ghosh

2012 - 13

Soumya Mukherjee

2008-11

Anjan Ghosh

2006-2008

Kallol Chattopadhay

2004-06

Arun Roychow-dhuri

2002-04

Chandan Das

1984-1986

Amitava Raksit

1986-88

Ranjit Roy

1975-77,1983-84

Samir Sanyal

1992-1994

Ranjan Guha

1973-1978

Prasun De

1982-83

Dr. Anjan Bhaumik

1971-1973

Dr. Pinaki Chakrabarti

1980-82

Anjali Ghosh

1994-95

Dr. Mani Ghosh

1988-90

Dr. Nandita Pal

1990-1991

Year Milestone

1968 The first Bijoya Sammelan organized by the Southern California Bengali Community

1969 First Saraswati Puja and First Picnic

1971

Formation of SCBCA Southern California Bengali Cultural Association

1973 First preschool childrens dance program staged

1974 Kheya Magazine (hand written) published

1979 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

1980-82

BASC (with Tax exempt status) registered with the State of California. New Constitution adopted

BASC became member of FIAFederation of India Associations and took part in the all India cele-bration 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 Started youth magazineYOUTH 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 Second Durga Pratima from India

ANKUR magazine started and KHEYA published in printed form.

1990-91 Scholarships to outstanding High School Students

Fund raising for flood victims in Bengal

Laxmi Puja started publicly

1992-94 BASC co-organized the 1992 Los Angeles Banga Sammelan

First Bengali Directory published

Re-registered names with the State of CaliforniaBASC, SCBCA, BAC, KHEYA, ANKUR, and BASC logo

1998 First Web Site for BASC started

2002 25th anniversary of BASC Durga Puja

Third Pratima from India

2008 Centralized web-based member database started

BASC officially started donating to non-profit organizations in India and USA.

2009 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 Launched BASC online newsletterSambad Bichitra

Formed Advisory Board to conduct elections

2011 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 BASC Facebook Page Launched

BASC Milestone document introduced

2013 4th New Pratima from India

Collaboration between BASC & Dakhini

BASC MILESTONES

Suggestions: please email info@bascweb.org

BASC Sponsors - 2013

( Till 14th Oct 2013 )

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

Benefactors

Gold Sponsor (s)

Tridivesh and Tulika Kidambi , Jon D Self

Utpal and Arpita Banerjee , Soumya Kanti and Sanchayita Mukherjee

Diamond Sponsor(s)

Prabir and Rekha Bakshi

Platinum Sponsor(s)

Grand Sponsor(s)

Mithu and Rajat Das, Shantanu and Samita Sarkar,Somnath and Mandavi Chattopadhyay

Silver Sponsor(s)

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, De-

barshi and Roshni Biswas, Ajit and Dhruba Bose Roy, Leena and David Brown, Bijan and Rita Chakrabarti, Bud-

dhadev 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 Sar-

bani Pramanik, Sagar K. and Patralika Raksit, Girish and Pradipta Roy, Kishore and Sudeshna Roy, Benoy and Loli-

ta Samanta, Niladri and Rita Sarkar, Koushik and Payel Sasmal, Pradeep and Sunita Saxena, Kalachand and Su-

deshna Seal, Monidipa and Tarun Sharma, Manojit and Yolanda Sinha

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.

BASC Sponsors - 2012

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

Patrons

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

Benefactors

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

Bikram and Rajashri Choudhury , St Mary Hospital

Diamond Sponsor(s)

Platinum Sponsor(s)

Prabir and Rekha Bakshi

Kallol and Mitra Chattopadhyay , Don and Premanjali Ganguly

Silver Sponsor(s)

Seminar at SAT 19th OCT 5 PM CHORAL ROOM