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Since the new Executive Committee took over on August 20 2006 - barely five weeks before last year's Durga Puja Celebrations, our Society has registered new heights of excellence in organising various activities during year. Thanks to the tireless efforts of our highly dedicated and professional team, the enthusiastic participation and support of our members; last year's Durga Puja celebrations became the talk of the National Capital Region. Series of cultural events that followed, namely, the Bangla Mela, Nathabati Anathabat presented by famous theatre personality Smt. Shaoli Mitra, felicitation of the Community's own elderly and reputed exponent of Rabindra Sangeet and Indian Classical music Sri. Nilmadhab Sinha, Bangla Nabo-Barsho celebration along with Birth Day celebrations of Rabindra Nath Tagore and Nazrul Islam - drew unqualified praise from our members and many others from the millennium city, even Delhi and other parts of India.
Equally satisfactory for all of us was the translation into reality of one our long standing Dreams - the starting of our Cultural Training Centre for which we are most grateful to several of our members who offered to spare time to act as teachers and instructors. We are also grateful to one of our very active member family who offered us their vacant premise for starting the Training Centre. The sustenance of this Centre will need our members' support in sending their children to avail of the various training opportunities. I sincerely appeal to our members for larger participation and benefit from this unique facility started by the society.
Members will be happy to note that with we have set up a Finance Committee to introduce professional practices in our accounting, book keeping and internal audit systems. A new Auditor has also been appointed. Members will be delighted to know that we submitted, for the first time, our Income Tax Return to the IT Authorities and have applied for exemption of Income Tax payment in view of the non-profit and cultural nature of our Society. We are hopeful that this will be granted.
The Society's own building is now complete. The specific sub-committee is pursuing the Haryana Administration formalities to obtain the Completion Certificate. Very soon, we will have the opening ceremony and start using this facility. We propose to start the community's own Library. We will let you know further details on this and seek your support for this cause.
Although the hot summer season has still not abetted and we did not enjoy a good rainy season in Haryana this year, autumn will soon be upon us; heralding the advent of the Durga Puja and other festivals. As in the previous year, we have already met at our first "Adda" to share with our honourable members the draft plans for celebration this year. We thank all members who came and made various suggestions and offered their services to work in the various subcommittees. We have finalised the annual with these valuable suggestions. Continuing our idea of collaborative decision making, accepting the opinion of the majority present at the ‘Adda’, our entrance gate will be replication of the entrance of Belur Math. We hope we will achieve the same level of perfection as we did last year’s daring attempt to replicate Dakshineshwar Kali Temple as our entrance gate;
It was largely due to the generous contributions, sponsorships of our members and the handsome response of Corporate Houses in the millennium city, Delhi and other places; we were able to set a record last year in raising resources. We once again appeal to our valuable members, donors, advertisers, corporate sponsors to help us this year too – sixteenth consecutive year of Durga Puja festival of the Community in New Gurgaon keeping our tradition alive.
Sunil Guha
President
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