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 Dear Members
With the festive season round the corner, it gives me great pleasure to
inform you and your family that Durga Puja celebrations will commence
from September 24,2009.
During the same evening, we are looking forward to an exciting Ananda
Mela laced with an imaginative culinary experience, when mouth watering
innovative dishes will be spread out for you to savour on the food court
adjoining the pandal. We are expecting a big turn out. A word of cheer
to the family members who are making this happen.
The week long Durga Puja festival will be filled with cultural
programmes ,drama, quiz competition etc. The agenda has been carefully
drawn up by our several in-house committees. There would be all the time
for you , your family and friends to participate , enjoy and take the
celebrations to a crescendo! We would request you to join us, one and
all, and add to mirth and merriment.
This year was very eventful , filled with cultural activities of various
hues. In our midst we had cinema and drama icons Soumitra Chatterjee and
Lily Chakraborty who staged a play . We had invited Soumitra once
earlier to have a tête-à-tête with his admirers. This was a roaring
success. In the same vein, we had invited Samaresh Majumdar , an eminent
litterateur, for sharing the world we live in, and his literary views
with us . We had organised a Bangla Mela with stalls displaying a wide
array of products ranging from ethnic wares, village crafts, books,
saris, to eating joints. Audience was regaled with Chhau dance numbers
During the year, we staged an in-house choreographed children’s drama
and an enthralling classical dance programme on Nataraja by our in house
talent. As I pen this para , we are in the midst of Satyajit Ray’s
retrospectives in the Epicentre, which is taking us through the memory
lane, as we unwittingly transit through the poignant roads of Pather
Panchali to the imaginative world of Hirak Rajar Deshey!
In our continuous quest for bringing all of us closer, we have also
carved out a detailed programme schedule for you all to participate and
enjoy. To cite a few, we are planning to take our family out for an
enjoyable get together in November.. On January 19 & 20, 2010, we will
celebrate Saraswati Puja followed by a Mela interspersed with cultural
programmes , stalls and a dinner to follow. We are also planning to have
a couple of theatrical and musical performances. Between February and
May 2010, we are planning to have a few theatrical, music performances
and film shows.
We are very happy to announce that this year we have a home of our own,
a Society House, at 2405 DLF Phase2 Gurgaon, A feather in our cap, this
has been a result of the tireless work undertaken over the years by all
our past and the present Committee. The last mile problem was clinched
this year in close cooperation with the State Govt of Haryana. The spin
offs now are many .The Executive committee meetings are being held here
as a regular measure. The attendant infrastructure has already been
upgraded and spruced up for holding future get together over a cup of
tea. We have since then opened a library for the benefit of our members
and their family. In fact, the new venue has been the centre of
activities like rehearsals etc., for the proposed cultural shows to be
held during Durga Puja festival.
Our achievements highlighted have been the result of unstinted
cooperation and encouragement from Members, their families, well wishers
and friends... In spite of constraints associated with the humdrum of
our daily existence, it has been possible for all our Committee members
and their families to carve out a niche portal for making right things
happen in close collaboration with you all. Quietly and steadily these
tireless mortals have made things happen. We are indeed indebted to all
of them.
With my dedicated team plodding their way to make things possible, I am
confident that in the days to come, we would continue to strive for
excellence with your cooperation.
With regards,
Dr Ujjal Sen
President
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