ECTA Mini Theater Festival: Satyameva, Ashomoy, Taconic Parkway
After a long hiatus and constant requests from theater lovers, ECTA will be staging three plays on June 28th and 29th, 2008, at the Edison Valley Playhouse (EVP) in Edison, New Jersey. On 28th June,...
View ArticleNew Jersey Durga Puja 2008
The most awaited event for any Bengali, the Durga Puja festival, is less than two months away. Kallol of NJ will be celebrating this festival during the weekend of October 3 to 5, 2008, while Garden...
View ArticleCartoon of the week 7: Durga Puja Chaanda Collection Service
In several of my earlier blog articles, I wrote about our sensitivity to paying Durga Puja contributions (popularly known as Chaanda). The Puja organizers have tried to be innovative in extracting (no...
View ArticleCartoon of the Week 8: Puja Prasad
Finally, the Durga Puja festival is upon us. After all the registration/pre-registration dust settles, we’ll all assemble in front of Maa Durga and pray to give us a good life. We may be at different...
View ArticleCartoon of the Week 9: Are we Missing Something?
From the recent comments and postings on this and other blogs and from the “addas” at various Bijoya Sammilani parties, I keep on getting a constant message – maybe we are missing the good old style...
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