Rabindranath – Universe and Beyond, 2009

Posted on April 22, 2009 by sudipta

Over MAY 15, 16 & 17, IIPA, New Jersey will be celebrating “Rabindranath – Universe and Beyond, 2009” at The Community Presbyterian Church of Sand Hill, South Brunswick, New Jersey.The three-day celebration is an attempt to expand the boundaries of appreciation of Tagore’s literary and musical works through a variety of presentations:

Friday, MAY 15 – Screening of Movie “Teen Konya.”
Saturday, MAY 16 – Interactive talks with audio visual illustrations.
Topics: Rabindranath’s Poetic Vision: A Synthesis of Arts & Sciences; Rabindranath in Translation; Disconnected Genius: Rabindranath, Dwarakanath; and Rabindranath & Folk Culture.

Sunday, MAY 17 – Rabindra Sangeet Soiree.

Tickets and Details: Please contact any of the following persons:
Hirak Guha:(732) 821-8719, Subhodev Das:(609) 924-6709, Surya Dutta: (732) 422-0599, Dhriti Bagchi: (732) 577-9575, Jhum Basu:(732) 817-0264, Sushmita Dutta:732-658-1643, Priyoranjan Das: (732) 274-9654, Krishna Bhattacharya: (732) 536-6325, Narayan Ray:(908) 561-9766, and Zafar Billah:(732) 951-9962.

Bengali New Year Celebration at NY City Hall

Posted on April 20, 2009 by sudipta

New York City Council
Speaker Christine C. Quinne
With
Councilman Jim Gennaro
And
District leader Uma Sengupta
cordially invite you to
Bengali New Year’s Celebration!

Type: Music/Arts – Performance
Date: Friday, April 24, 2009
Time: 6:45pm – 9:00pm
Location: New York City Hall
260 Broadway ( Park Place)
Manhattan, NY

Join us for dinner, performances, and honoring members of our community in the historic City Hall Chambers!

This event is free. Please extend this invitation to your friends and family.

www.usincelebrations.org

Event on Facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=95879501256

For further information call:

Uma Sen Gupta
718-380-0724

Roger Sen Gupta
201-864-4190
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Thank you & Regards,

Roger Sen Gupta
201 864 4190

New Jersey Independent South Asian Cine Fest Spring Festival 2009

Posted on April 13, 2009 by sudipta

NJISACF will be organizing a Film Festival of regional Indian films on April 18, 2009 at the Rutgers Bush Campus Students Center from 12pm to 11.00pm.

The feature films to be screened include:

GENESIS – directed by Mrinal Sen

KAALBELA (Calcutta My Love) – directed by Gautam Ghosh

MAATI MAAY (A Grave Diggers Tale) – directed by Chitra Palekar

BIOSCOPE – directed by K. M. Madhusudhanan

For details visit: http://www.njisacf.org

Shiv Kumar Sharma and Zakir Hussain

Posted on April 3, 2009 by sudipta

Ustad Zakir Hussain on Tabla Saturday April 25 Doors open 7.30 pm Show 8 pm
The Grand Opera, Wilmington DE.
Sponsored by The Bengali Association of the Delaware Valley
*Shiv Kumar Sharma and Zakir Hussain, santur and tabla*
Tickets $35.00, $50.00 and $75.00
Tickets can be purchased from http://www.ticketsatthegrand.org. A
$2.00/ticket service fee applies when you purchase tickets on-line.
Phone 302-652-5577 or 1-800-37-GRAND

Movie Release : Piyalir Password

Posted on March 24, 2009 by sudipta

Piyalir Password is the first Bengali film shot entirely on locations in the US, particularly in Virginia, Maryland and Washington DC. The movie has been subtitled in English. For more information www.piyalirpassword.net

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/009200903230951.htm

The film will be screened at 2:00 PM on 11th April at the TV Asia Studios, 76 National Road, Edison, NJ 08817

The lead actor of the film Rituparna Sengupta will be present in the beginning of the show and talk about the film.

The film is being presented by Center for Social Change www.centerforsocialchange.org, an organization serving individuals with developmental disabilities for the past 15 years, worlwide.

Tickets are $10 dollars and available online at www.sulekha.com and www.centerforsocialchange.org. Additionally ticket reservations can be made with Sonali Ganguly (tel: 732 203 7310) and Devasish Ray (tel: 240 988 1112)

Raj Basu (703)507-6420 (cell) rajbasu@msn.com rkbasu@gmail.com

Harmonium Lecture-Demonstration

Posted on March 23, 2009 by sudipta

RAAGRANG is arranging a Lecture-Demonstration by a noted musician Shree Kedar Naphade on 29th March from 4 to 6 P.M. The event will start with a short vocal recital by young Ria Sabnis. Refreshments will be served after that. Please let us know how many of you will be attending. It is free for the members and $7.00 for the non-members. Hope you can make it.

Venue:
28 McBride Way
Bridgewater,
NJ 08807.
RSVP will be appreciated.
(732) 241-7063.

Sahityo-O-Alochona

Posted on March 17, 2009 by sudipta

This is a reminder that we will resume our quasi-monthly Sahitya O Alochana meetings this Friday, March 20, at 8 PM at Ananda Mandir.

Dr. Nupur Lahiri, who recently translated Rabindranath’s “Rakto Karabi,” will lead a (much-anticipated!) discussion on Tagore in Translation. I for one am looking forward to it.

Hoping to see you all there,
Amitabha Bagchi

Chhandayan’s 10th Annual All-Night Concert of Indian Music

Posted on March 12, 2009 by sudipta

Saturday, May 9th from 7 p.m. until Sunday, May 10th 6 a.m.
at the New York Society for Ethical Culture, 2 West, 64th Street (corner of 64th Street and Central Park West), New York, NY 10023

New venue, new time – we are starting and ending earlier than before.

It will be one of the most exciting all-nights we ever had with :

Duet by George Ruckert (Sarod) and Allyn Miner (Sitar) – Shri Nitin Mitta on Tabla.
Bidushi Mitali Banerjee Bhawmik (vocal) – Shri Sailendra Mishra on Tabla, Shri Kedar Naphade on Harmonium
Tablaphilia, composed by Samir Chatterjee and performed by the 25-member Chhandayan Tabla Symphony
Pt. Vidyadhar Vyas (Vocal) – Shri Dibyarka Chatterjee on Tabla, Shri Kedar Naphade on Harmonium
Pt. Soumitra Lahiri (Sitar) – Samir Chatterjee on Tabla
Smt. Padma Talwalkar (Vocal) – Shri Utpal Dutta on Tabla, Shri Suyog Kumdalkar on Harmonium
Pt. Viswamohan Bhatt (Mohan Veena) – Samir Chatterjee on Tabla.

For further information and online ticket purchase please visit http://www.tabla.org/allnight.html or call us at 973 460 5282.

“Banaprastha” : ECTA’s New Production

Posted on February 11, 2009 by sudipta

ECTA presents

BANAPRASTHA

A play by Sudipta Bhawmik
Directed by Indranil Mukherjee

“A senior Bengali virologist returns to India, after retiring from his medical practice of 35 years, to find peace, tranquility and solace amongst his family and old friends. But soon he discovers that his nemesis has followed him and he has nowhere to hide. “

Cast:

Gargi Mukherjee, Samya Goswami, Keka Sirkar, Kaninika Dutta, Sudipta Bhawmik, Subhodev Das, Indranil Mukherjee, Pradeep Ramdass, Kaushik Dutta, and Lilabati Majumdar

Music: Partha Sarathi Mukhopadhyay

Edison Valley Playhouse, 2196 Oak Tree Road, Edison, NJ

Tickets: $20.00

Contact: Email: bhawmik@gmail.com, indymukh@gmail.com

Phone: 732 241 7060

Sahitya O Alochona