Classical dance recital by Brinda Guha and ensemble.
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Saraswati Puja at Anandamandir
Ananda Mandir will celebrate Saraswati Puja on Monday February 11 and Saturday February 16, 2008.
The BOT cordially invites you to attend the PUJA ceremonies with your friends and relatives.
SCHEDULES:
Monday, February 11, 2008.
Puja Rituals …………..From 7:45 A.M.
Followed by ………..Pushpanjali and Prasad Distribution
AND
Saturday February 16, 2008.
Banibandhana and Utsav:
Saraswati Aradhana, Hate Khori and Pushpanjali: 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Prasad and Lunch ……..12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
Cultural Event………1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Satyanarayan Puja ……5:30 p.m.
Please note, on Saturday, February 16 the temple will remain open until 7:30 p.m.
For additional information, contact Biswabhai @ 732-873-9821
CONCERT VIOLET SAMUDRA with DIBYARKA CHATTERJEE
FRIDAY JANUARY 18
8:00 PM
$10 cover to be paid at the door.
Violet Samudra is a world fusion group that combines elements of Indian, Middle-Eastern & American music. It draws its inspiration from Shakti, Simon Shaheen, L.Shankar, Middle Eastern music in general, life….
Steve Booke – Acoustic Guitar
Ray Ippolito – Percussion
Lisa Liu – Violin
Dibyarka Chatterjee – Tabla
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The Heights’ Collective blends old-world traditions into new sounds. By living or training in countries from around the world, they draw influences from India, Argentina, Greece, Ireland, France, and American Jazz to create unique, distinctive and constantly evolving melodies and rhythms.
Michael Bales – Violin
Roshni Basu – Vocals
Nicolas Minc – Charango, Guitar, Vocals
Neal Padte – Sax, Flute
Spiro Pantazatos – Tabla
Venue: The Actors Theatre Workshop
145 West 28th Street (between 6th & 7th Avenues),
3rd Floor, New York, NY 10001
Contact: 973 460 5282 / dibyarka@tabla.org
Bharat Sevashram Sangha Fundraising Event
Saturday, January 12, 2008, 3:00PM – 7:00PM
IN AID TO BUILD AN ASHRAM WITH A TEMPLE AND COMMUNITY CENTER
Bharat Sevashram Sangha, New Jersey Chapter Presents
An evening of cultural events
Performing artists: A.Vocal recital By: Gayatri Sharma
B.Bengali Drama – Hatta Malar O Pare, By: Dhakar Drama Group
Play write: Badal Sirkar, Directed by: Subhasish Das
C. A garland of creative & classical dance performance
By: Nritya Creations Academy of Dance, Directed by: Meena Basu Nag
D. Kathak and creative dance presentation, By: Artists of Kala Mandir
Directed by: Smt. Malabika Guha
Place: Green Brook Middle School
132 Jefferson Avenue, Green Brook, NJ 08812
Somerset County, Tel. #: 732-968-1051
Please bring your family and friends to support this fund-raising event.
All proceedings will be going to start the construction
of the Ashram, Temple & community center
For information please call the Ashram at: 732-422-8880
or email us at: bssnj@hotmail.com / website: www.bssnj.org
For direction from your home please visit: www.mapquest.com
Ananda Sandhya
January 11th, 8 pm. Anand Sandhya at Ananda Mandir
SMT ARPITA MAJUMDAR – vocal
With Sri MAHESH VAIDYA on Harmonium, And Sri SARANG DEB on Tabla
Cedar Grove Lane off Easton Avenue in Somerset, NJ.
For info, call Arun Bhowmik at 908-672-1452
Satyameva: A New Play by ECTA
“Satyameva Jayate” – a phrase from the Mundaka Upanishad is the national motto of India and all Indians. Literally it means, “truth alone prevails” – implying that truth is all that we should strive for, since truth only can lead us to success and happiness. But often this hypothesis has been proven wrong. Through bitter life experiences we all discover that “truth” hardly leads us anywhere – it is the “untruth”, the “false” and “deceit” that we need to master in order to attain our goals and objectives. Or is it that our goals and objectives need to be re-examined? Are we chasing the right goals? Goals for which we do not have to rely on the “false” – goals that can truly be achieved by truth alone? Or is it that “truth” is nothing but an illusion, a “fake” notion that we like to believe to be “true”?
“Satyameva”, tries to explore this age old question in a setting in North America where the immigrant Indian population tries to deal with this issue in their everyday lives. Continue reading
Satyameva in New Jersey
After receiving great critical acclaim in Kolkata
Ethnomedia Center for Theater Arts (ECTA)
in co-operation with Raag-Rang Inc.
presents
SATYAMEVA
A play by Sudipta Bhawmik
Starring :
Sudipta Bhawmik and Pinaki Datta
Directed by Indranil Mukherjee
January 26 6.30pm and January 27 3.30pm
Edison Valley Playhouse
2196 Oak Tree Road, Edison, NJ
Tickets: $20.00
Contact: (732) 241 7060 bhawmik@gmail.com indymukh@gmail.com
Jan 26, Saturday Tickets – Click Here
Jan 27, Sunday Tickets – Click Here
Advance booking in encouraged due to limited seating.
Some review Comments:
The Bengali-American group Ethnomedia from New Jersey, which stunned Calcutta last year with Ron, returned for the world premiere of dramatist-director Sudipta Bhawmik’s Satyameva. A senior executive body-shopping software engineers fires his incompetent new recruit, who pleads that he should not be sent back to India. By a remarkable plot of twists and turns (perhaps too many of them) Bhawmik conveys older Bengalis’ nostalgia for their birthplace and younger Bengalis’ desire to emigrate to America. Sankar Ghoshal and Indranil Mukherjee respectively give realistic portrayals of these parts, but the playwright’s craftsmanship tends to get the better of heartfelt emotions, which we had found in Ron. – Ananda Lal, telegraph
We and Our Theater
by Sambit Basu
ENAD
I just finished directing a play by Sudipta Bhawmik called Ron. It’s a very relevant story of our time waited to be told. Sudiptada has weaved a magic spell of contemporary tale on an age-old philosophical conflict between the need to fight some wars and the principled position of anti-war. This not only looks at the current time, it does so from the first generation and second generation immigrants’ perspective. Continue reading
Sicko: A Documentary that can change America
Michael Moore’s documentaries always manage to stir up strong emotions amongst their viewers. Fahrenheit 9/11 caused lot of stir, won an Oscar, but it did not change anything. One potential reason may be that the facts shown were hard to believe and there was no easy way to validate them. This reduced a very well made documentary to the status of a cheap political propaganda. But, Mr. Moore’s latest film, “Sicko”, is different. It deals with an issue that we witness in our daily lives, directly or indirectly – the US health care system, or more specifically the US healthcare management system.
Continue reading
Ananda Sandhya
DECEMBER, 14, 8 pm ANANDA SANDHYA at Ananda Mandir
SMT SUGATA CHATTERJEE (vocal)
With Sri MADHU VORA on Harmonium, And Sri SHYAM MOHAN on Tabla
As usual, the ANANDA SANDHYA concert is FREE, Children come free. However, your kind donation is always graciously accepted.
For info, call Arun Bhowmik at 908-672-1452.