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Utsav Literary Committee and Disclaimer 4 pÇf¡cL£u / Editorial 5 Utsav Committee Members 6 Message from the Utsav Boardroom 7 Utsav Accounts 8 Program Schedule 9 Community News 10 Utsav Award Winners 12

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Brief History of Utsav 49 Utsav Membership Roster 51

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Rashmi Nandi Biswanath Mukherjee Rajat Saha Somen Nandi Pulak Chowdhury Manas Ray Avishek Nag (Editor)

Cover design by Snehungsu Guha

Disclaimer The views and opinions of authors in this magazine do not necessarily state or reflect those of Utsav, Inc. For writings published in this magazine, Utsav does not warrant or assume any legal liability and responsibility for accuracy, completeness and usefulness of any information disclosed and/or published. Information provided is accurate as of the date of going to press; Utsav or Chowrongee is not responsible for any errors or omissions. Opinions expressed are those of individual authors. Advertisers are solely responsible for the advertisements, not Chowrongee or Utsav.

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−cM−a −cM−a Bl HL¢V nlv Q−m H−m¡z fË¢ah¡−ll The chill in the morning air and the trees ja Hh¡−lJ j¡ Bp−Rez Bj¡−cl Bn¡, c¤NÑ¢ae¡¢ne£ j¡ shedding their leaves give a clear hint that Hh¡l j§mÉhª¢Ü, c¤eÑ£¢a, f¡¢hÔ−Ll fup¡u S¡j¡C-Bcl, another festive season is knocking on the door! M¡j−Mu¡¢m hs¢c, H¢cL −p¢cL −h¡j¡h¡¢S, B¿¹SÑ¡¢aL Durga Puja, the most popular festival of Bengal, c¡c¡−cl q¡a¡q¡¢a −a Em¤-M¡Ns¡−cl fË¡Z-e¡n, −Ny−V- is first on the list of festivals. Though a Hindu ritual, Durga Puja has transcended the religious h¡a, −fË−j −m¢‰, fËi«¢a Bj¡−cl S£h−el −R±V-hs pjÙ¹ boundaries because of its innovative artistic c¤NÑ¢a …¢m −L e¡n Ll−hez −p±li N¡‰¥¢m R¡s¡ HC themes and cultural extravaganzas associated HLj¡œ j¡ c¤NÑ¡C B−Re k¡yl L¡−R Bj¡−cl HaM¡¢e with it. fËaÉ¡n¡! Bn¡ Ll−h¡ Bj¡−cl −c−nl i¡C J −h¡−e−cl We, the members of Utsav, the Bengali p−‰ p−‰, Bj¡−cl ja fËh¡¢p p¿¹¡e −cl fË¡bÑe¡ −LJ association of Sacramento Valley, are j¡ pj¡e fË¡d¡eÉ −c−hez j¡−ul BNje Hh¡l N−S, Nje organizing our very own Durga Puja which is −e±L¡uz entering its 11th year. We have a sense of deep association with this puja as all of us have a role j¡ −L ü¡Na S¡e¡−a Bjl¡ −L¡jl −hy−d −e−j to play. Some of us have management roles, f−s¢Rz Hh¡−l Bj¡−cl pÉ¡œ²¡−j−¾V¡ EfaÉL¡l h¡‰¡¢m some take part in acting, singing, painting, naru pwNWe, Evph, f¡ ¢c−µR j¡a«h¾ce¡l HL¡cn hR−lz making, and what not. SjL¡−m¡ p¡wú«¢aL Ae¤ù¡e Hhw Evp−hl piÉ−cl Coming up with a season of new Evp¡q J EŸ£fe¡u il L−l Hh¡−l Bjl¡ HL¢V l‰£e publications – ‘Pujo Sankhya’ or puja edition of n¡−l¡c£u¡u j¡a−a Q−m¢Rz Evp−hl HC ¢Øfl£V, e¡Q- magazines is an important tradition associated N¡e, e¡VL, i¥¢s−i¡S, J −h±¢c−cl lw-−hl−Pl n¡¢s with Durga Puja. Chowrongee, the annual R¡¢f−u Bj¡−cl f¢œL¡, −Q±l‰£l fË¢a¢V f¡a¡−aJ dl¡ magazine of Utsav, is part of the same tradition. −c−h! Utsav members become poets, writers, critics, proof readers, composers, and so on. Evp−hl HL¡cn f§S¡u −Q±l‰£l HL¡cn n¡lc£u¡ For the past eleven years, every issue of pwMÉ¡ lwH l©−f, L¡¢ml ByQ−s p¡¢S−u pcpÉ J Chowrongee attempted to provide a window to …ZNË¡q£−cl q¡−a a¥−m ¢c−a −f−l deÉ −h¡d Ll¢Rz the thoughts and dreams of the Bengalis living in the Sacramento Valley of California which HC fËL¡ne¡l j§m Q¡¢mL¡n¢š² p¡wú«¢aL L¢j¢Vl were articulated by both kids and adults through pcpÉ−cl fr −b−L ph¡C−L S¡e¡C f§S¡ A¢ie¾cez their paintings, poems, stories and articles. i¡−m¡ b¡L¥e, f§−S¡ Ef−i¡N Ll¦e Hhw −Q±l‰£ Some reminisced the puja days of Kolkata, some fs¥ez portrayed the future they intended to build in USA. This year is no different. A¢i−oL e¡N Like Utsav, over all these eleven years, Chowrongee has also been supported by

dedicated team members to ensure its quality and timely production. I thank all those, who as members of Utsav’s Literary Committee or in any other capacity, have helped with the production of Chowrongee, and I am sure they will continue to do so in the future. Wishing all the readers and well wishers of Chowrongee warm Puja Greetings.

Avishek Nag

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Utsav Committee Members

Governing Body Members (GBM) Registration Committee: Joy Mukherjee (President) Pulak Chowdhury Pulak Chowdhury (Vice President) Prodosh Chakraborty Tanusree Guha (Cultural Secretary) Biswanath Mukherjee Mitra Choudri (Public Relations) Sumanta Ghosh Rajat Saha (Secretary) Barin Kumar Hem Sarkar Community Council Members (CCM) Rupa Chowdhury (Chairperson) Hem Sarkar Food Committee: Pulak Chowdhury (Chairperson) Prodosh Chakraborty Rashmi Nandi Literary Committee Nupur Joshi Rashmi Nandi Biswanath Mukherjee Fundraising Committee: Rajat Saha Joy Mukherjee (Chairperson) Somen Nandi Snehungsu Guha Pulak Chowdhury Tanusree Guha Manas Ray Mitra Choudri Snehungsu Guha Anima Kumar Avishek Nag (Editor) Website Committee: Pulak Chowdhury Cultural Committee: Tanusree Guha (Chairperson) Mala Paul Sanhita Bandyopadhyay Utsav Youth Group: Debolina Simmi Sarkar Sharod Nandi Udayan Chanda Sunoy Nandi Nupur Joshi Neha Joshi Manas Ray Natasha Chanda Ayananta Chowdhury Election Committee: Adi Choudri Aditya Chowdhury Biswanath Mukherjee Debanshu Das Somen Nandi Rinita Mukherjee Sharon Sarkar Puja Committee: Mitra Choudri (Coordinator) Supriya Mukherjee (Chairperson) Rupa Chowdhury Santana Das Anima Kumar Shashwati Roy

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Message from the Utsav Boardroom

Dear Utsav Families and Friends, Based on our new Bylaws passed last year, this is the final year of the two-year The Utsav Board of 2012 welcomes you all term of the current Utsav Board (including to celebrate the 11th year of Utsav’s Durga my two-year tenure as President), and Puja. I am sure you all will agree that it is a during this final quarter, I would like to challenging task to follow the mammoth THANK all of you who made these past two celebration of our “10th Year Of Success.” years something to cherish for a long period But we the Utsav Board Members have of time. Last but not the least, I want to continued Utsav’s main motto when we personally thank all the volunteers from the began our journey in 2002, namely to bottom of my heart who came forward in involve the membership and bring the making this year a special one for not only community together to pass on our rich me but for all of us. culture and heritage to the next generation. I know we are not perfect but it is Last year, we wanted our members you, the Members and the Friends of Utsav, to sit back, relax, and enjoy the who should come forward and bring us to performances of the talented artists from perfection. So please do not hesitate to reach India such as Tanushree Shankar and her out to us because constructive criticisms and Dance Troup, as well as the melodious suggestions are the steps to perfection. voices of Aneek and Anwesha. This year, Enjoy the Puja and have fun our members took it upon themselves to celebrating the Durgotsav. show us their talent. This will portray the fact that, if we put our heart and soul Joy Mukherjee together, we can really put up a show for our President , Utsav 2012 community to see and feel the Durgotsav the way it supposed to be felt and celebrated. Governing Body Members (GBM): Also, this time we are taking our talents to Joy Mukherjee (President) Davis, and I know that it is quiet a drive for Pulak Chowdhury (Vice President) many of us but this change will not only Tanusree Guha (Cultural Secretary) help Utsav financially but will also prove Mitra Choudri (Public Relations) that Utsav is really a community that Rajat Saha (Secretary) belongs to the Greater Sacramento.

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Utsav Accounts* July 2011 – June 2012 Amount Amount

Savings from 2010-11 $2,300 From Savings Account $5,000 Revenues Membership Fees $20,365 Sponsorship $14,000 Donations $1,200 Ticket Sale and Misc. Collection $2,360 $ 37,925 Total Revenues $45,225 Expenses Utsav Domain & Hosting Registration $115 Durga Puja 2011: Puja & Proshad Expenses $315 Food $6,202 Cleaning Expenses $420 External Artist $25,690 Hall Rental $2,964 STL Rental (equipment) $216 Stage Setup $350 Sound & Light $1,980 Magazine $905 Registration & Mailing Supplies $110 Miscellaneous Expenses $457 $39,609 Saraswati Puja 2012: Puja Expenses $155 Food $1,145 Transportation and Miscellaneous $168 Priest Donation $151 Hall Rental $935 $2,554

Insurance for 2012-2013 $594 PO BOX Rental Yearly Subscription $288 Annual Picnic Expenses $440 Annual Registration Expenses $45 QuickBooks Subscription $240 Storage Yearly Charges $1,248

Total Expenses $45,133 Net Balance 2011-12 $92

* To be audited

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Program Schedule* for 11 th Durga Puja, 2012

Event Time

Saturday: October 20, 2012 Durga Puja (Saptami and Mahashtami) 10:00 AM Anjali 11:30 AM Prasad 12:00 Noon Lunch 1:00 – 2:00 PM Matinee Show-Bhooter Bhabishyat 2:30 – 4:30 PM Sandhya Aaroti 5:30 PM Cultural Program • Agomoni 6:00 – 6:15 PM • Dance 6:15 – 6:45 PM • Bangla Gaaner Sekaal-Ekaal 6:45 – 7:45 PM • GBM Introduction and Utsav Award 7:45 – 8:00 PM Dinner 8:00 – 9:00 PM

Bangla Natok: Holud Himu Kalo RAB 9:00 –11:00 PM Open Dance floor with DJ 11 PM Onwards Sunday: October 21, 2012 Durga Puja (Nabami and Bijoya Dashami) 10:00 AM Anjali 11:30 AM Prasad 12:00 Noon Shantir Jol, Bishorjon, and Sindur Khela 12:30 – 1:00 PM Lunch 1:00 – 2:00 PM Cultural Program • Fashion Show 2:30 – 3:00 PM • Solo Performance 3:00 – 3:30 PM • Duet Song Performance 3:30 – 4:00 PM • Go-As-You-Like 4:00 – 5:30 PM

Snacks 5:30 PM Clean Up 6:00 – 7:00 PM *Subject to change

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Community News

Sumita Ghosh , daughter of Paramita and Sumanta Ghosh, graduated from Franklin High School in 2012. She has joined University of California, Berkeley, where she is studying Materials Science and Engineering as a freshman. Stuti Ghoshal , daughter of Tuhina and Surajit Ghoshal , graduated from Oakmont High School in 2012. She has joined University of California, Berkeley, where she is studying Biochemistry and Molecular Biology as a freshman. Natasha Choudri , daughter of Mitra and Adi Choudri, completed her Bachelors degree in Psychology from Cal Poly Pomona in June 2011, and she has now joined the Ph.D. program at Pepperdine University. Farah Billah, daughter of Baby and Rana Billah , graduated from Mira Loma High School in 2012. She has joined University of California, Irvine, where she is studying Political Science as a freshman. Farah Billah won the Editor’s Choice Award for her poem “Two Parks” in the World Poetry Movements, 2012. Avishek Nag received his PhD Degree from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of California, Davis, in July 2012. His PhD Dissertation is entitled Cost and Energy Efficiency in Next-Generation Variable-Bit-Rate Optical Networks . He is continuing his research on Optical Networks.

Bipasha Mukherjee , daughter of Supriya and Biswanath Mukherjee , tied the wedding knot with Christopher Clavin , during a gala celebration on November 12, 2011, in Sacramento. This event was enjoyed by many of our Utsav members.

Enthusiatic volunteers from Utsav joined in the annual spring cleaning program (Karma Yoga) that was organized by the Vedanta Society of Sacramento on March 2012 .

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Dragon by Khounish , 11 years, is a sixth grader and lives in Elk Grove.

Nirvik Basuroy , 6 years, is a first grader at Gallardo Elementary School.

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Utsav Award Winners (for 2003-11)

Utsav gratefully acknowledges the winners of Utsav Awards in past years .

Cultural Award Outstanding Volunteer Award 2003: Somen Nandi 2003: Suvayu Bose 2004: Shyamal Chattaraj 2004: Shashwati Roy and Mala Paul 2005: Nabanita Sen 2005: Santana Das 2006: Shashwati Roy 2006: Joy Mukherjee 2007: Sharmila Mukherjee 2007: Seema Chanda 2008: Marvel Gima 2008: Rupa Chowdhury and Koushik Das 2009: Joydeep Roy 2009: Subir Sarkar 2010: Mala Paul 2010: Anima Kumar and Rashmi Nandi 2011: Tuhina Ghosal and Sanjib Sarkar 2011: Koushik Das and Arun Chowdhury

Literary (and Educational) Award Outstanding Youth Volunteer Award 2003: Arijit Chatterjee (This award was initiated in 2004) 2004: Arun Das 2004: Joey Chakraborty 2005: Dilip Roychowdhury 2005: Mohana Roy 2006: Rashmi Nandi and Pat Chatterjee 2006: Natasha Choudri 2007: Santana Das 2007: Aninda Chowdhury 2008: Manas Ray 2008: Robby Chakraborty 2009: Rashmi Nandi 2009: Arunav Sarkar 2010: Manas Ray 2010: Rudrani Ghosh 2011: Tapati Bhowmik 2011: Sunoy Nandi and Sharod Nandi

Fundraising Award 2003: Udayan Chanda 2004: Deb Saha 2005: Anita Ghoshal 2006: Somen Nandi 2007: Deb Saha 2008: Anima Kumar 2009: Ajay Joshi 2010: Deb Saha 2011: Anima Kumar

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The Vedanta Society of Sacramento

Utsav Members may wish to check out the activities of

The Vedanta Society of Sacramento SSSwami Prapannananda Minister and Teacher Ramakrishna Order, India 1337 Mission Avenue, Carmichael, CA 95608 Phone: (916) 489-5137 E-mail: [email protected] Web: vedantasacto.org

Celebrating Swami Vivekananda’s 150 ththth Birth Anniversary with Special Lectures and Music Programs

Activities include: • In the temple, daily worship at 8:30 am and group meditation at 6 am and 7:30 pm. • Sunday Services: Worship at 9:30 am and a lecture on a religious topic at 11:00 am. Vesper (Arati) at 6:00 pm with devotional songs. • Wednesday Classes: at 7:30 pm on Vedanta scriptures. • Saturday Classes: at 7:30 pm on Ramakrishna-Vivekananda literature. • Celebration of the birthdays of Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Sarada Devi, and Swami Vivekananda; and also Durga Puja, Kali Puja, Jagaddhatri Puja, Janmastami, Shivaratri, and several other festivals. • Bookstore: Ph: (916) 489-2116, Email: [email protected] It sells religious books, children’s books, religious articles, incense sticks, etc. • Santodyana (Garden of Saints): A serene 4-acre retreat with Krishna and Lotus ponds having statues of Sri Krishna, Shiva, Moses, Shankaracharya, Sri Chaitanya, St. Francis of Assisi, Guru Nanak, and Our Lady of Guadalupe for peace and tranquility.

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My Trip to India Kajori Mukherjee

I finally visited India this summer after four one, I saw several which were as big as years. I was very excited about meeting all actual houses. my relatives again. I couldn’t wait to eat the Our next stop was Kovalam Beach. It is food my dad was raving about. I didn’t have a huge stretch of white sand. It used to be much memory of India because it had been a one of the best beaches of India but a lot of while since I’d been there. When I first got it is gone due to erosion. In Trivandrum, the out of the Kolkata airport, I was stunned! I capital of Kerala, we visited the did expect the streets to be crowded but not Padmanabhaswamy Temple. Sri that crowded. It was extremely loud. Padmanabha (Lord Vishnu) is lying down Everyone was shouting in Bangla. My on the snake Anantha. The snake has five parents and I got in the car that was waiting hoods facing inwards, representing for us and we went to the house we would contemplation. We also visited the Napier be staying in. Museum which had beautiful statues and portraits. While driving around Trivandram, I noticed that, apart from the billboards which were written in the local language, and the attire of the men (lungi), there was not much difference between Kolkata and Trivandram. Before leaving, we visited Poovar Island where the backwater meets the sea. Finally, we returned back to Kolkata.

Athirappilly waterfalls. About a week later we visited a beautiful place called Kerala, which is in South India. It reminded me a lot of Hawaii because of the palm trees and the natural beauty. I came to know that Kerala is also called the “Venice of the East”. We first visited Fort

Kochi to see Chinese fishing nets, and a Shikara (boat house). large beautiful church. Next day, we went to My two cousins had their sacred thread see the Athirappilly waterfalls. The scenery ceremony in late June. I was told that it is a was breathtaking. We hiked down a solemn ceremony where a young brahmin mountain, and climbed over huge boulders boy officially becomes a brahmin and gets to finally reach the waterfall. to wear the sacred thread diagonally across We also went on a very relaxing their bodies. It was fun even though the “shikara” (boat) ride down the Alleppey ceremony was very long. The reception, backwaters. Even though ours was a small which took place in the Taj hotel, was more

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fun. I believe it is one of the best hotels in Tagore’s house, the Town Hall, Mother Kolkata. My dad is a foodie and because of Teresa’s home, among others. We also him, we got to eat delicious food at visited a lovely place near the Ganges River restaurants such as Jimmy’s Kitchen called Falta, which is a resort meant for (Chinese), Flame and Grill, and Arsenal, weekend getaways. This trip to India was an which is famous for its biriyani. We also amazing experience and I cannot wait to go took a tour of Kolkata, and saw many back again. different monuments. We saw Rabindranath

Kajori, 13 years, is an eighth grader in Spring View Middle School.

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To and From Russia with Love Shyama P. Chakroborty

My first direct exposure with Russia came in families. In addition, several American-style the mid-1990s. This was the time frame homes were built inside the compound to when the cold war was about to end and the house the American and European Space mighty Soviet Empire was in the process of Agency (ESA) astronauts when they went disintegration. Originally, my involvement there for the joint training with the Russian in Russia started as part of a joint cosmonauts before their launch to the collaboration with a Russian Rocket Engine International Space Station (ISS). Company in my capacity as the Chief A life-sized statue of Yuri Gagarin, the Engineer of an aerospace company. first human to go to space in 1961, holding a During the joint collaboration with the single red rose would greet the visitors Russians, our engineers and their immediately after going through the heavily- counterparts in Russia worked guarded entrance. I have been told that the collaboratively to adopt the Russian rocket rose was to show Gagarin’s eternal love for engines from his wife who their lunar lived in a flat program in behind the the 1960s for statue for commercial many years application after he died in the USA following which his crash Training in Orlan Space Suit Soyuz Spacecraft Control Inside the Mir Space Station required in a Mig many complicated design changes. Many of 15 in 1968. Even to this date, he remains the engineers in my organization started to one of the most revered figures in the travel to Russia while the Russian engineers Russian society. They have preserved his came to our facilities. Several engineers in office in Star City in exactly the same way my organization came back with beautiful he left it before taking his fatal Mig 15 flight Russian wives, giving true meaning to from a nearby Air Force Base. He was being “From Russia with Love”. Subsequently, I groomed to be the Neil Armstrong of Russia started going to Russia. However, my main as the first human to land on the moon. focus was to get into their Astronaut Subsequently, the Soviet Union lost the (cosmonaut in Russian) program and get the moon race. However, even to this date, most out of my time in Russia. every cosmonaut who gets certified after Eventually, I got the opportunity to go to completing their training is required to go to “Star City” in 2002, the western name for his office and take a vow to uphold the the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training honor of the motherland in the best tradition Center (YGCC) located in Youzny, a city and ideals he set for his fellow Russians. approximately an hour’s drive from Immediately after doing my cosmonaut Moscow. The YGCC in Youzny is in a training, I had the great honor to be heavily-guarded walled city which housed accorded this privilege to visit Gagarin’s the cosmonaut training facilities and the office to pay my homage. residential flats for the space scientists, The cosmonaut training involved either cosmonauts, support personnel, and their the simulators or the actual replica of all

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their past and present space crafts and Space went to space and spent a few days at their Stations, including the current earth-orbiting Salyut-7 Space Station in 1984. ISS. Eventually, I completed the training in In addition to my helpful and friendly the Soyuz spacecraft which the Russians Russian trainers, I was privileged to meet currently use to transport both American and many other individuals who extended their Russian astronauts and cosmonauts to the friendship and hospitability. Although I ISS, their previous Mir Space Station, eventually learned to speak Russian, at the centrifuge (the largest in the world), the beginning I was provided with a bright and Russian Module of the ISS, Orlan Space beautiful Russian interpreter, Anna Tsikaya, suit, vestibular chair, natural buoyancy pool to help me communicate with the Russian where the astronauts train to work on the trainers. Anna was the Head of the underwater replica of the Russian module of Interpreter Group at YGCC who helped the the International Space Station in addition to American and European Space Agency other simulators. I also got to fly their Space astronauts when they trained with the Shuttle, Buran, in the simulator. The Russian cosmonauts before their launch for Russians successfully flew their Space space duty in the ISS. Eventually, I met Shuttle twice before placing it as a display in Anna’s husband, Ruslan, who was a former Gorky Park. Colonel in the Russian Air Force. After the training at the YGCC in Star Subsequently, he became a pilot for the City, I came to their Mission Control center Russian Space Agency and transported the in Moscow. This is a very impressive center astronauts and cosmonauts between Moscow which houses all the controllers which and Baikonur in Kazakhstan, the launch site provide the command and controls for all for most of the Russian space missions. their spacecrafts including communication Ruslan was a very tall and handsome man. with the American astronauts and the Even though he had great difficulty with his Russian cosmonauts currently working in English, he tried very hard to communicate. the ISS. The NASA Mission Control in Both Anna and Ruslan became my friends. Houston and the Russian Mission Control in Anna invited me to their flat and Moscow share the Command and Control entertained me with some authentic and tasks, taking turns around the clock. The sumptuous Russian and Ukrainian dishes. walls of the Anna’s

Russian mother and Mission her best Control friend, Center are Tatiana, also decorated joined us for with the dinner. pictures of Tatiana, a tall all the and beautiful Cosmonauts Left: At the Red Square with Tatiana, Right: At Anna and Ruslan’s place for dinner young lady who went to with Ruslan, Anna’s mother, their son Artjom, and Tatiana (Anna, not seen in the picture (molodoya space was busy cooking) dee-ayvushka) starting eventually with Yuri Gagarin. My Russian hosts became a very close friend of mine. During proudly pointed out the picture of Wing my subsequent trips, I stayed with Tatiana. Commander Rakesh Sharma from India who She visited me twice in Los Angeles and

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Sacramento. Ruslan was originally from Theater about an hour before the show. He Ukraine while Anna was Russian, the only bought two of the cheapest tickets from the daughter of a Colonel in the Russian Air scalpers with some hard bargain at almost Force and a mother who was a Professor at the face value! When we went inside the their Air Force Academy. After dinner and a theater and got seated, we found that the few shots of vodka, Ruslan and his son “Bob Uecker seats” almost needed oxygen played the guitar and sang many Russian and a powerful binocular to have any tunes. It was a very memorable evening and acceptable view of the stage. When Anatoly I cherish the fond memories of their genuine detected my disappointment from my sad friendship and hospitability. face, he told me to relax. He asked me to Another remarkable and interesting man give him a few Roubles (about $100), and was Anatoly Mikhiv. He was the local Head went away for a while. Within minutes, he of Moscow Operations of Aerojet came back with another burly Russian with Propulsion Company in Sacramento. I knew a flash light in hand and signaled me to get Anatoly from my days at Aerojet as the up. They guided me through the theater, and Chief Engineer. Anatoly provided all the just before the start of the show, we were logistical support during my Cosmonaut seated in the second row in some of the most training and drove me in his Mercedes coveted seats in the world-famous Bolshoi between Moscow and YGCC in Youzny. A Theater! My wheeler-dealer friend worked heavy-set, barrel-chested man, he was one of the Russian system and came through for the most interesting and jovial persons I ever me. It was one of the most awesome shows I met. I would also never know how a person have ever seen! I also came to know that could consume so much liquid food (yes, bribery is alive and well in all parts of the you guessed it right, vodka!). He was also an world and is not an Indian monopoly. ultimate wheeler dealer who could talk There are many fond memories from my anybody into doing anything. thrilling flight to over 85,000 ft in a Mig 25, One one of the day, after a two fastest grueling planes ever training built in session at history. the YGCC, The only I asked Mach 3 Anatoly if it plane in was the USA

possible to even to go to the At the controls at 85,000 ft Waiting for the crew to fuel the Foxbat this date is world- the SR 71, famous Bolshoi Theater, which was the high-altitude reconnaissance plane. It has normally always sold out. It was difficult to been openly known for many years that the get tickets particularly on the day of the Russians built the Foxbat (Mig 25) as a performance unless somebody was willing defense against the SR 71. Anatoly drove to pay an exorbitant amount to the scalper. me to Zhukovsky Air Force Base bright and Anatoly told me not to worry with his usual early on the day of my flight so that I could mischievous laugh. He said, “Dawaii, do all the paper work, and go through a Dawaii (let’s do it!)”. We went to Bolshoi rigorous check list and medical tests. They

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took a copy of my American Federal literally the frozen Tundra where we were Aviation Agency’s (FAA) pilot license. I holed up in a modest hotel for almost a was certified and licensed to fly in the USA week, waiting for the weather at the Base since 1977. The flight plan was to pull over Camp Boneo, an 8-hour flight from 6 gs and climbing up to the edge of space Katanga, to clear up. During those days, we and doing a number of exciting and would venture out and visit a few restaurants dangerous maneuvers such as doing and small shops that kept the lifeline alive in complete 3600 rolls in flight. By the time, I this snow-covered Siberian city. We would reached 85,000 ft with the Mach meter stroll around the city in our arctic gears with reading 2.6, I saw the stars in the sky above 3-inch thick insulation to get us accustomed and the curvature of the earth over the to the severe cold weather which we were horizon. It was one of the most thrilling expecting to experience while at the North experiences I have ever experienced. The Pole. We also visited a museum that housed successful landing was followed by toasting many of the relics of the Woolly mammoth with vodka with a chorus of “Dawaii, that roamed these areas over 50,000 years Dawaii” from my Russian coordinators who ago. arranged the flight. I was then escorted to Some of the most hilarious moments the office where a renowned Russian test during the North Pole expedition came from pilot, Popov, gave me the certificate our Iranian team member. When he (name commemorating my Mig 25 flight. I fondly withheld) first showed up in Moscow, he remember how two of the Russian lady had a long and bushy black beard and could workers at the Air Force Base labored so not be talked into taking any alcoholic hard for a considerable time to locate a g- drinks. Then, when we were holed up in our suit, oxygen mask, and helmet that would fit hotel in Siberia prior to going to the North me. I suppose the anatomical contours of my Pole, we finally talked him into taking a sip body and head were drastically different of vodka. Apparently, he liked it very much from those of the bigger Russian pilots as it was evident from a very loud Tarzan- whose flight gears the lady workers were like yell he belted out. Everyday, his sorting through to find the one that would fit consumption went up to match his me tightly. increasing liking for his new-found magical Another of my major adventures was the drink which he had been missing all these expedition to the North Pole which started in years. Ultimately, he would start getting Moscow. I was part of a 16-member totally drunk. Then, one evening when we international expedition team which gathered in the lobby to play our endless successfully trekked to the North Pole. The boring games (name that tune, name that team comprised of members from various movie, name that person, and so on), he countries including Russia (three Russian showed up completely drunk, and paratroopers), England, France, Germany, completely clean shaven. He started to Austria, Brazil, Turkey, USA, and Iran. We scream with various epithets about the flew from Moscow to Katanga, a small city Iranian revolution and the rigidly- in Siberia. It was during the winter season. conservative society it had created. One of We have all heard the proverbial “Frozen our Russian friends, Sergei, cracked that the Tundra”. It looked like the entire city was USA needed to follow a different tact in covered with a thick layer of snow. Only a their foreign policy about Iran. He suggested few feet of the mast above the snow would that the USA should air-drop case loads of tell us about the ship beneath it! This was vodka all over in Iran, particularly on its

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university campuses to change the mood and After we successfully reached the North attitude of this conservative nation. Pole, we celebrated with the traditional Our IL-76 transport plane was to land at Russian dance in a circle while toasting with the Base Camp, and it was very essential vodka (what else?). We did not trek back by that there were no cracks or ridges built up skiing. The Mi-8 helicopters of the Russian on the surface which was basically an 8-10 Air Force flew from the Base Camp to take feet thick us back from ice the North Pole. surface However, for that was the sake of to be posterity, most used as of the the expeditioners landing jumped one by strip. Due At the Base Camp of North pole Planting Stars and Stripes at the North Pole one from to the 6,500 ft strong current of the Arctic Ocean from the helicopter to the North Pole with underneath, the ice would crack or bulge, parachute. Finally, all of them got back in creating problems for the landing. the helicopter to fly back to the Base Camp Eventually, we found the suitable condition and then to Moscow. to fly to the Base Camp located at 89 0 I have many memories from my other latitude. We camped at the Base Camp for a adventures such as swimming the English day. Channel between England and France or One of the most daring a cts was to dash climbing up to the Base Camp of Mt. to the toilet (a fancy name for an enclosed Everest in Nepal, but the memories from my tent surrounding a hole on the ground). The numerous trips and time in Russia are very challenge was to dash there from our tent close to my heart. I have never claimed or and take no more than a few seconds to get bragged about my richness in material sense, the job but I am done to very proud avoid any of my rich severe bank injury to balance in the bare the skin from memory the severe bank. I met cold many weather friendly hovering At a Kyrgyzstani restaurant in Moscow with Anna, Ruslan and Tatiana. The hostess is in ethnic dress and the near 60 to 70 degree below zero coupled most wonderful people while in Russia. I with strong wind and gusts. visited some of the most magnificent art Most of the expeditioners trekked the museums in the world in Moscow and St. last degree from 89 0 to 90 0, a distance of 111 Petersburg. I was privileged to enjoy some km by cross-country skiing in severe of the most elegant ballets and operas at the weather conditions with the temperature and Bolshoi Theater. I was invited to the wind reaching minus 70 degree and 30 mph. Kremlin Palace to a show where some of the

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top bands of Russia and a legendary singer Nets) and the English Premier League’s from Italy performed. Arsenal, while I have also encountered Anatoly and Tatiana took me to many many young Russian mothers holding their authentic Russian and ethnic restaurants small babies asking (I am avoiding the (Georgian, Kyrgyzstani, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, dreaded word “begging”) for help while Swedish, and Japanese among others). strolling between my hotel and the nearby Anatoly arranged a lovely dinner for me at a Kremlin. Georgian restaurant in Moscow and made One thing I know for sure. The Russian sure that we got to sit on the same table people are very talented with a long heritage where President Clinton was once of art, science, and culture spanning entertained during his State Visit! He tried hundreds of years. Once their transformation to arrange the same menu and the Georgian to a democratic society is complete, they are wine which were served to President destined to achieve greatness again and Clinton! become a prosperous nation. I took many leisurely walk along the Anatoly and Nadia were very hospitable beautiful Moscow River overlooking the hosts. They invited me to their Dacha and Kremlin. The Red Square is imposing. I got entertained me with many authentic Russian to visit Lenin’s body in the Mausoleum in meals. Nadia always prepared my favorite the Red Borsch soup, Square. The a common changing of and popular the guard at Russian soup the eternal made from flame in the beets. I still courtyard fondly of the remember Kremlin is their playful fascinating. Anatoly getting ready for the next toast with Nadia looking on, Dinner with Tatiana’s mother at her flat young daughter, Russia is the largest country in the Masha, who was then a 6-year-old beautiful world, covering 11 time zones and little girl trying to size up all the guests at 6,592,735 square miles with enormous their home by asking many innocent natural resources. It has been under questions. We called her pachemoochka dictatorship or autocratic rule for hundreds (meaning “he or she who always asks non- of years under the Czars followed by the stop questions”). Since then, many years rigid communist rule after the Russian have passed by until very recently when I revolution in 1917. They are obviously got a heart-warming e-mail request from a struggling with their on-going concerned father, Anatoly, with a picture of experimentation with democracy, resulting Masha who has now blossomed into a very in many social upheavals. The empire that beautiful (Ochen Kracivoya) 18-year-old was going to unite the proletariats of the girl. She has just graduated from her school world with equitable distribution of wealth in Moscow and was looking into enrolling at among its masses has now created a vast UCLA for her under graduate studies. gulf of differences between its haves and Interestingly, Masha was born in the USA have-nots. The nuevo-rich billionaires from during one of Anatoly’s past business trips Russia have bought sports franchises such as to the USA. Anatoly knew that I taught the NBA’s New Jersey Nets (now Brooklin Space and Rocket Science at UCLA as an

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Adjunct Professor and was soliciting help to this loving father, my friend (Moi Drook) and information from me about UCLA. Anatoly. Needless to say, I tried my best to be helpful

Dr. Shyama P. Chakraborty , a prominent rocket scientist and a Member of the National Academy of Engineering, has diverse interests along with his primary profession. He has been to North Pole and Mt. Everest base camp and also swam the English Channel. He lives in Folsom.

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33G Notebook Biswanath Mukherjee 33G is a travel notebook which has evolved from the Sacramento Notebook columns which appeared in Chowrongee 2006 and Chowrongee 2007. (Please see Chowrongee 2005 for an explanation on 33G.) This edition of 33G Notebook covers some of the wonderful places the author was fortunate to visit recently. Big Island, Hawaii paradise which Hawaii is known for: natural For most travelers to Hawaii, their initial flora and fauna, rain forest, etc. We visited visits are typically to the famous islands of the Moana Loa macademia nut factory, Oahu and Maui; and a later trip usually takes touched macademic nut trees, did some them to the Big Island (also called short volcano hikes, and sipped wine at the Hawaii)… and this was also the case for my Volcano Winery. But the highlight was our wife and me. As soon as we landed at Kona visit to the Volcano National Park where we Airport, located on the western shore of the saw a live volcano (called Kilauae) spewing island, I was wondering if this was our out lava which flows into the ocean and correct destination… as there was no which has closed some of the roads in the tropical paradise in the vicinity which region. Hawaii is known for, and all we could see around us was black rock (lava flows from many years back from the Moana Loa mountain, which is centrally located in the island and which can be seen from afar). Hawaiian airports have “open-air” terminals, and getting our rental car was easy. The half-hour drive to our hotel was almost entirely through barren land with black rocks (lava flows), but the monotony was broken by white rocks which people had used to spell out their initials or other messages. Finally, after reaching our hotel, Tropical Hawaii. The Hilton Waikoloa Resort, we got what Paris in Vegas we wanted: greenery, flowers, palm trees, a The North American Bengali Conference shopping mall, and our hotel – a mini-city, (NABC) (aka Banga-sammelan) 2013 was with four huge buildings, three extra-large held at the Paris Hotel in Las Vegas. This swimming pools, numerous restaurants, an event enabled us to enjoy many aspe cts of eclectic and expansive collections of arts Bengali culture with our friends and spread all over the property, a monorail and relatives who came from various parts of boats to transfer people between different North America (including many locations in the resort, its own beach, and Sacramentans). My favorite programs were: fountains. Of course, almost all it was the classical vocals performed by Pandit artificial. Jasraj, the songs by Kavita Krishnamurthy The next day, we drove three hours to and Sankar Mahadevan, and the movie the eastern side of the island, where the Bhooter Bhabiswat. Of course, there were main city is Hilo, and what a contrast it was! plenty of other wonderful performances Now, we could experience the tropical such as dance, drama, poetry, movies,

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lectures, etc., as well as a “bazaar” of sarees, equally beautiful but less accessible and jewelry, etc., so a good time could be had by draws perhaps a 1000 times fewer visitors. all. Over many centuries, the Colorado River has carved the Grand Canyon to its current breathtaking shape. Zion National Park is also a spectacular canyon in Southern Utah and it is “carved” by the Virgin River. It has one road going through the canyon next to the river, with many easy hikes, and it is a lot less crowded than Grand Canyon (South).

Paris Hotel and Casino (NABC 2012). Around and inside the Paris Hotel and Casino, there were miniature versions of famous Paris landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, etc. My first impression of Paris was that it is a “huge” Amphitheaters and “hoodoos” in Bryce Canyon. hotel… as it was quite spacious and had Just like in Zion, the soil in Bryce numerous restaurants (serving a wide variety Canyon is rich in iron, which gives it a of food, including French cuisine, which my bright red color. Unlike Grand and Zion, family really enjoys). But, after NABC Byrce is technically not a canyon as it is not ended, we checked out the other famous “carved” by a river. “Bryce is famous for its hotels and casinos along the “Las Vegas unique geology which consists of several Strip” and found that Paris is really small horseshoe-shaped amphitheaters carved compared to the sprawling properties at The from the erosional force of frost-wedging Venetian, Ceasars, Bellagio, MGM, etc. and the dissolving power of rainwater… Seeing the crowds at the casinos and which have shaped the colorful limestone restaurants, it was hard to imagine that our rock of the region into bizarre shapes, society is experiencing difficult financial including slot canyons, windows, fins, etc. times today. called "hoodoos"” [National Park Service]. Grand Canyon, Zion, and Bryce Canyon Mahabalipuram We piggybacked (on our NABC trip) visits Mahabalipuram is a port/beach city on the to Grand Canyon, Zion National Park, and Bay of Bengal in Southern India, about a Bryce Canyon because of their proximity to 1.5-hr drive from Chennai. It is famous for Las Vegas. And we saw/met several other its old architecture, including carvings from Bengali families exploiting the same the 7 th century created by the Pallava opportunity, particularly at Grand Canyon Dynasty, and it has been designated a (South Rim). The South Rim draws UNESCO World Heritage Site. The numerous visitors from all over the world, carvings show Roman and Egyptian art, but the North Rim, which we also visited, is indicating that there were communication

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and trade with these far-away civilizations even 14 centuries back! Taipliece: The Flight Marshal On my recent flight from Bombay to Newark NJ (a Boeing 777), I was the first to board the plane, but as I approached my seat (3A), I found that my neighbor in 3B had his belongings on or around his seat, such as two large bottles of water. (How did he board the flight before me?) I was wondering how he smuggled the H 2O into the plane, and where he got the large bottle of Smart Water, which you get at Starbucks but probably not in Bombay. After the boarding was done, this guy emerged from Mahabalipuram: UNESCO Heritage Site. somewhere. He was probably in his late 20s, looked Israeli, and seemed like a tough guy. Although this was a long flight (15+ hours) and he had a flat-bed seat, he did not sleep during the flight at all. He remained seated all flight, playing games on his hand- held device. My instinct tells me he was a flight marshal, viz. an undercover law enforcement agent who counters aircraft hijackings and who blends in with the passengers. I suppose he had just come from Newark and was heading back to Newark on the same plane now. I speculate “New” Tsunami Temple at Mahabalipuram. that he was now “working” on the Bombay- The beach at Mahabalipuram is long and Newark flight after having “rested” on the wide with warm sand, and it could probably inbound flight. I also suppose he had a be better commercialized to attract many partner (in seat 2B) who “worked” on the more visitors. I was visiting this place after inbound flight and was not resting on the nearly 35 years, and the beach was still very outbound flight. And his seat and mine attractive. The beach has the famous “Shore were close to the cockpit. As you can Temple”… and the story goes that there are imagine, I felt safe and slept soundly. So, six other such temples but they have been the next time you are on such a long- devoured by the sea. After the December distance flight, see if you can spot the flight 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, the sand on the marshal(s), by looking at the passengers in beach got swept away in many locations on the front seats of the flight. the beach, and out popped a small temple

which no one had seen before… and it is now aptly called the “Tsunami Temple”.

Biswanath Mukherjee, is Distinguished Professor (and Past Chairman) of Computer Science at University of California, Davis, where he has been for the past 25 years. Readers can visit the author at: http://networks.cs.ucdavis.edu/~mukherje/

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Wishing Utsav A Happy and Prosperous Durga Puja 2012

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Vivekananda and Rabindranath Swami Prapannananda

Swami Vivekananda and poet Rabindranath occasionally the time used to be spent in Tagore were born in North Kolkata within a gossips. Reaching the room of his friends, difference of two years only. Rabindranath he started singing in a loud voice that was born in Jorasanko on May 7, 1861, and particular song sinhanane basi. When asked Swami Vivekananda, then Narendranath, in by his eager friends the cause of the Simla on January 12, 1863. Both hailed rejoicing, he smilingly said, ”I am cleansing from well-educated, cultured, and my brain”. aristocratic families. Narendranath sang two Tagore’s songs, Abanindranath Tagore, another mahasihasane basi and tomarei kariachhi luminary of the Tagore family, has written jivanero dhruvatara, at Shyampukur on in one of his books that Deependranath October 24, 1885, in front of Sri Tagore and Narendranath were good Ramakrishna, who was brought from friends and they studied together in the Dakshineswar to that place for treatment of same college. Deependranath was a cancer. The well-known physician of grandson of Maharshi Debendranath Kolkata, Dr. Mahendralal Sarkar, was Tagore and was a repository of Tagore’s present there. Narendranath sang five more songs. Narendranath used to visit the house songs besides those two. of Tagores occasionally because of this During his student days, Narendranath friendship. Narendranath also knew was known as a lead singer in Brahmo Maharshi Devendranath, father of Samaj. Along with Rabindranath, he used Rabindranath. There is a well-known to take part in the famous Hindu Mela conversation between him and Maharshi started by the great Brahmo leader, Raj when he had approached him as a spiritual Narayan Basu. In 1881, Rajnarayan Basu’s seeker. daughter, Liladevi, was married to Narendranath was a member of the Krishnakumar Mitra in a gorgeous function Brahmo Samaj during his student days and at the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj Mandir. On was fond of singing Brahmo songs. Two of this occasion, Rabindranath composed three the many Brahmo songs that he used to songs in a classical style and taught them to sing are: maha sinhasane bosi shunichha he Narendranath, Dr. Sundari Mohan Basu, biswapita and tanhare arati kare chandra and others. They sang these three tapana. interesting songs: dui hridayer nadi ekatre There is an interesting story about milia jadi, jagater purohit tumi, and subho Narendra’s singing of the first song in the dine esecche dohne charane. A few years Bengali biography of Swami Vivekananda later, Narendranath compiled a book of known as Yuganayak Vivekananda. In the songs, Sangit Kalpataru, with morning of the first day of the B.A. Vaishnavcharan Basak. Along with these examination, Narendra got up from his bed three songs were added two more songs early and took a walk to the house of his composed by Rabindranath in that book. classmates Haridas and Dasarathi Sanyal. One of them, kali kali bolre aj, is a rare The latter became a well-known lawyer of song on Mother Kali composed by the poet. Kolkata High Court. Narendra used to visit The book was reprinted after more than a them often in connection with studies and

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hundred year and was released by the noted epoch-making first visit to the West. A musician, Pandit Ravishankar, in Kolkata. reception was organized on behalf of the In an article, Prof. Kshitimohan Sen citizens of Kolkata at Shobhabazar Rajbati wrote that at Varanasi he had first heard the on February 26, 1897. At least 5,000 people following three songs composed by attended that meeting. Rabindranath was Rabindranath from the lips of also present there. Sister Nivedita once Narendranath: e ki sundara shobha, morilo hosted a tea party at her Baghbazar morilo amay bansi te dekechhe ke, and residence where the poet and the monk sakhi amari duare keno asile. In Kolkata, at came together. the Shyampukur house on October 27, Romain Rolland, the great French 1885, Narendranath sang the song e ki thinker, artist, humanist, and Nobel Prize sundara shobha in front of Sri Ramakrishna winner in literature was in search of in the presence of the well-known artist, spiritual inspirations from any source of the Ananda Charan Bagchi. While listening to world. Being a pacifist, after the First the song, Sri Ramakrishna went into World War, he left his country, France, and Samadhi. It is said that Swamiji also sang settled in Switzerland. He was attracted by the following three songs composed by the Mahatma Gandhi’s doctrine of non- poet: satya mangala premamaya tumi, yogi violence and wrote a book on him. As he he ke tumi hridi asane, and tumi bandhu was completing this book, Rabindranath tumi natha. According to the Gospel of Sri Tagore came to visit him in 1926 at Ramakrishna, Narendranath sang to Sri Villeneuve, Switzerland. During the Ramakrishna two times the Sikh vesper conversation, Tagore was deeply impressed song gagana thale ravi chandra deepaka by Romain Rolland’s great interest in India jwale, originally composed by Guru Nanak, and her ancient heritage. It was then that he and translated by Rabindranath. made his famous remark to the host, “If you Narendranath sang these two songs at want to understand India, study Balaram Mandir in North Kolkata on April Vivekananda. In him everything is positive, 7, 1883, and May 9, 1885. From the same nothing negative”. Romain Rolland was book we also come to know that the song very much impressed by that remark. Soon tomarei kariachhi jibanero dhruva tara was he started getting books on Ramakrishna sung by Narendranath two times: first on and Vivekananda from different sources. July 14, 1885, at Balaram Mandir on the By the end of the 1920s, he himself wrote Ratha Jatra day when Sri Ramakrishna two remarkable books on Ramakrishna and went into Samadhi. Vivekananda—The Life of Ramakrishna Later, at Shyampukur house also, Sri and Vivekananda’s Life and Gospel. Ramakrishna heard this song from him. All the songs composed by Swami Prapannananda, Minister and Rabindranath and sung by Narendranath Teacher of Ramakrishna order, India and were collected in a cassette tape under the currently the Minister in charge of the direction of the doyen Shailajaranjan Vedanta Society of Sacramento. Majumder. The songs were sung by renowned singers of Tagore’s songs and were produced by the Purulia Vidyapith, West Bengal. Swami Vivekananda returned to Kolkata on February 20, 1897, from his

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Brief History of Utsav

eyes – signed the official paperwork. We tsav is a nonprofit, cultural “U celebrated our first Durga Puja in October organization involved in promoting Bengali 2002. The participation of member families culture in the Sacramento Valley. Utsav was was outstanding and the joy was boundless. founded in 2002, with one goal: creating a With time, the Utsav tree has expanded and positive and enjoyable experience of the bondage among families grew deeper. friendship, happiness, and harmony via our The baton of responsibility transferred to Bengali heritage. Although Utsav is other able hands from the hands of those predominantly a Bengali organization so far, who started the organization. But the we want to reach other communities as well. founders and senior members continued to Membership in Utsav is not limited to any remain very active in different roles. particular race, religion, or ethnic origin”. Utsav membership includes 80-90 The Journey families, from which several members are The Beginning: It was a fine afternoon of elected every year to serve as officers for a Saraswasti Puja of 2002. A few new Bengali year. So far, many of our members have arrivals in Sacramento were standing in ably served our organization with the front of 1317 Montridge Ct., El Dorado leadership of our following Presidents: Hills, reminiscing over the Puja celebrations • 2003: Arijit Chattopadhyay in their homeland in India. The participants • 2004: Udayan Chanda in that gathering – Deb Saha, Udayan • 2005: Mitra Choudri Chanda (UC), Arun Chowdhury, Samrat • Basu, Anirban Bhattacharya, Suvayu Bose, 2006: Biswanath Mukherjee • and Joy Mukherjee – all felt the need to host 2007: Dipankar Chattopadhyay • their own Durga Puja in Sacramento and the 2008: Deb Saha idea of an organization was thus born. In an • 2009: Adi Choudri hour, they came up with the name, Utsav, • 2010: Sharmila Mukherjee first proposed by Suvayu Bose. Later, Mala • 2011-12: Joy Mukherjee

Paul designed the Utsav logo. Our Activities: A few weeks after that momentous We organize several major annual events: gathering, several Sacramento Bengali old Durga Puja; Saraswati Puja; Picnic + timers were contacted with the help of Mita Annual General Meeting (AGM); etc. All Chakraborty. Everyone who we spoke to our events enjoy strong participation from got excited to have our own Durga Puja and our children. Our next generation – for to have our own organization. Through this whom the exposure to Bengali culture is process of joyous interactions between the invaluable – is very active in our cultural new arrivals and the old timers of programs, literary activities, and puja Sacramento, Utsav found few strong pillars activities. It is gratifying to note that many in the names of Adi and Mitra Choudri, of our young members, even after going to Somen Nandi, Biswanath Mukherjee, and college, still come back for our Pujas and others, who had an immediate impact to look forward to attending them. make Utsav a grand success. Our other activities include the following: In July 2002, Utsav was officially formed. • Cultural Program productions, as parts of Adi Choudri, Deb Saha, Udayan Chanda, Durga Puja, Saraswati Puja, Anandamela, Arijit Chattopadhyay, and Joy Mukherjee – India Day, California State Fair, etc. with smiles, happiness, and glitters in their

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• Our Past Durga Puja External Artists Annual North American Bengali include the following famous performers: Conference (NABC), Long Beach, o Mala Ganguly CA, July 2003. o Lopamudra Mitra o Hum Do Hamara Do (by Amol o Antara Chowdhury Roy). o Bhoomi o Public Servant (by Gautam Roy), o Rezwana Chowdhury Banya also performed at Bay Area o Somdatta Basu Natyamela, May 2005. o Utpalendu Chowdhury o Jampati (Sruti Natak) (by Sanjib o Nachiketa Chattopadyay). o Sougata Ganguli (Sarod) o Babuder Dalkukure (by Manoj o Jojo Mitra), also performed at Bay Area o Anup Ghoshal Natyamela, June 2006. o Raghav Chatterjee o Apaharan (Sruti Natak) (by o Suchismita Das Baidyanath Mukhopadhyay), o Shubhomita performed at Bay Area Natyamela, o Arnab Chakrabarty June 2007. o Kaya • Our participation in 23 rd Annual North o Tanusree Shankar and Troup American Bengali Conference (NABC) o Aneek Dhar (Bongo Sammelan), Long Beach, CA, o Anwesha July 2003: with a Children’s Dance • In 2009, Dr. Mitra Choudri initiated a Program (Production: Mala Paul) and youth volunteer group, led by our Utsav Drama Bifole Mulyo Ferot (see above). kids. They have organized a winter • Transfusion (November 2005; Producer: clothes drive for St. John’s Shelter, Mala Paul; Keynote Speaker: Dr. Ernie performed Annual Spring Cleaning at the Bodai): A Fundraising Event through Vedanta Center, served an Indian meal at which we donated $5,000 to the Cancer St. John’s Shelter, and raised funds for Foundation of India. the Haiti Disaster. • Our participation in 29 th Annual North • High-quality production of our Annual American Bengali Conference (NABC) , Magazine, Chowrongee (please visit our San Jose, CA, July 2009: Dance Program website for archives), thanks to Past and (Production: Shashwati Roy and Mala Present Editors: Dilip Roychowdhury, Paul) and Drama Hoitey Sabhdan Arun Das, Rashmi Nandi, Manas Ray, directed by Joydeep Ray. and Avishek Nag. • Ramayan (October 2009; Directed by: • Drama Productions , under the Direction Ajay Joshi): A children’s drama. of Somen Nandi, such as: • Chalo Kolkata (October 2010; Written o Obak Jolpan (by Sukumar Roy), also by: Manas Ray; Directed by: Mala Paul): performed at Durgotsav’07 by an all- A musical drama. female cast under the direction of • Bir Purush (October 2010; Directed by: Sharmila Mukherjee. Paramita Ghosh): A children’s drama. o Mamago (by Sukumar Roy). o Makuda Chole Gelen (by Gautam Information for this writeup is gathered from the past several years with the objective to help new and Roy). future members who are expected to take forward o Bifole Mulyo Ferot (by Samir and improve the Utsav legacy. Dasgupta), also performed at 23 rd .

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Utsav Membership Roster (2012-13)

Platinum Sponsors (contribution: $1200 and above) Choudri, Adi and Mitra Mukherjee, Joy and Subhra Joshi, Ajay and Nupur Sharma, Kingshuk and Ashrukona

Gold Sponsors (contribution: $600 and above) Chakraborty, Shyama and Paris Powell Devavarapu, Pradeep and Sanhita Bandyopadhyay Mukherjee, Biswanath and Supriya Nayak, Sanjib and Soma

Silver Sponsors (contribution: $300 and above) Chanda, Udayan and Seema Chowdhury, Shyamal and Bipasha Gima, Marvel and Shubhra Guha, Snehungsu and Tanusree Kriplani, Indru and Pramila Nandi, Somen and Rashmi Saquib, Najmus and Lubna Sarkar, Sanjib and Hem

General Members * Denotes membership renewed for 2012-13 at press time. Our apologies if the information has any inaccuracies; please drop us an email at [email protected] with corrections.

*Adoni, Anand, Subhra (Chakraborty), Anish, and Aisha Bagchi, Shyamal and Ossing *Bandyopadhyay, Barun, Sunanda, Sneha, and Hiya *Bandyopadhyay, Rohosen Banerjee, Amit, Snigdha (Ghosh), Isha and Shriya Basu, Shantanu and Rina, and Dhiya Basuroy, Nirupam, Sudeshna, Shimika, and Nirvik *Bhattacharya, Anirban and Archita *Bhattacharya, Prodyot and Srilekha *Bhaumik, Partha Burman, Prabir Chakraborty, Prodosh, Mita, Joey, and Robby *Chakroborty, Shyama and Paris Powell *Chanda, Udayan, Seema, Neel, and Natasha Chatterjee, Satya, Pat, and Arun *Choudri, Adi, Mitra, Neil, and Natasha *Chowdhury, Arun, Rupa, Ayananta, and Aditya *Chowdhury, Pulak, Sanchita Dey, and Mahika Adishree Chowdhury, Shyamal, Bipasha, Sudip, and Anindya *Das, Aveek Das, Koushik, Santana, and Debanshu

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Das, Modan, Shilpi, Neil, and Raj Datta, Jyotirmoy, Namita, Srijon, and Orjon *Devavarapu, Pradeep, Sanhita Bandyopadhyay, and Suhan Dey, Saumen, Manjula, and Siddhartha Doyle, Michael and Jayashree *Dutta, Indrajit and Deepa *Ganguly, Apratim Ghosh, Kunal, Rupa, Shovik, and Rudrani Ghosh, Somnath and Sarbani *Ghosh, Sumanta, Paramita, Sumita, and Shayan *Ghoshal, Surajit, Tuhina, Tuli, and Tithi *Gima, Marvel and Subhra *Guha, Snehungsu and Tanusree *Gupta, Suvodeep and Sanhita *Joshi, Ajay, Nupur, Neha, and Veer Kar, Mukta Karmakar, Amit, Carol, Deven, and Asha Khan, Abdul Quyyum, Jasmin, Sami, and Nafi *Khatua, Tara and Krishna *Kriplani, Indru and Pramila Kumar, Barin, Anima, and Soma *Mandal, Uttam Mitra, Anupam and Ananya Mohammad, Billah (Rana), Baby, Farah, and Farhan *Mukherjee, Arun, Sharmila, Ballari, and Kajori *Mukherjee, Biswanath, Supriya, Bipasha, and Suchitra *Mukherjee, Joy, Suvra, Rinita, and Ronit *Nag, Avishek *Nandi, Somen, Rashmi, Sunoy, and Sharod *Nayak, Sanjib, Soma, Ena, and Ashna Paul, Debashis Paul, Mala and Evani Paul, Shomeek and Evani *Paul, Subrata and Soma Ray, Manas, Shashwati, and Mohana Saha, Deb, Nina Shetty, Rohan, and Ishaan *Saha, Rajat and Ananya Saha, Subir and Seema Chowdhury *Najmus, Saquib, Lubna, Samhita, and Samara *Sarkar, Sanjib, Hem, Arunava, and Sonia Sarkar, Sudeep, Suman, Aditya, and Aryav Sarkar, Sandeep, Debolina, and Ryan *Sarkar, Subir, Lily, Sahana, and Sharon *Sharma, Kingshuk, Ashrukana, Khounish, and Eashaan

* Denotes membership renewed for 2012-13 during press time. Our apologies if the information has any inaccuracy; please drop us an email at [email protected] with corrections.

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On the Occasion of 150 ththth Birth Anniversary UTSAV pays homage to Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)

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