October 2012 Volume 2012-02 Bichitra Durga Puja Celebration Puja Schedule: Oct 19th, 20th, 21st 2012 Friday 8,00 PM Dinner 8.30 PM Bodhon http:/www.bichitra.org Saturday 8.30 AM Puja 10.00 AM Anjali 11.00 AM Prasad 11.30 AM Lunch 12.30 to 5.30 PM Cultural Program 5.30 PM Arati 6.00 PM Dinner 7.00 to 11.15 PM Cultural Program Dear Friends, Sunday 9.30 AM Puja I take great pleasure to invite you and your 11.00 AM Anjali family to our Durga Puja celebration. 11.30 AM Prasad and Lunch 1.00 to 5.30 PM Cultural Program We have planned a weekend of rich cul- 5.40 PM Arati and Bisharjan tural program with artists from Kolkata . 6.30 PM Dinner Besides this there will be programs like “Amar Sonar Bangla”, Natak-”Kenaram Durga Puja Event Fees: Becharam” , recitals and lots of “Adda”. We will also serve sumptuous lunch, snack All Three Days Pass (Including Cultural Show and dinner (Non-Veg and Veg) for every- from All Kolkata Artists): one. Member Family $165.00 Non-Member Family $190.00 Student Family $140.00 Special thanks to our Duga Puja committee Member Single $120.00 led by Deb Bonnerjee and assisted by- Non-Member Single $130.00 Sudha Bhattacharya, Pulak Bandyop- Student Single $100.00 adhyay, Ruma De, Partha De , Pinki Hazra , SuSanta P. Sarkar, Pijush Nandi, Mano- Saturday Only Pass (Including Cultural Show from ranjan Santra, Subhojit Sengupta and many Kolkata Artists): others. Member Family $145.00 Non-Member Family $180.00 Dates: Oct 19th,20th and 21st 2012 Student Family $125.00 Member Single $110.00 Non-Member Single $120.00 Venue: West Maple Elementary School Student Single $80.00 in Bloomfield Hills (6275 Inkster Road, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301) Sunday Only Pass (Including Cultural Show from Rajyashree Ghosh): Look forward to seeing you there. Member Family $100.00 Non-Member Family $110.00 Best Wishes, Student Family $75.00 Member Single $85.00 Shivaji Sengupta Non-Member Single $90.00 Student Single $50.00 President 2012-13 Advance Passes purchased before October 15th qualify for $10 discount. (Check must be received RSVP: [email protected] before Oct 15th , payable to “Bichitra”) Bichitra Community Newsletter Together we can make a better community For the latest Bichitra News and Announcements, please visit: http://www.bichitra.org BICHITRA: A BENGALI RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION ORGANIZATION CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS A BENGALI BICHITRA: Follow us by clicking “Like” on our Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/bichitra.org Come, experience the young sensations. Enjoy Bengali Musical Prodigies and TV Stars from KOLKATA This year we take pleasure in having some top rated Bengali artists perform at our Durga Puja Celebration. Parnava Banerjee is a versatile singer who has won the Golden Voice Award from Zee TV Bangla. He has released multiple albums out of which “Swapno Kuri” was selected as the best Music Album in 2007 & awarded the “Sharad Arghyo award-2007”. Sounak Chattopadhyay has more than 22 years of experience and has received the First prize in Dover lane Music Conference talent contest, Kal Ke Kalakar Mumbai, National Scholarship from the Govt. of India, and the Gyana Pravaha Scholarship. Rajyasree Ghosh is best known for her versatility. She has the special distinction of being equally adept at both Raga Music (Kheyal) as well as the lighter semi-classical genres such as Thumri, Dadra, Bhajan, Nazrulgeeti, Bengali Tappa and Puratani Songs. AMAR SONAR BANGLA by Sangeet At Bichitra’s invitation, on Oct.20 members of Sangeet will present this special, hour-long program. The presenta- tion will trace the rich history of Bengali music from the ancient to the modern times. The session will begin with an immortal patriotic song, followed by songs representing Bhatiali, Kirtan, Tappa, Thumri, Shyama Sangeet, Rabindra Sangeet, and Nazrul Geeti. A Modern Classic song, immortalized by a Bengali Music Composer, will conclude the session. An interesting feature of the program is: Sing along with Sangeet. The audience will be invited to sing along with the members when they present their group songs. Lyrics of these songs will be provided to the audience. Saturday Program: Amar Sonar Bangla— 12.30 PM Sounak Part 1—1.40 PM Kenaram Becharam—3.15 PM Dance Program— 7.00 PM Sounak Part 2—8.00 PM Pranava Banerjee—9.15 PM KENARAM BECHARAM —A drama written by Manoj Mittra Becharam Chatterjee’s family has been trying to locate whereabouts of him ever since Becharam left his family in disgust. Shrewd Nagen Panja who claims to be an expert in filling in positions created by missing or dead persons regardless of age shows up with vagabond Kenaram to fill in Becharam’s place in the family. At Nagen’s bidding Kenaram tricks Becharam’s son Subhendu, daughter Buri, son-in-law Pradip, daughter-in -law Dipti and even Dipti’s attorney mother Charu Chameli Chowdhury into believing that Becharam’s dead wife’s jewelry box, apparently con- taining lots of jewelry would be handed over to whoever takes care of Kenaram. Greed takes over and they all fall for it except Becharam’s granddaughter Tutul. To everyone’s dismay Becharam shows up and discloses that all the jewelry have been used for building the house, edu- cation of the children and their wedding. He deliberately put metal scraps in the box to sound like jewelry so his grown up children would take care of him with an eye at the jewelry. 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