PujaricommunitydevelopmentprojectOpenHand

Pujari participated in the Open Hand community development project on August 1st 2010. Our 34 volunteers, as a team, packed and sealed 2000+ food boxes on that day. Pujari also donated $200.00 to Open Hand on that day. Open Hand officials were overwhelmed by the large participation and support from our team.

We proudly like to mention that in our team we had many young members as young as 8 yr old volunteer. This was a wonderful and memorable experience to work with them for a great cause.

Pujari 2010 EC congratulates all volunteers and encourages everyone to join such events in future. It is sincerely worth doing.

Special thanks go to Mr. Satya Mukhopadhyay, to lead this great initiative on behalf of Pujari.

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JabaChaudhuri Inevery family, there isacontinuous longing tofind salvationonly in sixtydaysofsummerafter tentorturous months of work. Long before the vacation comes, the planning (and scheming forsome)beginsandmakesitsmarkfromhouseholdtohousehold.ThisyearafewmembersofAtlanta'sPujarisnatchedupthoseglorioussixtydaysofvacationandutilizedtheminadazzlingway.Thisgroupofpioneerscomprised IndraniKar,SubhasreeNandy,SutapaDasandRichaSarkar.Forthe firsttime,Pujarilaunchedperformancesonthreeseparatestagesintwodifferentstatesandbroadenednotonlyitsrangeofartisticthemesbutitsdegreeofsplendoraswell.On the secondof July, theBangamelaofNashville tookplace here,Pujariexecuteda thirtyminuteprogram:acollageof smalldramascalled"JanapatheONepathyeRaja,"eachwith itsown flair.Thecollagewas composed of four of Rabrindranath Tagore'sworks: "Rakta Karabi," "Dakghar," "TasherDesh,"and"Raja."Secondly, on the tenth of July, ten families from Pujari performed an eclectic piece filledwith livesinging,dancing,dialogue,andpresentationsatAtlanticCity,NewJerseyforthehighlyrenownedBangaSammelan.ThismonumentalundertakingwasbothproducedanddirectedbyIndraniKar...thenameofthe program was "Brishti Bheja Roddur." After a phenomenal praisefilled performance, PujariproceededtocarryouttheentirethingonceagainonJuly17thinNashville,TennesseefortheRegionalBengaliConference(RBC).Here are the names of the "BrishtiBheja Roddur"participants: Rimjhim Kar, Brishti Kar, AjantaChoudhury, ShayakChaudhuri,RemiNandy,OliviaDatta, SupornaChaudhuri,AntaraChoudhury,RuNandy,RajasreeRoy,AninditaandByasdebSaha,DeepanitaandSaibalSengupta,IndraniandSantanuKar, Jaba Ghosh, Subhasree Nandy, Soma and Sanjib Datta, and myself Jaba Chaudhuri. However,withouttheassistanceofspecialbackstagehelpersandbehindthescenesexperts,thiswouldnothavebeenasbigofahit.Herearethosespecialcontributors:JoyjitMukhopadhyay,NachiketaNandy,BobGhosh,SomaandAtulChoudhury,SwapanChaudhuri,SutapaDatta,andAmitabhaDatta.

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Finally, here are some responses the Pujari "Brishti Bheja Roddur" team has received thanks

to its striking work: From: Arunansu Dasgupta @NABC Date: Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 4:20 PM To: Santanu Kar Dear Santanu and Indrani & Raindrop Team My heartfelt congratulation to you and your group for presenting a wonderful program. Recently, there is common trend to do fusion which most of the time I find very confusing. After long time it was so refreshing to watch Rain Drop where imagination blended smoothly with reality, unique selection of songs came alive with creative choreography. Even the video presentation became integral part of the story telling. Movement by the dancers vibrantly brought shining raindrop on to the stage. I remember while I was working with Mira Nair on the set of Name Sake she use to tell me that success of composite art lies in the fluidity of composition. Rain Drop exactly did that. Thank you, Arunansu Dasgupta

On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Datta, Sutapa wrote: Indrani et all, I am writing this email after returning from RBC 2010, having thoroughly enjoyed being with such a highly motivated group. The performance was phenomenal! We liked the theme of the program which truly serves as a purpose at present, generating thoughtful patterns and creativity within the viewers. We are proud to have such an enthusiastic and hi-def group like you in Pujari! Ek kothay onoboddyo!!! It seemed that the theme of RBC was Indrani this year (major attractions were led by Indrani-s from various genres!) Egiyer cholar pathey - GO Pujari!!! -Sutapa & Amitabha

Alpona Ganguly @RBC - We do not need external artist any more. Indrani and Pujari is all that we want !!

Manas @ABF What a story telling ! You have touched our heart. We had tears in our eyes !!

Nasreen Shampa @BAN It was an honor to introduce Brishti Bheja Roddur . The show was awesome !

Shyamoli Ghose @RBC I knew what you could do. I wanted Nashville to know ! American technicians to Joyjeet : Hey , explain us this and that ..We are experiencing

being in heaven now!! Shubhayan Ganguly@Kolkata No need to mention ..Raindrop was the true professional

program ! Biswajeet Chakraborty @Kolkata Really enjoyed a professional program !

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