Durga Puja
It is time for us to get ready for the biggest Bengali festival of all time – Durga Puja. Bangla-O-Biswa has celebrated the arrival of Mother Goddess Durga for over 35 years, ever since its inception. This year will be no exception!
We will be doing Durga Puja on Oct 7th, Oct 8th and Oct 9th 2022. We are going to worship with a New Ma Durga Protima that we have brought from Kolkata. Our featured artists include “Somlata and the Aces” on Saturday, October 8th and “Chandrabindoo Band” on Sunday, October 9th.
JOIN US TO ENJOY THE MOST AUSPICIOUS CELEBRATION OF THE YEAR FEATURING A GRAND SELECTION OF CULTURAL PROGRAMS AND RENOWNED FEATURED ARTISTS!!
We are going to organize the Durga Puja with the health and safety of our community members as a top priority this year. Based on current conditions, we will be able to do the Puja in-person and offer “Pratima Darshan”, “Anjali”,” Bhog distribution”, “Meals” and “Cultural Programs” to all our community members similar to pre-COVID days. Capacity Restrictions at the venue will apply.
WE SINCERELY SUGGEST THAT YOU PRE-REGISTER IN ADVANCE TO ENSURE PARTICIPATION, PRE-REGISTERED MEMBERS WILL GET “FIRST-BUY-FIRST-ALLOTED” SEATING IN THE AUDITORIUM FOR FEATURED PROGRAMS.
We will have only Darshan and Darshan+Bhog option at a nominal cost which can be paid at the gate. So please do come and visit the Bangla-O-Biswa Durga Pujo 2022. To register for this option please mail to banglaobiswa@gmail.com.
Date:
7th October (Friday),
6PM – 11PM
8th October (Saturday),
10AM – 11PM
9th October (Sunday),
11 AM – 7PM
Venue:
Littleton High School, 56 King St, Littleton, MA 01460
Schedule
Food Menu
* Veg dishes preparation might change due to unavailability of the vegetable.
Featured Artists
Friday
Saturday
A writer, child-rights activist, and an award-winning actor, Nandana Dev Sen is the author of six children’s books, translated into more than 15 languages globally, and two collections of her translations of the poetry of her mother, Nabaneeta Dev Sen. She grew up in India, England and America, and has starred in 20 feature films from four continents (and in multiple languages). Nandana’s first book Kangaroo Kisses was selected by 320 UK nurseries as a “Book of Excellence,” and her interactive workshops have been loved, in person, by more than 30,000 young people across the world.
After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard University (where she won the Detur Prize as well as the John Harvard Scholarship and Elizabeth Agassiz Prize each year) and studying filmmaking at the USC School of Cinema-Television, Nandana worked as a book editor, a screenwriter, a translator, an advocate for child protection, and as Princess Jasmine in Disneyland. The winner of several Best Actress awards, the Wingword Poetry Prize, as well as the Last-Girl Champion Award for lifetime achievement in child protection, Nandana has served on numerous child-rights commissions and juries of global film festivals and international literary prizes (including the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature). As an advocate and ambassador, she has represented such prominent organizations as UNICEF, Operation Smile, RAHI, Apne Aap International, and the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, to fight against child abuse and to end human trafficking.
Nandana is the Child Protection Ambassador for Save the Children India, a global Author Advocate for Girls’ Education for Room to Read, and a Director of the Women’s Refugee Commission, New York, where she serves on the Program and Advocacy Committee.
Nandana is on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter (all three at Nandana Dev Sen), as well as LinkedIn. For news and updates, please swing by www.nandanadevsen.com.
Somlata Acharyya Chowdhury is an Indian Bengali singer. She rose to fame with the release of ‘Tumi Asbe Bole’ & ‘Jagarane Jay Bibhabaree’ from the Bengali film Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona in 2011. She has been a prominent singer in Bengali films since 2007.Somlata performs in live shows with her band Somlata and The Aces. They have performed in various live concerts all over India, and abroad. Their live sound can be described as a platter of Indian Semi Classical, Pop Rock, Modern Film Songs, Folk Fusion and Sufi.
Sunday
Chandrobindoo, the band with more than 25 years of fame needs no introduction. Let’s welcome the ones who made our growing-up years the most memorable ones. The years that have often turned out to be the “bhindeshi tara” of our lives. With songs like “SweetHeart”, “Duniya Dot Com”, “Tumi amar CPM/ Tumi amar ATM/Tumi amar series premer seshta” and many more this Bengali Band is known for satirical, colloquial lyrics, with references to current affairs and cultural phenomena. Time to get nostalgic remembering old days.