Bangla-O-Biswa Durga Puja 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts
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 40 years, ever since its inception. This year will be no exception!
We will be organizing Durga Puja on October 4th, 5th and 6th 2024 at the Littleton High School 56 King Street Littleton MA. You will feel excited to know that our featured artists include “Anjan Dutt” on Saturday, October 5th , and “Cactus” on Sunday, October 6th.
JOIN US TO ENJOY THE MOST AUSPICIOUS CELEBRATION OF THE YEAR FEATURING A GRAND SELECTION OF CULTURAL PROGRAMS AND FOOD!!
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.
PLEASE SAVE THE DATES AND PLAN FOR MAKING THIS DURGA PUJA 2024 YOUR OWN PUJA. THE DETAIL SCHEDULE AND TICKETS TO THE EVENT WILL BE PUBLISHED SOON.
ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FOR THE YEAR 2024-2025 IS ON-GOING, THAT WILL COVER ALL THE EVENTS FROM JULY 1ST ’24 TO JUNE 30TH ’25. WE ARE REQUESTING EVERYONE TO SIGN-UP FOR THE ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP AND ENJOY ALL OUR EVENTS FREE OF CHARGE.
* For more details on benefits and other restrictions go though the membership page.
Date:
4th October (Friday),
7PM – 11PM
5th October (Saturday),
10AM – 11PM
6th October (Sunday),
10 AM – 10PM
Venue:
Littleton High School
56 King Street, Littleton MA
Schedule
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7:00 PM - 11:00 PM |
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09:30 AM - 10:30 PM |
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09:30 AM - 10:00 PM |
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Food Menu
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* Veg dishes preparation might change due to unavailability of the vegetable.
Program List
Friday - 10.04.2024
To be Announced Soon
Featured Artists
Saturday - 10.05.2024
Anjan Dutt (born 19 January 1953) is an Indian film director, actor, and singer-songwriter known for his work in the Bengali alternative music genre anyodharar gaan. As an actor, Dutta began his career in Bengali cinema in the Mrinal Sen film Chaalchitra, for which he won the best newcomer actor award at the Venice Film Festival. He acted in Aparna Sen‘s hit film, Mr. and Mrs. Iyer. In 2018 he featured in Swapnasandhani‘s new play Taraye Taraye, as Vincent van Gogh, under the direction of Kaushik Sen.
He is also a national award-winning filmmaker and is one of the most prominent directors of Bengali cinema, directing Dutta Vs Dutta, Madly Bangalee, The Bong Connection, Chalo Let’s Go, and Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona. In recent years, he has directed a Byomkesh film series
In his singing career, Dutta was greatly influenced by the music of Bob Dylan, Kabir Suman who had heralded a new era in Bengali music through his songs. These songs and lyrics, commonly referred to as Jeebonmukhi (জীবনমুখী )(literally meaning “towards life”), were concerned with the tough reality of Bengali middle-class social life, in and around Kolkata.
Sunday - 10.06.2024
Cactus (Bengali: ক্যাকটাস) is an Indian Bengali rock band from Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Since inception they have recorded five full-length studio albums and have performed over 2500 concerts across India & abroad.
Cactus was formed in 1992. The band has named Deep Purple, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden and many others as their inspiration. Cactus is one of the first professional Bangla rock bands.
The professional debut of the band occurred on 6 March 1993 at Aban Mahal (CLT), Kolkata. Cactus have had several line-up changes.
Their self-titled debut album, released in 1999 from HMV, became a rage with a touch of blues and psychedelic rock. With numbers like Brishti, oooh Ma! and Icchamati this album portrayed psychedelia in Bengali music for the first time. Halud pakhi, on the other hand created a long lasting sensation in the contemporary Bengali music scene with its nostalgic feel being perfectly accompanied by Shudhu Tumi Ele Na and Amra Bhishon Eka complementing the overall mood of the album
In 2017, Abhijit Barman (Pota) left the band. By then the band had already started working on their next album Tobuo Thik Acche. They had to rework some of the tracks. The four songs were released one by one from 2017 to 2019.
Line up- Siddhartha Sankar “Sidhu” Ray [vocals], Sibaji “Baji” Paul [drums], Ritaprabha “Ratul” Ray [guitar], Sudipto “Buti” Banerjee [keyboard], Mainak “Bumpy” Nag Chowdhury, Dibyendu Mukherjee [vocal].
The self-titled album and the two later albums combine soft rock, blues and psychedelic rock. But their album Tuchho which was known to be the best selling album produced by them had the traces of hard rock although two songs Bhalo Theko and Shabdhane Raasta Perio were more like soft rock. With their latest album Tobuo Thik Acche they have shifted to rock n’ roll genre with up-tempo songs