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Durga Puja Program October 8, 2011AnjaliPujaAnjaliPrasad & LunchCultural ProgramPuja & Arati… 11:30 AM… 12:30 PM… 1:00 PM… 3:00 PM… 5:00 PMCultural ProgrammeDevi VandanaSongDanceTannistha RoychoudhuryMohima KunduTwo skits adapted from Sukumar Roy`s short stories:“Hingshuti”“Pagla Dashu”Tokyo Bangla Band :Japanese Song :Odissi Dance:Adrija, Akanksha, Ashmita, Madhumanti, Malini, Maya, Mini,Modhur, Rupkatha, SnehaDirected by Sujata ChowdhuryAmartya, Aneek, Arunansu, Manav, Nishant, Ron, Subhankar,Tuhin and Biswanath GangulyDirected by Rita Kar & Biswanath GangulyAnirvan Mukherjee, Anindya Bhattacharrya, Biswanath Paul,Indranil Nath, Indranil Roychoudhury, Pranesh Kundu, PrantikChakraborty, Sanjib Chanda, Viswa GhoshKaori Izumida (Keyboard)Tannistha Roychoudhury (Guitar)Bhaswati Ghosh, Christine Bannerjee,Debarati Bose, Karabi Mukheerjee,Keiko Chattopadhyay, Meeta Chanda,Mitali Ghose, Rita Kar, Tuli PatraKazuko Yasunobu and her groupBaul and Fakiri music:Baul-Fakirs of Nadia, Visiting group from IndiaStage, Light and SoundmanagementMaster of CeremoniesSanjib Chanda, Biswanath Paul, Prabir Patra, Pranesh Kundu,Santanu Nag, Madhab Ghose, Bharat Vakde,Kaori Izumida, Atsushi SuzukiKeiko Chattopadhyay, Sraboni Mukherjee andBrajeswar BannerjeeProgram coordinated by Rita KarVenue: Ota Bunkanomori Hall, Ota-ku, Chuo 2-10-1, Tokyo 143-0024, Tel.: 03-3772-0700© Bengali Association of Tokyo, Japan (BATJ). All rights reserved.Disclaimer: The articles compiled in this magazine are personal opinion of the authors and in no way represent anyopinion of BATJ.Durga Puja 2011www.batj.org

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EditorialTo the inhabitants of this planet the calamities that struck North East Japan on March11 with a series of devastating earthquakes and tsunamis, and subsequent radiations from theFukushima nuclear power plant, once again revealed the transitory nature of human existence.Since 2:46 pm that day thousands of lives have been lost and habitations wiped off. As for nuclearradiation, its effect may extend to the following generations, continuing to endanger life. Justifiably,the event has stirred sympathy elsewhere in the world too.Since antiquity, however, calamities have visited Japan time and again. They include, forexample, the great earthquakes devastating Kanto region in 1923 and Hanshin in 1995. In between,in 1945, the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were very nearly razed to the ground by atom bomb.Whether it is owing to forces of nature or wartime insensibility, the Japanese have had to watchagain and again their cities and homes reduce to ruins. However, as history has it on record, theyhave then, on the same ruins, once again erected edifices, holding aloft their image of invincibility.March 11 earthquake and tsunami ravages also will be replaced in time by evidences of advances.One can trust Japan on this because its citizens can accept a challenge and because they can attendto it without losing their composure.Though normally supposed to stand for tolerance in English, the word gaman in Japaneseis a quality that is not limited in its connotation to a one characterizing individuals. Japanese menand women patiently facing the March 11 catastrophe have set an example of collective endurance.Closing of the nuclear reactors in succession obviously reduced power supply. Both the governmentand the power supply companies appealed to the public to manage with less power. An entire nationstrove and succeeded by the end of summer to bring the situation largely under control. And thiswas achieved without any need to introduce legal measures. One evening during the period powerwent off and plunged an entire city in darkness just when in a convenience store the customerswere waiting to pay at the counter. Absence of power turned off the cash register and paralyzedthe activities in the store. Without a word the customers returned one by one whatever they had intheir shopping carts and waited for power to return. Such honesty and sense of responsibility helpsa nation to advance along the path of righteousness and attain God’s grace.Of the seventy thousand pine trees that once stood in all their glory along the seashore inRikuzentakata, only one remains today after the tsunami, as if signifying Japan’s strength and thecountry’s hope for the years ahead.We pray to God on behalf of Anjali that this hope may lead the Japanese ahead ever after.Let the Almighty never cease to shower His blessings on the bereaved families, on those whoselosses can in no way be retrieved. Let darkness slowly give way to light and the bliss that pervadesour world enliven us.Om Shanti Om Shanti Om Shanti4Anjali

AcknowledgementsUnlike other years, it was difficult to pour our hearts in the preparation of Anjali this year. Devastationof March 11 had been in our thoughts persistently. So we initially decided to keep this year’sAnjali short and simple – more from a ritualistic perspective. A few enthusiastic friends suggestedthough, that we should not change overall composition of Anjali, keeping in mind that it has a differentpurpose too. From the slow pace for few months in the beginning, we had to speed up suddenly.We did not have adequate time for producing a good quality magazine. However, overwhelmingsupport of many people and the matured effort of our team made it possible to bring Anjali to youlike every other year.The Embassy of India in Tokyo extended their gracious support for which we are very thankful. Wehope to receive the same patronage in future as well. We would like to thank all advertisers who havesponsored this year’s publication. We thank Syamal Kar, and Sanjib Chanda, for their great achievementsin collecting advertisements from our sponsors in this year too.Anjali continues its multi-lingual nature through articles written by native speakers of different languagesand various cultural backgrounds from Japan and abroad. We sincerely thank each of themfor their support. Karabi Mukherjee, and Hemalatha Anand helped us in proof reading. We arethankful to them. We also thank Shobi Insatsu for their ongoing support in printing Anjali.At different stages of this process, we received valuable advices from many well wishers. We tried toincorporate their suggestions as much as possible, and convey our sincere thanks to all of them.Lastly, we would like to appreciate Nishant (Sanjib and Meeta’s son), who over time is becoming avaluable contributor in the team.Editorial TeamEditorial TeamRanjan GuptaRuma GuptaSanjib ChandaMeeta ChandaSudeb ChattopadhyayKeiko ChattopadhyayCover DesignMeeta ChandaSanjib ChandaIntegration & DesignSanjib Chanda(Recent versions of Anjali magazine are available at BATJ website and Anjali 2011 will also be available later.)Durga Puja 2011 www.batj.org 5

ContentsStory, Travelogue, Feature, Poetry - 8 - 10 - 12 - 14 - 16 - 17 - 20 - 22, - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31 - 33 - () 34 - 34 - 35 - 36, - 36 - 37 - 38 - ( ) 39 - () 40 - 41Food for Life Global – JAPAN - Sanjay Karanji 42Memories - Anirvan Mukherjee 45Memories of the Towers - Suparna Bose 48Flashbacks and Spotlights - Sougata Mallik 49Birds in Kobe - Jyotirmoy Ray 51It’s a Beautiful World - Hemalatha Anand 53A Story about Fingerprint - Tsuyoshi Nara 54The Moonlit Night’s Dream - Sakuntala Panda 55The Island of the Gods - Tapan Das 59U.S. College Admission – Do’s and Don’ts - Sanjeev Gupta 62A Book for All Ages - Rita Kar 63Virgin Galactic: A Revolution or a Risk? - Shoubhik Pal 64Home is where the hearth is.... Is it? - Anagha Ramanujam 66India - The Emerging Global Manufacturing Hub - Arun Goyal 68Japan’s most popular CEO - Ravi Mathur 70Life I Live I See - Shalini Mallik 71Charm Of Life - Sunil Sharma 72Autobiography of a One Rupee Coin - Tanushree Dutta 73Spectator - Udita Ghosh 74A Poem for my Daughter - Ahona Gupta 75tkiku ls lh[k & y¨puh vLFkkuk 76Jh guqeku pkyhlk vuqokn & j¨gu vxjoky 786Anjali

HkkX; dk [ksy & ‘kqDyk p©/kqjh 82tkikuh xhr & vius xk¡o dh ;kn & lqjs‘k _rqi.kZ 84esjk Hkkjr & lqoszrk HkVukxj 85N¨Vh lh ckr & _re crjk 85uhan dh yqdk&fNih & lqferk HkV~VkpktÊ 86v¨ f‘kf{kr ekuo & LoxÊ; useh‘kj.k feRry 87esjs liu¨a esa o¨ ckr ugha g¨rh & vuqjkx ik¡Ms; 88東 日 本 大 震 災 本 格 復 旧 はこれから - 月 野 亜 佐 子 89初 めてのインド - 羽 成 千 亜 希 91わっこひろば「 宙 」 開 園 - 山 田 さくら 92アジアラスベガス―マカオ - クリスティン バナルジ 94「 私 はアジア 人 ?」 - シャモント 恵 里 菜 95夏 の 日 の 便 り - 吉 田 美 紀 97Young budding Stars Section:The Recess Mess - Mrittika Dutta Gupta, Grade III 98The Japan Disaster - Madhumanti Chowdhury, Grade III 98My Summer Holidays - Nishant Chanda, Grade V 99The Music Box - Aishwarya Kumar, Grade VI 102My Graduation - Arunansu Patra, Grade VI 105Earthquake in Japan - Amartya Mukherjee, Grade VII 106The Haunted Castle Of Oklahoma - Saptarshi Nath, Grade VII 108Lugalbanda and the Anzu Bird - Akash Dutta Gupta, Grade VIII 111Khichudi - A New Taste - Tannistha Roychoudhury, Grade IX 112Drawings 116Arts 120Photographs 123Statement of AccountsSpecial Thanks125125Durga Puja 2011 www.batj.org 7

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