UKHCA 2022 - Annual Brochure

Sharodiya Durga Puja 2022
শারদীয়া দুর্গোৎসব ১৪২৯
Dear Friends
President’s Note
I welcome you all to our 10th Durga Puja celebration with immense pleasure and pride. Unfortunately
we had to go through an unprecedented difficult time in our life. Hopefully we have reached the end of
the tunnel of despair. Durga Puja will be an occasion to full fill the dream of getting back to normal life.
The core value of UKHCA is to bring the Indian Community together through dance, music, art and off
course religion. As a dynamic team, we strive to create a community which inspires warmth, facilitates
cultural activities in a cohesive environment so that people can easily integrate. Every member of our
team is busy with their own occupation but we are unanimously working with heartfelt dedication to
make this occasion a great success. I greatly appreciate and thank them for their efforts.
It is very encouraging to see that the younger generation came forward to take part and help throughout
the celebration. It is also very encouraging to see our lady members are taking active roles to run the
organisation. They are leading and focussing on specific initiatives with great success. We have already
started to see the results.
Though we have about 100 paid members but we still have problem in getting young volunteers who
could help in the physical work during the festive days especially on the Bijaya day when everything
needs to be packed and relocated in a short span of time. It has not changed much over the years, it is
still on the shoulder of a handful of volunteers. Many of our active members are senior by age and not
fit enough to do the physical work.
We would like to encourage more youngers members to come forward as active Volunteers , be part
of the UKHCA family and share the fantastic teamworking and camaraderie that we all enjoy. It
would be great to have enthusiastic members to help specifically with the moving and handling of
items, especially on Bijoya Dashami day when everything needs to be packed away and relocated to
their storage areas. The senior members would appreciate the much needed strength and vitality of the
youngsters!
My special thanks go to our Office Bearers and team members who will be organising and supervising
different activities like Brochure, Website, Stalls, Pujar Jogar, Kitchens and Food distribution etc.
My special thanks and gratitude go to our outgoing President Professor Bimal Bhaduri who has
contributed so much to make UKHCA what it is today. The organisation has flourished under his
guidance and leadership enabling us to reach our current state of financial stability especially through
his tireless efforts in attracting sponsorships and donations from individuals.
Last but not the least, my special thanks go to our donors and sponsors who have helped us in maintaining
our standards.
Finally I would like to pay tribute to our friends and patrons who have left for heavenly abode during
the last 3 years. Some of them were associated with UKHCA for 30 years. Our ex-president Dr Jagadish
Sarkar was one of them. We will miss all of them.
I hope and pray that Maa Durga’s blessings be bestowed upon us and we get back to our normal life
soon.
Best wishes and stay safe.
Dr. Tapon Halder
UK Hindu Cultural Association
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