2019 Srijan

Sharodiya Annual Magazine Vol 4, 2019

Sampriti—Cultural Society of Central Pennsylvania

Sharodiya Annual Magazine Vol 4, 2019

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Durga Puja October 13th-14th, 2018
Good Hope Station Community Room, Mechanicsburg, PA

Puja, Puspanjali and some great moments

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From Sampriti Editor’s Desk….
Charaiveti…Charaiveti...

The year turns around; it is the ‘Yugadi’ for us- Sam- What the team Sampriti did here is it didn’t stop.
priti. We say ‘Yugadi’ as it denotes “The beginning of “Charaiveti, Charaiveti” is what Sampriti followed.
a new age.” Indeed, it is a new age- where we are visu- This Sanskrit phrase means (Move on, keep going).
alizing a new social cohesion based on new thoughts, We did not stop; we did not look back.
new ideas, new zeal and zest, new approaches-to pro-
ceed together to build a cultural society here in Greater For a lot many things, we are thankful to many of our
Harrisburg area. And ‘we’ means, the new ‘Sampriti’ members. We thank our members for supporting us in
team. This team creates the beginning. all the efforts taken towards community work; we
thank our members for getting onto the field and im-
plementing all the work needed to get
Past one year have been superlative for the achieve- the cultural and religious events go-

ments the team has made. A collage of cultural and ing; we thank our members by support-

recreation events, including the roaring ing us through ide- as, finances, and their

success of Diwali Musical evening, Sar- precious time. We thank you all in giv-

aswati Puja cultur- al event, fun filled Pic- ing Sampriti today a concrete shape which started

nic at Memorial park (with members with a humble beginning with a few families seven

enjoying the boat- ing activity in the lake), years back. We thank the original team today. We

super successful India Day 2019(at Harrisburg Com- thank AIACPA and its leaders for believing and sup-

munity College) with Harrisburg people thronging to porting us through all these years in our various ef-
forts too.
Sampriti Sweet stall for Bengali sweets- all these speak

volumes about the hard work and enthusiasm the new With all the support coming in different forms, Sam-
priti went ahead and participated in some Charitable
Sampriti team shows. And the team owes the success to endeavors in the past year like sponsoring scholar-
ships for Hari Temple, donating to Orissa Cyclone
you all- the members, patrons, the Community Leaders, Relief, and contributing towards the well being of the
Homeless children in State of Pennsylvania.
guests who kept on supporting all the endeavors the
The Team stands here for the Oneness of Indian Cul-
Executive team has taken up. ture in Greater Harrisburg area; the team boasts of the
membership from different regions and cultures of
When we try to find the real driving force behind all India. And the team proudly celebrates Durga Puja
these successes despite unwanted and unfortunate road- and Saraswati Puja in the Traditional Bengali culture.
blocks, we get only one answer “The Leap of Faith”. Above all, the team aims and continues to work for
The Team took a great leap of Faith in the good forces the people here in the soil of America by connecting
acting in Nature- the forces of integrity, honesty, belief, through the cultural and humanitarian bonds.
trust, goodness, kindness; the team acted in true spirit
of keeping the values of doing good and not stopping Sampriti will keep on working with the motto of
ever. The team took a great leap of Faith in the Al- ‘Love-Harmony-Oneness’. We will take bigger and
mighty Goddess Durga whom we worship every year; better leaps in future. Sampriti will never Stop, as our
Durga’s worship means victory of goodness over evil mantra continues to be Charaiveti…Charaiveti
to preserve harmony. Sampriti tried its every bit to live
up to the ideals of Mother Durga’s worship. And the
Divine Power blessed us by opening the doors at every
roadblock.

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Durga Puja October 13th-14th, 2018
Good Hope Station Community Room, Mechanicsburg, PA

Cultural Program and Dinner

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Contents

Hemant Kumar – Sagnik Sen – 6 Pritha Sau, Howrah, WB
একজন বহিরাগতের দৃহিতে – Manoj Kanti Biswas – 8 Prerana Ramkumar, Haymarket, VA
কৃ ষ্ণসাগর – Dr. Prakash Das - 9

িারাতনা সসই হদনগুত া – Dr. Pijush Mishra – 10

হবতের হবশা ো ভু হ তেতে মিামাো – Dr. Narendra Nath Dewri
আজতকর শপথ – Prashanta Majumadar – 10
সোমার ডাতক – Ramendra Nath Bhattacharya - 14
শরৎ কা – Prashanta Majumdar – 11

াইভ পুতজা ডট কম – Ramendra Bhattacharya – 12
शायरी – Nibha Rani – 13
Is the sky bluer in USA? – Aratrika Chakrabarti – 14
How Gandhiji influences me – Milan Yadav – 15
What memorial days mean to me -Arman Kazi - 16
The colors of India – Sofia Yadav -16
ভরা থাক স্মৃহে সুধাে – Dilip Sen – 18
History of India – Dr. Janardan Sinha - 20
Peloponnesian War – Ryma Saha – 23
স াদ্ধা – Suparna Gope – 24
কাাঁটা – Paritosh Das– 24
হমহি সভাতরর বৃহি – Subroto Chakrabarti – 25
সহেি হমতথি ভূ তেরগল্প – Arkabrata Chattopadhyay – 26
ভাত াবাসা – Tuhin Haldar – 28

ািা নাই নজরুত , োিা নাই সঙ্গীতে – Dr. Anis Rahman – 29
Adya Shakti Mahamaya – Manoj Kanti Biswas – 30
The Fish and the Mermaid – Tanisi Biswas – 34
Inspirational Math – Arman Kazi – 36
Hallow’s Eye – Mythili Pai – 37
Travel to Europe – Ishita Mitra - 37
A Panther to Knight – Poorna Chatterjee – 38
That Moment – Karishma Das – 40
পুনরুজ্জীবন – Dr. Shashank Sardar – 41
হিহি – Debidas Neyogi – 42
আমার পিাহরস দশশন– Kalyani Mukherjee -44
সংগ্রামী মা – Goutam Sarkar – 47
হন ামওো ী স া আনা – Dr. Narendra Nath Dewri – 48
Arabinda Mukhopadyaya – Bikash Sen - 49

Published by the SAMPRITI—CULTURAL SOCIETY OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
Cover Illustration: Ankita Sinha Roy
Designed & Edited by: Sampriti Magazine Team

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