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		<title>Bangla E-Zines</title>
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The proliferation of internet and web technology has ushered in a new era in the publication of Bengali literary magazines. Any Bengali who has the slightest inclination towards Bangla literature must have been associated with some kind of &#8220;little magazine&#8221; related activity in some point of their life, be it writing, editing, publishing or even [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cartoon of the Week: Quality of Art</title>
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Long time ago, I used to draw cartoons for some magazines like Proma (published in Kolkata), Udayan (published from NY), Sangbadik (also published from New York) and News India Times. I would like to share some of them with you. This cartoon was published in Proma few years ago. It is a take on art [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Evening of Songs by Lopamudra Mitra</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[ July 27, 2008; 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] 
Dakshineswar Ramkrishna Sangha
Adyapeath, USA Foundation, Inc.
(A non-profit tax-exempt organization)
An Evening of Songs by Lopamudra Mitra &#038;
Dance Recital by Nritya Creations
(A Fund Raising Event for Temple Fund)
Lopamudra Mitra, the most popular contemporary singer in Bengal today is
performing in New Jersey this summer!
Daughter of Late, Shree Pranab Mitra and Shreemati Sumita Mitra, she started
learning music from her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rabindrasangeet Concert</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[ July 20, 2008; 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. ] 
It is our great pleasure to have The Famous Rabindra Sangeet Artist Pramita Mallick with us. We are organizing a Sangeet Anushthan for her honor on 20th of july (Sunday) at 5:30 pm. Please come and enjoy the evening with us.

Venue: 112 Monroe Ave, Edison, NJ 08820 (Sharmila &#038; Sandip's house )

Time: 5:30 pm to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Barack Obama&#8217;s Strategy for a New World</title>
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 On 15th of July, 2008, Barack Obama laid out his foreign policy strategy in very clear and specific terms. He talked about how he would end the war in Iraq, how he would like to combat terrorism and end the oil based conflicts by reducing our (as well as other nations) dependency on oil. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hindusthani - Carnatic Vocal Music Jugalbandi</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[ July 20, 2008; 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] 
July 20th 2008 Sunday, 3 pm

Suggested Donation  $10 per person,  Sponsors  - $50 per family

Ashvin Bhigendra, a leading male Carnatic musician is paired with Mitali Banerjee Bhawmik a leading female Hindisthani musician.

at 24 Scott drive Morganville, NJ 07751

Ashvin  will be accompanied by Arun Ramamurthy on Violin and Suresh Ramachandran on Mridangam.

Mitali [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bangamela - The Festival for the Midwestern Bengalis</title>
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Just as the excitement and  euphoria of the recently concluded BangaSammelan (Toronto) dies down, Bengalis living in the middle western states are preparing to get into a festival of their own - Bangamela. 
The 10th annual Bangamela 2008 will be held in Columbus OH this year from July 18 to 20. The event is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CAB Honors Pronoy Chatterjee</title>
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The Cultural Association of Bengal (CAB) every year honors a group of people for their outstanding contribution to the society. This year, one of our closest friends, Pronoy Chatterjee has been awarded the &#8220;Distinguished Service Award&#8221; for his contribution towards promoting and nurturing Bengali literature in North America. His award letter reads,
You are one of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ethnomediallc.com/wpress/index.php/archives/176</link>
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		<title>Podcast: &#8220;Baad Protibad&#8221; A (Hilarious) Play in Bengali</title>
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Last week I wrote about our new radio play &#8220;Baad Protibad&#8221; that was broadcast on EBC Radio 1170AM during the Sunday morning Bengali program &#8220;Probaho&#8221; conducted by Abhijit Sanyal. The play received quite a bit of positive feedback, and I thought that for the benefit of the people who could not listen to the radio [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gas and Us</title>
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Couple of years ago, I wrote an article on how to save gasoline by changing some of our driving habits. I have republished the article again with the faint hope that it may help us again. I say &#8220;faint hope&#8221; because whatever we could have saved has been wiped out by this record price increase. [...]]]></description>
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