Puja Anjali Prasad & Lunch Cultural Program Puja & Arati

… 11:30 AM… 12:30 PM… 1:00 PM… 3:00 PM… 5:00 PM

Vandana Akanksha Mukherjee, Ashmita Paul, Rittvika KrishnamoorthyAgamani Biswanath Paul, Bhaswati Ghosh, Meeta Chanda,

Pranesh Kundu, Rita Kar, Sanjib Chanda, Viswa GhoshAccompaniment by Keiko Chattopadhyay, Mrinmoy Das

Koto Ensemble Arunansu Patra, Eddie Mascal-Robson, Johan Standar, Taro Shishikura, Zerric Mitchel

Folk Dance Akanksha Mukherjee, Ashmita Paul, Maya Ghose, Khushi Bhowmik, Malini Takeshi, Sneha Kundu, Zinnia Dhar

Song Udita Ghosh

Contemporary Dance Mohima Kundu

Red & Black Band Saxophone - Nishant & Cindy, Piano - Risako & Nishant, Drum - Mayank

Dance Bithika Washizawa, Mitali Dey, Syamali Baidya, Sraboni Mukherjee, Soma Bhowmik, Tuli Patra

Taiko Yokohama Taiko Ensemble

Songs Reimi Das

Bharatnatyam Kalakshetra, Dance group from India

Stage, Light and Sound management

Anirban Mukherjee, Sanjib Chanda, Biswanath Paul, Madhab Ghose, Prabir Patra, Pranesh Kundu, Partha Kumar and Rita Kar

Master of Ceremonies Sabby Ray, Hiya Bhattacharjee, Keiko Chattopadhyay

Program coordinated by Rita Kar

Venue: Main Auditorium, Ota Kumin Plaza Hall, 3-1-3 Shimo-Maruko, Ota-Ku, Tokyo 146-0092

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Anjali

Cultural Program

Puja Anjali Prasad & Lunch Cultural Program Puja & Arati

… 11:30 AM… 12:30 PM… 1:00 PM… 3:00 PM… 5:00 PM

Vandana Akanksha Mukherjee, Ashmita Paul, Rittvika KrishnamoorthyAgamani Biswanath Paul, Bhaswati Ghosh, Meeta Chanda,

Pranesh Kundu, Rita Kar, Sanjib Chanda, Viswa GhoshAccompaniment by Keiko Chattopadhyay, Mrinmoy Das

Koto Ensemble Arunansu Patra, Eddie Mascal-Robson, Johan Standar, Taro Shishikura, Zerric Mitchel

Folk Dance Akanksha Mukherjee, Ashmita Paul, Maya Ghose, Khushi Bhowmik, Malini Takeshi, Sneha Kundu, Zinnia Dhar

Song Udita Ghosh

Contemporary Dance Mohima Kundu

Red & Black Band Saxophone - Nishant & Cindy, Piano - Risako & Nishant, Drum - Mayank

Dance Bithika Washizawa, Mitali Dey, Syamali Baidya, Sraboni Mukherjee, Soma Bhowmik, Tuli Patra

Taiko Yokohama Taiko Ensemble

Songs Reimi Das

Bharatnatyam Kalakshetra, Dance group from India

Stage, Light and Sound management

Anirban Mukherjee, Sanjib Chanda, Biswanath Paul, Madhab Ghose, Prabir Patra, Pranesh Kundu, Partha Kumar and Rita Kar

Master of Ceremonies Sabby Ray, Hiya Bhattacharjee, Keiko Chattopadhyay

Program coordinated by Rita Kar

Venue: Main Auditorium, Ota Kumin Plaza Hall, 3-1-3 Shimo-Maruko, Ota-Ku, Tokyo 146-0092

Puja ………………… 11:30 AM

Anjali ……………… 12:30 PM

Prasad & Lunch …… 1:00 PM

Cultural Program … 2:30 PM

Puja & Arati ……… 5:00 PM

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Durga Puja 2014www.batj.org

জাপানের ট�াকিও টেঙ্গলী এন�াক�নেশনের আনোকজত দুর্াপূজার পঁকিশ েছর পূর্ ট�াল । এই উপলনষ্যে অঞ্জকলর পাঠি পাকঠিানি জাোই আমানদর �াদর �ম্াষর । আজ অতযেন্ত আেন্দ ও রনে্র কদে, িারর এই রজতজেন্তী পালনের মন্যে কদনে প্রকতকঠিত �নেনছ ্ ারাোক�িতা । ট�াকিও শ�নর অেুকঠিত �ে্ভারতীে োকষ্ি উৎ�েগুকলর মন্যে দুর্াপূজা আজ এি অেযেতম উৎ�ে ক��ানে পকররকরত । �ারাকদেেযেপী এই অেুঠিানে ট�ারদাে িনর থানিে িনেি’শ টলাি �ানদর মন্যে আনছে ভারনতর কেকভন্ন প্রনদনশর মােুষ, এেং কিছু জাপাকে ও ভারত টপ্রমী অেযোেযে কেনদশীরা ।

�মে টদখনত টদখনত িনল �াে, তেু পঁকিশ েছর আোর কিছু িম �মেও েে। এই দীর্ �মনে েহু োঙ্গালী পকরোর এখানে এন�নছে িম্�ূনরে, কিছুকদে টথনি আোর কিনর করনেনছে কেজ কেজ জােরাে । প্রথম কদনি �াঁরা এন�নছে, তাঁনদর অনেনিই ভারতীে �রিারী ও টে�রিারী প্রকতঠিানের পষ্ টথনি িম্�ূনরে জাপানে এন�কছনলে । স্াভাকেি িারনরই জাপানে তাঁনদর থািার টমোদ িনেি েছনরর টেশী কছল ো । কেকভন্ন �মনে অল্পকদনের জেযে আ�া ট�ই�ে পকরোর তাঁনদর উৎ�া� এেং আন্তকরিতা কদনে কেনদনশ ভারতীে �ংস্কৃ কত প্রিানরর ট� েুকেোদ ততকর িনর করনেনছে তারই এি পকররত রূপ আমানদর আজনির দুনর্াৎ�ে ।

আজ টথনি পঁকিশ েছর আনর জাপানে প্রো�ী ভারতীেনদর জীেে�ারো ও �নে্াপকর দকৃকটিভঙ্গী টেশ কিছু�া অেযেরিম কছল । জাপানে দীর্স্ােীভানে ে�ো� িরার িথা তখে অনেনি ভােনতে ো । তাই শুরুর কদনি শু্ু কেনজনদর �াংস্কৃ কতি অভােনো্নি পূরর িরার তাকরদই কছল পুনজার মূখযে উনদেশযে । মুকটিনমে জে�ংখযো িারনর ট�ই �মে আেুঠিাকেিতার প্রনোজে ও প্রো� - দুইই কছল �ীকমত । �েকিছুই �ত ষু্দ্র পকর�নর । আজ পুনজার আনোজে �ে অনেি েড় মারোে । তেু দীর্ পঁকিশ েছর ্নর ট� তেকশটিযেনি আমরা ্নর রাখনত টপনরকছ, তা ট�াল এি এিান্ত রনরাো পকরনেশ । আজনির তাকরনদর তাকলিাে অন্তভ্ুক্ত �নেনছ আরও এি গুরু দাকেত্ব – জাপানে ভারতীে �ংস্কৃ কতর �থাথ্ প্রদশ্ে ।

আজনির এই উৎ�ে ট� প�্ানে উন্নীত �নেনছ তার জনেযে আমরা আেকন্দত ও রকে্ত, কিন্তু উত্তনরাত্তর এর মাে েকৃকধি পাি, জাপাে ভারত তমরেী েন্ধনে এি গুরুত্বপূর্ ভূকমিা পালে িরুি, এেং এই পরম্পরা দীর্স্ােী ট�াি ট�ই িামো িকর । �িনলর ��ন�াকরতা ও আমানদর কেঠিা আমানদর আত্মকেশ্া�নি আরও দকৃ ্ঢ় িরনত �ষ্ম িরনে ও আমানদর �কঠি পনথ িালো িরনে েনল আশা রাকখ ।

শারদীে শুনভচ্া �� ।।

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The Bengali Association of Tokyo is celebrating its 25th year anniversary of Durga Puja festival this year. We take this opportunity to convey our best wishes to the readers of Anjali. Any Silver Jubillee is a time to rejoice and be rightfully proud for attaining the landmark of stability. Durgapuja is now considered to be one of the important annual Indian festivals held in Japan. Today, the day long festival is attended by few hundred people comprising of Indians from different parts of India, Japanese and other foreigners living in Japan.

Time flies, yet twenty five years is a long time indeed. During this period, many Bengali families came to Japan mostly in connection with their work. They generally came here on foreign assignment either from government or from the private sector. After living here for a short while most of them returned back to their usual place of residence. As a matter of fact, many of them did not stay here for more than few years. During their short stay, those Indians out of their sheer enthusiasm and dedication could lay the foundation of a very strong Indian culture which has culminated to the events today.

Twenty five years ago, Indians living in Japan generally had a slightly different lifestyle, as well as, a different mindset, too. Not many people were keen to live in Japan for a long time. Thus in the early days of Durgapuja, the main drive was to fulfill the cultural want of a small group of individuals. There was neither a need nor the capacity to bring about a more organized effort. Thus everything was done at a much smaller scale. Despite becoming larger in scope now, we have been able to retain the homely atmosphere with which it started. Along with the success and growth of this festival, our responsibility has also increased manifold in ensuring the accurate presentation of the cultural heritage of India in Japan.

We are indeed very happy and proud for taking part in launching this festival and bringing it to its current state. At the same time, we also wish that this event goes on to attain much higher quality, and eventually plays an important role in bridging India and Japan. Your cooperation will boost our confidence and guide us in the right direction towards achieving this goal.

We thank our well wishers who contributed to this volume and made it a success.

To Anjali’s readers, we convey our best regards.

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As we are celebrating the 25th anniversary of our Durgapuja festival this year, it was quite obvious for us to use this as a theme for Anjali. A recollection of twenty five years could have been nostalgic to many families who lived here in different timelines. Unfortunately, such a compilation requires involvement of many people currently living in different geographies. Due to lack of bandwidth, we had to restrict our scope within few articles on this topic.

Anjali’s continuing success is made possible by the overwhelming support of many well wishers. The Embassy of India in Tokyo extends their gracious support for which we are very thankful. We hope to receive the same patronage in the future as well. We would like to thank all advertisers who have sponsored this year’s publication. We are thankful to Amitava Ghosh, Biswanath Paul, Byomkesh Panda, Neelanjan Bhattacharjee, Sanjib Chanda & Syamal Kar who, on behalf of BATJ, collected advertisements from our sponsors.

Anjali continues its multi-lingual nature through articles written in four different languages by contributors from Japan and all over the world. We sincerely thank each of the contributors for their effort. Every year we are noticing an increased interest among readers and contributors. We are thankful to all of them.

We thank Mrs. Bhaswati Ghosh and Mr. Viswa Ghosh who helped us in proof reading. We also thank PrintPac for their support in printing Anjali.

At different stages of this process, we received valuable advices from many people. We tried to incorporate their suggestions as much as possible, and hereby convey our sincere thanks to all of them. Editorial Team

Editorial Team Integration & DesignRanjan GuptaRuma Gupta

Sanjib ChandaMeeta Chanda

Sudeb ChattopadhyayKeiko Chattopadhyay

Cover DesignNishant Chanda

Sanjib Chanda

(Online versions of Anjali magazine are available at BATJ website and Anjali 2014 will also be available later.)

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টতাওকিওর দুনর্াৎ�নের রজতজেন্তী উপলনষ্ স্কৃকতর পাতা টথনি - �ুনদে িন্াপা্যোে ..................................................................................10ল� প্ররাম - রুমা গুপ্ত .................................................................................................................................................................................12োরা ট�েন�ই ও আন্তজ্াকতি েঙ্গ কেদযো �নমেলে - মা�াক�নিা টতারাওো .......................................................................................................13ভাল তুকম টেন�কছনল এই শযোম ্রা - মঞু্জকলিা �াোকর (দাশগুপ্ত) ..................................................................................................................14েঙ্গ রমরীর ইতস্তত জাপাে দশ্ে - শুভা িক্রেত্ী দাশগুপ্ত ..............................................................................................................................15�যোর আশুনতাষ মুনখাপা্যোে - শ্রীিান্ত িন্াপা্যোে ..........................................................................................................................................16পঁেকরেশ েছর আনরর এি কদে - তপে িুমার রাে ........................................................................................................................................21তুরুনপর তা� - অরুর গুপ্ত ..........................................................................................................................................................................23িূল টছনড় এন� মাঝ দকরোে, কপছনের পানে িাই… - শুভা টিািুনো িক্রেত্ী .................................................................................................24জল স্পশ্ িরনো ো আর কিনতার রাোর পর - ভাস্তী টরাষ (ট�েগুপ্ত) .......................................................................................................26ষু্দ্ দা টদনখ অোি �নে �াে - অেুপম গুপ্ত ..................................................................................................................................................................28ক�োই-এর �ূন�্াদে - টরৌতম �রিার ..........................................................................................................................................................30তেু কেশু্প ! - �ুমে িুমার �াহু ..................................................................................................................................................................34অন্তরাল - দুক�তা ট�েগুপ্ত ................................................................................................................................................................................................34কেশীনথ স্প্নভঙ্গ - তুষার িাকন্ত ট�েগুপ্ত.........................................................................................................................................................35টদনশর টেতা - েকমতা িন্দ ..........................................................................................................................................................................35আমার টছনলনেলার পূজা - পূকর্মা টরাষ ........................................................................................................................................................36টলকি কলোক�্ - িঃ ট�মন্ত িুমার �রিার .....................................................................................................................................................37করেনপাকলনত টদা�রা জুে - টজযোকতম্ে রাে .....................................................................................................................................................37অথ্-েীকত - কেশ্োথ পাল .................................................................................................................................................................................................38

25 Years of Durga Puja in Tokyo - Rita Kar ..................................................................................................................................................... 39Healthy Relationships: Their challenges and solutions - Swami Medhasananda ........................................................................... 40India, as a part of me - Koji Sato ........................................................................................................................................................................... 44Matrimony Bengal - Sougata Mallik ................................................................................................................................................................... 46Homeopathy - Dr. P.S Krishnamurthy ............................................................................................................................................................... 48The Fund Manager Dada - Tapan Das ................................................................................................................................................................ 51So far, so close……No matter what…… - Ahnick Bhunia ............................................................................................................................ 53Kaleidoscope: New York and Los Angeles - Shoubhik Pal ......................................................................................................................... 56SMILE - Jayeeta Sen .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 57The Nature of Happiness - Udita Ghosh ............................................................................................................................................................ 58They Play the Trick - Dipankar Dasgupta ......................................................................................................................................................... 58Destiny - Soumitra Talukder .................................................................................................................................................................................. 59

ドゥルガ・プジャ　25年目… - チャットパダイ　啓子 ..........................................................................................................60Durga Puja 25周年を祝して - 神戸朋子 ..................................................................................................................................62ニランジャナスクールの子供たち　- 三橋裕子 .........................................................................................................................63タンプーラとともに・・・　- 奥田由香 ......................................................................................................................................64アルナーチャラへの旅～シュリー・ラマナ・マハルシの生誕祭へ　- 新田ゆう子 ........................................................66世界遺産　アジャンタ、エローラ　- 羽成千亜希 .....................................................................................................................68東京、ムンバイ、バンクーバー　- 辻　しのぶ .........................................................................................................................70不思議な油、ギーって何？　- 小沢泰久 ......................................................................................................................................71インド～そして～宙そら　- 山田　さくら ..................................................................................................................................72アートオブリビング　- アミト・カナスカル ..............................................................................................................................74

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Adults are so strange - Akanksha Mukheree, Grade IV ........................................................................................................................... 82My trip to Shikine-jima Island - Anushka Mandal, Grade IV .................................................................................................................. 83Summer Camp – 2014 - Yui Nishimoto, Grade III ....................................................................................................................................... 83Creation of Gravity - Krish Kothari, Grade VI .............................................................................................................................................. 84My Travelogue of Last Summer - Sneha Pal, Grade VI ............................................................................................................................. 84The Unforgettable Journey - Sneha Kundu, Grade VI ........................................................................................................................... 85I am From - Anika Sen Mitra, Grade VII ........................................................................................................................................................... 85Maharana Pratap - An Idol for Today’s Generation - Aashi Dwivedi, Grade IX .............................................................................. 86The Evolution of Football - Arunit Baidya, Grade IX .................................................................................................................................. 87THE NEFILIBATIC NOMAD - Utsho Bose, Grade IX .................................................................................................................................... 88Genetic Mutations: Are the X-men really possible? - Arunangsu Patra, Grade IX ......................................................................... 89It Works! - Nishant Chanda, Grade VIII ........................................................................................................................................................... 91How the Theory of Gravity was discovered - Amartya Mukheree, Grade X..................................................................................... 92Overthinking - Aakriti Naarang, Grade XII ..................................................................................................................................................... 93

Drawings....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 94New Born...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 99Photography ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 99Arts ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 101Statement of Accounts ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 106Anjali Editorial Team ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 106

नवरात्रि : स्रोत की ओर एक यारिा - पुरननिमा शाह ............................................................................................................................ 75बटेर की दमु कयों नहीं हरोती – सुरेश ऋतुपरनि ................................................................................................................................... 76“प्रकाश मंरि” - सुनील शमानि .................................................................................................................................................................. 77वरो- नीलम मलकारनया .......................................................................................................................................................................... 78कुछ कहना चाहता है मन... - साररका अग्रवाल ............................................................................................................................... 80कवव मनससूर की कलम से- मनससूर ....................................................................................................................................................... 81

मेरा शौक – घुड़सवारी - शुन रनशशमरोतरो, कक्ा 5 ............................................................................................................................. 82