SUBHO NABOBORSHO

NEED HELP:

This is to inform you all, that Sumit Nayak age 16 years class IX student of BIDDHANNAGAR GOVT HIGH SCHOOL has been detected with Ewing's sarcoma (a type of bone cancer). The disease has relapsed for the second time and he is currently undergoing treatment which is, needless to say, very expensive. The estimated expenses for the treatment is around Rs 3,00,000 and that has put the family in considerable financial hardship. As ex-students of the school let us come forward and extend our helping hands to the family in the hour of great distress.

Bank Name:  UNITED BANK OF INDIA
City: KOLKATA
Branch Name: SALT LAKE KOLKATA 

Branch Address: BD 17 , SECTOR 1, SALT LAKE CITY , KOLKATA 64.

Payee Name  : “Silver jubilee Celebration Committee Bidhannagar Govt. High School”

Account Number: 0720010124729
Account Type: Savings Bank Account

Swift Code: UTBIINBBOVE

RIGS Code: UTBI0SLK047 (IFSC CODE SAME AS RIGS Code)

MICR Code: 700027120 

Pls revert with any comments/suggestions on the above. Thanks you all for your support and I hope that together we can make a positive difference and help bringing Sumit back to normal life. 

Arindam saha

Asst. treasurer

Bidhannagar Govt. High School(B.D) Alumni Association

SARASWATI PUJA, Bengali's Valentine day....CoMiNg SoOn,,,

After a long break, this is the new session of my blogging. I'm very irregular about this.Tody I'm going to write about the Saraswati puja, "BANGALI ER BOSONTO" ..

 In our primary school level, we wrote about the essay about Saraswati Puja. So we have enough idea about it. But this is just for recalling those things and something about Hindu mythology.

It is said that a characteristic feature of a Bengali is his/her inclination towards fine arts and literature. Many believe that this talent is gifted to him/her by none other than Goddess Saraswati, the Goddess of wisdom, learning and supreme knowledge. If literary abilities, verbal skills and creativity come naturally to Bengalis then there is no wonder that they are devout worshippers of Ma Saraswati, the symbol of absolute truth!

Bengalis, who first find a mention in the atharvaveda around 1000 BC, are the most ardent followers of the goddess Saraswati who is arguably the mother of the Vedas according to Hindu mythology.

  
Bengalis worship Goddess saraswati on the day of ‘Vasant Panchami’ (the spring festival) which is actually the fifth day of the ‘Magha’ month of the Hindu calendar. As per Hindu mythology, on this day,Goddess Saraswati, daughter of Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvati was born. 

   

Saraswati Pooja is normally enacted during morning hours amidst chants of ‘mantras’ and ‘shlokas’. Pooja is performed by using sandlewood, ghee and burning of ‘agarbattis’ and incenses of various types. The idol of the deity is wrapped in a white sari, she holds ‘Veena’, an Indian string instrument and books in her four hands and sits on a white lotus, a symbol of purity while having a white swan as ‘Vahana’ a sign of righteousness! Among other fruits, ‘Kool’ or Plums are offered to the goddess and later eaten as ‘Prasad’. Bengalis don’t eat Plums before Saraswati Puja as an age-old belief. ‘Palash’ flower blooming in the spring season forms an integral part of this Pooja.

‘Aamer Mukul’ or the mango flower, another occurrence of the spring season is also an essential element which is placed on the ‘ghat’ or the small pot in front of the deity. After Pooja, Bengalis eat a vegetarian meal of ‘khichri’, ‘torkari’ and ‘bhaja’ along with 'chatni’. Bengalis wear ‘Vasanti’ or orangish yellow clothes on this day to mark the beginning of the season “Vasanta’ or spring and also to represent the colour of the blooming mustard flowers in the fields of Bengal. In earlier days this colour was home made from the stems of the ‘Shiwli’ flower, by a natural process and clothes were dyed using this colour. This occasion is also very auspicious for the students as they don’t study for the day and keep their study books near the feet of the deity for her blessings which they believe is essential for their exams. In earlier days they also used to keep their inkpots and bamboo quills for her blessings and used to write ‘Aum Namo Saraswatyai Namah’ on ‘Ber’ leaves with them. Goddess Saraswati is the Goddess of mystic sound and clarity of thought.  Bengalis believe that she has endowed the human beings with the power of speech. Bengalis thus celebrate a function called ‘Haatekhori’ on the same day where kids are made to learn writing for the first time using slate and chalk. The priests make them write the spiritual word ‘Om’ in front of the Goddess. Schools and colleges organize special prayers for this occasion for the students. Many visit the beautifully decorated ‘Pandals’ amidst fun and gaiety. After a full day of celebration, the idol is immersed in a nearby river in the evening in a quiet way unlike the other major Bengali festivals like Durga and Kali Pujas. Saraswati, the Goddess of nobility of ideas, is thus a revered deity among the usually highly educated Bengalis. The day is declared a state holiday in West Bengal. Pandals are erected on every nook and corner and the pooja is celebrated in almost each and every household making it one of the most popular occasions in the Bengali calendar. Often the pooja is hailed as the Bengali form of the Valentines Day with young, would be couples going in for a date and the ones without them to find their perfect soul mate. The Saraswati Pooja is one of the most important socio cultural events after Durga Pooja in the Bengali society and perhaps one of the few religious events that still invokes the excitement and passion of the young and new.

Some moments of last year(2009) saraswati puja:


Barir pujo:

                                          

School er pujo:

This day is like a reunion to us. So we all are waiting for this.

MY WORK:

NSS ( National Service Scheme) organised a Documentary competition about some social issue in our college,BCET Tech fest.This was submitted by me. Fortunately it took the second place.

anyway, comment on this.

youtube link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uZZdlL4LD8

BLOOD DONATION

"NEW BLOOD FOR THE WORLD"

Blood transfusion is a vital component of health care. The threat to life due to insufficient blood stocks and the risk of transfusion-transmissible infections calls for a safe and adequate blood supply for all those requiring transfusion. As the need for blood increases globally, young people can make an important contribution by donating blood and by recruiting other young people to become donors.Blood is the red coloured fluid flowing continuously in our body's circulatory system. About 1/12th of the body weight of a healthy individual is blood. On an average there are about 5 - 6 litres of blood present

There are many situations in which patients need blood to stay alive:

• A patient needs blood after a major accident in which there is loss of blood.
• No major surgery is performed without blood as there is bound to be blood loss.
• On an average, for every open heart surgery about 6 units of blood is required.
• In miscarriage or childbirth, cases the patient may need large amount of blood to be transfused for saving her life and also the child's.
• For patients with blood diseases like severe Anaemias especially Aplastic Anaemias, Leucaemias (blood cancer), Haemophilia (bleeding disorder), Thalassemia etc. repeated blood transfusions are the only solution.
• In many other situations like poisoning, drug reactions, shock, burns, blood transfusion is the only way to save precious human life.

There are three types of blood donors: -

(1) PROFESSIONAL DONORS - They sell their blood, which is of very poor quality and can

transmit very dangerous diseases to the recipient. It is illegal to take blood from any professional donor.

(2) REPLACEMENT DONATION - Healthy relatives and friends of the patient give their blood, of any group, to the blood bank. In exchange, the required number of units in the required blood group is given.

(3) VOLUNTARY DONATION- Here a donor donates blood voluntarily. The blood can be used for any patient even without divulging the identity of the donor. This is the best type of blood donation where a motivated human being gives blood in an act of selfless service.

Any person within the age group of 18 - 60 years with a body weight as minimum 45 kgs, and having hemoglobin content as minimum 12.5 gm%.

So what about the next?

No fumbling.

The global theme for 2010 will be - Young Donors, with the slogan"New blood for the world" It hopes that a new generation of idealistic and motivated voluntary unpaid blood donors will form a pool that provides the safest blood possible for use wherever and whenever it is needed to save life. Youth will, therefore, be the focus of the day.

School reunion 2009

20 th September 2009, the day of recollecting the sweet memories.

This year the reunion of Bidhannagar Govt. High School was organised by the 2008 passed out batch.

It is like "fire pawa". The venue was the place which is witness of growing friendship, love and hope. The event name was very appropriate, "return ticket".

B.N.G.H.S

This year the main event was with Anjan Dutta, the great singer in Kolkata. The program was fabulous.

He did a different type of show.The root of us,

the young age, the "pawa , na pawa" was the theme of his song which was really appropriate with the reunion programme.

Anjan Dutta

I enjoyed the whole day. The organizers have really done a great job to make us nostalgic.

OUR BATCH:

This year the reunion committee have take a very serious venture to revive the school alumni association.It is a long procedure and we need everybody’s help. We are trying to form a body with at least one representative from each batch. And also we are building a database for all future correspondence and other activities.

Please fill up the form

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEhOalVWXzJPa0V5OVJLal9CZUhKcEE6MA..

My messLIFE

MY 2ND HOME:

This is my 2nd home in Durgapur.This belongs to

Mr.K.C. Mitra

Address:

s-7, Shramik Mangal,

Bidhannagar,

Durgapur-12

We the 8 samples share the whole flat.

Soumyadeep Basu: This is our Jamai. The Baba of our mess.

A responsible mess mate. "ektu confused"

Subhajit Bhuinya:

The terror of our mess. Not only our mess, the whole para aware of his "dustumi".

He is my golu golu room mate GABLU.He is from CSE discipline.

Tirthankar De:

Our Tirtho is the topper of our mess. He is form EEE department.

Subhankar Seal:

mojar chele. He is one of my good frnz.He is from my department.

MD. Salamotolla:
Subhra Bhattacharya:

pujo 2009

Parikrama ends on note of hope & happiness

again a end of the Durga puja. No, i don't think it is the end. A new start for the next.

Anyway I am not writing an essay about Durga puja. I just want to share my experience about the durga puja of this year (2009).

As per my point of view, again Maa Durga has reinforced pandal-hopping as the city’s favorite festive activity, one that bridges almost all gaps.

According to the news channels,, the final crowd count this Puja will be “25 to 30 per cent more” than last year’s.

But what drives lakhs of aching feet to the pandals, year after year, come rain or recession?

I think,The four days of Puja make even the most stressed-out person feel free-spirited. The glittering lights radiate a positive energy that is hard to resist.

DAY 1:

On the first day of Durga puja i.e Sashthi, i hopped the north Kolkata's puja pandals.

The evergreen Bagbazar Sarbojonin maintain their tradition for a long time.

The organizers do not worry about the theme. Here tradition comes first and of course it becomes successful in the running theme market.The organizers do not worry about the theme. Here tradition comes first and of course it becomes successful in the running theme market.

Then I went to Kumortuli park, Ahiritola and Beniatola. The roll, fuchka and Ice cream was the another attraction of the eve. The Nalin Sarkar Street, Hatibagan Sarbojonin , Nabin pally was also very innovative in my eyes.

Nalin Sarkar Street

Hatibagan sarbojonin

Beniatola

Kumortuli

DAY2

(right to left) TELENGABAGAN , YUBOBRINDO , KORBAGAN

On Saptami, I was with my school friends (Debasish, Subhadeep, Adhiraj, Deepayan, Nabonita, Jayita, Anindita, Arpan, Abhinaba

and others ) ..

On that day I visited the Karbagan, Yubabrinda, Telengabagan at the morning.

We enjoyed a delightful lunch at the Restaurant "Capri" near Hedua.

After lunch section we went to the central Kolkata.

There we Visit the College square, Santosh Mitra square and Shealdah Athletic.

The speciality of college square is "lighting". Current affairs becomes live in lighting.

Santosh Mitro square always make a replica of a memento.This time they make The Statue of Liberty.

(right to left)

College square , Santosh mitro square, Sealdah athletic

DAY 3

Ashtami was alloted for south Kolkata.

Ekdalia evergreen,

Bosepukur, Mudiali, Tridhara was enlisted in my diary.

Mudiali is the best for me in this year.

Kolkata faced a little rainfall on Ashtami.but that can't redune the energy of the people.

Day 4:

After sparing pandal hoppers on Ashtami, the monsoon all but washed away the Navami festivities as Puja drew to a close. While lakhs across the city tried to hold on to the final moments — Navami is traditionally the day when excitement reaches the peak — a heavy downpour spoiled the mood for some time in the evening. The sudden spell of rain — after an extremely hot and humid day — caught revellers by surprise. Roads were waterlogged, pandals flooded. But when the rain eased up, the pandal hoppers streamed back on to the road. Like the past few years, traffic management was quite admirable this year too. People had to walk a little longer to reach top-draw pandals, but they did not mind it — at least they weren’t stuck in bumperto-bumper jams. Some

wondered whether traffic

movement on Saptami, Ashtami

and Navami was so smooth

because most people had already

started pandal hopping since

Panchami and Shashthi. In reality, it was not divine intervention, but the

result of effective traffic management plan.

The Metro Railway meanwhile,

expected a record number of passengers on Navami — well over 5 lakh. Last year, 4.09 lakh

passengers travelled on Metro on this day. It has already crossed 5 lakh this year — 5.23 lakh people travelled by the Metro on Shashthi,

against 2.13 lakh last year. Even on Saptami, this year’s figure was 3.53 l

a

kh, against 3.08 lakh last year and on A

shtami,

Metro carried 4.8 lakh passengers, a whopping one lakh more than last year.