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As of Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:49:55 -0600
All program(s) & timing(s) are subject to change without prior notice

Performing Arts

Rabindra Mancha

Friday July 4

Start End Performance
6:00 PM 7:20 PM Inauguration/Opening Ceremony: Directed by Sukalyan Bhattacharya
7:30 PM 9:00 PM "Prokritir Sandhane": Geeti Alekhya, Indrani, Rupankar, Subhamita, Aneek, Chandrabali. Direction: Kalyan Sen Barat. Kolkata
9:10 PM 9:40 PM Srijan Dance Company: Dances in Uday Shankar style. Troy, Michigan, USA
9:50 PM 10:10 PM Prasenjit Deogharia: Semi classical vocal. Toronto, Canada
10:20 PM 10:40 PM Sohini Roy Chowdhury: Vocal light classical. Kolkata
10:50 PM 11:50 PM Nachiketa Chakrabarty: Song recital, Adhunik, Jibonmukhi, Kolkata
12:00 AM 1:00 AM Aneek Dhar: Song recital, Adhunik/Hindi. Mumbai, India

Rice Mancha

Friday July 4

Start End Performance
7:30 PM 8:00 PM "Bina Poisher Bhoj" one act play by Biplab Chatterjee. Kolkata
8:10 PM 8:50 PM Ferdous Ara: Song recital, Najrul geeti. Bangladesh.
9:00 PM 10:30 PM "Suk Sari" Drama by PBCA Toronto
10:55 PM 12:15 AM "Alibaba" dance drama by Calcutta Choir. Direction: Kalyan Sen Barat, Kolkata
12:25 AM 1:30 AM Bhoomi Band: Song recital, Baul, Bhatiali, Jhumur, Kolkata

Rabindra Mancha

Saturday July 5

Start End Performance
11:00 AM 11:20 AM Gautam Banerjee: Song recital, Adhunik. Calgary, Canada
11:30 AM 11:50 AM Mayuri Roy of Sur & Taal: Song recital, Adhunik. Phoenix, AZ. USA
12:00 PM 12:20 PM Shahrina Salam Bari: Song recital, Adhunik & Nazrul Geeti. Toronto
12:30 PM 1:00 PM "Mansur Manzil" Sruti natok by Bangla -O -Biswa, Boston, USA.
1:10 PM 1:40 PM "Hridoye Bangladesh" an exclusive presentation by noted Toronto artists of Bangladesh origin
1:50 PM 2:10 PM Surajit Biswas: Mouth organ, Adhunik Bangla gaan. New York, USA
2:20 PM 2:40 PM Sudeshna Sanyal: Song recital, Rabindra Sangeet. Kolkata
2:50 PM 3:50 PM Celebrity Panel Discussion by celebrities from Kolkata & Bangladesh
4:00 PM 4:30 PM "Chitra-Rekha-Dore" Rabindra Sangeet based on Tagore's paintings. Songs by Sugata Sen, Kolkata, Dances by Bisakha Sen, Alabama.
4:40 PM 5:00 PM Gauri Guha: Vocal Classical. Toronto
5:10 PM 5:30 PM Sugata Chatterjee: Najrul Geeti, Ragpradhan & old movie songs. Westlake, OH. USA
5:40 PM 6:10 PM CAB Award Ceremony
6:20 PM 7:20 PM Indrani Sen: Song recital, Adhunik, Rabindra Sangeet & Ragpradhan. Kolkata
7:30 PM 8:00 PM Enakshi Sinha & Group: Dances based on Bengali songs in Odissi dance style. Windsor, Canada.
8:10 PM 8:30 PM Sharmila Mukopadhyay: Song recital, Rabindra Sangeet. Kolkata
8:40 PM 9:00 PM Nanda Chakrabarty: Song recital, Adhunik. New Jersey, USA
9:10 PM 9:30 PM Mir Afsar Ali: Hasya Koutuk (Comedy skit). Kolkata
9:40 PM 10:40 PM Rupankar Bagchi: Song recital, Adhunik. Kolkata
10:50 PM 11:50 PM Subhamita Banerjee: Song recital, Adhunik, Rabindra Sangeet. Kolkata
12:00 AM 1:00 AM Nachiketa Chakrabarty: Song recital, Adhunik, Jibonmukhi. Kolkata

Rice Mancha

Saturday July 5

Start End Performance
11:00 AM 11:20 AM CAB/Lipilekha Pathsala: Dance drama, a tribute to contemporary Bengali music. NJ. USA
11:30 AM 11:50 AM Sanchari Ghosh: Song recital, Adhunik, Movie songs. MD. USA
12:00 PM 12:30 PM "Rhythms of the World" by Mayur Dance Academy, Maryland, USA
12:40 PM 1:10 PM Post Tagore modern Bengali poetry- Focus by Krittibas, Toronto
1:20 PM 2:40 PM "Alibaba" dance drama by Calcutta Choir. Direction: Kalyan Sen Barat, Kolkata
2:50 PM 3:10 PM Somedutta Nandi: Rabindra Sangeet & Adhunik. Kolkata/Maryland. USA
3:20 PM 3:50 PM Prahlad Brahamachari: Song recital, Baul, Folk songs. Kolkata
4:00 PM 4:30 PM Dhroopad: "Nazrul, ever alive in our conscience", Nazrul Geeti & dances, VA. USA
4:40 PM 5:10 PM Monojit Saha /Saurav Roy/Tina Sarkar: Dance recital, Kolkata/Toronto
5:20 PM 5:40 PM Santi Chakravorty: Vocal Classical/devotional. Toronto
5:50 PM 6:20 PM Jhinuk Mukherjee & Moumita Chatterjee: Dance recital, Bharatnatyam. Kolkata
6:30 PM 7:00 PM "Chou Theke Sari" dance recital by Calcutta Choir. Direction: Kalyan Sen Barat
7:10 PM 7:30 PM CAB/Swagata Chakrabarty: Song recital, semi classical. NJ. USA
7:40 PM 8:50 PM "Balmiki Pratibha" musical play produced by NABC 2008 Youth Forum. Direction by Sasha A.K. Ghosal, Dance Choreography by Sukalyan Bhattacharya
9:00 PM 9:30 PM Sujata Mohapatra: Odissi dance recital. Bhubaneswar, India.
9:40 PM 11:10 PM "Munni O Saat Chowkider" Full length drama by Manoj Mitra & group. Kolkata
11:20 PM 12:10 AM Subhra Guha: Vocal classical. Kolkata
12:20 AM 1:30 AM Ali & Haider Hussein: Sanai. Kolkata

Rabindra Mancha

Sunday July 6

Start End Performance
11:00 AM 11:30 AM Dulal Mukherjee: Presentation of Mrittika. Kolkata
11:40 AM 12:00 PM Manjusree Nandi: Song recital, Najrul Geeti. Toronto
12:10 PM 12:40 PM Panchali Dhar: Song recital. Kolkata
12:50 PM 1:20 PM Bulbul Ganguly & Madhumita Saha: Song recital. Kolkata
1:30 PM 2:00 PM Prahlad Brahmachari: Song recital, Baul, Folk songs. Kolkata
2:10 PM 2:40 PM "Georgeda Smarane" Rabindra Sangeet by Amiya Banerjee & Jnanabrata Bhattacharya, USA
2:50 PM 3:20 PM Rakhi Sircar/Sikha Paul: Rabindra Sangeet songs with recitation. Kolkata
3:30 PM 4:00 PM "Bharat Bandana" a narrative musical & dance tribute to India by Sanskriti, Toronto
4:10 PM 4:40 PM "Katha Manabi" Dance drama by Kalavatee Dance Academy, Ottawa, Canada
4:50 PM 5:20 PM Anup Barua: Song recital, Nazrul Geeti. Bangladesh
5:30 PM 6:10 PM Chandrabali Rudra Dutta: Song recital, Adhunik, Rabindra sangeet. Kolkata
6:20 PM 7:20 PM Arnab Chakrabarty:Song recital, Adhunik, Hindi. Mumbai
7:30 PM 8:20 PM Closing Ceremony directed by Kalyan Sen Barat
8:30 PM 10:30 PM Kumar Sanu: Song recital, Adhunik, Hindi. Mumbai

Rice Mancha

Sunday July 6

Start End Performance
11:00 AM 11:20 AM Ferdous Ara: Song recital, Nazrul Geeti. Bangladesh.
11:30 AM 12:00 PM "Parampara" evolution of our lives keeping Kathak roots by Kalamandir NJ. USA
12:10 PM 12:40 PM Soumitra Mitra: Recitation, Kolkata
12:50 PM 1:10 PM Kabya Drama by Aruna Haider. Direction Amar Mukherjee, Toronto
1:20 PM 1:40 PM Indrajit Roychowdhury: Sitar. New York, USA
1:50 PM 2:20 PM Rabiprabas (Affiliated with Dakshinee, Kolkata): Tagore music presentation. Toronto, Canada
2:30 PM 2:50 PM Bithi Chattopadhya: Recitation, Kolkata
3:00 PM 3:20 PM Kakoli Ghosh: Song recital, Rabindra Sangeet & Najrul Geeti. Hamilton, Canada.
3:30 PM 4:00 PM TSS: Song & dance ensemble presented by 5 winners of People's Choice Competition. Toronto
4:10 PM 4:30 PM "Abohoman" dances depicting life in Bengal by Sutapa Barua. Arizona, USA
4:40 PM 5:00 PM Sumantra Sengupta: Recitation. Kolkata
5:10 PM 5:30 PM Kajal Sengupta: Song recital, Palligeeti & Rabindra sangeet. Kolkata
5:40 PM 6:10 PM Partha Pratim Majumder: Mime, Paris, France
6:20 PM 7:20 PM Bhoomi Band: Song recital, Baul, Bhatiali, Jhumur. Kolkata

Literary Forum
Room 205 ABCD

Saturday July 5

TimeSpeakers
10:30 AM - 1:00 PM Sunil Gangopadhyay
Nitish Sengupta
Suchitra Bhattacharya
Moderator-Dr. S.K. Debnath

Sunday July 6

TimeSpeakers
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Sunil Gangopadhyay
Nitish Sengupta
Suchitra Bhattacharya
Moderator-Shyamal Ghoshal

Women's Issues Forum
Room 205 ABCD

Saturday July 5

TimeSpeakers
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Mabhin Ghosh-Datta
Dr. Tania Dasgupta
Kripa Shekhar
Dr. Basanti Majumdar
Ranjini Ghosh
Mitra Sen
Moderator-Dr. Teesta Basu Soman

Seniors' Issues Forum
Room 205 ABCD

Sunday July 6

TimeSpeakers
10:30 AM - 1:00 PM Gopa Chakravartty
Chandana Sarkar
Shubhendu Goswami
Dolon Chakravartty
Jyoti Ranjan Sengupta
Francis Martis
Shubha Addy
Anirudhya Sasha Ghoshal
Dr. Abhijit Guha

Seminars
Room 203 and 202

Saturday July 5

TimeTopics-Room 202A TimeTopics-Room 203
12:15 PM - 2:00 PM Information Technology for Masses
Worldwide Information Technology Directions
 2:30 PM - 5:30 PM Prevention of heart diseases, Healthy Meal Planning, Diabetes Risk Factors, Coping with Stress, Meditation

Sunday July 6

TimeTopics-Room 202A TimeTopics-Room 203
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM Climate Change and Health, Local and Global Use of Pesticides
Solid Waste and Waste Water Management

Special Symposium: "Visions and Challenges"
Summit Room (208)

Saturday July 5

TimeProgram
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM "Words And Ideas":Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni and Amit Chaudhuri.

A personal journey on writing, ideas, poetry and thoughts. Both Chitra and Amit are award winning Internationally recognised authors, Chitra's recent book, "Mistress of Spices" has become a film starring Aishwarya Rai. Amit sits on the Man Booker Prize Committee and is also a creative musician.

Aspiring authors and anybody with interest in the development of the "written words and ideas" should enjoy this interlude at NABC2008.

3:40 PM - 5:00 PM "Bengal, India and the World: Progress and Challenges"

An interactive panel discussion with Dr. Saumitra Chaudhuri, Member Economic Advisory Committee to PM Manmohan Singh, noted writer and thinker; Dr. Dipak Das Gupta, Chief Economist for India, World Bank, with wide global experience in poverty alleviation and developmental economics, author and thinker; Nitish Sengupta, historian, author and administrator in India.

The panel will be thought provoking, entertaining and do bring your ideas for Q&A; moderated by Gitanjali Das Gupta, noted speaker and working on Climate Change alleviation.

NABC2008 Film Festival
Satyajit Ray Cinema Hall
(Rooms 201 CDE)

Friday July 4

TimeFilm
9:00PM - 9:30PM Exhibition on Satyajit Ray
Opening of Satyajit Ray exhibition by Sandip Ray on behalf of Satyajit Ray Society of Kolkata. The exhibition shows art work by Satyajit Ray in film making
9:30PM - 10:00PM Seminar: Charu Unspoken
A discussion on film making of "Charu Unspoken" This is an adaptation of a story based on Ray film "Charulata" happening in USA
10:00PM - 11:00PM Film: "A Silent Genocide" by Hassan Mahmud
A docu-film titled "Hilla" based on a docu-drama written by Hassan Mahmud of Toronto. A balanced, sophisticated and interesting presentation of Sharia, the Islamic law and its impact on women's lives

Saturday July 5

TimeFilm
9:30AM - 9:45AM Documentary: Bangla Bhasha
A 14 minute documentary about erecting a monument on Bangla language in Toronto under UN sponsored International Mother Language Day celebration
9:45AM - 10:30AM Documentary: Dance of Souls
"Dance is the hidden language of the soul" - Martha Graham. A documentary film by Alokananda Roy of Kolkata presenting a dance workshop where prisoners in a Kolkata jail participated
10:30AM - 11:30AM Documentary: Aurora
This is a documentary film made by a one-hundred year-old film corporation Aurora of Kolkata describing a powerful presence through Bengali Films in various cultural aspects of the Bengali society
11:30AM - 12:30PM Film: Short Films by Satyajit Ray
Three short films "TWO", "The Inner Eye" and "Sukumar Ray" will be screened. These films are directed by Satyajit Ray. A rare opportinty to see these non-commercial films in North America
12:30PM - 1:30PM Seminar: Sandip Ray
A discussion "Intimate reminiscences about Satyajit Ray as a film-maker and man" by Sandip and Lolita Ray. Moderator Arup De (Kolkata)
1:30PM - 2:30PM Film: Short Films by Sandip Ray
"Tollywood-e Tarinikhuro" and "Chilekotha", based on stories by Satyajit Ray
2:30PM - 5:30PM Film: "Lalsalu"
International and national award-winning feature film based on the novel written by Syed Waliullah of Bangladesh. Lalsalu meaning "A tree without roots" is directed by Tanvir Mokammel. This is the story of a man-made religious influence on a village community
5:30PM - 8:00PM Feature Film: "Faltu" starring Indrani Haldar
Directed by Anjan Das. This is based on a novel by Syed Mustafa Siraj, the famous Bengali writer. Acted by Soumitra, Indrani and others, it is set in the backdrop of Murshidabad District of West Bengal in early 1950. This is the story of a 20 year-old bay named Faltu and his quest for love and search for roots
8:00PM - 10:00PM Film: "Bhorer Aage"
A feature film based on a novel by famous writer Buddhadev Guha and directed by Bikash Mukherjee. Acted by Soumitra, Biplab and others. A family story of a father living in a town in West Bengal and his son living in USA

Sunday July 6

TimeFilm
9:30AM - 10:30AM Documentary: Jamuna
A documentary film directed by Tanvir Mokammel of Bangladesh. The film deals with various aspects of the Jamuna river in Bangladesh, its vastness, its erosion and people living on the banks
10:30AM - 11:30AM Documentary: Nazrul/Manna De
Two documentary films - one on Nazrul by Anjan Das and the other on Manna De by Satarupa Sanyal. The documentary on Manna De was recently released in Kolkata and will be screened for the first time in North America
11:30AM - 11:45AM Seminar: Samrat Chakrabarti
A presentation and discussion on "Kissing Cousins".
11:45AM - 12:45PM Seminar: Film Personalities
A discussion on Bengali Films and its future by the invited guests from Kolkata, Bangladesh, USA and Toronto
12:45PM - 1:30PM Film: Short Films by Sandip Ray
Two short films by Sandip Ray and a rare opportunity to see these non-commercial color films
1:30PM - 2:30PM Seminar: Sandip Ray
Sandip Ray, Lolita Ray and Arup De from Satyajit Ray Society of Kolkata will discuss "Porompara in Film Making from Satyajit to Sandip"
2:30PM - 4:30PM Film: "Jara Bristite Bhijechillo" starring Indrani Haldar
Based on a poetry novel by Joy Goswami. Acted by Indrani Halder who received National Best Actress award. The film is directed by Anjan Das (Kolkata)
4:30PM - 5:45PM Film: "Ekjon Ajamal Hossain"
A feature film based on a true story. Written by Farhad Hossain (USA). This is the story of a Bangladeshi immigrant in USA and how his hopes to live a worry-free life in USA is shattered by cruel reality
NOTE:
Program subject to change as required
All screenings with English Subtitles

Art Exhibition
Rupasi Bangla .. In Search Of Roots
Room No 203 C & D

Saturday July 5

TimeEvents
9:00AM - 6:00PM Exhibition Open
9:00AM - 10:00AM Opening Ceremony:
Inauguration: Swati Gangopadhyay, Kolkata
Speeches: Pauline M. Mazumdar, Toronto; Ashim Roy, Paris; Hitabrata Roy, Washington DC
Songs:
Ishan Basu Ray; Champa Mondal; Sanjana Roy Magee
A Tour through the Exhibition during the Inauguration
2:00PM - 5:00PM Open Forum:
Song, Poetry or Story Readings, Speech (non-political) or Simple Adda

Sunday July 6

12:00PM - 3:00PM Exhibition Open
12:00PM - 3:00PM Song, Poetry or Story Readings, Speech (non-political) or Simple Adda

Reunions at NABC2008

Saturday July 5

TimeROOM 202A TimeROOM 202B TimeROOM 203AB
10:30 AM - 12:15 PMJamshedpur Forum 11:00 AM - 1:00 PMIndian Statistical Institute 11:00 AM - 2:00 PMB.E. College
2:00 PM - 3:00 PMJalpaiguri Engg. College 1:00 PM - 3:00 PMNIIT, Durgapur (formerly R.E. College)   
3:00 PM - 5:00 PMJadavpur University 3:00 PM - 5:00 PMVishwa Bharati   

Sunday July 6

TimeROOM 202A TimeROOM 202B TimeROOM 203AB
11.00 AM - 1.00 PMJagannath Hall 11.00 AM - 1.00 PMPresidency College   
1.00 PM - 3.00 PMIIT Kharagpur & other IITs 1.00 PM - 3.00 PMDhaka University   
3.00 PM - 5.00 PMAcademic Institutions of Ramakrishna Mission 3.00 PM - 5.00 PMChittagong University   

The information noted above is subject to change

Food Schedule

DateFood Coupon SalesFood Service
Friday July 4 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon
4:00 PM to 8:00 PM		  
Dinner: 6:30 PM to 10:30 PM
Saturday July 5 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon
4:00 PM to 8:00 PM		 Lunch: 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM
Dinner: 6:30 PM to 10:30 PM
Sunday July 6 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon
4:00 PM to 8:00 PM		 Lunch: 11:30 AM to 2:30 PM
Dinner: 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Note:
Limited coupons will be available for sale at the Food Registration counter on a first-come, first-served basis.
Price per meal is $14, cash only, please.
Sunday dinner times have changed because the Food Hall has to be cleared early.