Evergreen Dev Anand passes away

Evergreen star Dev Anand, one of the icons of Indian cinema, died on Sunday after suffering a massive cardiac arrest in London. He was 88.

Dev Anand began his career with ‘Hum Ek Hain’ in 1946. However, he got his first big break with ‘Ziddi’ in 1948.The flamboyant star is also known for giving big hits like ‘Baazi’, ‘Guide’, ‘Jewel Thief’, ‘Johnny Mera Naam’, ‘Hare Rama Hare Krishna’, ‘CID’ and ‘Tere Mere Sapne’.
An era of Indian Cinema ended with the death of the legend.

Calcutta Girl won the prestigious award

The whole of India must be proud of hearing the news of Kolkata girl Mahima Khanna, who won the Cambridge's most prestigious Stevesion Award. The 23 year old has topped the 2010-2011 MPhil class of economics at the Cambridge University and will receive this most acclaimed award for her success. With this award she becomes the third Indian and the first Indian woman to bag the award after the Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen who won it in the year 1956 and Sir Partho Dasgupta had won it in 1967, for his contribution to nutrition and developmental economics. Mahima is very excited to share the award with the god [Amartya Sen] in the economics field.

She did her schooling in Loreto House and La Martiniere for girls and she cleared the medical joint entrance examination. But she eventually took admission in St Xavier's College.

When she graduated in 2009, Mahima had topped in economics in Calcutta University. She went to Cambridge for her post graduate degree on a Commonwealth scholarship and she also excelled there too by ranking second and she stayed back for her MPhil.

Hearty congratulations to Mahima. You made India proud, and we the Calcuttans, feel very proud of you. Wish you many more success in life.

Source : SiliconIndia.com

Durga Puja Jalsa at Basel, Switzerland

Like last year, this year too the Bengalis and all Indians celebrated Durga Puja for the second year. This year was a little bigger way. A singer was hired for one the cultural Function. More over the local talents among them also participated. One such song has come to me to add in this post.

The singer is none other than my son Anirban who is at present in Switzerland (Basel). He was one of the organisers of the puja.

Happy Deepavali - 2011

On this auspicious occasion, I wish you all a very happy Deepavali. May this festival of light brings all brightness, happiness to your life.

শুভ বিজয়া দশমী

Shubha Vijaya Dashami.
সবাইকে জানাই শুভ বিজয়ার প্রীতি ও শুভেচ্ছা।