Asim Bando's KOLKATA BLOG

Fall of leaves...and the new leaves...also in this jungle of buildings... at Salt Lake city of Kolkata - advent of Spring. -- A. B.

Yesterday, heavy rain mitigated the abnormal heat of recent days in Kolkata. But, many down areas remained under water. For instance, this morning, the M G Road near Central Avenue crossing still waterlogged I found. -- A. B.

'Debabrata Biswas Smaran Committee' recently organised a function in memory of late singer at Indumati Sabhagriha of Jadavpur University. On this occasion, an Mp3 CD of his 57 unreleased songs has been released. Ghulam Murshid - eminent author and rresearch scholar of Bangladesh delivered the Debabrata Biswas Memorial Speech.He nurtured good relation of more than two decades with Debabrata Biswas. An audiovisual was also presented in the function where the style of singing of the late singer was discussed. -- A. B.

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Today is Saraswati Puja. I went to a village of Hooghly district this morning to observe the activities of Saraswati puja. -- A. B.

Saraswati Puja - 3 days to go. So, the clay artists of Kumartuli are very busy to finish the idols of goddess Saraswati. -- A. B.