Dear Member,

On the occasion of the upcoming Poila Boishak day (April 14), Prabasi
wishes you "Shubho Nava Barsha". As announced earlier, we are having a
cultural program on that day as part of our Annual Day celebration.
The intent this year is to celebrate 'Poila Baisakh' along with our
annual day event.

On the same note, if you have friends or relatives in Kolkata, it is a
good time to send them gifts along with good wishes through our gifts
services site. We have a partnership with Bengalnet Communications for
these services, and your patronage of this service helps Prabasi meet
part of its expenses in running our web-site. On the occasion of the
Bengali New Year, if you are interested in getting a new "Panjika" for
the new year for direct delivery in US, check out item number 42201.
                     Vist: http://prabasi.org/Gifts 

CLASSICAL CULTURAL PROGRAM ON APRIL 14
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We are having a classical music program featuring world renowned
Sarode maestro,
Pandit Tejendra Narayan Majumdar from Kolkata and tabla guru, Pandit
Swapan Chowdhury. Here are the exact details:

Date:  Sunday April 14, 2002
Time:  5:00pm to 8:00pm
Venue: Foothill College Auditorium
       12345 El Monte Road
       Los Altos Hills
       CA 94022

Pandit Tejendra Narayan Majumdar is a disciple of Late Ustad Bahadur
Khan and now of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan Saheb. He is undisputedly the
greatest new generation sarod player.

Pandit Swapan Choudhury, one of the greatest tabla masters of the last
two decades, needs no introduction. Swapanji was the recepient of the
Sangeet Natak Academy Award in 1998.

This program is free for Prabasi Annual members and Donors.
Rates for non-members are: $20.00 for General audience
                           $12.00 for AACM students

For a poster visit:

                  http://prabasi.org/baishakhi 
COMMUNITY EVENTS
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A Bengali singles event is being held on May 4, 2002. Check out the
classified ad on our web-pages.

"Come meet other Bengali singles for lunch at an Indian restaurant, at
the bay area. Afterwards, we can go to a theater ..."
http://prabasi.org/CGI/viewad.cgi 
On the same page, check out a few postings on transfering money to
India, specially Kolkata. Another new option to send money to India is
http://www.remit2india.com who had an earlier posting on our Community
pages.

Hope you will find these items relevant. Hoping to meet you again this
Sunday.

Sincerely,

- Anupam Bagchi
Prabasi Webmaster

                                              Dated: 04/11/2002
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