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Welcome to Probasi, the Bengali community based in Charlotte,
North Carolina, USA. Our goal is to organize cultural and
educational program related to Bengal in Charlotte area, uplift
Bengali cultural awareness, provide community service in the
area. Probasi is a registered non-profit organizations in North
Carolina.
For more information on
Charlotte and
West Bengal, please visit Wikipedia, free encyclopedia pages.
2010 Durga Puja
We will be celebrating Durga Puja from
October 15, 16 and 17th at the Hindu Center of Charlotte. We will be
hosting various cultural program over the weekend including
musicians from Kolkata. We need your help for fund-raising
activities to make this festival a success. Please contact Kausik
Chaudhuri for details.
New Probasi Committee
During Saraswati puja celebration, we have
selected new committee to organize Probasi activities for this year
until next Saraswati puja. New members are:
Subhra Nandi (President),
Upali Roy Chowdhury (Vice-President),
Debarati Dutta-Cherukuri (Vice-President),
Biswajit Mitra (Treasurer)
Subrotoda
We are sorry to bring you some very
sad news today. For those of you who knew Subratada (Subrata Roy),
he passed away peacefully in Kolkata, India, on Jan 1, 2010. Subrotoda, Evadi and his daughter were visiting their relatives in
Kolkata. Please keep Subrotada, Evadi and his family in your
prayers. We shall all miss Subratada, specially his warmth and
his infectious and friendly smile.
For those who may not know
Subrotoda, he and his family had been a very active member of
Probasi and the Bengali community in Charlotte for many years.
Several years back, they moved to SanFrancisco area in California to
be near their daughter's family.
Click here for SlideShow of 2008 Durga Puja Photos
Click
here for Probasi Photo Gallery
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New to Charlotte?
Are you new to Charlotte area? Join Probasi for fun-filled
activities surrounding Bengal and Bengali culture. Drop us a line (committee@probasi.org)
or call any of us. See the member list
for phone numbers of Probasi members.
Also check out our Charlotte
information page for addresses & phone numbers of Indian groceries, restaurants etc.
* Charlotte skyline picture used from
Wikipedia under
GNU Free Documentation License
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