Assam Somaj, Dubai (www.assamdubai.org), organized ‘An Evening with Dr. Bhupen Hazarika’ on 27th March, 2003. The plush and glittering Al Thuraiya Ballroom of the Renaissance Hotel in Dubai reverberated with the passionate outpourings of this living legend.

"LOOITPORIA" - the Hyderabad Assam Association is organising Rongali Bihu Celebrations on 13th April with a day long programme which includes various games, cultural competitions and performances and "Mukoli Bihu" to be followed by a community feast.

For further details please contact the undersigned on e-mail/phone.

Dr. Aroop J. Kalita
aroopjk@yahoo.com / 98480 38567
Sushanta Sarma
sushanta@hyd.hellosoft.com / 55668270

Tarali Das, is going to perform a solo programme "Sattriya Dance of Assam" at India International Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, on the 15th of April. Ms Das is a student of Guru Ghanakanta Bora Borbayan And Guru Gorima Hazarika. There is no entry fees to witness the programme and hence interested people are hereby invited to grace the occasion and encourage the performers.

Sender
jyotilochan@yahoomail.com
Jyoti Lochan Das
Bhootnath, Bharalumukh, Guwahati-9

Just like other parts of the country celebrating the new lunar year,here in Bangalore the assamese community took the privilege to celebrate the 'Bohag Bihu' with full zeal, zest and enthusiasm even though they are thousands of miles away from home amidst their day to day busy life. The people gathered with their ethnic assamese clothes. The celebration took place with Bonti Prajwalon, Xanskritik Xandhiya,(sangeet, natak, bihu Nritya, husori) followed by dinner. It was good to see all the Assamese Folks jiving to the tunes of the Dhol and Pepa.

Considering that the outfit has been relatively silent since the installation of the Tarun Gogoi-led Congress government at Dispur in May 2001, the strikes could well mark the surfacing of a change of political equations. It seems strange then that it should have been the Gogoi administration that seemed completely at a loss regarding the violence, coming as it did in the midst of claims that the state was finally returning to normalcy.

The biggest festivals of the assamese "Rongali Bihu" was celebrated with great enthusiasm in Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Tecnology, Surat, Gujarat.

Association for India’s Development Presents

North East – Film Screening and Discussion
A Rivers’ Story – The Quest for the Bramhmaputra

- a film by Sanjoy Hazarika and Jahnu Barua

followed by discussion on issues related to North East with Sanjoy Hazarika
Prominent journalist and author of "Strangers in the Mist: Tales of War and Peace from India’s North East."

Date & Time: Sunday, April 20th, 3:30pm
Venue: Physics Auditorium (Room 1412),

At the very eve of the celebration of 24th foundation day of ULFA, he presents his revolutionary salute to the freedom hungry oppressed and dependent peoples of Assam. He confers his revolutionary salutations and congratulations to all senior and junior revolutionary brothers-in-arms respectively. He puts forward his honor and sympathy for the commanding determination of Mr. Anup Chetia and Mr. Pradip Gogoi the General Secretary and Vice Chairman of ULFA respectively who have spent years of their revolutionary lives behind bar.

The Assam Association, Mumbai had celebrated “Rongali Bihu 2003” on Saturday 12th April on R. Thadani School, Chembur with overwhelming response of hundreds of Assamese people residing in the financial capital of the country, Mumbai.

Dear Members of the Assamese community in North-Eastern US,

On behalf of the Bihu Organizing committee, I thank everyone for coming to Cherry Hill (Berlin) and making our Bihu celebration a success.

Our seniors started with a Husori, the very traditional way. Thanks to you guys for sharing the spirit. Thanks to our Ladies folks for their great Chorus. We enjoyed Prafulla Choudhury's Borgeet.
Appreciated Rupak Bhuyan and Neepak Bhuyan (Rick-Nick) wonderful performance ( they sang Bhupen Hazarika's Song ).

The storm, accompanied by heavy rains, raged to the ground a cluster of eight villages in Mankachar circle of lower Assam's Dhubri district killing 30 people, including 14 women, Dhubri police superintendent Paresh Bordoloi told PTI. Most of the fatalities occurred when thatched houses collapsed and trees fell on the villagers.

Assam Association, Delhi celebrated Rongali Bihu Festival at the open auditorium of “Samaj Sadan” in Laxmibai Nagar, New Delhi on 20th April, 2003, Sunday. It was reminiscent of the “bihutoli”s of back home, open space, huge crowd of about 750 people of all ages.

It was attended by individuals and families in all
three Metropolitan areas in Colorado: Denver, Colorado Springs
and Fort Collins.

The day's program started around noon with everyone arriving
and partaking of jolpaan of siraa and doi, with singara, mithaai,
and varieties of
pithaas and laarus made by Rita Kastner of Evergreen, Lipika Das of
Aurora, Anima Goswami of Fort Collins and Bonmayuri Kalita
of Colorado Springs. It was followed by a brief naam-prasanga
led by Dipendra Goswami of Fort Collins and Ganesh Bhuyan

It can be viewed, at the very least, as a sign of the capitulation of moderate Hindus, in this case, followers of 15th century Vaishnavite saint Sri Srimanta Xankardeb in Assam.

The small assamese community of Minneapolis and St.Paul celebrated bohag bihu with traditional fun and spirit. Thanks to Chitralekha (Minti) and Somesh for hosting the festivities in their beautiful home. It was a day long event . We started with the traditional and delectable bihu snacks like sira, doi, tilor ladu, pitha and other homemade sweets . This was followed by bihu dance performances by Namita, Giti and Monica and Barnali. Monica and Debojyoti's daughters, Meghna and Debika performed a wonderful dance sequence.