Houston Durga Bari Puja 2018, Bringing Bengal to Space City
By Partha Sarathi Chatterjee HOUSTON: Houston’s Durga Bari’s Durga Puja was again celebrated with tradition grandeur over a matter of eight days – Oct 14-21. It more than lived upto the first Biswa Bangla Sarad Samman award winner in the international category. Puja was celebrated at our vast temple complex right on a picturesque lake. […]
Celebrating Bengali New Year in the Heart of Texas
HOUSTON: Houston Durga Bari celebrated Poila Baishakh in the heart of Texas with a day full of fantastic events on Sunday, April 15. It brought the Indian and Bangladeshi communities, Durga Bari and Tagore Society of Houston , together at our home away from home right here in Houston, celebrating Poila Baishakh. The Tagore […]
Durga Puja After Two Decades
By Nirmalya Ghosh HOUSTON: Coming back to Houston to see the Durga Puja after two decades has been a revealing experience for me. As a graduate from IIT Kharagpur, I came down to Houston the “oil capital of the world” on United Nations Fellowship. After completing doctoral studies, I left for Pune, India in 1991 […]
Houston Durga Bari
HOUSTON: Dr. Bishnupada Goswami, head priest at Houston Durga Bari conducted a special havan on Sunday, May 31 in memory of the earthquake victims in Nepal and adjoining Indian states. Dr. Amit Achari and Jayanta Bandyopadhyay assisted him in conducting the special havan.
An Afternoon with Theater Legend Debesh Chattopadhyay at Houston Durga Bari
By Sanchali Basu HOUSTON: It was a pleasant early spring afternoon, when I got to meet Debesh Chattopadhyay at Houston Durgabari last Sunday. With the soft breeze blowing his hair, cigarette in hand, he was in a relaxed, leisurely mood taking a break between his very hectic drama rehearsal schedule. It was a pleasure chatting […]
