At Interhash Chiang Mai 2006 more than 3000 people voted to have Interhash 2008 in Perth during the Easter weekend. Start planning now if you want to be part of the wild weekend in Western Australia.
On, On.

Diwali Hash at Lakes Southern Avenue opposite the Lake Kali Bari

8 hashers walked around the lakes followed by breakfast at Banana Leaf on Diwali day.
29th October 7 am Horticultural Gardens and Taj Bengal
5th November 7 am Botanical Gardens Breakfast Taj Bengal
12th November 7 am Swabhumi Lakes Breakfast at Stadel or somewhere else if Madhuri can find out.
A number of international students in Calcutta have shown interest in going to the art exhibition of Indian and International artists on 29th October, for an out of town trip to Baruipur Choudhuri Bari to see an Open Studio with painters, art and video installations from 3-7 p.m. There are buses organised from Golpark at 2 and 2:30 p.m. Return after 7:30 p.m. Drive 1 ½ hours as in the map and invitation attached. Please call and confirm your seats or make your own way there.
I'll be in Chiangmai at the Inter Hash 2006 27th to 29th october where around 6000 hashers from round the world have registered.
The International Film Festival starts 10th to 17th November 2006 at Nandan, Rabindra Sadan, Sisir Mancha, New Empire, Star Theatre www.calfilmfestival.org/nandan.htm
Neela
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SNAKE DAY HASH in WETLANDS - The SOJOURN

11 of us met in front of ITC Sonar Bangla. Siddiqui and I got a ride with Madhuri. Zoria picked up Patrick and Gherdie piled into their car. Kristina joined with her 4 kids Martin, Anders, and the twins Rikard and Petra. We were all thrilled with the walk as we saw lots of creatures. We saw so many snakes that Gherdie said George would have been most delighted with this Snake Day hash. We skirted a papaya plantation according to Zoria, past the snake lakes. We saw the fisherman removing the small fry from the lakes and throwing the big fish back in. They threw some enormous frogs out of the nets towards us on the bank and they would have loved it if we sat on the yellow plastic chairs and watched them fishing. We walked parallel to the duck path along the goat track and made it back to the cars. The thatched mud houses and the greenery all around were very welcome. Truly a lively livestock hash walk.

We then had breakfast at The Sojourn where we all tried the different canned juices – orange, sweetlime and pineapple and had our eggs made to order. Zoria was organizing a picnic to Dasghara and Patrick, Siddiqui, and Kristina decided to tag along taking a picnic.

Next Sunday Diwali meet in front of Southern Avenue Lake Club at 7:30 am to walk around the lakes. We are going into Winter time as you can ascertain from the archives of October 2005 on calcuttahashgroup.blogspot.com This will be followed by breakfast at Banana Leaf

The Sunday after, on 29th October, please decide whether you would like to do an out of town trip to Baruipur Choudhuri Bari to see an art exhibition of Indian and International artists. It is an Open Studio with painters, art and video installations from 3-7 p.m. There are buses organised from Golpark at 2 and 2:30 p.m. Return after 7:30 p.m. Drive 1 ½ hours as in the map and invitation attached. Please call and confirm your seats or make your own way there.

It may be more interesting than heading to Swabhumi lakes in the morning. Doing both may be a bit tiring.
I'll be in Chiangmai at the Inter Hash 2006 27th to 29th october where around 6000 hashers from round the world have registered.

See you in November. We are thinking of taking the art students to Science City as Children's Day comes around.

5th November 7:30 am Botanical Gardens Breakfast Taj Bengal

Neela

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River cruise for Immersion - Bisarjan

The river cruise for the Bisarjan along with Bengali meal on 2nd Oct had about 40 places for hashers, family and friends on the top deck of the Ahalya.

Durga Puja, as celebrated in Calcutta, is truly an experience not to be missed and so is the immersion, when Durga is immersed in the Hooghly for her journey back to the Himalayas.

We had an opportunity to see the immersion from a boat on the river on 2nd Oct. The boat left at 7.30pm from Millenium Park and returned at 10 pm. This was a 2 1/2 hour cruise, cost Rs. 250 per adult and Rs. 200 for children.
This included an authentic Bengali meal with fish. We arrived early so that we got a choice of seats and heard the dhakis and saw the dhunuchi natch.

Shubho Bijoya - Botanical Gardens and Pandal Hopping

The visit to the Botanical Gardens was great fun and lots of photos were taken under the Banyan tree.

We visited the wonderful pandals in Khidderpore to which we have been going every year. Francois has even decided to bring (to my) home a blue matir statue at one of the pandals which we have brought home as installation art. Photos of the Behala and new alipore pandals will hopefully be on the blogspot as soon as Francois can send me the CD of pictures.
If you are interested in Pandal art the Kantha embroideries are for sale at Rs.2000. each panel is 3 feet by 2 feet.
Neela
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