Global NABC 2021 Review
Bulletin posted on July 11, 2021
In discussion on NABC 2021 -
Milan Awan, Ashok Rakhit,
Tapan Sen
Over July, 2, 3, 4, 2021, Virtual Global NABC was
Entertainment. Entertainment. Entertainment.
Viewed by 32,328 from 11 Countries worldwide.
What an achievement.
The Virtual Platform
We are a Digital Technology team at TriState Community Bulletin.
We found The User Experience Design at
NABC Global Virtual flawless.
Technically it was excellent and from a technology point of view
we thank Intel Corporation
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that can take you virtually anywhere you want to go.
The Core Team NABC 2021
The team responsible for programs in
Auditorium Two
Some Domestic Programs:
A report from Chairman, Tapas Sanyal
NABC 2021 was celebrated from July 2 to 4 virtually this year after months of exhaustive planning and meetings. The mission of this NABC was to support COVID-19 relief efforts in West Bengal with any surplus fund. An overwhelming response was received to the NABC with the participation of almost 60 organizations throughout North America, West Bengal, the United Kingdom, even from Indonesia.
49 organizations participated in North America Performing Arts Program streamed at Auditorium 2 for three days. A large number of volunteers worked hard for more than three months on setting up virtual standards/ specifications of submission of presentations, selection of programs, review of video files and finally compiling the program ending at streaming. Chair of North America Performing Arts Program Committee was Tapas Sanyal along with the dedicated support of Partha Chakraborty of New Jersey, Siddhartha Chattopadhyay of San Jose, and Piya Roy of Cleveland, Ohio. Piya and Dev Roy of Fantast Media, Cleveland was the tech gurus behind the entire presentation and streaming of the Domestic Programs at Auditorium 2. They were involved from the beginning of the process till the end.
Partha and Siddhartha along with Indranath Bhattacharya of New Jersey also ornamented the NABC website with the display of the flyers of the presentations. Review Committee included Debiprosad Lahiri, Arindam Chatterjee, Debarati Halder, Nabarun Chakraborty, Ranjita Chakraborty, Saurav Bhattacharyya, Shirshendu Halder, Susnata Bhattacharjee, Arpita Gupta, Siddhartha Chattopadhyay and Anirban Kundu. There was a number of excellent renditions through all three days. Program of everyday started with impressive presentations by kids and youth- Ananda Mandir, New Jersey- Friday, Mrittika, New Jersey- Saturday; Creative Minds, New Jersey- Sunday.
Live anchors were present in the streaming of all three days taking interviews of celebrity artists from Kolkata and CAB pioneers. They also depicted the overview of the presentations. Live anchors included Subhasree Nandy, Abhijit Sanyal, Raagini, Soma Mukhopadhyay, Debjani Roy Chattopadhyay, Sudipta Chattopadhyay, Bidita Bhattacharya, Arundhati Sanyal, Biswajit Sengupta, Pinaki Mukhopadhyay, and Samya Karpha.
Several dramas in the form of short films captivated the audience; among them were “The Gift” from Bay Area Amateur Thespians, “Thanksgiving” by Jhale Jhole Ombole of New Jersey. Rhythms of Dance and Music of New Jersey, Tarana Dance Academy, and Nupur Dance Academy of California demonstrated a stellar quality of dance recitals.
Other captivating renditions included “Kallolini Tilottama” by Garden State Cultural Association ( GSCA), “Kobi o Kobita” by Pinaki Basu team of Kolkata, “Shruti Parishad” of Subinoy Roy music school of Kolkata, NEOM and Digantika from the UK, Biswarup Sangeet Academy of Kolkata, Kishore Kumar Fan Club of Jakarta- Indonesia, Bichitra of Michigan, Punascha of St. Luis, Missouri, etc.
NABC Domestic Program section truly became global this year through this virtual environment of superb quality. North America Performing Arts Program Committee extends sincere thanks to NABC 2021 Chairman Dr. Kali Pradip Chaudhuri, NABC Convener Mr. Milan Awon, Marketing chair- Tapan Sen, Emeritus Advisor Mr. Prabir Roy, and all the team members and volunteers of NABC 2021. The complete event was available for viewing of registered members till July 11 at Breakway Rooms and Auditorium 2 (Sunday Domestic Programs).
A REVIEW OF NABC GLOBAL 2021
Mandira Chattopadhyay
The melody, the music in the NABC virtual program made us intoxicated. It was so soul-lifting; it was such a solace to watch the program. The master of ceremony Biblab did a fabulous job. Antara was charming. Both were quite easygoing and relaxed and I felt that they were talking to us face to face. I liked all the live anchors for both the domestic and the international programs. They were very eloquent and charming.
On Friday, the program Jalsa was fine with me, but I expected more from them. They could have presented more popular songs, rather than sticking to their own modern compositions. The musical program from Bangladesh was very entertaining. Their rendition of Rabindranath and Bollywood was outstanding and was done with a lot of artistry. The Lalan Fakir songs were presented beautifully. I was excited to witness the enthusiasm and mastery of the popular genres, by the emerging artists. It is a cliché that no one can replace the oldies as sung by the established singers, which is not true in my opinion. I particularly appreciated the Rabindra Sangeet pieces by Biswarup Goswami, and Hemant Kumar songs by Sanjoy Dey. I heard their songs over and over again, These two men certainly carried the conference in my opinion.
Among the known artists, Riddhi Banerjee’s rendition was quite appealing, and I was pleased that she did not make it too ostentatious. Usha Uthup’s rendition of Jodi Tor Dak Shune Keu Na Ase was heart throbbing. The Baul songs were presented flawlessly. Rakhal Das Baul was very sincere and authentic. The Coffee House was enjoyable, with excellent renditions by Anwesha and Durnibar. The discussion on Satyajit Ray was superb and was very engaging. Before this program began, I had the feeling that it would be the same old stuff as in earlier discussions. But quickly my ideas were changed. In fact, what I heard went beyond my expectations. We came to learn a lot about the stellar director from his son Sandeep Ray. He was able to provide answers to each question presented to him with sincerity.
I thought Nabanita Sen’s daughter carried her mother’s legacy quite well during her interview. The groups from Jakarta and London performed quite well. The Sruti Natya dealing with the “manufacturing” of a poet was quite hilarious. The duet performance by the group from the Silicon Valley was particularly impressive as the singer and the instrumentalist presented well known songs in a flashy way. The play Sohag showing the dialog between a husband and a wife in rhyme, covering quarrel and subsequent reconciliation was enjoyable.
It was an exceptionally good idea to end the conference with Amit Kumar the son of the legendary performer Kishor Kumar. He sang quite well and ably represented his legendary father. He presented anecdotes on his father quite humorously. The NABC magazine is excellent where each piece of prose and poetry has been done with passion. The credit goes to Amitabha Bagchi for painstakingly editing the articles.
A Very Special Thanks to Usha Uthup for World Music bringing a sense of Global unity and Human ties. She sang "We are the world, We are the Children" and then Tagore's "Tobe Akla Chalo Re".The program was aptly titled "Heal the World"
Other NABC Teams:
A big round of applause goes to all other teams for their incredible work for over months of preparation:
The Film Festival Team.
Literary Seminar (DILIP CHAKRABARTI and Team)
Business Forum (SUMIT GANGULI and Team)
Medical Forum (ASHOK RAKHIT and Team)
The Education Team.
Art and Exhibition (DHRITI BAGCHI and Team)
E-Magazine (AMITABHA BAGCHI and Team)