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The 2010 Sharodiya Anandabazar Patrika Pujobarshiki is a must-read for Bengalis during Durga Pujo. Published from Kolkata, New Delhi and Mumbai by ABP Pvt. Ltd. (an enterprise of Ananda Publishers) and with 1,577,000 daily copies, the parent news daily has the largest circulation for a single-edition, regional language newspaper in India. According to Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2010, the newspaper is the eighth most widely read newspaper in India with a total readership of 15,318,000.

Anandabazar is the most circulated Bengali newspaper in India. Other than Kolkata, it is also printed from various other towns in West Bengal. The paper was founded in 1922 by its inaugural editor Prafulla Chandra Sarkar. Presently, the newspaper is edited by Aveek Sarkar.

The contents of the Sharodiya Pujobarshiki ANANDA BAZAAR PATRIKA this year are ...

Washington Bangla Radio's affiliate online Book Store is now exclusively shipping Sharadiya Pujo-special 2010 Pujabarshiki Anandamela to the USA.

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Anandamela (আনন্দমেলা) is one of the most popular Bengali children's magazines from ABP / Ananda Bazar Patrika Group, Kolkata. Anandamela  has managed to survive for many decades while many other print magazines continue to disappear.Anandamela is published monthly from 6 Prafulla Sarkar Street, Kolkata 700 001.

The Anandamela Pujobarshiki has long been a must-have for Bengali homes with young kids. According to the ABP Group, Anandamela is the most widely read Bengali children’s magazine. With an enduring appeal across genders and age groups, it continues to celebrate the glory of companionship with its readers during their growing-up years. From science to sports, fiction to comics, adventure to astronomy — the magazine caters to the needs of a child’s psyche.

The monsoon 2010 issue of the excellent Ichchamoti Bengali Online Magazine for Children (and adults will enjoy it for sure, too!) is now online at www.ichchhamoti.org.

Ichchamoti is one of the most read Bengali online magazines in North America (USA and Canada).

The editorial team have started working on the KOLAJ magazine for the Pujabarshiki 2010 Edition. The editors are looking for articles of various genres. They are also looking for advertisers who would be interested in partner with them.

Tutunir Boi--English Comic Book--Episode 1--Click the image:

Fifty Kilometers away from Joynagar railway station in the district of South 24 Parganas of the Indian state of West Bengal, there flows a river called Thakurani. One of its banks is covered under the dense canopy of mangroves and on the other bank, surrounded almost on all sides by the various branches of Thakurani as well as by the main river itself, stands a village called Devipur.

Devipur is a very interesting place. Its one of the frontier human settlements standing between the civilized world of mainstream Bengal and the menacing Sunderbans and thus has to serve two masters for survival. The two masters , the nature on one side and the human ‘civilization’ on the other, function at two completely different levels, both equally inscrutable and unpredictable. JOYDHAK WORKSHOP AT DEVIPUR >

The continuous subjugation to two such different , difficult and demanding masters has left an indelible stamp on the entire settlement. It’s a study in contrasts. People discuss the latest nabbing of a burglar or nabbing of a tiger on the village grounds in the same pitch as if there’s no difference between the two.

On 30th May 2010 a Joydhak  Team began the experiment of strengthening these people from inside through its first workshop at Devipur. The work will continue now. Read the detailed report on the workshop at the following link: JOYDHAK WORKSHOP AT DEVIPUR >

জয়ঢাকের ১০ম আন্তর্জাল সংখ্যা প্রকাশিত হল। আগের সংখ্যাগুলোর মতই এই সংখ্যাটিও সাজানো হয়েছে গল্প, কমিকস, ছড়া উপন্যাস ও আন্যান্য নিয়মিত ফিচারে। কিছু উল্লেখ্য বিষয়ঃ

Mar 25, 2010 (Washington Bangla Radio) Agun Pakhi is a Kolkata Bengali movie directed by Subhrajit Mitra starring Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Rituparna Sengupta, Shreya Pande, Rajesh Sharma, Shantilal Mukherjee, Kharaj Mukherjee, Sagnik and others.

Aagun Pakhi director Shubhrajit Mitra's 2008 feature film Mon Amour: Shesher Kobita Revisited based on Rabindranath Tagore's compositions received critical acclaim. The film has a star cast of Rituparna Sengupta, Saheb Chatterjee, Chandrei Roy Chowdhury, Tota Roy Chowdhury and more, with music directed by Kalyan Sen Barat. Mon Amour has been released online - Click Here To Watch Online or for DVD - click here to order online.

Watch a promo-preview trailer of Bengali movie Mon Amour free online.

May 10, 2010 (Washington Bangla Radio) The summer 2010 issue of online Bangla e-zine Icchamnoti (www.ichchhamoti.org) for children has been released. Icchamoti and Joydhak are the two top most read popular Bengali Webzines in North America.

The editorial starts off, "সেদিন জোড়াসাঁকোর ঠাকুর বাড়িতে সাজ সাজ রব। কারো এতটুকু নিশ্বাস ফেলার সময় নেই।  কাজের লোক  থেকে শুরু করে আত্মীয়-স্বজন সবাই তটস্থ...নিয়মের এতটুকু যেন এদিক থেকে ওদিক না হয়। সময়ের কাজ যেন সময়ে হয়...ফাঁকি দেওয়া...পড়ে থাকা কাজ মোটেই পছন্দ নয় মহর্ষি দেবেন্দ্র নাথ ঠাকুরের। তাই সবকিছু হচ্ছে পরিপাটি নিয়ম অনুযায়ী। আর হবেই বা না কেনো? আজ তো ছোট্ট রবি এই প্রথম বাবার সাথে বাইরে বেরোবে। যাবে অনেক দূর...সেই হিমালয়। সকাল থেকে তাই রবির খুশি আর ধরে না। কোথায় বেঙ্গল একাডেমিতে একঘেয়ে ক্লাস আর কোথায় পাহাড় ঘেরা...সেই অনেক পুরোনো গাছের ছায়ায় রূপকথার পথ। যা এতদিন রবি শুধু গল্পই শুনে এসেছে।"

This issue of Ichamoti , lile it's predecessors,  is full of stories, poems, travelogues, sports articles, comics, games and so on that will keep children, tweens, teens and even grown-ups submerged into the pages of this issue for a long time. The partial table of Index has:

ছড়া/ কবিতা ৫
 গল্প-স্বল্প ১
 গল্প-স্বল্প ২
 গল্প-স্বল্প ৩
 গল্প-স্বল্প ৪
 বিদেশি রূপকথা
 আন্‌মনে
 মনের মানুষ
 পড়ে পাওয়া
 দেশে -বিদেশে ১
 দেশে-বিদেশে ২
 ছবির খবর
 বায়োস্কোপের বারোকথা
 পরশমণি
 কমিক্‌স কাহিনী
 জানা-অজানা ১
 জানা-অজানা ২
 এক্কা- দোক্কা
 আঁকিবুকি
 পালা-পার্বন

Read the complete free Bengali children's magazine online, or download in PDF format from www.ichchhamoti.org.

At last its here--the first ever completely web based literary magazine for children in English.

The TAMBOURINE (www.tambourine.co.in)  aims to fill in a huge gap that exists in the webspace for children. You One will find innumerable websites meant for the young people--ranging from academic assistance to providing online gaming facility , but no fully literary website completely dedicated to them.

We are here to fill in that gap. Enjoy the first issue here:  www.tambourine.co.in

here's a sample:

The children's webmag joydhak is conducting a survey on a few important aspects of Bengali E magazines and the various areas it should cover, especially in the case of a  children's Webzine in Bengali .

THIS INTERESTING COMICS HAS BEEN BASED ON IRISH POET ALLINGHAM'S FAMOUS POEM "THE FAIRIES". CLICK ON THE IMAGE OR THE LINK BELOW TO ENJOY THE FULL COMICS.

PINMINIDER GAAN

Mar 18, 2010 (Washington Bangla Radio) The popular Indian Amar Chitra Katha comics are now available in digital format worldwide. The Amar Chitra Katha comics are an Indian icon, featuring mythological and historical stories from the endless reserves of Indian mythology and history. The colorful comics continue to be a great way of introducing children to the richness of South Asian culture, and multiple generations of Indians have grown up spending endless hours of comic-book reading fun with fascinating stories of kings, queens, religious characters and so on, while simultaneously getting solid lessons in morality and human wisdom, much like Aesop's fables familiar to many children in the West.

Amar Chitra Katha Comics are now available for download in eBook format online for smart phones.

The 9th issue (bosonto songkhya) of the Children's magazine Joydhak has been uploaded. As usual this issue brings a set of uniquely chosen treats for children of every age. Your physical age does not matter. As long as you are green in mind, Joydhak will entertain you. check it out at www.joydhak.com

Mar 7, 2010 (Washington Bangla Radio) The KOLAJ Bengali Magazine editorial team is gearing up again for the next edition after their successful paperback Bangla magazine launch over last year's Durga Puja.