DISTINGUISHING PERSONALITIES WHO CAME TO ATTEND OUR PROGRAM AT KHATRA

In the year of 1997, on the occasion of Hool Day at Khatra Pipe Ground on 30^th June, 1997, a Santal activist and writer of Purulia, Gomosta Prasad Saren felicited Dr. Srabani Chakraborty is given Manpatra to Gomosta Prasad Saren.

In the year 2002,

Khatra ACDC felicited three distinguishing personalities of Bankura district at Khatra Bapi Lodge auditorium on 2^nd October 2002.

Sisir Sannal, Jamunalal Bajaj Award Winner, Sri Sailen Das, Social Worker and folklorist and secretary of Bankura Lok Sankrity Academy.  Dr. Nomita Mandal, National Award Winner of NATIONAL TEACHER.

Eminent personalities present on that occasion were as follows:

1.     Mrs. Anjali Hembram, President of Khatra ACDC.

2.    Satyanarayan Karmakar district officer SC/ST welfare department, Bankura.

3.    Anil Kanchan Mitra, a respectable person of Khatra.

4.    Freedom fighter Lachman Singh.

5.     Manik Mitra, a social worker.

6.      Manju Chakraborty.

7.        Sabyasachi Mondol, moderator of that programme.

8.       Dhiren Dutta, Ex-Pradhan Khatra –I.

9.       Satadal Dutta (who inaugurated the programme is S.D.O.)

10.     S.N. Roy (CBWE Education Officer).

11.   Gambhir Singh, journalist of Anandabazar Patrika.

12.     Makar Tudu, Ex-Pradhan Khatra 2.

13.   Aparna Neogi (Councillor, Kolkata Municipality Corporation attended on June 30, 2002 at Khatra.  She read a script on Santal Movement at Gurusaday Mancha at Khatra).

14.     Samim Hosain, writer of Hool Natak (Hool drama).

15.   Sahadad Hossain, NIPU Director of Lok Natya Dall.

16.     Prof. Niranjan Adhikary.

17.     Director of Bangla Doordarshan.

18.     L.K. Sarkar.                                    

These personalities were present on  30^th June, 2002 at Khatra on HOOL DAY.

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU SAID:”We aim at a strong, free and democratic India where every citizen has an equal place and full opportunity of growth and service, where present day inequalities in wealth and status have ceased to be, where our vital impulses are directed to creative and cooperative endeavor.  In such an India, communalism , separatism, isolation, untouchability, bigotry, and exploitation of man by man have no place, and while religion is free, it is not allowed to interfere with the political and economic aspects of a nation’s life.  If that is so, then all this business of Hindu and Muslim and Christian and Sikh must cease in so far as our political life is concerned and we must build a united but composite nation where both individual and national free down are secure.”

SANTALI LANGUAGE AND ENVIRONMENT

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SANTALI LANGUAGE AND ENVIRONMENT

Seminar on Environmental Pollution held on 20 November 2000 at Paschimbanga Bangla Academy.  Rarh Bangla Sambad organised this seminar.  From left standing Shyamal De, a social worker, sitting Mrs. Saraswati Sarkar, a social scientist, Dr. Sankar Chakraborty, a social scientist, Amalendu Roy ,Ex-project director, Purulia district science centre and Amalesh Chowdhury, activist participated this seminar.

Aajkal’s report:  “The Position of Santali Language after 50 years of Independence: An important Seminar was organized on Saturday on Initiative of Individual, Society and Nation” and “Environment in Different View” at Pashchimbanga Bangla Academy.  The organizers are the representatives of people of Bengal “Rarh Bangla Sambad” and “Poribesh Chetana Samiti.”  The speakers on environment are Professor Amalesh Chaudhury, Nilotpal Dutta, Saraswati Sarkar, Shankar Chakraborty, Amalendu Ray, Dr. Subhendu Mukherjee and Shyamal Dey.  The speakers on Santali language are Dhirendranath Baskey, Gurucharan Murmu, Saradaprasad Kisku, Baidyanath Soren, Purnachandra Soren, Kushal Baskey, Subodh Hansda and Lakshimdra Kumar Sarkar.  Rabindra Sangeet was sung by Jayanti Soren.  The program took away everybody’s attention.

Aajkaal:  22 November 2000.

L.K. SARKAR WITH SANTAL TRIBAL STUDENTS OF AYODHYAY HILL OF PURULIA, W.B.

L.K.  SARKAR WITH SANTAL TRIBAL STUDENTS OF AYODHYAY HILL OF PURULIA, W.B.

L.K. Sarkar with Santal tribal students of Ayodhya Hill who are staying and studying in Bagmundi Kalyan Ashram.

From left standing backside Hiralal laya, Jadunath Tudu, Haridas Roy (Charida village) Ramsing Murmu, Nagranjan Ganguli (Teacher), Arabinda Bhattacharya (Teacher),  Middle standing – Umesh Mandi (Balarampur Kalyan Ashram, L.K. Sarkar, Binod Behari Murmu, Nagen Besra.

In front, Kinkar Mandi, Na Sibankar Singh Sardar, Chakradhar Saren. 

In the year 1982, L.K. Sarkar went to see how the tribal peoples are living on Ayodha Hill forest areas.

At that time,  no conveyance available to go upstairs on Ayodha Hill L.K. Sarkar by walking went on that hill.

A residential poor tribal education center whose name is Baghmundi Kalyan Ashram situated on the road side.  On the way to go to Ayodha Hill, L.K. Sarkar and his wife Dr. Srabani Chakraborty to collect information about Kalyan Ashram, Mr. Sarkar met some tribal students.

Pictures shown, these students are now scattered in different sectors.

Hiralal Laya is now working at a Refugee Relief Camp Commission, Camac Street, Kolkata.  Umesh Mandi and Kinkar Mandi are working at Balarampur Kalyan Ashram.  Sibshankar Singh Sardar is a teacher at Murshidabad.  Binodbehari Murmu is an assistant CDPO, ICDS, Khatra, Bankura.

Binod behari Murmu is the exceptional student of them.  L.K. Sarkar recently written an article about Binod Behari Murmu.  Published this article on ‘Jangal Mahaler Khabar’ in the issue of July 1, 2003.

L.K. SARKAR WITH SABAR COMMUNITIES

We are all aware that the Sabar Tribe are rare and primitive tribe (called as Born Criminal) of our state.  They need special care from every corner of our society.

L.K. Sarkar want to change the lifestyle and do uplift their quality of life through greater awareness about health, education, value system, government schemes for development, income generation programmes etc.

L.K. Sarkar through his organization Khatra Adibasi Culture and Development Center, conducted 2 days programme under sponsorship by Central Board for Workers Education, Ministry of Labor, Government of India, at Baroda Sabar Colony Primary School on 11-11-02 to 12-11-02.

S.D.O. Satadal Dutta inaugurated the 2-day program.

REMARKABLE SUCCESSFUL ACHIEVEMENTS

Sushil Mahali, a tribal boy, turn his life from bamboo basket maker to journalist and social worker

By  L.K. Sarkar.

If you have no idea about Mahali tribes, you could not realize that what L.K. Sarkar wants to say about Sushil Mahali? So, first you know that Mahali Samaj, then to Sushil Mahali.

Mahali, a Dravidian caste of laborer, palanquin bearers, and workers in bamboo found in Chotanagpur and West Bengal.  They are divided into 5 subcaste –

1.     Bansphor Mahali – who make baskets and do all kinds of bamboo work;

2.      Patar Mahali – Basket makers and cultivators;

3.      Sulunki Mahali – who are cultivators and labourers;

4.      Tanti Mahali – who carry palanquins;

5.      Mahali Munda – a small outlying subcaste.

 Those of the Santals seem to warranty the conjecture that the main body of the caste, that is to say the group comprising the Bansphor, Sulunki and Tanti Mahalis is merely a branch of the Santals, separated at a comparatively recent date from the parent tribe.

Sahitya Academy Award Winner and first editor of Santali Patrika “Horsambad” (Published by Bihar government) Mr. Doman Sahu ‘Samir’ wrote a letter to Mr. L.K. Sarkar.

Dr. Doman Sahu ‘Samir’                                                                                                                Samir Kuthia

                                                                                                                                                T-Bilasi-814117

                                                                                                                                                November 24, 1986
Dear Sarkarjee,

                I am very much pleased and thankful to you to receive today two pieces of the “Aaj-Kaal” dated 16-11-86, containing the article ‘olchiki lipi prosongey’ and dated other.  I am , therefore, forced to write you in English, I hope you will not mind it. 

                I was really delighted to go through both the article so nicely written by you.  I wonder to see that you have gathered a lot of information about “Olchiki” and you are a news hunter’ just as a news man should be.  I very much appreciate your approach on the subject and thank you for the same from the care of my heart.

                As regards the coverage on myself, it is more or less appreciable.  Precisely, yet very lucidly, you have touched almost every point to be noted.  You hold a university awarded me the D. Litt. Degree (not the Vidyasagar’ one).  The Vidyasagar (Bhagalpur), not by the Bhagalpur University.  (2) The Purulia Santali Literary Council Any way, all is well that ends well.  And, you saw my tears rolling down too!  Wonderful indeed!  Thank you once more.

                I am sorry, I could not write to you earlier.  I am happy to recall our happy company, amidst our inconveniences too, during our stay at Jamtoria and Darikadoba as well as during on journey from Darikadoba.

                Best o.K. with best wishes and love to you.

                                                                                                                                                Sincerely yours

                                                                                                                                                Sd/- Doman Sahu

                                                                                                                                                24/11/86.

               

LAKSHMINDRA KUMAR SARKAR

This is introduce that Sri Lakshmindra Kumar Sarkar, son of Manindra Kumar Sarkar, at Khatra district, Bankura, Pin 722140 (West Bengal, India), is a distinguished Journalist,  Social Worker and the friend of Tribal Communities who fully devoted his life to uplift tribal populaces in different corners.

Since 1979 he visited several interior tribal villages of Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and Chotanagpur areas and from Khatra subdivision town of Bankura district.  He is trying with some Santal men and women to bring a radical change in tribal societies, socioeconomic and cultural structure.  He is the first man of tribes and nontribes, introduced ‘first full size tribal newspaper (for the adibasi and by the adibasi) “ADIBASI SAMBAD” under the editorship by him, “he felt, the city’s dailies were not doing justice to the tribals.”  Therefore this newspaper was called for whena people have not only something to say, but more so, when they have things to complain about, to denounce and to applaud.  By that yardstick, ADIBASI SAMBAD promises to become the articulate voice of a large section of indigenious people of our state, whom development seems to have bypassed, whose forest wealth has been plundered, all in the name of development.  He started a program initiating young boys and girls into journalism.  About 250 boys and girls have been taught the basic tenets.  Now they can run a newspaper on their own. 

Recently he formed ADIBASI PRESS CLUB with the help of ADIBASI YOUTH ASSOCIATION OF KOLKATA. Tribal people and also our organizations are so much impressed about L.K. Sarkar’s activities, they have started calling him “ADIBASI SARKAR”  as a mark of respect.  

I personally feel,  he is the REAL FRIEND AND HELPFUL MAN OF TRIBAL COMMUNITIES to uplift tribal populace.  We, the tribal people, need his help and support.

I wish, all the concerned authorities ,as well as the donor funding agencies, well wishers are requested to render all help and cooperation to continue his moral endeavor.