and will continue to happen with other writers tooman with a mission the second edition of shanu banerjees autobiographical book pathe bipathe was released on january 31 this year the first edition had evoked interest after banerjee whod been associated with celebrated director gautam ghosh even enacting a role in ghoshs national award winning film moner manush decided to chronicle not just this threedecade old association with ghosh but even before it isnt surprising that ghosh along with soumitro chattopadhyay haradhan banerjee pabitra sarkar soumendu ray madhabi mukherjee and nimai ghosh all attended the book release and recollected their association with mukherjee here is a journalist who took up the creative pen to write two books both of which were inspired by his experiences as a reporter while sukumar debnaths non citizen indian is a novel that is based on the lives of the millions of refugees settled here the other book didi ke khola chithi is a litany of how funds allocated for the poor and hapless do not finally reach them the former book also has four short stories book of essaysand has already created quite a stir for the novelty with which sociopoliticoeconomic condition of the refugees especially those from bangladesh has been portrayed they are separated by profession united by passion dr abhiruchi chatterjee is doctor pradip chatterjee is a painter and mainak ghosh is an architect but art is their common passion a confluence with this passion burning bright within them they are coming up with an unique art exhibition called a confluence at g c laha centenary fine arts gallery at laha paints house at c r avenue from february 6 to 11 while dr chatterjees specialty is psycho art pradip chatterjee finds peace in the serenity of landscape while mainak ghoshs is a mixedmedia with amazing digital interventions the exhibition will be inaugurated by legendary ganesh haloisocial work blood donation bangali sangha a charitable organization in cossipore which runs a diagnostic centre handed over 50 tricycles to handicapped people on sunday state ministers nure alam choudhury and madan mitra along with central minister saugata roy were present at the programme moreover the organization handed over free hearing aids to hearing handicapped people dr sashi panja member mayor in council handed over health cards worth rs 15000 to 15 poor people footballer baretto handed over 50 rickshaws to locals for a better living in the programme there was a blood donation camp where 600 men donated blood while in lake garden netaji cultural organized a blood donation camp where 60 people donated blood the latest book from the stable of new approach india china emerging equations looks at the chinese growth story and the challenges posed by its strategic aspirations and seeks to analyze what it means for india there are 12 essays in all written by experts like mani shankar aiyar retd gen v p malik retd lt gen j r mukherjee and the