kolkata with two more weeks to go for durga puja some puja committees are already drumming up publicity the sound of dhak reverberated from the chatlabagan puja pandal on sunday afternoon with eminent citizens of the city trying a hand at the instrument usha uthup jogen chowdhury p k banerjee tejendra majumdar dj akash tollywood celebrities gargi roy chowdhury and pallabi chatterjee and thai consul general in kolkata panupat chavananikul were among those present dhak is an integral part of durga puja and so we thought this was the best way of announcing the arrival of the festival said sundeep bhutoria chairman of manicktala chaltabagan lohapatty durga puja committee who tried his hand at the dhak as well in true puja spirit poribartan in writers thanks to the irctcrun canteen at writers buildings employees are giving their bread and tea or rutitorkari a miss at lunchtime they are now seen happily digging into chicken wings chicken submarine sandwiches soft drinks and coffee so what has come over the babus who were not at all keen on spending their money on a good lunch oh the babus earn a lot more these days and can easily afford good lunch it was all in the temperament also there were no good restaurant in and around writers buildings for so long now that didi has brought in this poriborton employees have developed better taste for food said an official museum on mahaprabhu the gauriya math will set up a hightech museum at bagbazar to mark the 500th year of mahaprabhus renunciation housing a threedimensional display of the life of the great saint the 15000sqft museum will merge technology aesthetics and philosophy to depict the life culture and philosophy of shri chaitanya former director of national council for science museum saroj ghosh has planned the museum while gopal mitra who had helped shape the twin tower in the us will be the main architect music for the soul sangita bhattacharya is not just a singer who has done well in her career with several albums of nazrulgeeti adhunik folk and rabindrasangeet to her credit she has also shown many how help can be extended to the needy without taking resort to government funds or corporate houses for the past 12 years sangita has been running an ngo bikash foundation to help street children and other needy people through blood donation camps medical support and so on and she has done all this entirely from her own income a professional singer for three decades bhattacharya already has 12 albums to her credit apart from playback singing her newest album mon bauul has recently been released the album has tagores baul anger gaan which sangita now wants to to specialize in grow with your plant it was an unique plantation programme at mangalam vidya niketan a school near kolkata airport on saturday organised by oneness university and reliance adag group the focus of the programme was to incorporate the subtle principle of