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	Sustainable Development Networking Programme (SDNP) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Pahela Baishakh is indeed a momentous occasion in the life of each and every Bengalee.
		Baishakh from the star known as Bishakh, 2) Jiashthya from Jaishtha, 3) Ashara from Shar.
		The system of celebrating Nababarsha or Pahela Baishakh (Ist of Baishak) was also introduced by Akbar the Great." after introducing Tarikh-e-Elahi, he abolished the hitherto practised Muslim festivals and replaced them by 14 new Festivals, one of which was Nawroze or the celebration of the New Year’s Day.
	www.sdnpbd.org /sdi/international_days/pohela-baishakh (369 words)

	New Age Pahela Baishakh special \| CELEBRATION
		Baishakh for me is a reassertion of the self, the purely Bengali self, that resides in me, in other Bengalis across this land and around the world.
		Pahela Baishakh should be used to bring urban city dwellers who virtually live slum-like existences, nowadays, to emerge out of their isolated, hostile, individualistic, profit-seeking attitude and step out to share, bond, cultivate a collective dream, etc. Essentially, I see this as framing a certain kind of attitude.
		The celebration of Pahela Baishakh as an event ushering the Bengali New Year is, therefore, fundamentally a transposed idea: an urban ‘re-imagining of popular memory’ of sorts.
	www.newagebd.com /2006/apr/14/pb06/celebration.html (6914 words)

	Esho Hey Baishakh Esho (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Bengali peasants also used Baishakh as the month to start their next cultivation and fields were generally ploughed during the period mid-April to mid-May. This coincided with the arrival of rain after the relatively dry months of December to the end of March.
		Pahela Baishakh in my imagination is the magic of different kinds of 'bhartas', 'bhajis', several kinds of 'dal' and 'shobjis', yogurt and sweets.
		There are no political overtones in the celebration of Baishakh except in the minds of some sick individuals, who because of their twisted understanding of religion, frown on the gaiety and spirit associated with this date.
	www.dhakacourier.net /issue38/column/doc2.html (1362 words)

	Kolkata Beckons: Poila Boishakh (Bengali New Year)
		Baishakh is the first month of Bengali calendar.
		Baishakh is one of most auspicious month for the Bengalis.
		On the day of Poila Baishakh, the studio area of Tollygunge becomes a very colourful place, with actors, actresses and other technicians doing their rounds resplendent in their best attires.
	in.geocities.com /kolkatabeckons/baishakh.html (1194 words)

	Sustainable Development Networking Programme (SDNP) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Everything under the sun looks gay and cheerful and colourful one is suddenly struck by the beauty of the grass, the sky, the trees —each and everything around looks pretty and radiates joy and happiness.
		Nothing that is painful or dull or dreary is left for 1409, and the sun rising with a new spirit and vigour this morning, rises in its full glory, radiating nothing gloomy, nothing sad, nothing pensive but only hope and happiness for the days to come.
		The Pahela Baishakh so warmly celebrated all over the country today originated not from Bangladesh but from an entirely different part of this sub-continent more than thousand miles away.
	www.sdnpbd.org /sdi/international_days/pohela-baishakh/origin.htm (1580 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 667 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Baishakh, as the first month of the Bangla calendar however came into effect from 16 March 1586 -- the day Akbar ascended the throne.
		Pahela Baishakh in my imagination is the magic of different kinds of 'bhartas', 'bhajis, several kinds of 'dal' and 'shobjis', yogurt and sweets and 'kasundi'.
		Baishakh opens the door for Joishtya, and prepares us for the feast of fruits -- leechies, mangoes, guavas, 'kalojam', 'jamrul' and jackfruit.
	www.thedailystar.net /2006/04/14/d60414150189.htm (1381 words)

	Article: Pahela Baishakh - History of Bangla Calendar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Everything under the sun looks gay and cheerful and colourful, one is suddenly struck by the beauty of the grass, the sky, the trees - each and everything around looks pretty and radiates joy and happiness.
		Nothing that is painful or dull or dreary is left and the sun rising with a new spirit and vigour this morning, rises in its full glory, radiating nothing gloomy, nothing sad, nothing pensive but only hope and happiness for the days to come.
		The Pahela Baishakh so warmly celebrated all over the country today originated from an entirely different part of this sub-continent more than thousand miles away.
	www.globalwebpost.com /bangla/info/articles/ashraf_baishakh.htm (1314 words)

	South Asian Media Net > OPINION
		But the people, on the occasion of the Pahela Baishakh this year, has given a spontaneous reply to the bombs of the Islamist forces and the harangues of the cultural, political obscurants.
		Ekushey February and Pahela Baishakh -- one sad, one happy â“ in those days were the most significant displays of the Bengali nationalistic movement.
		The romance of a Pahela Baishakh afternoon, when it is not altogether smothered by a Kalbaishakhi, is the genial afternoon light taking on the hue of hospitality and the promise of a freewheeling fixture, for all of us -- rich or poor, in the cities or villages.
	www.southasianmedia.net /index_opinion.cfm?category=Culture&country=Bangladesh (6191 words)

	Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) - Home
		Pahela Baishakh has its origin rooted deep in the culture and traditions of Bangladesh and seen as a cultural and traditional expression of its people.
		Essentially an indigenous occasion, the history of the day traces back centuries ago to the rule of the imperial Mughals who once held sway over the eastern part of the sub-continent, including its richest part of Bengal.
		Therefore, the first of "Baishakh" came to be recognised as a sort of official start of activities or opening of accounts of the year and gradually acquired all the cultural vestiges of the traditional New Year.
	www.bssnews.net /index.php?genID=BSS-03-2005-04-14&id=7 (514 words)

	Pahela Baishakh in our ambience (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Baishakh, the first month of the Bangla calendar, has regularly been celebrated as the merriest month, though T S Eliot, in his poem The Waste Land, speaks of April being 'the cruellest month'.
		Pahela Baishakh happens to be unique in that it is participated in by all, irrespective of caste, creed or colour.
		Long before the urban based cultural organisations in Dhaka began to put up colourful festivities on Pahela Baishakh, the festival was mostly confined to the rural areas and especially among the farming community.
	www.dhakacourier.net /issue38/report/doc4.htm (650 words)

	Bangla Festivals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The first day of Baishakh is commonly referred as 'Poila Baishakh'.
		The day of 'Poila Baishakh' is the beginning of all business activities in Bangla.
		Poila Baishakh bears immense significance in the life of all Bangalees.
	www.muktadhara.net /page56.html (3273 words)

	Pahela Baishakh
		Last year’s Pahela Baishakh (Bengali New Year) celebration that took place on April 14, 2001, at Ramna’s Boto-Mool (Foot of the Banyan Tree) was marred by a bomb blast that killed 10 innocent bystanders.
		A year went by but the police investigation was mysteriously incomplete as is the case with other bomb blasts that rocked this nation inhabited by 130 million impoverished people.
		Most western news agency such as Associated Press and Reuters have reported that this year’s celebration had no violence associated with it and hearing the good news we all heaved a great sigh of relief.
	www.mukto-mona.com /Special_Event_/pahela_baishakh_jaffor.htm (1623 words)

	TIGblogs - Shahjahan Siraj
		Pahela Baishakh is the first day of Bangla new year celebrated at 14 April with total heart and participation is known as “ Nôbo Bôrsho ”.
		This biggest festival of the Bangalees began with Tagore's song "Esho hey Baishakh Esho Esho" (welcome new year, welcome, welcome) sung by the artistes of Chhayanaut at the city's Ramna Batamul at early morning.
		The specialty of this year celebration, is to overcome the fear of bomb attack by religious extremists in high alert security.
	siraj.tigblog.org /post/37684 (561 words)

	~ Welcome to One STOP in Bandipur ~
		The festival ends with the throwing of coins from the top of her temple, which sets off a scramble among the kids to get at the money.
		On the full moon day of Baishakh Purnima, the Magars of Bandipur put on a show of their traditional dance known as Ghatu.
		It is a ritual dance celebrating the festival of Baishakh Purnima (April-May).
	www.bandipurtourism.com /festivals.php (1432 words)

	Memoir of Baishakh: Season of the poet Biplab Pal
		Baishakh is the first month in the Bengali calendar (~15 April-15May) and the hottest month of the season.
		From 25th Baishakh to 22nd Shravan (death of Tagore), approximately for three months Bengal observes ‘Kabi Pakhya’ or ‘season of the poet’.
		As the Baishakh would set in, all I remember is cracked and sun dried river-bed and smell of clay (‘Sendo Gandho’: not unfamiliar with Bay Area people, while crossing Hayard Bridge in marsh land in summer).
	www.mukto-mona.com /bengali_heritage/boishakh1412/Baishakh_biplab.htm (1631 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		More mention here is the fundamentalist organisation 'Harkatul Jihad' threatened the organisers of the mela and the cultural functions not to observe Pahela Baishakh as it is–in their language–part of 'Hindu' culture.
		BSS also reports: Pahela Baishakh, the first day of Bengali New Year, was celebrated with fanfare and festivities here on April 14.
		The agency furthers says: Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bengali New Year, was celebrated in the port city as well as in the district amid much fanfare and festivities.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2004/04/17/district.htm (2335 words)

	Editorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The observance of Bengali new year today on the first day of the Bengali month of Baishakh as heralding the start of the year in Bengali fashion is one cultural event that expresses the country's unique culture and identity.
		It is a picture of uniformity in diversity-people of all religions and walks of life, women dressed in white and wearing red sarees and" beli ful", and men in light-coloured kurtas or panjabees.
		It is with a growing trepidation that the nation is looking at the way the two major political parties are locking their horns.
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/apr/14/14042006ed.htm (4740 words)

	The 3rd world view
		The celebration of Pahela Baishakh by broad masses in the Bangladesh context may be dated from the observance of the day by "Chhayanat", a cultural organization in 1965.
		Protesting this move, Chhayanat opened their Pahela Baishakh celebrations at Ramna Park with Tagore's song welcoming the month.
		Read more about Pahela Baishakh which will be celebrated tomorrow (14th of April) in Bangladesh.
	rezwanul.blogspot.com /2006/04/bengali-new-year-1413-greetings-shuvo.html (275 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Pahela Baishakh brings with it a joy for the Bangla speaking people that transcends the barriers of faiths, religion and unite the people in this part of the globe to nourish and celebrate the culture of hundreds of years.
		In a message in Dhaka on Thursday on the eve of the Bangla new year-1413, she expressed the hope that the rich heritage and culture of the nation would be manifested through celebration of the occasion.
		Welcoming the Pahela Baishakh celebrations, the Prime Minister said the laborious people of the country, while performing their day today activities with devotion and sincerity, also enjoy outmost pleasures and joy through this traditional Pohela Baishakh celebrations.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2006/04/14/front.htm (6300 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 667 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Today is Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the first month of Bangla calendar year 1413.
		The Pahela Baishakh celebration has its origin rooted deep in the cultural tradition of the nation.
		At least 10 people were killed and scores injured in a deadly bomb attack on the Pahela Baishakh function at Ramna Batamul in 2001.
	www.thedailystar.net /2006/04/14/d6041401044.htm (768 words)

	Pohela Baishakh Events Worldwide - Bangla Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bangla New Year, will be celebrated today in Dhaka city as elsewhere in the country through various programmes.
		Baishakh Udjapan Jatiya Parishad will hold a cultural programme at Rabindra Sarabar at 3:00pm and a Baul song programme in the evening.
		Baishakh Udjapan Jatiya Parishad will bring out a colourful procession from the Central Shaheed Minar at 9:00am.
	www.banglacommunity.com /showthread.php?t=912 (634 words)

	The Baishakh Diary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Baishakh is the beginning of Bangla New Year- it means sunshine, vacations, mangoes and reviving the brain, heart and soul.
		Today, the whole world is on guard for Pahela Baishakh's delight.
		Noticed how some people can tell a joke and leave their audience asking, 'Is it over?', while others can make the description of a lamp-post sound hilarious.
	nation.ittefaq.com /artman/publish/article_27086.shtml (2125 words)

	Pahela Bhaishakh
		Abul Fazal explains that the use of the Hijrah Era was unfair to the peasantry, because 31 lunar years were equal to 30 solar years and the revenue was collected on the basis of lunar years whereas the harvest depended on the solar ones.
		Since the month of Muharram coincided with the Bengali month of Baishakh in 963 A.H., the month of Baishakh in Bengal was made the first month of the Bengali Era instead of the month of Chaitra which was the first month of the Shaka Era being practised in the then Bengal.
		After introducing Tarikh-e-Elahi, he abolished the hitherto practiced Muslim festivals and replaced them by fourteen new festivals, one of which was Nawroze or the celebration of the New Year's Day.
	home.austin.rr.com /rislam/page/history.html (907 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A sharp increase in people’s participation in Pahela Baishakh celebrations this year has marked a major shift in public reaction to security concerns and fears of rising fundamentalism, said cultural personalities involved with the festivities.
		The first of the string of attacks was a time bomb explosion at the Pahela Baishakh celebrations of Chhayanaut at the Ramna Batamul in Dhaka in 2001.
		One of the most prominent of Dhaka’s celebrations of Pahela Baishakh has been the mangal shobhajatra, organised by the students and teachers of the Institute of Fine Art.
	www.bangladesh-web.com /view.php?hidDate=2005-04-17&hidType=NAT&hidRecord=0000000000000000041304 (625 words)

	Bangla2000 - Photo Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Baishakh is the first month of Bangla year.
		Lots of fairs, cultural festivals, colorful rallies, seminars, exhibitions etc. are organized to celebrate the Pahela Baishakh in every part of the country.
		The Dhaka University campus and the Ramna area of Dhaka becomes the center point of national level celebration of this festival.
	www.bangla2000.com /Photo_Gallery/default.asp (458 words)

	BanglaScot News: Artists Residencies, Pahela Baishakh Festival.
		Initially we are principally interested in responses from Bangladesh and Scotland based artists, but if you are from another country please and wish to give your views, please feel free to do so.
		It is planned to hold the celebration in the city centre and involve all the communities that celebrate this spring festival.
		It won't be as big as Pahela Baishakh in Dhaka (photograph) but it should be as warm and colourful.
	www.banglascot.org /news_bsf.htm (820 words)

	BANGLAPEDIA: Season
		These storms are popularly known as kalbaishakhi (nor'wester) or destructive Baishakh storm.
		However, the rainy season may start from the end of Baishakh and last up to the beginning of Kartik (mid-May to late-October).
		During the rainy season, the southwest monsoon winds bring plenty of rainfall (70 to 85 percent of the annual total) and occasionally lasting for days without end without any respite.
	www.banglapedia.org /HT/S_0170.HTM (1684 words)

	Alamgir Ahmed's web
		The advent of Bengali New Year is gaily observed throughout the country.
		Tournaments, boat races etc. are held in cities and villages amidst great jubilation.
		Baishakh (May) and that of the National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam on 11th Jaystha (May) are observed throughout the country.
	www.freespaces.com /ahmed123/bd/festivals.html (725 words)

	BANGLAPEDIA: Pahela Baixakh
		Pahela Baishakh is celebrated in a festive manner in both Bangladesh and West Bengal.
		In Bangladesh Pahela Baishakh is a national holiday.
		The historical importance of Pahela Baishakh in the Bangladesh context may be dated from the observance of the day by Chhayanat in 1965.
	banglapedia.search.com.bd /HT/P_0023.htm (813 words)

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