True Spirit Puja

Today morning I went to the Bengal Club for a breakfast meet hosted by The Telegraph in connection with the True Spirit Puja competition. The Bengal is a partner in this competition along with Kolkata Police, KMC and West Bengal Fire Services.

US Consul General Dean R Thompson

The True Spirit Puja award is different from the scores of other Puja awards in the city in the sense that the awards are given on the basis of “true spirit” i.e., facilities for handicaps, proper sanitation, potable water, first aid, use of pollution-free and environment friendly materials for pandals and other purposes during pujas.

The Bengal representative Dolly Basu was in the judges' panel along with Arpita Chatterjee who is also a member of The Bengal, Rupam Islam and US Consul General Dean R Thompson.

The US Consul and his wife, Jane, were there at the inauguration of Chaltabagan Puja.

Mrs Jane Thompson, wife of US Consul General in Kolkata

They came with a group of diplomats. 

Chaltabagan Lohapatty Durga Puja has been winning the True Spirit awards from many years now. Last year the Puja was awarded the The Hall of Fame.

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