[perthbashi] Vote of Thanks – BAAWA IMLD 2020

Thank you for attending this year's International Mother Language Day program on 22nd February at Melville Civic Centre. We had a great number of community members attending the program, and it was specially great to see a lot of our youngsters in the event – something very positive for our future.

On behalf of BAAWA, I would like to extend our sincere thanks to Hon Pierre Yang MLC JP, Government Whip & Member for South Metro Region, Mr. Said Padshah from OMI, Mr. Anurag Saxena, President, Hindi Samaj WA, Mr. Basu D Regmi, Secretary NAWA and other invited guests for attending the program.

This year we tried to organize a mini book fair, and we are delighted to see the participation of a group of writers from the community. We hope to continue this in future with bigger participation.

I would like to thank Mr. Biswojit Bose and Ms. Sharmistha Saha for lending their Shahid Minar to us as always. Thanks to our Assistant Cultural Secretary Anup Chakrabortty for planning the cultural program, and of course thanks are due to our Cultural Secretary Dr. Tanmoy Deb Nath for the overall coordination and making sure the program runs smoothly. Thanks to the cultural subcommittee members and EC members who went above and beyond to present this show without any hiccup. Thank you!  

I would like to thank all the performers, coordinators and volunteers for their continuous support.

Performers –
MC – Ananyna Sharma & Maisha Zaman
Students of Bharabi School: Audri, Faiza, Imaani, Kangkhita, Manha, Nimisha, Nishorgo, Orup, Promiti, Sahil, Shemonti, Subah, Suha, Ruponti, Tamid, Nearra, Joyee and Siana.
Mr. Sajid
Rakin Khan (Khol: Anup, Mandira: Soumitra da)
Gujrati dance: Khushbu Kalaria, Vaishali Halai, Nita Shah, Sejal Patel, Binita Padaria, Bhavini Patel
Ms. Shaouli Shahid
Debate Judges: Dr. Darshan Sharma (Hindi Samaj WA), Mr. Mohsin Muttaqui, Dr. Meher Manzur
Debate Moderator: Nusrat Zareen Lima & Timekeeper-Tabulator: Choton Kanti Das
Debate Teams: Govt party: Shaima, Rohan and Mevish – Mentor Subah Shahid.  Opposition Party: Shafin, Faiza and Ishita – mentor Megha Rahman.
JPR Trio: Vocalist/Bassist: Peppa, Drummer: Josh, Guiter and coordination: Ridge
Pathshala Bangla School: Joyoti, Manha, Bisshay, Zuhayr, Tanisha
Miss Shreya Chapagain from Nepalese Assc.
Nazrul Islam and Sonia Saligram
Arani & Yasin

Decoration –
Thanks to Apy bhabi and her creative team (Subah and Megha) for doing the beautiful decoration and all the voulnteers for assisting them with the setup.

Backstage –
Abu Saeed Anwar

Venue & Food Management –
Kifayat Islam Mazumder, Kazi Shahid (Kingshuk), Syed H Rahman Anonto, Wahid Khan (Nipu), Dr.. Shahedin Shahid Rajoo, Rakin Khan, Biplab Paul, Swarna Afsar, Dr. Mohammad Ali, Dr. Tanmoy Deb Nath, Anup Chakrabortty and all the attendees who helped us out.