Friends of Parabaas

WHO: Right from 1997, Parabaas has been blessed with spontaneous help from our well wishers. Since 2010, ALL the contributions from "Friends of Parabaas" (সহযোগী পাঠক) are used to undertake several pro bono projects to help the needy in West Bengal.

WHAT: Current activities:

— Clothes distribution
— Study materials etc.
— Financial support to Pather Alo (পথের আলো), a free tutorial for students

Friends of Parabaas and our other sponsors will find the current status of the projects very heartening:
— More blanket distribution in winter (in Patharpratima area)
— Sharodiya clothes distribution (maintained at ~200+ level for past few years)
— About 120 students getting help (maintained this level since 2014, and up from ~60 in 2012-13)
— Increased support to Pather Alo

How to Become a 'Friend of Parabaas (সহযোগী পাঠক)':

Please send us an email at: parabaas@parabaas.com 


Below are some related pictures:


2020 Food Distribution during Covid-19







2019 Clothes Distribution Pictures




Pather Alo (Free tutorial)



Students Supported in the following Schools


Kedarpur Ramnanda High; Baharu High; Dakshin Barasat Shibdas A. High; Baharu Girls High; Baharu Subodhchandra Free Primary; Gobindapur Kalicharan High; Raygobindapur Junior Bidyalay; Purba Dwarakapur Bidyaniketan; Sitarampur G-Plot Milan Bidyaniketan; Shyamsundar Balika Shikshalay; Boral Swamiji Bidyapeeth

Among the students directly supported, number of boys=65; girls=55


2020 Sponsors
Amita Marks, NY, USA
Anonymous, CA, USA
Anonymous, CA, USA
Anonymous, GA, USA
Anonymous, IN, USA
Anonymous, MD, USA
Anonymous, NJ, USA
Anonymous, OH, USA
Aparupa Das, CO, USA
Arghya Mukherjee, CA, USA
Arindam Saha, CA, USA
Barnali Dasgupta, NJ, USA
Bahnisikha Barman, TN, USA
Chaitali Sen, NH, USA
Champa Chakraborty, LA, USA
Chhanda Bewtra, NE, USA
Debopreeti Mukherjee, NJ, USA
Durga Roy, CA, USA
Gauri Chatterjee, NE, USA
Gouri Datta, MA, USA
Ilora Basu, IN, USA
Ipsita Adhya, MN, USA
Ipsita Mallik, ND, USA
Jayasri DasGupta, TN, USA
Joysri Sarkar, LA, USA
Kaushik Roy, FL, USA
Kaustav Dey, OH, USA
Kishalay & Swati Chakraborty, MI, USA
Kunal Bose, NJ, USA
Madhumita Banerjee, CA, USA
Madhumita Guha, VA, USA
Madhura Mitra, NJ, USA
Mahua Banerjee, PA, USA
Mitali Chattopadhyay, NY, USA
Mousumi Bhandary, GA, USA
Nabanita Sen, CA, USA
Nandini Bandyopadhyay, Fl, USA
Partha Goswami, MI, USA
Pradipta Chatterji, NY, USA
Radha Chatterjee, TX, USA
Rahul Ray, MA, USA
Raman Shah, AL, USA
Ranu Basu, VA, USA
Rochana Lahiri, LA, USA
Ruchira Paul, TX, USA
S. Bhattacharya, NY, USA
Saibal Banerjee, TX, USA
Sandeepan Banerjee, CA, USA
Sarbani Basu, CT, USA
Saumitra SenGupta, NM, USA
Sharmila Sen, NJ, USA
(Late) Siddhartha Mukhopadhyay
Somnath Ghosh, MD, USA
Shomenath Mahato, TX, USA
Srabani Banerjee, MA, USA
Srilata Gangulee, PA, USA
Sudarshana Mukhopadhyay, NY, USA
Sudeshna Seal, CA, USA
Sudip Saha, WV, USA
Sudipta upadhyay, VA, USA
Tandra Banerjee, CA, USA
Tania Urmee, WA, AUS
Tuhina Nandi, CO, USA
Zakia Afrin, CA, USA



2019 Sponsors
Anima Guha, IN, USA
Anonymous, GA, USA
Arghya Mukherjee, CA, USA
Barun Ghosh, W. Bengal
Biman Ghosh, W. Bengal
Chaitali Sen, NH, USA
Champa Chakraborty, LA, USA
Chhanda Bewtra, NE, USA
Damini Dey, CA, USA
Debmalya & Keya Chakraborty, W.Bengal
Dr. Soumyodeep Chakraborty, W. Bengal
Gauri Chatterjee, NE, USA
Gouri Datta, MA, USA
Ilora basu, IN, USA
Indira Chakravorty, CA, USA
Ipsita Mallik, ND, USA
Joysri Sarkar, LA, USA
Karun Shill, AB, Canada
Kaushik Roy, FL, USA
Madhumita Banerjee, CA, USA
Madhumita Guha, VA, USA
Nabanita Sen, CA, USA
Nandini Bandyopadhyay, Fl, USA
Nandini Mandal, PA, USA
Pradipta Chatterji, NY, USA
Rabina Banerjee, CA, USA
Radha Chatterjee, TX, USA
Rahul Ray, MA, USA
Ranu Basu, VA, USA
Saibal Banerjee, TX, USA
Sanjukta Dasgupta, CA, USA
Sarbani Basu, CT, USA
Saumitra SenGupta, CA, USA
Sharmila & Shyamal, Sen, NJ, USA
Sibabrata Das, DC, USA
Somnath Ghosh, MD, USA
Somak Bhattacharya, NY, USA
Srabani Banerjee, MA, USA
Srilata Gangulee, PA, USA
Subrata Chakraborty, Jharkhand
Sudeshna Seal, CA, USA
Sudip Saha, WV, USA
Tandra Banerjee, CA, USA


2018 Sponsors
Amit Choudhury, ON, Canada
Anima Guha, IN, USA
Anonymous, AB, Canada
Anonymous, GA, USA
Anonymous, OH, USA
Anujit & Mita Mukherjee, NC, USA
Chaitali Sen, NH, USA
Champa Chakraborti, LA, USA
Chandana Roy, MA, USA
Chandana Sengupta, CA, USA
Chhanda Bewtra, NE, USA
Chhanda Mukhopadhyay, VA, USA
Debmalya & Keya Chakraborty, W.Bengal
Dola Mettu, WA, USA
Gauri Chatterjee, NE, USA
Gayatri Bhattacharya, LA, USA
Gouri Datta, MA, USA
Ilora Basu, IN, USA
Indira Chakravorty, CA, USA
Joysri Sarkar, LA, USA
Karola Hassan, Germany
M. A. Ali (In memory of), MD, USA
Madhumita Guha, VA, USA
Nabanita Das Sen, CA, USA
Nachiketa Nandy, GA, USA
Nandini Bandyopadhyay, FA, USA
Nandini Mandal, PA, USA
Partha & Srimita Shaha, AL, USA
Pradipta Chatterji, NY, USA
R & D Chakraborty, W.Bengal
Radha Chatterjee, TX, USA
Rahul Ray, MA, USA
Rama Bhattacharyya, CA, USA
Saibal Banerjee, TX, USA
Salmi Rezvi, CA, USA
Sampad Alam, NC, USA
Sanjukta Dasgupta, CA, USA
Santosh Brahmachary, CA, USA
Sarbani Basu, CT, USA
Saumitra Sengupta, CA, USA
Sharmila & Shyamal Sen, NJ, USA
Sibabrata Das, DC, USA
Somak Bhattacharya, NJ, USA
Somnath Ghosh, MD, USA
Soumyadip Chakraborty, W.Bengal
Srabani Banerjee, MA, USA
Subrata Sen, PA, USA
Sudeshna Pal, CT, USA
Sumana & Priyodarshi Majumdar, CA, USA
Susama Chunder, CA, USA
Tandra Banerjee, CA, USA
Tuhina Nandi, CO, USA
Urmi Guhathakurta, MI, USA
Zakia Afrin, CA, USA


Earlier Sponsors
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