Biggest Bengali show in Toronto

TORONTO: The 28th annual North American Bengali Conference (NABC) begins here on Friday. Over 6,000 people from North America, India, Europe and the Gulf will attend the three-day conference billed as the biggest Bengali cultural show outside of West Bengal. Organized by the local Prabasi Bengali Cultural Association (PBCA), the conference will showcase Bengali culture, art and literature to audiences in North America. "At this annual gathering, we share the richness of our rich Bengali culture with our new generation born here and North American society. The three-day extravaganza will have everything - from Rabindra Sangeet to modern music to drama to films to folk dances to literary, cultural and business seminars," Dhruba Ghosh, co-chair for funding for the conference, said. Apart from dozens of Bengali solo and group... [read full story]