Chhandayan Diwali Celebration: featuring music, dance and other types of performances.

Sitting: Mostly sitting on chairs.
Dress Code: Festive.
Food and beverage: There will be snacks, meal and beverage available for purchase.

The event will start at 2 pm and end at 8 pm.

There will be fun activities set up in the adjacent room for youth, we encourage children to please participate in Rangoli decoration, craft and games. 

Program in the main hall:

Welcome
     Few words about Chhandayan

     Light Diya candles 

Chhandayan New York Tabla Ensemble
     Disha Das, Aditya Prasad, Kajol Chatterjee, Aditya Kumar, Suma Swaminathan

Chhandayan New Jersey Tabla Ensemble 

     shaan Freeman, Keyur Thakar, Shiv Gandhi, Achal Vadlapatla, Shiv Sharma, Harshal Joshi, Ravi Sood

      
Chhandayan Vocal Ensemble (NY, NJ, CT)

Vocal duet by Maitryi and Aarushi Mehta

Tabla Solo - Sagar Laud,
Tabla Solo - Pehlaaj Bajwa,
Tabla Duet - Aneesh Joshi and Aditya Joshi,
Tabla Duet - Rahul Modi and Adarsh Tolat,
Tabla Solo - Brandon Ram

 

4.15 pm - Debate: Deliberate Practice VS Dedicated Practice 

o   Five participants will be chosen for each side of the topic, (Adarsh Tolat, Naren Holla)
o   Each participant will be given 3 minutes to speak,
o   All Chhandayan Students are welcome and encouraged to participate, 

o   Moderator - Pehlaaj Bajwa

Children's Activities
Rubik's cube - Sagar Laud

Deepsankar Bhattacharya - sitar,
Rohan Dasgupta - sitar.
Subrata Bhattacharya - tabla