Tag: Puja Basak

Young woman with dark hair and sunglasses looking out at a body of water

Lula Bari goes to the Sundarbans

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6th and 7th January 2025

Lula Bari Trip to the Sunderbans

Thanks to the generosity of one of our friends.

girls on a boat
Moni, Guria and Prity on the boat
eating outside in a field on a blanket
Eating al fresco
Three young women with disabilities on a cart
Puja Basak, Moni and Prity
young disabled woman with holding the arm of the person next to her
Pappu and Puja Basak
Two young women outside a vehicle and another young woman smiling inside the vehicle
Tamina, Prity and Muniya
woman in sari on cart with several young women
Visiting the Crocodile Project
woman holding on to a cart with other women on the cart near a small house with green doors
Transportation in the Sundarbans
Young woman in floral dress smiling
Prity on the boat
Women in saris and young women on a boat
On the boat with Tamina
Three young women with the jungle behind them
Guria, Lali and Prity
On the boat
“Khub bhalo lagchhe!”

Young disabled woman in brightly coloured sari on a bright blue mat next to a young man lying on a yellow pillow on a pink mat

Saraswati Puja 2024

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On the 14th February we celebrated Saraswati Puja at Anna Bari.

Young woman with red lipstick and gold ornament in her hair wearing an orange sari with woven gold design
Lali
Young man in colourful red and yellow button down shirt smiling very widely
Bappa
Young smiling woman with her hair up in a pink shirt
Muniya
Young woman in pink lipstick smiling, wearing a button-down white shirt with a peter pan collar.
Prity
Young disabled woman in a colourful sari standing on a blue and cream woven plastic mat next to a young man in white kurta on a pink mat
Puja Basak and Aakash
Man smiling with sheer colourful saris over the windows with sunlight pouring in
Pinku
Young disabled woman in a colourful sari sitting on a blue and cream woven plastic mat
Puja Basak
Young man in a fancy black embroidered kurta kneeling on a red plastic mat
Subhash
Older man with beard and gray hair laughing wearing a yellow kurta with red trim. Behind him is a younger man smiling in a fancy red shirt and a young smiling woman in a pink and black sari waving.
Sunil, Bappa and Muniya
Young man in black kurta with arms out to the side smiling
Ashok
statue of sarsawati in colourful headdress with jewelry
the goddess Saraswati
Man in bright yellow button down shirt smiling
Sumon
Puja Basak and Prity give puja wishes
Bablu Lal and Moni
Aarti Blessings before immersion of the Goddess
young girl's face with pink and green lights

Lula Bari Winter Holiday

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One of our supporters donated money for the Lula Bari girls, young women and staff to go away for a Winter picnic trip.


Pappu decided to hire a bus and he took them all to Purulia District where Shuktara operates an outreach programme.
This meant that Pappu was able to check up on things there and for everyone to have two nights away from Kolkata.

Pappu organised a dance performance on one evening and the next day they had a lakeside picnic.
On the return to Kolkata they turned up the music and switched the disco lights on in the bus and all returned home safely.

That’s Guria on the right, clearly enjoying herself. The disco bus was a great idea – see the videos below!

two young women smiling

Lula Bari this month

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Earlier in March we celebrated Lali’s birthday with a delicious cake. We thought you might also like to see more of the latest photos from our girls home, Lula Bari. To learn more about any of the young women living in Lula Bari please go to our Shuktara Family page. Clicking on any person’s photo will take you to a short bio and photo gallery.

Lali cuts her birthday cake
Prity, Moni and Puja Basak
Guria, always smiling!
Prity
Puja Basak, Moni and Guria
Moni looking pensive
Muniya always looks great
Moni and Guria
Puja Basak, our most recent arrival
Tamina
Tamina and Guria share a giggle
Moni
girls playing with colours on Holi

Shubho Dol Purnima

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Dolyatra is celebrated in March on varying dates each year, depending on the position of the moon, and this year it fell on March 7. The holiday is similar to Holi and commemorates the last festival of the Bengali calendar.

Pappu and Bapi
Prity
Lali, Prity and Moni
Puja Bagh
Muniya, Pappu and girls at Lula Bari
Muniya
Sunil, Sumon and Bappa
Puja Basak
Bappa, Sunil, Sumon, Bablu, Bapi
Lali and Puja Bagh
Bappa, Sunil, Sumon and Bablu
Guria and Tamina
Pappu at Lula Bari
Puja Bagh
Lali, Pappu at Lula Bari