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A
New Beginning
(Editorial) Bigyani DasYesterday
was a rainy day; today is a sunny day. It is a new day, a new beginning.
Now it is the summer season. Green lawns and colorful flowers catch the
eyes. The gorgeous blue sky and the fresh breeze of the night create the
perfect romantic setting near the blue waters of the ocean. Time for the
beach... baseball... cookouts... and reading. The winter is gone and we
have a new beginning. The weather changes, the season changes, the year
changes, and our roles change. The time has come for the new executives
to take charge of our society, Orissa Society of Americas (OSA). It is a
new beginning. Serving the society is a
great responsibility. However, with mutual understanding responsibility
can be shared and goals can be accomplished. Interest, determination,
and patience are the three main ingredients to make a person productive.
Congratulations
to the new executive members: I thank Dr Laxmi-Narayan Bhuyan, our
current OSA president for giving me the opportunity to serve the
community in the role of the Editor sharing my responsibilities with Dr
Suraprasad Rath. I will try my best to contribute my best and serve the
community in my role. In
the foreign land, we are a great family, sharing the same house, our
organization OSA to keep connection with our roots, our culture and
heritage. This house can become the abode of the Lord if all of us can
create the fellow feelings by remembering the wise Oriya saying: baikuntha samAna AhA aTe sehi ghara
paraspara sneha Jahin
thAe nirantara
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To
accomplish that goal, we need everybody’s cooperation. We should also
remember that the summer season will be replaced by the fall, the green
colors of the leaves will change the color and become colorful. The fall will be replaced by the winter. There will be no
leaves in the trees and roads will become icy.
Before we inhale the fragrance of Let’s have the dynamic New Beginning with new vision, determination and enthusiasm. This dynamism has already started with recruitment of new members by our president Dr Laxminarayan Bhuyan. The editorial staff adds to this dynamism with the new Oriya name “utkarSa” for our society’s newsletter. The meaning of “utkarSa” is excellence or superiority. Orissa is the land of superior artistic skills (utkarSa kaLAra khYetra or Utkala). Let’s move forward with the goal to make our society a superior society or “utkarSa samAja” In this issue of Utkarsa the contents are:
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