In Pursuit of Wisdom

The election for CalChess Board of Directors will be held at 30th August 7 PM at Berkeley Chess School located at 1581 Le Roy Ave, Berkeley, California. You can find the announcement in  CalChess website  or in  this link  or simply read it below which I copied.  If you are current member of CalChess and over 14 years of old, you are eligible for giving a vote. You have to make sure your membership didn't expire before August 30th 2014. You can check the  membership list here . To give the vote you have to be physically present in that location that day. If you are interested to run for the election yourself as one of the candidates, you will need to send an email to CalChess President Tom Langland. You should go through the updated  CalChess ByLaws . And of course you have ask the voters to vote for you. I have decided to run for the board this year. So I ask your vote. Now let me tell you what value I can add to the board. In fact when ...

It took me almost 3 days of work but finally I am done. We circulated BABA Newsletter August 2014 issue last night. Most of the time went on figuring out the format and then some time went on writing the small articles. I was initially using MS Word but found that at least the background color doesn't stay when I export it to a PDF. Hence I moved to Google Docs and it was quite convenient then. The central piece of the newsletter was Shafieen being on the cover page of Chess Life. I also added Shahriar's Kachchi Biriyani recipe and BABA's upcoming concert news of SI Tutul. Please  Click here  or the image above to download the issue.

BABA  (Bay Area Bangladesh Association: a non-profit, non-political and secular organization) Dear Community Member, It is our pleasure to invite you and your family to “ BABA  Eid Reunion Celebration ”, with a cultural program featuring the famous Bangladeshi singer  SI Tutul - live in concert , first time in the Bay Area!  We would also like to introduce the famous director  Khalid Mahmood Mithu , who will be with us on that day. His Movie “ Jonakir Alo  – Glow of The Firefly” was nominated for the World Premier this year.  You Tube Link: SI Tutul https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=NExB6fjM75M https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=tq5q4e4cVCg https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=rCttTUvsRjw Jonakir Alo – Khalid Mahmood Mithu https://www.facebook.com/ JonakirAloGlowOfFirefly Date & Time: September 20  ( Saturday ), 2014;  4:30 PM to 9:00 PM 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM  – Social gathering and  5:30 PM to 9:00 ...