The Association Is New.
The Togetherness Is Not.

Oitijhyo Sarbojonin Cultural Association may be entering its first Durga Puja in an official form, but our story did not begin with a registration certificate or a committee name.

It began much earlier, over chai at Kannu Ki Chai.

A few families met. Then they met again. Chai became regular conversations, conversations became friendships, and friendships slowly became a circle that felt like family.

We celebrated Saraswati Puja together. Then Poila Boishakh. Children grew comfortable with one another. Families started looking forward to the next gathering before the previous one had even ended. There was no association then. There did not need to be one. The community already existed.

Oitijhyo simply gave that togetherness a name.

And Durga Puja gives it a bigger home.

This may be the first year of Oitijhyo Sarbojonin Cultural Association on paper, but it carries years of friendships, celebrations, arguments, laughter, planning, food, chai and memories behind it.

Now we are opening that circle wider.

Because Oitijhyo was never meant to be only about a few families, or even only about the Bengali community. Durga Puja is where our roots meet the neighbourhood we now call home. Everyone is welcome to come, celebrate, eat, dance, participate and belong.

The name is new. The bond is years old.

And this Durga Puja is our way of sharing it with everyone.