Dear Alumni A few Antiquated Assam type buildings scattered from Panbazar to Uzanbazar, surrounded by some haunting trees from *Kamarupa* era filled with white bird-drops and cacophony of home-returned bird flocks in the evenings in Guwahati, flanked by the *Kachari ghat* on the banks of the mighty Brahmaputra river and the Red-bricked railways colony in the South, imposing and intimidating at times and warm and beckoning at others, Cotton College was once the only world, outside our protected homes, that we knew of.
It was here that we developed our passion for exploring life, under the supervisions of our teachers, wardens, seniors. It was here that we learnt our tools and honed our receipting faculties to prepare for acquiring skills from the world outside, the foundation of our future life was laid here. All of us have gone on to build and rebuild and reconstruct on these early building blocks ingrained into our beings. However far we might have gone on our journey, a part of us still connects to that great institution through an unseen thread and this is where we take a peek to cherish the fond memories of the other days! Relationship was article of faith in this bench-mark institution. Keeping this in mind we propose to organize a GET-TOGETHER of Ex-Cottonians on the 20th February, 2011 to take our relationships to the next level by connecting with family members, alumnus across few generations and decades. The venue being *Central Civil Secretariat Sports Ground (Opp Nehru Park) at Vinay Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110021. * **The programme will start at 11 AM and end at 4 PM. You are requested to attend the event with your family members. With every good wish Organising committee -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TENTATIVE PROGRAMME ON 20/02/2010 FROM 11AM – 4 PM, 1. Welcome Speech. 2. Chorus (Lyric by Mr Sarat Barkakati and Music by Ms Murchana Barkakati-attached for your comments) 3. Quiz on Cotton College (Quizmaster-Mr Manimugdha Sarmah) 4. Games of Tug-of-war and football. 5. Portrait of spouse by 50+ ex-cottonians.. 6. Extempore speech on Cotton College 7. Chorus of Centenary Celebration 8. Flute Recital. 9. Poetry session. 10.Recitation. 11. Open Interaction and Lunch. 12. Solo song. 13. Open Bihu Dance. [image: http://sigads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_nx.ads/www.rediffmail.com/signatureline.htm@Middle]<http://sigads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.ads/www.rediffmail.com/signatureline.htm@Middle?>14. Vote of Thanks and wrap up. *Budget:* 1. Field Booking – Rs. 10000/- 2. Stage, tents, chairs, tables, sound, genset,etc Rs. 75000/- 3. Cultural program- Rs. 10000/- 4. Lunch & Tea- Rs. 50000/- 5. Logistics- Rs. 10000/- 6. Felicitations- Rs. 5000/- 7. Assets- (Musical instruments) Rs. 5000/- 8. Misc unseen- Rs. 15000/- Total: Rs. 180000/- (Note on *contributions:It is proposed to collect Rs 1000 (for working people, who can bring their immediate family members), and Rs 200 (for students). The contributions will be used to meet major part of the expenses related to the meet. Any remainder surplus amount will be handed over to the committee as a contribution to the corpus. The accounts will be audited by an appointed committee to bring transparency from the very beginning.)* *Means of Finance:* · Contributions (working Cottonians) 120@Rs. 1000/- Rs. 120000/- · Contributions (Student Cottonians) 150 @ Rs. 200/- Rs. 30000/- · Donations from large hearted Cottonians J Rs. 30000/- Total: Rs. 180000/- Your comments are welcome to make the event a grand success. Please donot forget to forward this mail to connect with maximum number of people. -------------------------------------------------------------Good day------------------------------------------------------------- <http://www.opensmileys.com/wp/ie.php?plg=ie&subs=gmail&elm=sign> _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
