The Bengalee Association Bangalore

The Bengalee Association offers various facilities to its members and associates and to society in general. Let’s know our Association better and utilize the facilities in a proper fashion.

Community Centre and Hospitality

 Remembering the dreams cherished by the founders of the Association, we continue to encourage our premises to be used as a community centre in reality. Be it a social gathering or a cultural function, it fits the common man’s requirements with economical relaxation and ownership’s pride.

There are rooms on the 2nd floor for accommodating guests. Perfect hygienic conditions of the toilets and stylish furnishing and sofa with modern upholstery adorn the guest rooms. The members are entitled to use the facilities. Guest rooms are quite popular amongst fresh service holders, tourists looking for economic package, sports personalities and so on. It will be nice to make the best use of our effort.

A cafeteria or ‘Addaghar’ and an exhibition hall are also very much on our agenda. We wish cooperation from all fronts to make it a success.

Library

The Association has a well equipped Library which has recently been renovated. We have more than 4500 titles which include all the classics written in Bengali language by eminent authors as also  modern Novels and collections of poetry by contemporary writers/poets. The collections also include works in the English language. And what’s more, there is a children’s section too. Book lovers, get ready to plunge into paradise.

Any suggestion to improve upon our Library is most welcome.

• Enrich our Library through your contribution & participation.
• We invite suggestions to procure new books to expand our existing collection.
• Our Library is open from 6 p.m to 9 p.m. Monday-Saturday and remains closed on Sundays. Members are welcome browse and borrow books.
• Please enquire for membership details.

Educational Services

The Association is very sensitive to inculcate aesthetic sense in the younger ones and also encourages learning the local language even by grown-ups. Experts in the Arst visit regularly to impart lessons in painting and music too. These classes are available to all interested persons at a nominal cost. Kannada language classes have now become a regular feature. Guardians! Get set go!

The Timings for the various classes held are:

• Painting Class:  Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

• Music Class:      Sunday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

• Kannada Class: Friday 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Literary Activities

Original writings, discussion and workshop on literature are quite dear to our members and connoisseurs.  We need interested persons to come forward and make ‘Sahitya Sabha’ a regular happening.