The Telegraph Salt Lake celebrated its 10th anniversary at City Centre last Friday and in attendance on the occasion were representatives from all blocks of the township and residents of some apartments of New Town.
TT Bureau
Published 04.09.15, 12:00 AM
The winners of The Telegraph Salt Lake Super Souvenir and Click Your Township contests with their trophies on stage at Royal Bengal Room, City Centre, on Friday night
The Telegraph Salt Lake celebrated its 10th anniversary at City Centre last Friday and in attendance on the occasion were representatives from all blocks of the township and residents of some apartments of New Town.
The first edition of The Telegraph Salt Lake had reached doorsteps on August 12, 2005.
Prizes for the The Telegraph Salt Lake Super Souvenir 2014 and Click Your Township contests were also distributed on the occasion.
Subhadra, Snigdha and Kalyan Chakraborty of AB 129, members of the first family to settle in Salt Lake, applaud as Pramadrija Chatterjee of IA 260, born on the same day as The Telegraph Salt Lake — August 12, 2005 — cuts the birthday cake flanked by elder brother Prithvijit, who was also born on the same date eight years earlier. Pictures by Bhubaneswarananda Halder
One-year-old Pramadrija on the cover of our first anniversary edition
The Royal Bengal Room filled up long before the event started and guests got a quick recap of the 10-year journey through a short video film.
Industrialist Harsh Neotia, chess grandmaster Dibyendu Barua, principal secretary and Hidco chief Debasish Sen and actress Gargee Roy Chowdhury handed out prizes to the winners of the contests. “Back when I lived in central Calcutta I would wonder if moving to Salt Lake would be a good idea. The Telegraph must have had similar doubts when the Salt Lake edition was being launched,” said Barua. “But then my stay here has been great and the newspaper has had a great run too. All the best to The Telegraph Salt Lake for the coming years,” he said.
Jawed Shamim, Bidhannagar police commissioner, and Pawan Kadyan, chairman, board of administrators, Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation, also dropped by.
The evening ended with a sumptuous dinner and drinks. A special diary and a compilation of the winning articles were handed out to every guest on the way out.
Royal Bengal Room, the venue at City Centre, was decked up in the covers of the anniversary editions down the years. The programme was compered by Arup Ratan Roy of The Telegraph
Pawan Kadyan, chairman, board of administr-ators, Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation, with Pramadrija and Bingo, her teddy bear that was gifted to her by The Telegraph Salt Lake when both she and the paper had turned one
The Mutton Biryani served was a hit with every guest
Pictures by Bhubaneswarananda Halder and Prithwish Karforma
Winners of The Telegraph Salt Lake Super Souvenir 2014 — residents of DL Block — with Harsh Neotia after he handed them the trophy
“Ten years ago, I had attended a similar party of The Telegraph Salt Lake and I guess this year’s award means I must once again pick up my pen,” said Best Non-fiction winner from FE Block, Asim Sanyal.
Debasish Sen hands the special mention award to BL Block’s Arnab Kumar Chakraborty. The other special mention winner, Amita Das of Banga Sourav Abasan, ED Block, could not attend the ceremony being out of the country at present.
