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Beyond the festivals

The work that does not fit on a calendar

Some of it started as one decision at one Puja. Some of it has been in the association's objectives since the beginning.

  1. Durgapatra Abhiyan

    Since 2024

    Lunch for underprivileged children in Bengaluru, every Puja.

    Launched at Durga Puja 2024 and inaugurated by a local public representative, Durgapatra Abhiyan serves meals to underprivileged children in Bengaluru during the Puja. It runs every year now. The name is deliberate: the patra is the vessel, and the point is that the same food offered to the goddess is the food that goes out.

  2. Axomiya–Kannada Ekataa Divasa

    Since 2024

    A day for the people who build ties between the two communities.

    Inaugurated on 9 October 2024, Ekataa Divasa honours individuals who have done real work to bring the Assamese and Kannada communities closer. It is held during the Puja, in front of the whole gathering, and it is the association's clearest statement that being Assamese in Bengaluru is not a matter of keeping to yourself.

  3. Walk & Learn Kannada With Heart

    Since 2025

    Kannada, one phrase at a time, taught by people who also had to learn it.

    A plain-spoken programme for members who want to speak the language of the city they live in. No syllabus, no exam — a phrase, a conversation, and a bit less distance between neighbours.

  4. URULI

    The association's magazine, twice a year, in three languages.

    URULI is published twice a year, timed to Bohag Bihu and to Durga Puja. It carries writing in English, Assamese and now Kannada — essays, memoir, poetry, and the record of what the association did that season. Back issues were once published online as e-URULI.

  5. Relief and assistance

    What the association does when Assam is in trouble.

    In 2019, when the floods hit, members ran collection, packing and logistics out of Bengaluru and got supplies to affected districts. Through the COVID lockdown, Assamese travellers stranded in the city and heading home were met at the railway stations with food and water. AAB's founding objectives commit it to relief for medical treatment, natural calamities and higher education, and the association has been building towards doing that consistently rather than only in a crisis.

  6. Language, dance and cooking classes

    Assamese, taught to the children who are growing up in Kannada and English.

    Regular classes in Assamese language, Assamese dance and Assamese cooking are part of AAB's founding objectives — the practical answer to a generation that can understand the language at home but not read it.

All of this is paid for by members and sponsors.

The classes are free. The bhog is free. The relief work has no budget line until someone funds it.

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