New Horizons Seniors Program

Deshantari’s NHSP project started on 14 March, 2016 and will continue until 13 March, 2017 and the following members will be organizing the various senior activities during this time complementing Deshantari’s other regular activities:
  1. Prabir Neogi (Chair and Core-Member)
  2. Atulesh Nandi (Core-Member) 
  3. Arun Roy (Core-Member)
  4. Angsuman Rudra
  5. Manas Dan
  6. Anindo Maiti
The NHSP team welcomes feedback from the community on the type of senior activities they would like us to organize that relate to enhancing the seniors’ social well-being and community vitality. These senior activities are open to all Deshantari members and will be held in strong collaboration with organizations like Indo-Canada Community Centre (ICCC), India-Canada Association (ICA), and Nepalese Canadian Association of Ottawa (NCAO). At the moment the NHSP team plans to use these funds primarily to organize 10 Workshops (usually one per month) that will address various senior well-being issues.

Event Calendar Agenda View

Jul
21
Sun
2013
Summer Picnic – Lunch and Party: July 21, 2013 @ Ottawa Municipal Campground
Jul 21 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

2014 Summer Picnic – Lunch and Party

Sunday, July 21, 2013

Deshantari organized a summer picnic at the Ottawa Municipal Campground, 411 Corkstown Road,
Nepean on Sunday, July 21, 2013. The menu for the picnic was as follows:

Opening Act (adults)
• Jhal muri, BBQ Corn, Tea

Opening Act (Kids):
• Popcorn/chips/BBQ corn

Main Event – Hakka Chinese Feast
• Fried Rice, Boneless Chicken/Fish/Paneer in Hot Garlic sauce, Veg Spring Roll, Sweets (Gulab
jamun)

The picnic was a great success. The weather was great, the turn-out was very decent and members had a
wonderful time socializing, enjoying the good “Hakka” chinese food, BBQ and the various games played.

Sep
7
Sat
2013
Parkinson’s Super Walk – Charity Walk: Sept 7, 2013 @ Ron Kolbus Lakeside Centre
Sep 7 @ 10:00 am – 1:30 pm

Parkinson’s Super Walk – Charity Walk

Saturday, September 7, 2013

Deshantari was one of the proud sponsors of Parkinson’s Superwalk 2013 held on 7th September 2013 at Ron Kolbus Center, 102 Greenview Avenue, Ottawa.

The community joined 14,000 other Canadians who took part in the annual Parkinson SuperWalk in
support of over 100,000 Canadians with Parkinson’s. Parkinson SuperWalk was Parkinson Society
Canada’s national, once a year event to raise funds for research into the causes of Parkinson’s, better

treatments and one day, a cure. Together we raised funds for education and support services, not only for people with Parkinson’s, but for their caregivers and family members too.

Sep
29
Sun
2013
Open House – Bengali Movie Show: September 29, 2013 @ The Ottawa Citizen
Sep 29 @ 7:00 pm – Sep 30 @ 12:00 am

2014 Open House – Bengali Movie Show

Sunday, Sept 29, 2013

Deshantari organized an Open House at the Baxter Hall (1101 Baxter Road, Ottawa) on Sunday 29 Sep,
2013.

In this event Deshantari presented “Hirer Angti” a feature film by the late Rituparno Ghosh. The
executive committee had chosen this film to pay tribute to the great director/artist Rituparno Ghosh
ensuring that the movie could be enjoyed by all age groups. The film starts and ends with the festive
mood of Durga pujo and has excerpts from famous songs of Mahalaya.

The open house was a great success with a large number of people attending to watch the movie and
socialize in some nice “adda” over tea, “alu tikka” and “golub jamun”.