আমি জয়ী : WINNING WOMEN’S STORIES
Woman with Creative Writing Excellence
Moumon Mitra
Moumon Mitra – A Writer with a dream: She wants to reach out to the world with the vastness of Bengali literature. Her writings unfold the Bengali immigrant family portraits. Any woman’s achievements and failures are deeply captured in her writings. She is a distinctive voice of Bengalis torn between Kolkata and America.
Moumon a recent immigrant to the United States of America, took a long sabbatical to raise her two kids and resumed her writing career from 2019 and already reaching new heights of success and recognition as a thoughtful writer. Her first book “Shyamkanchon” was released at the 2020 Kolkata Book Fair. Moumon is a regular columnist in the magazine “Ekhon Shantiniketan ”. Her poems are published in one of the leading magazines of Kolkata, “Hello Testing Bangla Kobita”. Moumon’s short stories and poems were also published in various Bengali magazines of America. Her blogs were printed in “Anandabazar” and “Sananda Magazine”. Her most recent publication is in “Palikyan Brief”. She dreams of bringing Bengali literature to the next generation. Recently, Moumon directed a play in a community Saraswati Puja. She put together a script about the hardships of the past year, and how children have been coping with them. She is passionate about reading, photography, traveling, cooking, and creative writing. She is writing and blogging about her cooking experiences, which are published on a Facebook page called “Roshonai Tripti”.
Woman with Writing Aspirations
Soumi Jana
She says, “I am humbled that readers connect with my feelings and perceptions through my write-ups. Once again this proves that no success is a stand-alone and it is most meaningful when it gets reciprocated with others’ choice of appreciation. I express my gratitude to the Tri-State Community Bulletin for giving us this amazing opportunity to share our life stories. Through my nomination in the “Ami Joyee” endeavor, I want to share my positivity and accomplishments with thousands of women who believe in themselves”.
Woman Excelling in Social Work
Mitushi Banerjee
Mitushi Banerjee is a graphic brand manager for a national construction company. She is a rising name in the Tri-State community for multiple community services. Mitushi is a part of the predominantly female board of Somerset Bengali Association, including Satabdi Choudhury, Hiya Banerjee, Suchismita Goswami all of whom are a representation of the theme আমি জয়ী. She along with the all other board members have been quietly but very productively doing a lot for the NJ community since the pandemic started. SBA has been collecting funds that have gone towards food banks, delivering meals locally to many hospitals for front-liners and for Cyclone and Covid relief in India. They have also established one of the largest free virtual
Bengali School named Kathamala.
Mitushi has directed 4 successful children’s theatrical productions for SBA Obak Jolpan, Saat Bhai Champa, Ali Baba, and Goopi Gyne Baagha Byne. These were major productions involving over 60 children participating in some of them. These were very well received by the people attending SBA’s annual Saraswati Pujo event.
In recent times when vaccines first started, In an effort to keep the community safe she helped secure vaccination appointments for over 450 people in the South Asian community, including seniors and teachers, and people with high health risks. This entailed staying up nights and spending numerous hours scouring different avenues to find appointments. Mitushi has also used her technical skills in helping other organizations develop virtual programs, create fundraising websites and create webpages for missing people, animal rescue groups,
and school events. She believes strongly in being socially responsible and
working behind the scenes to develop a stronger community.
Woman Excelling in Business
Dipanwita Roy
Dipanwita Roy was born, raised, and educated in Kolkata, graduating from Nilratan Sircar Medical College. Just after graduation, she moved to Philadelphia after marrying an Indian-born engineer working in the US. She completed her medical residency at St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital in New Jersey while raising two kids which was quite a challenge. She started her first professional career in a small pediatric practice in suburban Philadelphia. She soon took on the challenge of taking charge of the practice of a big healthcare system in Philadelphia as a solo provider.
Along with professional achievements, she is actively involved with the Bengali community and served as the President of Pragati, the biggest Bengali cultural club in the Greater Philadelphia area. When she reflects on her life journey, she feels very accomplished as a wife, as a mother to a young Gastroenterologist and a son with MBA, and, mother-in-law to a young Endocrinologist.
Woman with a mission to make her daughter a Star
Roshni Das with daughter Ishanaa
Fulfilling her duty as a mother and nurturing her daughter’s unique talent, what Roshni Das feels her biggest success story in life is. She worked in a reasonably good position in India but she had to sacrifice her career after migrating to the US with her husband because her daughter, a very gifted child, never felt comfortable staying with a babysitter.
“আমি জয়ী” – I am a Winner.”