- By Parthajit Baruah 

Ever since the Magh Bihu menu was circulated, the anticipation for Magh Bihu celebrations in Boston started growing every passing day. Families started preparing pithas and larus in right earnest. Once Uruka arrived on Jan 14,2012, the Assamese community was ready to start the celebration. People gathered in a community hall and what a Bhoj it was. Hats off to all the families for putting so much love and effort in preparing true Assamese Bihu delicacies. The pithas, ladus, nimkis, kumol-saul, sira-doi and cakes were devoured in no time.

Musical chair and tug of war filled in the interlude while people sat around in groups and chatted. The old timers welcomed a large number of new comers to the Boston area and got to know each other.

Finally the time for the bhoj arrived and what a treat it was. In addition to the traditional favorites like sagoli-mangso, masor-tenga, muri-ghonto and hahor-mangso, several new items like Pohur-mangso made their debut.

Plans for Bohag Bihu were touched upon which started the countdown to another occassion to strengthen the bond that binds us all together.