The world watched in horror in 2020 as a raging pandemic changed the entire face of the the globe into a faceless, masked, scared multitude of people forced indoors for months on end.
Along with everyone, the immigrant Bengali American community here in the Bay Area sought solace and assurance from each other in these difficult times.
In the aftermath of the pandemic and from this shared experience was born the Northern California Bengali Association (NCBA)in 2021. In Bengali we call ourselves "Prothoma", the first of a socially conscious and community-forward organization to serve our community and our friends and neighbors in Northern California.
