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Bow Barracks - for many people this might be a reminder of the Anjan Dutta Movie on the barracks, But for many of us Anglo Indians, it has always been the place where we could revel with our community members. For many of us like me it has always been a home away from home. I would like to bring to your notice a word that I associate Bow Barracks with "Hospitality”.

Hospitality is the relationship between guest and host, or the act or practice of being hospitable. Specifically, this includes the reception and entertainment of guests, visitors, or strangers.

The word which I would like to stress on is Strangers, that’s what we all were but the residents of Bow Barracks never ever made us feel like one. They always treated us right and welcomed us with open arms.

Many of us while growing up, have spent hours chatting away on the open terraces during the dead of night, this was a different world. The streets below us always welcomed us for a game of football or hockey, and let me tell you for a long time now; the best Anglo Indian footballers honed their skills on these very streets. The huge haul of trophies bears witness to this fact. The aunties and uncles have told us tales of how this British garrison was the place to be. The barracks introduced me to Pork Vindaloo and Khow Suey, I have the Chang family to thank for that.

I always believed that the barracks and its residents needed to be represented well, after a long gap in the year of 2004, along came the BOW UNITED ORGANISTION - An organistion which is trying its best to better the community.

A genuine effort is being put into bringing the community together through sports, charity concerts and other means to integrate the community.

BOW UNITED ORGANISATION

Year Established - 2004

President - Mr Alfred Ali

Members -

Micheal D'silva Jason Tan Andrew Ali Bhagwat Jana Allen Lobo Cryil Lindsay Mark Morris Clint Rebeiro Eric Lindsay Reggie Das Jason Hu

Events

Jazz Night - 23rd of December is the musical night featuring some of the best singers of kolkata, performers such as shane hyrapet , francis lepcha , chenelle grosser, christopher [[bowfest 

]]lobo etc come to perform for the crowd also the likes of abhijeet sawant n usha upthap has performed in the past years.

Christmas Tree - 24th is the Christmas tree for kids below the age of 12 where gifts and snacks are given out to over 400 kids.

Senior's Day - 26th is the senior citizen day where seniors are honored and thanked for their support down the years.

Christmas Ball- 25th is the Christmas ball at bow barracks

31st Night Dance -31st new year dance at s.f.x parish hall 69 b,b ganguly street kol-12

Sports

Hockey Tournament

15th August Football Tournament