Breakfast chat with the other Mamata ji

Sunday, December 11, 2011: Today morning I hosted an informal breakfast meeting at The Taj Bengal poolside in honour of Mamata Sharma who recent took charge as Chairperson of National Commission for Women.

She shares her first name with our chief minister and is the head of an important organisation protecting and promoting the interests of women in India.

I know Mamta ji for almost 10 years now and she is a veteran politician from Rajasthan.

I invited prominent women of Kolkata from all walks of life i.e., dancer, designer, teacher, actress, film maker, theatre, business entrepreneurs, musicians, singers etc., for an informal chat with her.

June Maliah, whose is a member of West Bengal Commission for Women, attended the breakfast meet as did Gargi Roy Chowdhury, Tanusree Shankar, Nandita Palchoudhuri, Anuradha Das, Dolly Basu, Swagatalakshmi Dasgupta, Abhilasha Sethia, Nayantara Palchoudhuri, Malika Varma,suuchnadra , Sangeeta Datta, Rachita Chohan, Sharbari Datta, Jyoti Khaitan and Bharati Ray.

In the evening I shall attended a family wedding at 19 Park Street and also the wedding reception of artist Suvaprasanna’s daughter at PC Chandra Lawns near Science City.

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