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January 9, 2016 At Har Har Byomkesh and An Author’s Afternoon January 9, 2016: I am back in Kolkata basking in the social events. On the evening of January 5, I hosted a special show of Arindam Sil’s mystery thriller film Har …
January 5, 2016 Welcome 2016 January 5, 2016, Kolkata: The New Year has set in and thankfully I shall be in Kolkata during the first week of the month. The year 2015 has been one …
December 18, 2015 Warming up to Kolkata’s winter events December 18, 2015: I arrived in Kolkata from Bangalore on Tuesday December 15 night. For the last couple of days I have been catching up with office work that had …
December 10, 2015 Late night party at Gardenia December 10 2015: Yesterday night I hosted a get together at the ITC Gardenia. Earlier, when I used to live in Chennai sometime around 1999 to 2001, I used to visit …
December 6, 2015 At the Bangalore Lit Fest December 6, 2015: I landed in Bangalore on December 2 night. The weather here is nice and welcoming. No wonder when it comes to the weather, many people draw parallels …
November 30, 2015 Same frame moment with BigB December 1, 2015: After returning from my North America trip I was jet lagged with a whole lot of piled up desk work to clear. Today there was another of …
November 14, 2015 Unique book on 70 years of India and UN November 14, 2015 (NYC): Yesterday was Friday. I had a few meetings in WFUNA office and then had a meeting with the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India to the …
November 12, 2015 At the City College in New York; Le Taj in Montreal November 13, 2015 (NYC): New York is getting little colder. Yesterday I went to the City College of New York City University (CUNY) to deliver a presentation on tigers. Dr …
November 10, 2015 At the UN panel discussion November 10, 2015 (NYC): Today afternoon I attended the lunch hosted by the Ambassador Hahn Choong-Hee, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations …
November 9, 2015 Nothing comes free in NYC December 9, 2015: I arrived in New York on Sunday December 8. This time I checked in to stay at the Bridges hotel instead of One UN New York – Millennium Hotels …
November 5, 2015 Hashim Abdul Halim – may his soul rest in peace November 5, 2015: I was scheduled to leave for Delhi on Monday (Nov 2) for an evening to attend the UN reception to commemorate United Nations Day at the UN …
November 2, 2015 Halloween party and other events November 2, 2015: After the WFUNA meeting in Bangkok, the whole of last week was spent working in the office preparing for my yet another round of overseas travel coming …
