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April 8, 2014 Delicious perfumes at the Souk April 8, 2014: Yesterday evening I went to The Taj Bengal for a sit down dinner at the Souk. It was a dinner with unusual food pairings of various food …
April 7, 2014 Where Oh! defines Calcutta’s finest dining April 7, 2014: Over the years I had heard so much about this restaurant called Oh! Calcutta, but rather strangely, being a foodie, I had never been there. Finally it …
April 4, 2014 Delhi trip called off April 4, 2014: A sudden turn of events and I had to call off my Delhi trip and stay back in Kolkata. I regret missing the release of “Swarmudra” – …
April 1, 2014 Tete-a-Tea with Sonu Nigam and Gulzar April 1, 2014: Last week end was pretty strenous. On Friday (March 28) I organized another of the Tete-a-Tea series with Sonu Nigam and Bickram Ghosh. I had initiated this Tete-a-Tea …
March 27, 2014 Author’s Afternoon with Namita March 27, 2014: Yesterday afternoon there was another event of our popular Author’s Afternoon series at The Taj Bengal. This time the guest author was Namita Gokhale who is also …
March 24, 2014 NGOs and events in Delhi and Kolkata March 24, 2014: On Thursday I took a flight to Delhi and returned on Saturday noon. I had a number of meetings on Thursday and Friday with different NGOs for …
March 19, 2014 Holi after 15 years March 19, 2014: Monday was Holi day. In fact Holi, in most parts of India is celebrated over two days. On day one is the Holika Dahan or also locally …
March 17, 2014 Events everywhere March 17, 2014: Saturday and Sunday (March 15 and 16) turned out to super hectic. On March 15 I had about 17 invitations to attend – an impossible task. The …
March 15, 2014 In the thick of events in city March 15, 2014: This weekend seems to be one of the busiest in Kolkata’s social calendar that I can recall. Today afternoon, I hosted a lunch for few of my …
March 10, 2014 Eventful Saturdays March 10, 2014: The Saturday before last I attended the Gulab Bari event and on last Saturday (March 8) I was at Madhulika and Hemant Kanoria’s Alipore residence for a …
March 7, 2014 At the glam-packed Bioscope Quiz show at RCGC March 7, 2013: Yesterday, before having dinner at Jhaal Farezi, I went to the Royal Calcutta Golf Club (RCGC) to attend the Bioscope Quiz organized by Camelia-Ananda Plus. It was …
March 6, 2014 DVD launch and Tiger Pataudi Memorial Lecture On Tuesday I went to the Crossword store at Elgin Road for the DVD launch of the film Aborto which was released almost a year back and was the directorial …
