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November 25, 2013 Meeting with the Lady Governor November 25, 2013: I arrived in Jaipur from Delhi today. There is an air of excitement in general in the state due to the approaching local elections. Many of my …
November 23, 2013 “Jaipur Tab aur Ab” This week Jaipur flagged off its 286th Foundation Day week and to mark that Rajasthan Forum is organising an interactive session of intellectuals, historians, linguists and cultural bigwigs called “Jaipur Tab aur Ab” (Jaipur then, and now) at the ITC …
November 18, 2013 An interactive session with Sri Mudgal ji Jaipur, Nov 18, 2013: I attended an interactive session with eminent author Gopal Das Prasad Mudgal on Sunday evening at the ITC Rajputana. The event was jointly organized by Rajasthan …
November 17, 2013 Rambagh Polo Club dinner November 16, 2013: I arrived in Jaipur on Saturday and attended a dinner party at the Rambagh Polo Club organized by the Dainik Bhaskar group to welcome Les Hinton and Kath Raymond. …
November 15, 2013 Satyajit Ray Memorial Lecture November 14, 2013: Yesterday evening I attended Tomare Selam, the Satyajit Ray Memorial lecture at the 19th Kolkata International Film Festival at Nandan 1. It was a packed house that began with …
November 11, 2013 Meeting Kamal Haasan Nov 11, 2013: Today morning I organized a tea party in honour of Kamal Haasan who is in Kolkata after a long long time to attend the Kolkata Film …
November 10, 2013 Sonal Mansingh in Kolkata Nov 10, 2013: The last two days were very hectic for me and with two back to back events of Padmavibhushan Sonal Mansingh ji in Kolkata. The city was also on …
November 7, 2013 At The Bengal dinner Nov 7, 2013: From yesterday afternoon till past midnight I was busy with The Bengal meeting and the cocktail dinner at The Taj Bengal. It was a Eid, Bijoya and Diwali get …
November 2, 2013 At the music album launch Nov 2, 2013: In the midst of Diwali and Kali Puja celebrations, I attended the launch of music album for the forthcoming film Aschorjo Prodeep (Magic Lamp) directed by Anik Datta at The …
October 30, 2013 Mammootty’s first visit to Kolkata October 31, 2013: Yesterday (Oct 30th) evening I hosted a dinner at the Taj Chambers for Southern mega star Mammootty who has acted in over 360 mostly-Malayalam films with the second highest …
October 29, 2013 From Swedish dinner party to week end in Jaipur October 29, 2013: I returned from a weekend in Jaipur yesterday. I was there on a pre-Diwali visit to catch up with some of my friends and acquaintances and also …
October 25, 2013 Colours of Rajasthan at Swabhumi October 25, 2013: Today morning I attended the inaugural function of Colours of Rajasthan as the Guest-of-Honour along with Ms Sabina Rungta, Chairperson, Ficci Ladies’ Organisation (FLO-Kolkata Chapter). It was drizzling and …
