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August 5, 2013 A hectic weekend August 5, 2013: The last week-end was very hectic and I was involved in some of these big events in the city from the early morning till late in the …
August 4, 2013 When journalists play spoilsport Last week while browsing through the television channels, which I rarely do, I saw Shah Rukh Khan’s press conference was on in one of the channels. But what I saw …
August 2, 2013 At the Pronam office August 2, 2013: Today evening before going to the Priya Cinema for Suman Mukhopadhyay’s controversial film Kangal Malsat, I went to the Pronam office located at the premises next to Ballygunge Police Station. Some of …
August 1, 2013 At the Swiss national day function August 1, 2013: Yesterday evening I went to The Taj Bengal to attend the party hosted by His Excellency Dr Linus Von Castlemur, Ambassador of Switzerland to India, and Mr …
July 30, 2013 Felicitating Kiran Bedi July 30, 2013: The First Lady IPS Officer of India, Mrs Kiran Bedi, is in city. Today afternoon I went to The Park Hotel to felicitate her at a preview and promotional …
July 28, 2013 Where have all the camels gone? I have very fond memories of Jhumroo from my childhood. Jhumroo was a camel I grew up watching and playing with till he was four years old. Though too big …
July 23, 2013 At Rituparna’s film party July 23, 2013: Sunday evening I went to The Bengal Club to attend the party of Rituparna Sengupta’s new film Alik Sukh. I missed the premiere of the film on …
July 21, 2013 Of tigers and Belinda In recent times there have been quite a few reports of poaching tigers and rhinos – the two endangered species – in India. And just day before yesterday the Kolkata …
July 19, 2013 Author’s afternoon with Rahul Pandita July 20, 2013: Another series of Author’s Afternoon, in fact the ninth edition, was held at the Taj Bengal today evening with Rahul Pandita who has authored the book Our …
July 17, 2013 Meeting Belinda and the CM of Meghalaya July 17, 2013: Yesterday afternoon I arrived in Kolkata from Delhi. While in Delhi, I met Belinda Wright at her residence in Sultanpur area on the outskirts of Delhi to …
July 16, 2013 Get together with Patrick French I landed in Delhi this afternoon. On Saturday I had hosted the cocktails and dinner at a get together at The Taj Bengal Chambers to meet and greet British historian and …
July 14, 2013 Life’s like that Last week I came across two contrasting news articles from China and India that had to do something with the subject of death arising out of two opposite issues – …
