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April 2, 2013 Write Circle with Natwar Singh I arrived from Jaipur yesterday morning. There was another edition of the Write Circle in Jaipur on March 31, 2013. This time the author was Natwar Singh, the first IFS officer …
March 30, 2013 Flying Go Airways March 30, 2013: I arrived in Jaipur in the evening from Bangalore. I flew Go Airways as that was the only option I had from Bangalore to Jaipur after one early morning Indigo …
March 29, 2013 At the Wellesley Suite Bangalore, March 29: I arrived in Bangalore yesterday evening and checked into my favourite hotel, Windsor Manor of the ITC Group. This time I am staying at the Lord Wellesly suite as the suites which …
March 27, 2013 Holi, Kavi Sammelans and Kolkata March 27, 2013: Today is Holi. This is year the Holi of northern India and the Holi of Bengal i.e., dol are being celebrated on the same day. I am …
March 23, 2013 At the Author’s Afternoon with Sanjay Chopra Saturday, 23 March, 2013: Yesterday another of the series of Author’s Afternoon, infact the seventh in the series, was held at the Taj Bengal. This time our guest was Sanjay …
March 21, 2013 At the Kavi Sammelan inauguration Friday, March 22, 2013: Yesterday evening after a meeting at the Lal Bazar, the police headquarters of Kolkata, I went to Kala Mandir for the inauguration of a Hasya Kavi …
March 21, 2013 My Ranthambore diary March 21, 2013: I arrived in city after an overnight trip from Delhi. It was very hectic. All meetings and meetings. My Ranthambore diary titled The Safari is almost complete …
March 18, 2013 Plans rescheduled March 18, 2013: Noon time and I was about to leave for the airport for Delhi when I got a text message that the scheduled dinner meeting had been cancelled. …
March 14, 2013 In Falaknuma’s Scorpion Palace This evening I arrived in Hyderabad after 13 years and checked in at the Taj Falaknuma Palace which is the latest addition to the Taj Group of Hotels Resorts and Palaces …
March 13, 2013 Bonjour Delhi Once again I am back in Delhi for an overnight trip. Yesterday evening I went to the terrace party at the house of Arindam Sil’s friend in Wood Street, Kolkata, to celebrate …
March 11, 2013 At Marc’s party in Hyatt Kolkata Kolkata: I arrived in city by evening flight from Delhi on Saturday evening and went to Hyatt to attend a dinner party hosted by Hyatt Kolkata General Manager, Marc Lorenz and his wife. …
March 10, 2013 Singapore’s `Little India’ gets smaller While in Singapore last week, I asked the hotel concierge about Woodlands Restaurant where I had stopped by for a meal some 12 years ago during my first visit to the city …
