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March 28, 2012 Remembering Dadamoni At Nandan yesterday was the inaugural function to celebrate the Birth Centenary year of late actor, singer, painter and producer Ashok Kumar who was also fondly known as Dadamoni. An evergreen personality …
March 25, 2012 Reputations! One precedes, the other follows A couple of weeks back, while travelling, I chatted up with a journalist friend of mine from Kolkata. I learnt from her that Roopa Ganguly had bagged the National Award …
March 24, 2012 Movie week March 24, 2012: Last night late show I went to see Agent Vinod. Just before that I attended the premier of Anjan Dutta-directed Abar Byomkesh at Priya cinema. I watched …
March 22, 2012 At a dubbing session March 22, 2012: Today evening I went for a dubbing session for Pratim Dasgupta’s maiden film Paanch Adhyay featuring Diya Mirza and Priyanshu Chatterjee (file picture of shooting). I am …
March 18, 2012 What’s there in a name! Last week, I got a call from the British Council, saying my daughter’s application for a scholarship had been approved. The caller, who is a friend of mine, wanted to …
March 17, 2012 A mixed day of many events Saturday March 17, 2012: This evening I missed the dinner hosted by Honorary Consul of Ireland, Mahendra K Jalan, to celebrate St Patrick’s Day at The Oberoi Grand Ballroom, Kolkata. …
March 14, 2012 Lifestyle exhibition at The Park Wednesday, March 14, 2012: Today morning I went to The Park Hotel to inaugurate Crossroads, a fashion and life style exhibition of pret lines, couture, jewellery, fashion accessories and lifestyle …
March 13, 2012 ebook launch March 13, 2012: I arrived in Kolkata on Sunday evening and today late afternoon went to attend a book release functionat the Hotel Golden Park. This was the first Bengali …
March 11, 2012 Holi draws foreign tourists to Jaipur India is truly incredible when it comes to festivals. Every state and region has its own cachet. This year I had plans to visit Vrindavan during Holi but found myself in the …
March 9, 2012 Dining with a sense of travel Friday, March 9, 2012: Today evening I went to the Steam restaurant at Hotel Rambagh Palace for dinner. I had been planning to visit a new place for a long …
March 8, 2012 Elephant Festival – Vrajabhumi in Jaipur From Jaipur: I really enjoyed the Elephant Festival yesterday which made good for my regret for not being able to be in the Holi heartland of India – Vrindavan. The festival troupe …
March 6, 2012 Art and culture in Jaipur It has been more then 10 days now since I am in the Pink City and in my favourite Kishangarh Suite at the Rajputana Sheraton. Whenever I visit Rajasthan, most of the time I meet …
