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March 5, 2012 Art and culture forum in Pink City On Saturday afternoon I invited some of the members from Jaipur’s art and cultural fraternity for a meeting. I was told by them that Jaipur, and even the whole of Rajasthan, …
March 4, 2012 A slice of 1135 AD I hadn’t tried out any restaurants in Jaipur for a long time other than the Rambag or Rajputana. Neeroj in main city still has its charm which I plan to visit on Sunday evening. For the past one year, I have heard a lot from many of my friends in Kolkata about this concept restaurant in Jaipur called 1135 AD located on a hill top in Amber Fort. …
March 2, 2012 Jaipur sojourn The whole of last week was so hectic that I could hardly spare time to write and update my blogs. I arrived in the desert state of Rajasthan on Saturday …
February 26, 2012 Big event, bigger responsibilities For the past three weeks I was engrossed in the three-day Agyeya Birth Centenary Celebrations which concluded on Thursday at the historic National Library in Kolkata. The Vice President of India, Md Hamid Ansari, …
February 23, 2012 Kolkata hosts Agyeya Centenary Celebrations Thursday, February 23, 2012: I was busy with the Agyeya Centenary Celebrations organised by Prabha Khaitan Foundation, in collaboration with Sahitya Academy and Raza Foundation, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday …
February 19, 2012 Theatre time The last week was a `theatre week’ for me. On the eighth of this month I saw a play Arms and the Man at Kalamandir directed by Naseeruddin Shah based …
February 18, 2012 Art auction for a different kind of cause February 18, 2012: This afternoon I went to the Press Club of Kolkata to attend the inauguration of the charity art auction press conference on “Art Auction for Animal Shelter”. …
February 17, 2012 Nobel Chor premier show February 17, 2012: There were three invitations this evening, one was the launch of On Tagore by Amit Chaudhuri at the Oxford Bookstore, the other was an invitation from The …
February 16, 2012 Rains play spoilsport February 16: This morning I attended the ASL meeting at the National Library with regard to the Hon’ble Vice President’s visit to Kolkata. Last night it had rained and the …
February 15, 2012 `Art of Bengal’ – a great book February 15, 2012: Yesterday I was at the ITC Sonar Art Gallery at the book release function of ‘The Art of Bengal‘ by Delhi Art Gallery hosted by our Foundation …
February 12, 2012 Cigarette butts – deadlier than the terrorists This week, while in office, I got a call from my home informing me that a fire broke out on the window shades of first floor of our building but …
February 10, 2012 Gearing up for Agyeya Centenary celebrations February 10, Friday: Since Monday I was busy in the office preparing for the Agyeya 100th Birth Centenary Celebrations in Kolkata slated for February 21st to 23rd 2012. The Vice …
