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April 25, 2011 Fests and elections here and at home I received a letter from Smt Sarala Birla (pic) inviting me to a photo exhibition of pictures taken by two generations of Birlas namely B K Birla (picture) and also …
April 24, 2011 Life at its best Sunday, Easter weekend here has set the holiday mood on. The shops are full of gifts for the children and shopping offers. People shop during weekends and Easter also heralds …
April 21, 2011 With Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Maurice Forest region: Today afternoon I went to a small village on a hillock called Saint-Mathieu-du-Parc. There is a centre of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living more popular …
April 20, 2011 Fetish for new gadgets West Island, Montreal: There is no let up in the chilly weather due to snow flurries for the last couple of days. BlackBerry has launched its tablet PlayBook and media …
April 17, 2011 End of a Royal era Quebec province, Canada: I arrived here last Tuesday. This morning I went to Masena border of US for a day trip. It was a little over an hour’s drive from …
April 16, 2011 Same time same town same place I arrived in Montreal on Thursday (April 14th) – a day ahead at the same town same house where I had put up last year. Nothing seems to have changed …
April 14, 2011 Candidate or the Party! Frankfurt airport Lufthansa lounge: I arrived here from Kolkata en route to Canada. Gautam Ghosh was also with me on the same flight on his way to Philadelphia. We were …
April 12, 2011 There is a first time for everything I had never had any interest in cricket, let alone going to the Eden Gardens, I have never ever watched a cricket match in any stadium or even on the …
April 11, 2011 Poet and the Prophet Last weekend I was relaxed, I took it easy and gave Shankar Mahadevan’s concert at the Science City and another party at the ITC Sonar a miss. Saturday evening The …
April 8, 2011 India stands up for a cause Friday afternoon I went for the sit-in (picture)in front of Mother Teresa’s statue at the Park Street-Camac Street crossing to express my solidarity with the 73-year-old Gandhian Anna Hazare who …
April 7, 2011 WFUNA meet Yesterday I had a long conference call with the World Federation of United Nations Association (WFUNA) head office in New York as the Executive Committee is scheduled to meet in …
April 3, 2011 Cricket frenzy grips city I took Saturday afternoon flight to Jaipur and returned to Kolkata by evening flight the same day. I was in the Pink City for about three hours. I spent an …
