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April 1, 2011 Meetings and movies Yesterday evening I attended a meeting at the CMRI Hospital on Pronam Project. The meeting was attended by Kolkata Police officials, members of Hospital Association and other representatives from about 50 …
March 31, 2011 Patriotism or adrenalin rush While the whole sub-continent went crazy over yesterday’s World Cup Cricket semi-finals between Indian and Pakistan at Mohali, I was some what indifferent to the whole affair. As I have …
March 29, 2011 At the Honorary Consul reception On Sunday I had a couple of meetings in the afternoon and hosted a dinner for Mr Rajiv Arora, Member, Central Board of Film Certification, who was in Kolkata for …
March 27, 2011 At Nandan I spent quite a lot of time at Nandan yesterday from 3 pm to 10 pm attending the annual charitable award function organised by the Ladies Study Group. This was …
March 26, 2011 Surprise invitation Yesterday evening I hosted a post-screening dinner for the film Life Goes On on behalf of Prabha Khaitan Foundation in association with The Conclave. The director of the film, UK-based …
March 25, 2011 Project Pronam Today afternoon I went to the police headquarters at Lal Bazar to discuss about Project Pronam and also to meet the new Police Commissioner R K Pachnanda. First I met …
March 21, 2011 Holi and Dol Every year the Holi weekend is always full of interesting programmes and events. This time there was the reception of the Ireland and Dutch cricket teams at The Oberoi Grand …
March 17, 2011 No sense, no sensibility Last few days were full of events – interactive session with Jeffrey Archer, Kavi Sammelans, Holi get togethers, engagements, wedding functions and others. In one of the wedding receptions at …
March 13, 2011 Birthdays, weddings, puja and adda Today Sunday I shall leave Kolkata for Jaipur by afternoon flight. Yesterday I attended the birthday party of Mou Roy Chowdhury (picture) at the Royal Bengal Room in City Centre …
March 11, 2011 In the company of Lord Jeffrey Archer Last evening I attended an interactive session with Lord Jeffrey Archer (picture) at The Bengal Club. It was a gathering of about 70 people and I was invited by Siddharth …
March 9, 2011 End of winter sojourn I met Somnath Chatterjee yesterday at his south Kolkata residence. While I was in Delhi he had called me up saying he wanted to see me. He told me that …
March 8, 2011 Q for queues From the terrace suite of Hyatt Hotel, during my recent stay in Delhi, I had been watching a sizeable number of people queue up before a gate across the road …
