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March 6, 2011 Events aplenty It was a busy Saturday as I returned to Kolkata from Delhi by Friday night flight. Dinesh Trivedi, MP, was on the next seat and had quite a chat with …
March 5, 2011 Bengali poems and Nobel laureate Roald Hoffmann In one of my blogs few days back, I had written about how Ashok Vajpeyi, head of Lalit Kala Akademi, had shared with me his experience in USA about a …
March 4, 2011 Meeting up with old friends The weather in Delhi got a little colder since last week probably due to the snowfall in Himachal. I enjoy this kind of weather very much. I had lunch with …
March 2, 2011 Bengali poems and a Nobel laureate It was a routine busy day today in Delhi. I met Ashok Vajpeyi over lunch. Ashok Vajpeyi, who heads Lalit Kala Akademi, is well known in the cultural circuit. We …
March 1, 2011 At the `Twenty 20 Paintings’ exhibition I arrived in Delhi this morning. I was planning to be here yesterday night but stayed back in Kolkata to attend the inaugural function of the exhibition of paintings on …
February 28, 2011 Event hopping I attended the Heritage Award Function at the Science City yesterday. The function started at 5 pm but I was asked to be there at 8 pm. I presented the …
February 26, 2011 LIFE UNENDING Yesterday evening there was an event organised by Prabha Khaitan Foundation with Abrittiloke and supported by the Ministry of Culture, Goverment of India. The event – LIFE UNENDING – was …
February 24, 2011 Education for All Trust Today afternoon I organised a function at the ITC Sonar Pala Banquet Hall to launch the website of Education for All Trust project. I have been running this program of mine with the help …
February 21, 2011 Just another statue I attended the exhibition of Suvaprasanna at the Lalit Kala Akademi here in Delhi. After reaching the Akademi I felt as if I were in one of Kolkata’s art exhibitions …
February 20, 2011 Hans – Prem Chand’s literary legacy Sunday today. The weekend turned out to be a busy one as I took the afternoon flight to Mumbai yesterday and returned late in the evening. Mumbai is the city …
February 18, 2011 Cranky roads Today evening I went to a cocktail party at the residence of Cuban ambassador to India, Mr Miguel Angel Ramirez at his residence – a farm house – on the …
February 17, 2011 APJ-struck Yesterday evening I went to listen to a lecture by A P J Abdul Kalam organised by Sahitya Akademi at the India International Centre. The lecture was scheduled for 6 …
