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December 6, 2010 Whizzy weekend I had a busy weekend with the Kolkata social circuit abuzz with various events and functions. On Friday I was at Nandan. After attending an art exhibition, I went to …
December 2, 2010 Litterbugs – a national menace Day before yesterday I was at the crossing near Hotel Taj Bengal. There was a navy blue Mercedes car waiting for the signal to clear when I noticed the window …
November 28, 2010 Back to ground zero Sunday today. I returned from Pench on Friday. From the Kolkata airport, I headed straight for the ITC Pala to attend the inaugural function of Odeon Theatre Festival organised by …
November 26, 2010 The call of the jungle Silence has its own voice. One should go to the jungles to experience this. There is so much calm in the forests that one can listen to the sound of …
November 24, 2010 In the jungles of central India Yesterday afternoon and early morning today I went on Safari drives at the Pench National Park in Madhya Pradesh. I really enjoyed being at the jungle seeing the animals and …
November 24, 2010 Baghvan safari Baghvan, Taj Safari lodge: I arrived at this lodge called Taj Safari around midnight yesterday. The Taj Hotels, in collaboration with &BEYOND AFRICA that was earlier known as Conservation Corporation …
November 23, 2010 In Mowgli’s land I arrived in Nagpur this evening by a direct flight from Kolkata – an unscheduled trip. It is hard for a wanderlust to stay put when there aren’t too many …
November 23, 2010 Emotional atyachar! I spent a few hours at the Max Super Specialty Hospital in Saket, Delhi, last week. This Hospital, considered to be one of the best, has infrastructure and facilities that …
November 21, 2010 At peace with myself I came back to Kolkata from Delhi. I saw the movie Guzaarish in Delhi. It is a well made movie, sterling performances, nice pictuarisation and a new storyline i.e., the …
November 18, 2010 Facebook – not my cup of tea! In Delhi, I had dinner yesterday at the Kebab Factory in Hotel Radisson. The last time I had dinner at Kebab Factory was at the Radisson Chennai sometime around 2001 …
November 17, 2010 Royal wedding and a Royal engagement The news of the engagement of Prince Williams, son of Prince Charles and Late Lady Diana Spencer, to Kate Middleton is all over the television channels. The Prince was dating …
November 16, 2010 Man proposes God disposes Hotel Hyatt Regency Delhi. I was supposed to be in Montreal at the time of writing this blog, however, I am here in Delhi. Just before my departure for the …
