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April 16, 2017 Lunch and Ek Mulakaat with Swraj Paul April 16, 2017: I hosted a lunch in honour of Lord Swraj Paul today at The Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kolkata. Members of the Consulates and other guests attended the …
April 12, 2017 An Evening with Shatrughan Sinha in Udaipur April 12, 2017: I was in Udaipur to mainly attend an event, An Evening with Shatrughan Sinha, organized by Prabha Khaitan Foundation at Hotel Radisson Blu Udaipur Palace Resorts & …
April 10, 2017 High tea with Cmde Ravi Ahluwalia April 10, 2017: Yesterday evening I dropped in at the Mainland China to attend the birthday party of Gautam Bhattacharya. I met former cricketer Dilip Vengsarkar at the party along …
April 7, 2017 Vatican Embassy party and book launch April 7, 2017: In ITC Maurya, Delhi. After almost four months I am posting my blog. The past few months were so hectic and I was into so much of …
January 25, 2017 All’s well that ends well 25 January, 2017, Jaipur: Things couldn’t have ended on a better note for Jaipur Literature Festival. The five-day festival was like a home for the authors, poets, lyricists, actors, historians, …
January 23, 2017 Brand JLF and Literary tourism 24 January, 2017, Jaipur: As the Jaipur Literature Festival draws to a close today, Jaipur has completed a decade of Literary Tourism. For the past ten years, I have been …
January 22, 2017 Rajasthan flavour of JLF 23 January, 2017, Jaipur: There have been allegations levelled against JLF that it promotes caters to the English literature and a few Hindi celeb writers. It is said that there …
January 22, 2017 What makes JLF click! 22 January, 2017, Jaipur: We must give credit to JLF for spreading the culture of literature festivals across India. Many cities big and small seem to have taken a leaf …
January 21, 2017 It’s a fashion jamboree 21 January, 2017, Jaipur: Over the years, the JLF acorn has grown into a mighty oak. The stupendous growth of the event has extended its boundaries beyond authors, books and …
January 19, 2017 Front Lawn – the heart of JLF 20 January, 2017, Jaipur: The Jaipur Literature Festival has a certain cachet which other literature festivals lack. Along with the authors and litterateurs, it has attracted the who’s who of …
January 18, 2017 JLF booklover’s wishlist 19 January, 2017, Jaipur: The mother of all litfests in India – Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) – flags off today for the tenth year. There is a striking parallel. Almost …
January 17, 2017 With JLF, can the dinners be far behind 18 January, 2017, Jaipur: The 10th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) takes off from Thursday January 19th at the Diggi Palace Hotel. I have been attending the JLF …