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March 30, 2010 Yesterday, today and tomorrow The last two days I was preoccupied with deskwork. First of all with the financial year drawing to a close even a non-business person like myself has to sign on …
March 27, 2010 Rain plays spoilsport Today was an easy day. I spent some time communicating with the Raj Bhavan, some members of The Bengal and Ranjana Gauhar in Delhi regarding the upcoming program on the …
March 26, 2010 SPark Street! Returned to Kolkata from London and on my way back home crossed ParkStreet and The Stephen House (picture) which bore the brunt of yet another major fire on Wednesday that …
March 23, 2010 Broadways and Lebanese food After visiting both the Bengali festivals in London it is time to relax. Yesterday, I along with Tony and his wife Indrani, Indrani Halder, Parambrato, Swastika, Satyam, Shiladitya Ganguly and …
March 22, 2010 `Bengaliana’ in London The Indian diaspora has always been the subject of my interest. I am here in London and attended two different Bengali festivals – Anando Utsav at the Great Hall of …
March 19, 2010 My England memoirs London, as I had said, is the city I love the most. For the past 10 years, whenever in London, I stay at the St James Crowne Plaza Hotel on …
March 18, 2010 Old habits die hard My family – the Bhutoria family – is still a very orthodox family and probably that is the reason most of them aren’t very fond of me. I spent my …
March 17, 2010 Barbican Library London – life’s turning point Tomorrow I leave for London, UK, once where the sun never set on the British Empire. I am quite attached to London not because it is one of the world’s …
March 16, 2010 IT, gulab jamuns and cigars Today evening I kept myself free and did not accept any invitations since I hosted a dinner in honour of an IT delegation from Latin America visiting Kolkata for the …
March 15, 2010 Oh Kolkata! The Board meeting of The Bengal was held at The Conclave at 7 pm (picture) in which two proposals were approved. The first proposal approved instituted a Mother Teresa Peace …
March 14, 2010 Back to the grind With winter ebbing away, I came to Kolkata from Delhi on Friday. I could feel the days getting warmer despite the cool morning and evening breeze at the Lodhi Gardens. …
March 11, 2010 A day at my own pace The day was at my own pace. Just returned from a dinner party held at 4 Lodhi Estate which was followed by a sitar recital by Shujaat Husain Khan son …
