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February 23, 2012 Kolkata hosts Agyeya Centenary Celebrations Thursday, February 23, 2012: I was busy with the Agyeya Centenary Celebrations organised by Prabha Khaitan Foundation, in collaboration with Sahitya Academy and Raza Foundation, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday …
February 19, 2012 Theatre time The last week was a `theatre week’ for me. On the eighth of this month I saw a play Arms and the Man at Kalamandir directed by Naseeruddin Shah based …
February 18, 2012 Art auction for a different kind of cause February 18, 2012: This afternoon I went to the Press Club of Kolkata to attend the inauguration of the charity art auction press conference on “Art Auction for Animal Shelter”. …
February 17, 2012 Nobel Chor premier show February 17, 2012: There were three invitations this evening, one was the launch of On Tagore by Amit Chaudhuri at the Oxford Bookstore, the other was an invitation from The …
February 16, 2012 Rains play spoilsport February 16: This morning I attended the ASL meeting at the National Library with regard to the Hon’ble Vice President’s visit to Kolkata. Last night it had rained and the …
February 15, 2012 `Art of Bengal’ – a great book February 15, 2012: Yesterday I was at the ITC Sonar Art Gallery at the book release function of ‘The Art of Bengal‘ by Delhi Art Gallery hosted by our Foundation …
February 12, 2012 Cigarette butts – deadlier than the terrorists This week, while in office, I got a call from my home informing me that a fire broke out on the window shades of first floor of our building but …
February 10, 2012 Gearing up for Agyeya Centenary celebrations February 10, Friday: Since Monday I was busy in the office preparing for the Agyeya 100th Birth Centenary Celebrations in Kolkata slated for February 21st to 23rd 2012. The Vice …
February 5, 2012 A heart that beats for books I arrived in Kolkata from a nearly three-week trip to Jaipur and Mumbai. By the time I reached Kolkata, the Kolkata Literary Meet (KLM) was over, but the Book Fair was still on. So on Friday, I dropped …
February 4, 2012 Book distribution Saturday, February 4, 2012: In the afternoon attended a book distribution function organized by Bharat Relief Society and supported by Prabha Khaitan Foundation. Over the last few years, we have …
February 3, 2012 The T2 party and Kolkata Book Fair I arrived from Mumbai on 1st February (Wednesday) night and went to Shisha Reincarnated to attend the fifth T2 anniversary party. My flight was delayed by 30 minutes and by the time I reached there …
February 1, 2012 Meeting old chums I hosted a lunch in Mumbai on Sunday afternoon. It was an informal get together. I thought it would be difficult to visit individual houses and meet people due to …
