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April 17, 2011 End of a Royal era Quebec province, Canada: I arrived here last Tuesday. This morning I went to Masena border of US for a day trip. It was a little over an hour’s drive from …
April 16, 2011 Same time same town same place I arrived in Montreal on Thursday (April 14th) – a day ahead at the same town same house where I had put up last year. Nothing seems to have changed …
April 14, 2011 Candidate or the Party! Frankfurt airport Lufthansa lounge: I arrived here from Kolkata en route to Canada. Gautam Ghosh was also with me on the same flight on his way to Philadelphia. We were …
April 12, 2011 There is a first time for everything I had never had any interest in cricket, let alone going to the Eden Gardens, I have never ever watched a cricket match in any stadium or even on the …
April 11, 2011 Poet and the Prophet Last weekend I was relaxed, I took it easy and gave Shankar Mahadevan’s concert at the Science City and another party at the ITC Sonar a miss. Saturday evening The …
April 8, 2011 India stands up for a cause Friday afternoon I went for the sit-in (picture)in front of Mother Teresa’s statue at the Park Street-Camac Street crossing to express my solidarity with the 73-year-old Gandhian Anna Hazare who …
April 7, 2011 WFUNA meet Yesterday I had a long conference call with the World Federation of United Nations Association (WFUNA) head office in New York as the Executive Committee is scheduled to meet in …
April 3, 2011 Cricket frenzy grips city I took Saturday afternoon flight to Jaipur and returned to Kolkata by evening flight the same day. I was in the Pink City for about three hours. I spent an …
April 1, 2011 Meetings and movies Yesterday evening I attended a meeting at the CMRI Hospital on Pronam Project. The meeting was attended by Kolkata Police officials, members of Hospital Association and other representatives from about 50 …
March 31, 2011 Patriotism or adrenalin rush While the whole sub-continent went crazy over yesterday’s World Cup Cricket semi-finals between Indian and Pakistan at Mohali, I was some what indifferent to the whole affair. As I have …
March 29, 2011 At the Honorary Consul reception On Sunday I had a couple of meetings in the afternoon and hosted a dinner for Mr Rajiv Arora, Member, Central Board of Film Certification, who was in Kolkata for …
March 27, 2011 At Nandan I spent quite a lot of time at Nandan yesterday from 3 pm to 10 pm attending the annual charitable award function organised by the Ladies Study Group. This was …
