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December 17, 2010 Foodies, winter and open-air restaurants The weather has changed in Kolkata. With the onset of winter almost all the 5 Star hotel properties in the city have laid down open-air barbecue adjacent to the restaurants …
December 17, 2010 Our journey begins with Journey Yesterday evening there was a function in city organised by Prabha Khaitan Foundation in collaboration with the British Council Kolkata. This function was initially planned for the 17th of December …
December 14, 2010 Rajasthan Foundation Kolkata to rev up Today evening I organised a get together over high tea at The Taj Bengal with Vinod Ajmera, Executive Director, Rajasthan Foundation, Government of Rajasthan (picture). I organised this formal get …
December 12, 2010 Lucky – Unlucky! SMSes I received an SMS on my mobile from a well-known Page 3 celeb of Kolkata – “Baba Jogendra sobka GURU” yeh SMS dil se 11 logoko forward karo mujhe chorke. …
December 10, 2010 At the premier of Gorosthane Sabdhan I attended the premier of Gorosthane Sabdhan at Priya – the Felu da series based on Satyajit Ray’s story. Film has been directed by Sandip Ray and my friend Satyam …
December 10, 2010 Hamish talk I attended a talk by Hamish McRae (picture), Associate Editor of The Independent – the London (UK)-based daily newspaper. The talk, Our Ever More Global Economy – and What Works …
December 9, 2010 Failing marriages I went to see a play Dinner With Friends at the Birla Sabhaghar. The play, directed by Feroz Khan, was about four friends, two marriages and a divorce. It was …
December 8, 2010 Time management Yesterday evening I went to the ITC Sonar Bangla Art Gallery for the inauguration of Simran K S Lamba’s (picture) exhibition. The inauguration was slated for 7 pm but when …
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 …
