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September 26, 2010 Changing profile of a city St James Crown Plaza Hotel, London: Sunday today arrived at Gatwick airport from the Emirates. On Friday, I had cancelled the trip to London but again re-booked on Saturday for …
September 25, 2010 Kolkata Film Festival 2010 – on a low note Yesterday I was at Nandan for the tea function which is a run up to the forthcoming 16th Kolkata Film Festival to be held next month. The tea party is …
September 22, 2010 Pratibha ji in Kolkata President Pratibha Patil was in Kolkata today. I called on her, it was a courtsey visit. I have known Pratibha ji since she became the Governor of Rajasthan. She has …
September 20, 2010 Time Management My last weekend schedule went haywire. I was supposed to be in Vellore to attend the Vellore Institute of Technology Model United Nations Conference (VITMUN 2010) as a guest and …
September 17, 2010 Remembering Sethiya ji Last Week (September 11) was the birthday of Kanhaiyalal Sethiya, one of the most famous poet and thinker of Rajasthan. He also wrote the famous Rajasthani song Dharti dhoran ri …
September 15, 2010 Meeting friends in Delhi Hotel Hyatt: I arrived in Delhi today noon. It has been pouring for the past two or three days, today was a tad better. Delhiites aren’t used to such incessant …
September 13, 2010 Talking to a machine! Not yet I am not using my mobile phone since I returned from North America about four months back. I have been advised by the doctor not to use the cell phone …
September 11, 2010 ELT centre in Kolkata Today evening I went to the British Council for the inauguration of the English Language Teaching centre. His Excellency, Governor of West Bengal, Shri M K Narayanan formally launched the …
September 9, 2010 The Bandhs – Agony or Ecstasy! September 9: Kolkata witnessed yet another bandh on September 7. We always criticise bandhs but hardly make any effort to protest or stop it. I agree that the Indians’ ability …
September 8, 2010 Lunch with Shabana I hosted a lunch with Shabana Azmi at the Taj Bengal today afternoon. The invitees were the sponsors of Education for All project spearheaded by a trust that I initiated …
September 5, 2010 Family spat sullying Marwari community image The name Marwari was given in general to describe the people of Rajasthan, especially natives of Marwar region who migrated outside for trade and business. Later, all Rajasthanis were referred …
September 4, 2010 Pronam Annual Day function Yesterday was the Pronam annual day function. Nearly 700 senior citizens, who are members of Pronam, attended the function. This was the first such celebration and we all were looking …
