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September 3, 2010 Is Nandan losing its pull! Yesterday was the 25th Anniversary function of Nandan – Bengal’s cultural hotspot and Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharya’s favourite joint. The invite (picture) for the function had names like Gautam Ghosh, …
September 2, 2010 Photography For the past couple of days I was busy coordinating and monitoring the progress of the forthcoming Pronam programme. Today I had lunch with the US Consul General in Kolkata, …
August 31, 2010 New projects Monday evening we had a meeting of The Bengal team at The Conclave. The member of The Bengal met after almost four months this time and various issues, including Pronam …
August 30, 2010 Sharmila in city Sharmila Tagore was in Kolkata for a day on Saturday and I hosted a dinner in her honour at The Conclave. I had invited around 50 people from world of …
August 27, 2010 Mother Teresa centenary celebrations Yesterday was the Birth Centenary of Mother Teresa now known as Blessed Teresa of Kolkata following her beatification. I have a lot of memories of her and The Missionaries of …
August 26, 2010 Theatre fever Yesterday, straight from my office I went to see the new production of Dolly Basu’s theatre in Hindi at Gyan Manch. The play was well enacted and Dolly and her …
August 25, 2010 Theatre festival in Kolkata A nine-day (from August 24 to Sept1) Purba Paschim Theatre Festival 2010 is currently underway in Kolkata. The festival, which is a tribute to the 150th Year of Rabindranath Tagore, …
August 24, 2010 Raksha Bandhan and family myths Raksha Bandhan is a festival that celebrates the relationship between brothers and sisters in India. Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore made Raksha Bandhan popular in West Bengal by organising congregations like Rakhi …
August 23, 2010 Just to prove a point I returned from Delhi yesterday and read up the local dailies to catch up on the news. This has now become an old habit of mine that I had mentioned …
August 22, 2010 Somnath Chatterjee’s book launch Hotel Hyatt Regency Delhi: Yesterday evening I attended the launch of ex-Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee’s Book Keeping the Faith: Memoirs of a Parliamentarian (picture) at a function held at …
August 21, 2010 Trying out newer options Hotel Hyatt Regency Delhi: I arrived at Delhi today afternoon and put up at this Hotel for the first time. This Hotel is famous for it Italian restaurant La Piazza …
August 19, 2010 `Phir bhi dil hai Hindustani’ I returned from Malaysia. At the airport I saw many persons of Indian origin (PIO). The Indian Government recognises any person holding a non-Indian passport, who can prove his Indian …
