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June 30, 2010 Personal touch Yesterday evening Aparna Sen and Kalyan Ray came to my home for dinner. I was an enchanting evening in which I was deeply impressed with the knowledge of movies and …
June 29, 2010 How Hindi films and old songs connect…. Indian films and old songs connect Indians in ways like no other. I have heard in South Africa a boy settled in Tanzania humming Kabhi Kabhi…. though he and his …
June 28, 2010 Being in Syria From Lebanon we drove down to Syria – the land of the ancient civilisations. Syria was another kind of experience. It was really difficult to get a visa and that …
June 27, 2010 Life in Lebanon During our last visit to Lebanon we had stayed at the ancestral house of Joseph where his father and mother live. His house is in a village called Chekka with …
June 26, 2010 Tourism and terror This weekend things are little easy. Next week again I’ll be in Thailand to attend a wedding of our very old family friend Mr B D Sureka’s grandson. The destination …
June 25, 2010 Disha Foundation Yesterday night went to see the premier of Ekti Tarar Khonje at Priya. I could hardly watch the movie as I was busy outside the hall in the company of …
June 24, 2010 Old times in South Kolkata Attended the Shraddh of Tapas Pal’s mother at the Chaitanya Institute near Rashbehary Crossing with Debasree Roy. I visited the area after a long time and old memories of school …
June 23, 2010 Events you can’t avoid Yesterday after returning from the Calcutta Chamber of Commerce function I went out again to attend the cocktail dinner cum launch party of M K Media Pvt Ltd’s film division …
June 22, 2010 Prabha Khaitan Award The Calcutta Chamber of Commerce (CCC) today organised a function at the Horticulture Garden to confer the Prabha Khaitan Award 2008 to Shanu Lahiri. The Governor of West Bengal M …
June 21, 2010 Kolkata’s Raj Bhawan Went to the Raj Bhawan in Kolkata today to meet the Governor M K Narayanan. It was a courtesy call and I took the opportunity to brief him about my …
June 20, 2010 Our evergreen versatile Lala da Received a letter from Lala da Buddhadev Guha (file picture) acknowledging the book I had sent him. He informed me that he was not keeping well and was thus out …
June 19, 2010 `Bongs in Bangkok’ controversy The recent Film Award Bangla (FAB) ’10 in Bangkok or the `Bongs in Bangkok’ controversy rages on. I got many phone calls. While some are expressing their solidarity with Rituparna …
