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April 11, 2010 Storm before the lull I am back in Kolkata from Bangalore. Attended the preview of Rituparna’s new movie Agunpakhi at Hotel Golden Park (picture). Met Sadhan Pandey, director of the film Subhrajit Mitra and …
April 9, 2010 Choti si yeh dunia The world is really small. Yesterday I left Bangalore for Coonoor to see a holiday home. I took a late morning flight from Bangalore to Coimbatore – the city where …
April 6, 2010 Raj Bhavan to Raj nostalgia Bangalore – Windsor Manor, Lord Wellesley Suite. This evening I arrived at Bangalore or Bengaluru – the garden city. This is one city in India I visit frequently and also …
April 5, 2010 Annaprasan ceremony Yesterday evening I went to attend the annaprasan ceremony of Nabaneeta Deb Sen’s daughter Antara’s baby at Snehalata Bhavan. There I met many of the city’s literary fraternity including Sunil …
April 3, 2010 Hoogly cruise Today afternoon I went river cruising on the Hoogly all the way to Batanagar and then to Belur and back. Four hours passed in a jiffy. I started from the …
April 2, 2010 RTE – a turning point April 1 2010 marks the advent of a new chapter and a turning point in the field of child education with the Right to Education (RTE) Act making free and …
March 31, 2010 Virtues of being `foolish’ Tomorrow is April Fools’ Day. I often wonder what is the point of observing April 1st as All Fools’ Day when in reality, in the current social milieu, we make …
March 31, 2010 Remembering Rajasthan Diwas Yesterday – 30th March – was the Rajasthan Diwas. The state of Rajasthan was formed on this day in 1949 when all the erstwhile princely states ruled by Rajputs, known …
March 30, 2010 Yesterday, today and tomorrow The last two days I was preoccupied with deskwork. First of all with the financial year drawing to a close even a non-business person like myself has to sign on …
March 27, 2010 Rain plays spoilsport Today was an easy day. I spent some time communicating with the Raj Bhavan, some members of The Bengal and Ranjana Gauhar in Delhi regarding the upcoming program on the …
March 26, 2010 SPark Street! Returned to Kolkata from London and on my way back home crossed ParkStreet and The Stephen House (picture) which bore the brunt of yet another major fire on Wednesday that …
March 23, 2010 Broadways and Lebanese food After visiting both the Bengali festivals in London it is time to relax. Yesterday, I along with Tony and his wife Indrani, Indrani Halder, Parambrato, Swastika, Satyam, Shiladitya Ganguly and …
