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March 22, 2010 `Bengaliana’ in London The Indian diaspora has always been the subject of my interest. I am here in London and attended two different Bengali festivals – Anando Utsav at the Great Hall of …
March 19, 2010 My England memoirs London, as I had said, is the city I love the most. For the past 10 years, whenever in London, I stay at the St James Crowne Plaza Hotel on …
March 18, 2010 Old habits die hard My family – the Bhutoria family – is still a very orthodox family and probably that is the reason most of them aren’t very fond of me. I spent my …
March 17, 2010 Barbican Library London – life’s turning point Tomorrow I leave for London, UK, once where the sun never set on the British Empire. I am quite attached to London not because it is one of the world’s …
March 16, 2010 IT, gulab jamuns and cigars Today evening I kept myself free and did not accept any invitations since I hosted a dinner in honour of an IT delegation from Latin America visiting Kolkata for the …
March 15, 2010 Oh Kolkata! The Board meeting of The Bengal was held at The Conclave at 7 pm (picture) in which two proposals were approved. The first proposal approved instituted a Mother Teresa Peace …
March 14, 2010 Back to the grind With winter ebbing away, I came to Kolkata from Delhi on Friday. I could feel the days getting warmer despite the cool morning and evening breeze at the Lodhi Gardens. …
March 11, 2010 A day at my own pace The day was at my own pace. Just returned from a dinner party held at 4 Lodhi Estate which was followed by a sitar recital by Shujaat Husain Khan son …
March 11, 2010 Much ado about email A strange thing happened yesterday. My office got an email from Kishwar Naheed, prominent Pakistani poet and writer, which said she was held up at gunpoint while returning to her …
March 10, 2010 Bangla utsav in London About a week back I received a letter from Mr Satyam Roy Chowdhury inviting me to attend the Billat Bangla Utsav in London. He requested my consent to be felicitated …
March 9, 2010 Women’s Reservation Bill – a step forward At last the Women’s Reservation Bill has been passed in the Rajya Sabha. I think it was a strategic novelty on the part of the Government to place the Bill …
March 9, 2010 The Rajasthan connection Last night I had dinner with the Sharmas. Mr Mahesh Chandra Sharma Ex-Rajya Sabha MP and his better half Sumita Sharma is an exponent of Kathak. Besides being a Rajya …
