TURQUOISE CHILL

We went for the most bizarre product launch this evening. URO Group (Ultimate Reliable Organization) was launching their Mobile Phones & Laptops at Nicco Park and had put together a show for their dealer network. They had flown down Amisha Patel for the launch as their Brand Ambassador and had performances by some tollywood babes and singers of Indian Idol fame. All in all it was quite a mad show.

While Waiting to go into Nicco Park, I decided to bide my time clicking some Photographs. Caught a couple of gentlemen who seemed very entertained by the Huge Ride they could see inside the park.

SCIENCE CITY, ENTRANCE BANGLA SANGEET PURASHKAR - STAGE PEOPLE QUEUING UP TO WATCH THE SHOW PACKED AUDIENCE ENJOYING THE SHOW BARRY O'BRIEN & RJ NILANJANA - THE HOSTS FOR THE EVENING Dr. Alok Roy & Debasree Roy giving away the trophy to Subhamita Mr. Kausshik Kumar Nath, Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty, Usha Uthup & Mr. D.D. Purkayastha giving away the Life Time Achievement award to Gettasree Sandhya Mukherjee Mr. Rangon Neogi & Mr.Suman Neogi on stage with Lopamudra Mitra Mr. Rohit Dadheech giving away the trophy to Rupam Islam Mr. Shouvik Kumar Dasgupta with Pt. Ajoy Chakraborty & Babul Supriyo Mr.Arun Kumar felicitating Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury Mrs. Ranjana Sen & Usha Uthup giving away the trophy to Rupam Islam Ms. Sharmila Sing Flora sharing the stage with BHOOMI Performance by Chandrabindoo Prosenjit giving away the trophy to the Autograph team Performance by Lopamudra Performance by Rupankar P...

We had been planning to visit Bandel for over a year now and though it was just a an hour and ten minutes by train from Howrah Station, the trip never seemed to materialise. Well we didn't want to drive there, as we always wanted to do the journey by local train. Anyway thanks to Neel, our new globe trotting friend, we got to make this trip. We met Arindam at the Ajay Nagar Bus Stop and got on a Garia Stn - Howrah Stn (Route 116) Minibus and made it to the Howrah Station by 8:00 AM. At the Howrah Station we met Neel and got 4 tickets for Bandel. It was Rs. 9 per ticket, our bus journey cost us more at Rs. 10 per ticket. Anyway we missed the first train to Bandel which pulled out of the station as we reached the platform. But on enquiring a bit, we realised that there was a train leaving every 15 minutes. So a hop skip and jump to the next platform and voila, we were seated in another Bandel Local. We soon pulled out and were on our way to Bandel. A journey that went by in what...

A Couple of days ago, Sheldon called up from Delhi and enquired if I'd help out a friend of his who was visiting Kolkata. Well the story was that this bloke was a colleague of his and had quit his job in England and decided to spend a year travelling. ...Ofcourse I'd help him out. Anyone who was brave enough to take on such an endeavour was always welcome to my assistance. So Neel finally landed in Kolkata and so Divya and I met up with him on his first evening in Kolkata at OLYPUB. After that we headed to Some Place Else and then went for a spin around Kolkata into the wee hours.

FOREIGNER Mick Jones - Guitar, Kelly Hansen - Vocals, Tom Gimbel - Guitars, Flute, Saxaphone, Jeff Pilson - Bass Guitar, Michael Bluestein - Keyboards Niladri Kumar The Magnificent - Gino Banks