Author's Afternoon series
July
21, 2012:
I was scheduled to arrive in Kolkata from Singapore last night
but arrived on 19th evening as I had finished all my work
and I also had in mind to attend the event - `An Author's
Afternoon' – a series
that I
have initiated
in collaboration
with The Taj
Bengal Kolkata.
Moon
Moon Sen showed the audience one cigar box, with a silkscreen print
of The Maharaja of Coochbehar, that was
presented to her by none other than the Maharaja himself. The 30
selected members at the event, who were the audience, had a whale of
a time.
The
idea is to invite different authors for an interactive session with a
specially invited selective group. The guest author for today's
Afteroon would be Mr Pramod Kumar KG - the author of Posing
for Posterity: Royal Indian Portraits.
Mr
Pramod Kumar KG was first director of the Jaipur Literary
Festival that was
held in
2006. He
is also
the co-director
of the
Mountain Echoes Literary Festival of
Bhutan and
the managing
director of
Eka Cultural Resources & Research,
a museum
consulting company
is New
Delhi. He
is also
the founder
director of
Anokhi Museum of Hand Printing in
Jaipur.
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| With Author Pramod Kumar KG, Moon Moon Sen and General Manager of Taj Bengal K Mohanchandran |
Since
royalty was the subject of Promod Kumar's book, Mrs Moon Moon Sen,
who is married to a scion from the Tripura royal family, was
approached and she gladly agreed to take the hot seat next to the
author to set the conversation rolling. The event was held at The
Souk - the
Afro-West
Asian
exotic
cuisine
joint
of
The
Taj
Bengal,
Kolkata.
The high point of the Afternoon was the collection of personal photographic collection (picture) of Sen family.
The high point of the Afternoon was the collection of personal photographic collection (picture) of Sen family.
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The
Afternoon Conversation series is poised to set a new
trend by moving away from the conventional and hackneyed book release
functions. The very idea of holding discussions and chats on a
particular book livened up the event and made the atmosphere more
interactive, informative and pleasant.
This
series, initiated by me, has the support of Siyahi, a
Jaipur-based literary organization, and T2 – the popular supplement
of The Telegraph, Kolkata's leading English daily.
After
the event, I invited Pramod Kumar KG to a dinner. Some of my diplomat
friends also joined us over dinner.
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