At the Italian National Day celebrations

Yesterday I went to The Taj Bengal for the Italian National Day celebrations. There was a concert for the 150th Anniversary of the Unification of Italy presented by The Calcutta School of Music.
It was a select gathering of diplomats with Governor M K Narayanan (picture) as the Chief Guest. 

I met the new Consul General of Italy, Mr Joel Melchiori. I had a chat with Beth Payne (picture), the US Consul General in Kolkata. I shared with her my experience in New York which I visited last month. 
There was an Italian spread but I skipped dinner as I had invited a police officer and a senior journalist for dinner at my residence.
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