At the Write circle, Desert Soul and Kalam events in Jaipur

21 June, Kolkata: I landed in Jaipur on 18 June and spent the weekend there as there were many events lined up.

With Priyanka Mookherjee and Akriti Mittal Periwal at Write Circle

First there was the Write Circle event at the ITC Rajputana with the young upcoming writer Priyanka Mookherjee as the guest author. Priyanka was engaged in a lively interaction with conversationalist Akriti Mittal Periwal who did a great job. Priyanka mostly talked about teenage love which is deals with in her first novel.

Priyanka's book Hedon which is about a teenager's coming-of-age journey has been praised from many quarters. Priyanka, who studied narrative theory at Ohio University, was the youngest guest at the Write Circle so far. In fact, this session of the Write Circle was also conducted by Akriti, who is another young lady. I must congratulate the young duo for doing a session.

I attended a private birthday party late at night and by the time it got over it was dawn.

With Chinmay Mehta at Desert Soul event in Jaipur

On Sunday June 19 another of our events Desert Soul by Rajasthan Forum was held. Renowned artist Dr Chinmay Mehta was the guest of the session. Dr Mehta shared his life's journey. A two-minute silence was observed at the beginning of the program in memory of Late John Singh.

Architect Ritu Khandelwal was the moderator of the Desert Soul and was in conversation with Dr Mehta. It was a very insightful session.

On Sunday was there was the 10^th episode of Kalam Jaipur with Ira Pande. I could not attend the event as I had to come back to Kolkata to prepare for my oncoming overseas trip.

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