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Mrs.Madhu Neotia, President
2000 - 2001 |
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On 8th
March, the International Woman’s Day. LSG members
were privileged to meet the Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri
Atal Behari Vajpayee at a tea meet at his residence. President,
Ms. Madhu Neotia also handed over a manifest containing details of
the visit to Israel. She briefed the Hon’ble Prime Minister
about the meeting with the Deputy Defence Minister, Dalia Rabin.
Members of the delegation included the
LSG President Ms. Madhu Neotia, Ms.
Shanti Khaitan, Ms. Sheela Kanoria, Ms. Rakhee Sarkar, Ms. Preeti
Goenka, Ms. Sharda Singhania and Ms. Anuradha Kanoria. |
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Governor’s meet at Raj Bhavan
with Shri Viren J Shah and Smt. Anjana Shah.
Members were charmed by his charisma and witty answers to their innumerable
questions! |
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A special retreat “The
Journey Within” was organized in the beautiful environs
of The Ffort Radisson. It was a journey that took us a step forward
in our endeavour towards perfection. Some of the attractions were
(1) NADA empowerment by Shruti, who is a renowned exponent of ancient
sound and mantras, (2) Aromatherapy, (3) an introduction to New Age
Food by Sandeep Nowlakha. |
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A special retreat “The
Journey Within” was organized in the beautiful environs
of The Ffort Radisson. It was a journey that took us a step forward
in our endeavour towards perfection. Some of the attractions were
(1) NADA empowerment by Shruti, who is a renowned exponent of ancient
sound and mantras, (2) Aromatherapy, (3) an introduction to New Age
Food by Sandeep Nowlakha. |
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Has the Active Participation
of Women Politicians Changed the Fragrance of Indian Politics”.
Three celebrated women politicians – Smt. Sushma Swaraj,
Smt. Jaya Jaitley and Smt. Subhashini Ali participated.
The interface was anchored by Mr Victor Banerji.
The programme held at the Taj Crystal Room was a resounding
success with a record attendance by
members, special invitees and media. |
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A rare and unique event –
“The Big Dialogue” with the Hon’ble
Chief Minister of West Bengal, Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
was held with a large galaxy ofmembers, invitees, government dignitaries
and diplomats. Mr. Ashok Vishwanathan moderated the discussions. President,
Ms. Madhu Neotia welcomed the Hon’ble Chief Minister and Vice
President, Ms. Parul Swarup delivered the
vote of thanks. The Chief Minister was free, frank and honest in response
to the questions from the large gathering and charmed the audience
with his crisp and candid answers. |
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Interface with Shri Laloo
Prasad, Smt. Rabri Devi also attended. Press and invitee
were delighted to have been a part of such an enjoyable event. They
were however deprived of what might have been an even more scintillating
event if Ms Nalini Singh’s flight were on time. |
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Rendezvous with Jaya Bachchan
– actress par excellence. Her presentation inspired and captivated
the audience. Media person and Corporate Communicator Jayabrato Chatterjee
kicked off the little tete-a-tete at The Garden. |
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Woman
in Cinema” – a highly interactive session with
eminent panelists and film personalities in Calcutta for the Calcutta
Film Festival. Some of the participants at the symposium were Ms
Aparna Sen, Derek Malcolm (film critic), Shoumik Bandopadhyay, Feresth
Tarepoor from Iran and Tina Mascara
from the U.S. at the Bengal Club. |
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The Delegation to Israel
– was an important initiative in promoting people-to-people
contact between the two countries and the contribution to friendship
and understanding. It was a fruitful visit and one that offered the
LSG delegation an insight into all the stratas of society. |
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Pakistan High Commissioner
in a substantive dialogue with Mr C R Irani at the Bengal Club. |
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Summer time and the living
is easy” – models showcased the creations of
young designers from NIFT (Calcutta). The then unknown Celina Jaitly
was the cynosure of all eyes!! Members enjoyed themselves immensely.
All in all a visual treat, with nature as the backdrop. |
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In an era when designers and consultants rule the roost – “A
Horoscope for your Home” – was a programme that
was illuminating, for all those interested in a designer existence,
combined with the right directives from our ‘vaastu’ and
‘feng shui’ experts. The ‘avant grade’ ambience
of “The Address” was a most appropriate venue. |
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Launch of the book-club. “I
see them as wonderful vehicles for developing awareness of good books”.
The first book selection of the months was ‘Difficult
Daughters’ by Manju Kapoor. The newly
refurbished Oxford Book Store was the venue. |
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Educational
visit to Haldia Petrochemical plant and Mitsubishi
plant with a stopover for lunch at the Golden Retreat. A thoroughly
unique and enjoyable experience for the ladies, not only at the plant,
but also the cruise on the Silver Jet, down the Hooghly River. |
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Music Appreciation programme at Vishwakarma conducted
by Prayag Trivedi. |
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Art of Bengal
– a very special and private viewing wasorganised by Mrs. Rakhi
Sarkar at the CIMA Art Gallery. An immensely interesting morning,
especislly Mrs. Sircar’s erudite and analytical discourse prior
to the viewing. |
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