Kolkata Litfest With Shobhaa De

 And Jerry Pinto also. He was the day's highlight for me. Spoke about Palliative Care, and the book he has written about it. Shobhaa De was also good- candid, at 78 years, and promoting The Sensual Self in all of us.. that's her book, by the way, which I got an autographed copy of!

Manish Gaekwad spoke about his Mom, who was a courtesan- Umrao Jaan type- in Kolkata's Bowbazar. From Pune originally.

Soumitra Chatterjee dominated the session, his daughter was here -on the left.

Audience-- nail-biting stuff?

Hum dono.. Dash and I had gone to this fest.

Park Hotel, book cover awards.. guess the celebs.. one looked like Sri Sri!

Cameras aimed at them, below.

Bachi Karkaria, whose columns in TOI are pun-filled!