Kolkata Police SDSL Run 2025

February 2025

I participated in the Kolkata Police run in February 2025. I was running in the 10k category and was able to finish in 1 hr and 21 mins. As per my phone GPS, the actual distance was around 800 mtrs more than 10k. Compensating for that error, I was well within 1 hr and 20 […]

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Visit to Balasore

January 2025

Tags: Balasore, Basanta Convention, Captain Steel, Jawed Ahmed

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Mayfair Lagoon Bhubaneshwar

November 2024

I got to stay at this wonderful resort in the mid of November 2024. I had visited this resort a few times earlier too, but those were for either lunch or dinner. I stayed at the property for the first time. This was one extremely well curated resort. They have paid attention to the smallest […]

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Jhargram Drive

August 2024

One day trip to Jhargram via Kharagpur.

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Cellula 10k Run

I started preparing for the run around two weeks before. The run was scheduled for 28th July and I started with the 2.5 km run on 15th July. As you can see in the image on the right, I ramped up gradually till I was doing 8.5 kms on 26th July. The day before the […]

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East India Room at Raaj Kutir Kolkata

July 2024

This is located inside Raaj Kutir, a premium hotel of Seleqtions Hotels in Kolkata. They have tried (successfully, I would say) to match the ambience of colonial times. They also have a hand pulled fan the main dining area. Tags: Captain Steel, Chief Information Officer, East India Room, Jawed Ahmed, Kolkata, Raaj Kutir

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Shantiniketan Visit(June2024)

June 2024

Driving down to Shantiniketan from Kolkata in early June 2024.

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Sarat Chandra Kuthi – Samta Village

April 2024

I visited the this old heritage building last week (Jan 2024). It was pending on my list for a long time. Arguably he is one of the most well known writers of India. People who are not into literature will know him for Devdas (made into multiple movies) and Shrikant(80s TV serial, Farooque Shaikh). But […]

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