Yes, so much happened in this period from August 11th - 3rd September, going to India, was only one activity. All went well during our travel. With half a dozen RT-PCR tests, all along the way, chances of going wrong was remote. Our team at Kolkata did a fantastic job to minimize our frustrations at the airport, though we knew it was a necessary evil.
Kolkata was t...
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This time when I visited Kolkata from Dubai, my mind was open. Did not think and plan the future. What planning do you do at this age and time? My entire family was here in Kolkata, all staying in Oberoi and I thought we will figure out everything. As we started meeting our consultants in structuring our business growth globally, the pendulum started swinging. There w...
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When I came to Dubai in September 2020, I never thought my stay in Dubai would be this long. Today evening, as I go back to India for a month-long trip, I am having a funny feeling. It’s no longer the question of returning to India, it is now also a question of returning to Dubai, my status, my long-term plans of living etc. In the interim, Covid-19 came, went, came...
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There is an uneasy calm in the Covid environment in India. Delta variant is very active in most part of the world. India is no exception. We are going through huge political exchanges in our Indian political environment these days. Dubai is getting ready for Expo2020 from October’21 and thus how that would be managed in Dubai, is a regular coffee table discussion. A...
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For the last 11 months, we have been living in Dubai. We came here to spend leisure time on my son Romit’s request and have been postponing going back to Kolkata, for one reason or the other with Covid 19 being the major concern. Disruptive flights are a major concern too, first for going, then for returning. In the process, we started looking at Dubai more closely ...
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The definition of a family has undergone a change in the modern world. Some group of people are still bonded together and call themselves FAMILY the old way, but over years, this has taken a different meaning. In fact, it is continuously changing in meaning. On top of this, if the Family happens to be in business, in these transition times, then all the more it is dif...
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Yesterday was the 17th Convocation of our 19-year-old Globsyn Business School, (GBS) that was held completely virtually and globally. India, China, Dubai, being touched at the same time. I was sitting at my home in Dubai watching the event with my family, on my laptop and was thinking of the day, when in 2001-2002, I was deep in financial distress, mainly because of t...
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