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In pics: Annual Rose Show, poetry evening with Nandana Dev Sen and more news from Kolkata

A quick look at the week that was for Kolkata

My Kolkata Web Desk Published 15.01.23, 09:01 PM
Young visitors check out roses on display at the 33rd Annual Rose Show jointly organised by Lions Club of Calcutta North and Bengal Rose Society at Lions Safari Park on January 15
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Young visitors check out roses on display at the 33rd Annual Rose Show jointly organised by Lions Club of Calcutta North and Bengal Rose Society at Lions Safari Park on January 15

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A tram show was organised from Gariahat to Esplanade on Saturday, January 14, to raise awareness about measles and rubella vaccination
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A tram show was organised from Gariahat to Esplanade on Saturday, January 14, to raise awareness about measles and rubella vaccination

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Celebrations to mark Veterans’ Day at Vijay Smarak on Saturday. The Armed Forces Veterans' Day is celebrated on January 14 as on this day in 1953, the Army's first Indian Commander in Chief (C-in-C), Field Marshal KM Cariappa, formally retired from service. Veterans' Day was first celebrated in 2016 and it was decided to commemorate the day every year by hosting interactive events in honour of veterans and their families
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Celebrations to mark Veterans’ Day at Vijay Smarak on Saturday. The Armed Forces Veterans' Day is celebrated on January 14 as on this day in 1953, the Army's first Indian Commander in Chief (C-in-C), Field Marshal KM Cariappa, formally retired from service. Veterans' Day was first celebrated in 2016 and it was decided to commemorate the day every year by hosting interactive events in honour of veterans and their families

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(L-R) Author and actress Nandana Dev Sen, Apu Dey of Dey’s Publishing and Debnita Chakravarti, an associate professor of English at Shri Shikshayatan College, discuss ‘Acrobat’, a volume of Bengali poems written by Nabaneeta Dev Sen and selected and translated from Bengali to English by daughter Nandana, on Nabaneeta Dev Sen's 85th birth anniversary, on January 13
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(L-R) Author and actress Nandana Dev Sen, Apu Dey of Dey’s Publishing and Debnita Chakravarti, an associate professor of English at Shri Shikshayatan College, discuss ‘Acrobat’, a volume of Bengali poems written by Nabaneeta Dev Sen and selected and translated from Bengali to English by daughter Nandana, on Nabaneeta Dev Sen's 85th birth anniversary, on January 13

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The Girimaidan Flyover inaugurated in Kharagpur on Thursday, January 12, promises to resolve the town’s traffic problems to a large extent
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The Girimaidan Flyover inaugurated in Kharagpur on Thursday, January 12, promises to resolve the town’s traffic problems to a large extent

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Workers decorate a statue of Swami Vivekananda at his ancestral home in north Kolkata on Wednesday, January 11, on the eve of his birth anniversary
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Workers decorate a statue of Swami Vivekananda at his ancestral home in north Kolkata on Wednesday, January 11, on the eve of his birth anniversary

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Cricket fans queue up for tickets to the India-Sri Lanka ODI that was played at the Eden Gardens on Thursday, January 12. (Bottom) Jackets and caps on sale in front of the stadium
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Cricket fans queue up for tickets to the India-Sri Lanka ODI that was played at the Eden Gardens on Thursday, January 12. (Bottom) Jackets and caps on sale in front of the stadium

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(Top) West Bengal education minister Bratya Basu and other dignitaries inaugurate Sahitya Utsav and Little Magazine Fair at Ektara Mukta Mancha on Wednesday. (Bottom) Visitors check out the books at the stalls in the fair
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(Top) West Bengal education minister Bratya Basu and other dignitaries inaugurate Sahitya Utsav and Little Magazine Fair at Ektara Mukta Mancha on Wednesday. (Bottom) Visitors check out the books at the stalls in the fair

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Dignitaries address the audience at the Eastern India Science and Engineering Fair 2023 organised by the Birla Industrial & Technological Museum (BITM), a unit of National Council of Science Museums, on January 10. (L-R) AD Choudhury, director-general, National Council of Science Museums; Subhabrata Chaudhuri, director, Birla Industrial & Technological Museum; Soumitro Banerjee, professor, physical sciences, IISER Kolkata; Abhijit Chakrabarti, former vice-chancellor, Jadavpur University, Kolkata and chairman, executive committee, BITM
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Dignitaries address the audience at the Eastern India Science and Engineering Fair 2023 organised by the Birla Industrial & Technological Museum (BITM), a unit of National Council of Science Museums, on January 10. (L-R) AD Choudhury, director-general, National Council of Science Museums; Subhabrata Chaudhuri, director, Birla Industrial & Technological Museum; Soumitro Banerjee, professor, physical sciences, IISER Kolkata; Abhijit Chakrabarti, former vice-chancellor, Jadavpur University, Kolkata and chairman, executive committee, BITM

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