Irina Bashkirova, the Russian consul-general, bid the city an emotional adieu. Her Calcutta posting was the last in her diplomatic career. “I leave a part of my soul here,” she told t2 while talking of the 16 years she had spent in India. At her farewell party, the ambassador himself, her peers from the other consulates from across India, and friends in the city from within and outside the diplomatic circle turned out in significant numbers. Glimpses...

Text: Sudeshna Banerjee
Pictures: B. Halder