Several years ago I received a message from
Pablo Ganguli asking me to read my poetry at one of his Liberatum Cultural summits. These conventions connect the finest
brains with the rest of world. Of course I was flattered. I had just finished
my first book, Cloak and Dagger Butterfly. A book of poetry, love and bitter
sweet agony of losing it. It was
bound together with photographs of women that I had taken. I thought I had hit
the big time.
I had not realized it had reached such a
wide audience, that was, until I was enthusiastically contacted by Mr. Ganguli.
I was asked if I could come to Moscow and unable to refuse this man who has
become the Pied Piper of glamour. As he gathers together huge major minds,
artists and cultural magnets, I was nervous to read in front of some of the
most brilliant people in the world. Pablo put me at ease immediately and
informed me I was a major mind too, so much so that I almost believed him. He
is indeed a charming human being. Not every day are you offered to read from your writing in front of such a
select audience and dance round the Kremlin, all before lunch. He has a knack
of merging the perfect balance of talent and appreciation. He applies his
unbridled energy into every aspect to ensure that each hour is perfectly put
together.
Pablo has good ‘old fashioned’ charm that
is completely refreshing. He is a nucleus of social life and if you are doing
well and receiving gold stars expect a call from this bundle of activity.
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When I met Pablo he was an enchanting and I
was completely bowled over by his enthusiasm for the arts, in this age when
computers have taken over. He sees
that concerts are held, galleries opened and hotels flourish as they ask the
advice of this tiny pocket sized Mowgli, a beautiful man from Asia. Mixing medias as he goes, in Berlin
recently he had Stephen Frears, Kim Catrall, Rossy de Palma and the doyenne of
fashion plates, Carmen dell ‘Orrifice.
Reportedly born in Calcutta he never met
his Mother and was brought up by his Grandmother. A relation is the famous Poet
Laureate Rabindranath Tagore and his father an art historian. Clearly their
blood rushes through his veins and by the time he reached his twenties he
daringly entered the cultural world putting on three of four festivals a year around
the world.
Companies want to be attached to
Liberatum. From Papua New Guinea,
Morocco, Russia, Moscow and St Peterberg, Hong Kong, Venice and Berlin. Social
barriers come down and the brains meet power. He has put together Christopher
Hampton, Julia Peyton Jones, Franca Sozzani, Michael Craig Martin, Stephen
Jones and Phillip Treacy, Nobel prize winners, charity workers, James Franco and the worlds best Disc Jockeys. He is a anything but lazy. Go write ten books and expect a call.