[BITList] Obit: Vi (Violet) Smith - Kolkata's favourite raconteur

[John Feltham]

From The Raj List

Kolkata loses its favourite raconteur

Sep 22, 2014

KOLKATA: The morning durbars under the portico of the delightfully
eccentric Fairlawn Hotel on Sudder Street have just become history.
The 'Duchess of Sudder Street', as Vi (Violet) Smith was popularly
called, will not be holding 'court' there anymore. And legions of her
fans, as well as the galaxy of loyal customers of her hotel, will no longer
be regaled by her stories about the Kolkata of yore. Smith passed away
at her first-floor quarters of Fairlawn Hotel on Saturday at an age of 93.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Kolkata-loses-its-favourite-raconteur/articleshow/43104503.cms <http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Kolkata-loses-its-favourite-raconteur/articleshow/43104503.cms>


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