His desk is laden with the thick, string-bound paper dossiers beloved of Indian civil servants and cordially loathed by everyone else.

ECONOMIST: Reviving Kolkata

Youth, students, universities, art schools, media, cultural professionals and managers, artists and creators, curators, professionals working in cultural industries are cordially invited to attend and participate in the discussions.

UNESCO: OFFICE IN DHAKA

In May it was cordially welcomed as a full participant in the OECD's highest-profile activity: a convention to outlaw bribery.

ECONOMIST: The OECD and corruption