The end January evening chill at the open air venue of Friends Club gradually melted as the party warmed up with the arrival of buddies on the 30th January 2011 for the 35th anniversary reunion dinner.
While most of the participants were regulars who have been attending reunion dinners every year, there were some notable absentees - like Anand Khemka, Ashok Kapur, Neeraj Nagpal, etc. Laljani was a surprise participant who had possibly come for the first time. M S Bawa, having had his tryst with a heart attack, was recuperating at home. We missed him.
We missed Bawa all the more because he is one of the signatories for the bank account and, also, he has been responsible for arranging photographer every year. So, this year there was no photography -barring some photos that were taken by some people with their mobile phone cams. No problems Bawa, next year you must be back with all your arrangements.
FUNDS - The residual funds from the Silver Jubilee celebrated in Dec 2000 lasted long enough and we could organize six annual dinners without sourcing for additional contributions. Alas, all good things come to an end one day. With the bank account exhausted we made an appeal for contributions and, as expected almost everyone promised to contribute Rs. 10,000 so that this annual reunion can continue uninterrupted.
Some logistic problems are to be worked out and then the contribution cheques will be accepted.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
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