Kitty Party

For a club that has hitherto steadfastly shied away from all dealings in cash, the response to today's proposal for starting a kitty party came as a major surprise. Srichand Arora tossed the idea in passing (so as to ‘test the waters’) and to his amazement all those present – from Hari Singh Shekhawat to Santosh Tyagi to Mumtaz Jahan – were in for it. There was not a single voice of dissent.
Much as the full Club has not been taken into confidence, it is clear that we could face a problem of plenty. Even if 30 members were to join and monthly contribution per head is pegged to Rs3,000 (members are actually talking of Rs5,000 or thereabouts in keeping with the practice elsewhere), we should have nearly a lakh in the kitty by the end of every month.
According to Arora, this would be an unmanageable sum of money in view of the obvious risks of defaults and absence of adequate back-up. In his opinion, we should therefore limit the kitty to Rs50,000 only and then work backwards depending on the number of participants.
On another front, Harish Wadhwa has come forward with a few samples (right) of caps that are to be distributed to members of the club. As of now, ‘Sample A’ appears to be the clear favorite – unless of course, majority opinion swings in favour of another sample. So please have a closer look at these samples and let us have your opinion at the earliest. We would like to give away the caps by the end of this week – absolutely free-of-charge!
Harish Wadhwa:
We have gone ahead with Sample A with minor changes. Caps are expected to be received by this weekend. So let us begin the topi pehnane ka kaam next week onwards.