On Course

Mrs Rassiwala

Mrs Shekhawat

The annual subscription drive for renewal of club membership is on course. Belying general apprehensions, most members have already paid up, taking defaulters and dropouts

Getting baked in the morning sun

to a bare minimum. But these are on expected lines.
So are a couple of fence-sitters, waiting as usual, to be invited separately on their own terms. Some like Qadir Bano and Urmila Sinha are currently out of circulation while a few, such as Karuna Waghmare and Santosh Tyagi are

Arun Patil

caught up in certain intractable domestic issues for the moment. Arun Patil has, of late, got busy with his film work.
The continued absence of all these people during the exercises had given rise to misgivings about depletion in our membership strength. Even Sitaram Hivarkar had commented the other day (ref post of April 9) about a perceptible drop in attendance – obviously not factoring in the unbearable heat and humidity in the morning that tends to keep people indoors.
On the positive side, there have been a couple of re-entries in the Club.

Karuna Waghmare

Santosh Tyagi

Niloufer Rassiwala and Mohankanwar Shekhawat, who had excused themselves last year (because of their inability to be punctual and regular) have renewed their membership. Their spouses have paid the annual subscription on their behalf.
In another gratifying gesture, Banoo Apa and Rukhsana Khan have also paid up for the year. Both are relocating to Goregaon, coincidentally in the same building complex, which would be way, way beyond walking distance from the Garden. They have decided to pitch in together for a daily auto-rickshaw commute, just so that they are able to retain their membership. Such love and attachment towards Big Laaf can only be regarded as exemplary.