Seminar Confirmed

Sakina (r) and Hussain (l) flank Yusuf Rassiwala

First the good news. Sakina Hashmi has consented to address the Club this Saturday on dietary dos and don’ts suited to seniors like us. Stemming from our interaction with her day-before-yesterday (ref post of April 15) the topic for discussion is being tentatively titled as ‘Should We Eat to Live OR Should We Live to Eat?’
All members are invited to pick Sakina’s brains at 8:00 a.m. on April 20 in the China Hut.
This would however, be more in the nature of a symposium, rather than seminar. Sakina will take questions from participants and share her knowledge on her chosen subject of academic specialisation. As mentioned in the earlier post, she is a qualified dietician having done her Masters in Human Nutrition from Montreal, Canada.
But more than the scholarly tag, what sets Sakina apart from run-of-the-mill dieticians is her ability to instinctively connect with the issue afflicting an individual. She carries her learning lightly. And that is what has endeared her to us. So when she showed up this morning for a round of badminton with her nephew, Hussain it felt like family.
Incidentally, there was no bad news today. Unlike yesterday (see post), the weather gods this morning were rather benign out of what Nahid Khan described as “sympathy” towards us. In fact, it was even breezy at times. But is the worst over? Nothing can be said till June, when monsoon is expected to descend.