Birthday Season

Birthday girl Geeta Latte takes a selfie to mark the occasion

For the past one week, we are having a surfeit of treats – mostly of birthdays – so many that we have lost count of them. And we are still not done.
Today morning, it was Geeta Latte’s turn to usher in her big day with chocolates.

Moti turned a proud 90

Yesterday, Bhaswati Bose did so. Next week, two more big birthdays are coming up – Yusuf Rassiwala’s and Razia Khan’s. But the biggest of them all is what Bijoy Gupta is calling ‘The Super Birthday’.
This mega birthday bash is being planned

Zarina Khan had celebrated with pedas

for July 23 (next Tuesday) at the China Gate restaurant and is being jointly hosted by all the July-borns (but for a couple of exceptions) of the Club. Over 20 members are expected to converge over lunch and shop talk for which bookings have just been made. Last year, the venue selected for the joint-birthday celebration was Kailash Parbat across the road.
China Gate is rated high by our members mainly for its fabulous non-veg fare, the wonderful (read spacious) ambience and a mind-boggling variety of items on the buffet menu. In plain gastronomic terms, dining at this restaurant is regarded as VFM -- value for money.