Joint Treat

Happy Birthday, Gita Latte

A jumbo celebration is in the offing with four July-borns getting together to host a 'joint party’ later in the month. Nahid Siddiqui, who could not celebrate her birthday last month, is also likely to join Yusuf Rassiwala, Banoo Apa, Razia Khan and Bhaswati Bose on this occasion. The date and venue however, remain to be decided.
Meanwhile Gita Latte, who was unaware of any such plans, celebrated her birthday today with cake-biscuits. The customary fourth laughter was raised for her soon after the exercises and elders of the Club blessed the girl whole-heartedly. She is incidentally, one of the younger (if not the youngest) members of the Club. We wish her once again, many happy returns of the day – a long and healthy life, good prospects and everlasting happiness.
As for the others, the practice of pooling in for a joint celebration is not new – just that it had been discontinued over the past three or four years following objections from certain quarters.

No clarity on the picnic as yet

The same objections were raised today with many old-timers insisting that even if it were to be toffees and lozenges, the treat should be individual and on his/ her birthday only.
Another sticking point is the idea of a ‘hotel party’, as suggested by Razia. “Whatever party we have should be within the Garden,” Srichand Arora had declared. The counter-argument to this is the birthday ‘boy’ or ‘girl’ should have the prerogative to decide how and where he/ she would like to celebrate and if some people do not approve, so be it. There is after all, no compulsion on anybody to partake in any celebration.
These issues have cropped up afresh because of the intervening Ramzaan month when a large number of members had perforce stayed away from the Garden. Yusuf Rassiwala and Razia have still not resumed, but a decision has already been taken by them for a joint celebration instead of separate treats. Once these two join, the picture shall become clearer.
Kiran Prakash:
Happy Birthday Gita Latte. Many happy returns of the day. I am also eagerly waiting for the JUMBO joint celebration. Please keep us posted on further developments.
Harish Wadhwa:
A very Happy Birthday Gita. Tum jiyo hazaaron saal saal ke din hon pachaas hazaar...
Bihari Milwani:
It looks like that after fasting for Ramzaan, everyone is very hungry and hoping for a grand party.