Khopoli Abandoned

Animated discussions on the picnic to Saina Resort

Shekhawat surfaced this morning, all pepped up and cheerful. Yesterday was clearly forgotten. No explanation was given on his sudden disappearance (ref yesterday’s post) and none asked of him. Instead, he was cornered on the place he is to decide for the picnic this week. Or whether the plans had been abandoned altogether.
“Saina, Saina, Saina,” he retorted. “But I cannot commit until people pay.”
Some like Nahid Siddiqui and Rakhee Bansi had paid up taking Shekhawat’s word that it would be Khopoli this time (ref post of July 31). Turns out he had got this idea from his daughter-in-law who was recently there with her colleagues, but could not recollect the name of the resort. Shekhawat gave her time to jog her memory and has drawn a blank after waiting a week.
Meanwhile, Dilip Babani explored other options on the Net within an hour’s drive from the Garden and finally zeroed in on Saina Resort in Madh Island.

Dilip Babani helps Shekhawat in cash collections

This is a tried and tested destination

Kiran Prakash

as we had been there last year (ref post of November 26, 2016). Since everybody was happy with the place, there was no issue in obtaining a consensus. Yusuf Rassiwala however, wanted the date to be pushed beyond Independence Day and thus, August 18 [Friday] has been fixed as of now.
The latest is that Kiran Prakash called up Saina Resort during the day and has worked out a good deal -- provided we are a minimum of 30 in the group. Considering that almost 20 members have already paid by now, we should well exceed that number.

Lt Col Angad Singh (retd):
All's well that ends well. After all, our dear Shekhawat has succeeded in finding a place which is acceptable to everyone. What a great relief! Enjoy the picnic and keep laughing.

Karun Sharma:
It is a right decision by the group. In spite of my desire to join, I shall not be able to make it because of pre-fixed events. Enjoy the day friends. Let me wait for divine intervention to make it happen for me too.