Autumn Exodus

Members wish Zarina Khan bon voyage

We are in October and in another fortnight, we should be celebrating Dussehra. Every year, at this time, the Club witnesses a massive exodus, though not for festive reasons only. The comings and goings continue for a good two months, long after Diwali is over.
Already Bijoy Gupta has taken off on a week-long break with wife Pushpa. In another four days, Shekhawat would be leaving for his ancestral village in Rajasthan to celebrate Dussehra with his relatives and childhood friends. He intends to extend his sojourn with a pilgrimage to Mathura-Vrindavan and Ayodhya later in the month.
Today, Zarina Khan said her goodbyes before departing for Doha, Qatar. Her son stays there and she needs to meet her new-born grandson “before he becomes too big to handle”, she joked. She does not intend to return before December 1.
Meantime Siba Prasad Maitra has a trip lined up for Calcutta while Dilip and Kajal Babani will be visiting their daughter in Melbourne, Australia. Geeta Latte shall be gallivanting with guests in Goa. And then there is Bhaswati Bose taking a trip to Udaipur and Mt Abu on November 16. Kiran Prakash, Banoo Apa, Nahid Khan, Santosh Tyagi, Nafisa Sayed, Naheed Siddiqui, Lakshmi Hadimani and others have signed up on this trip.
These are just a few names to be missed in the coming weeks. There are several more whose travel plans have not yet been finalized. In other words, we should brace ourselves for a drop in attendance at the Garden from now on.

Karun Sharma:
I am also leaving on 16th November -- to have fun with my BHU friends at Bengaluru and Mysuru.

Bihari Milwani:
So long as all the members do not disappear together, our club will keep on walking... sorry running!