February 9

Discussions in progress for the Annual Function

Saturday, February 9, 2019 is the “tentative date” the club has fixed for the upcoming Annual Day function (ref post of November 29).
Making the announcement today, Siba Prasad Maitra said that any date after this may be quite inconvenient as summer would have set in by then. “We shall have time to hold ten rehearsals by February 9,” he opined. "That should be enough."
The announcement comes close on the heels of the finalization of the two plays to be staged on the occasion.

Banoo Apa (l) distributes kaju caramels

Both have been conceived and scripted by Bijoy Gupta – one titled Dilip Kumar and the other, Feku Baba. The latter was read to a select audience yesterday and approved.
“We shall have music, songs and dances as well,” Maitra added. “Since I have taken the responsibility (of organizing the function), just leave it to me.

Rushsana Khan (l) lovingly feeds Banoo Apa a peda

We will put up a good show with everybody’s cooperation.”
This was music to many ears -- particularly those who, in the absence of any rehearsal yet, were skeptical about whether the function would actually take off. For the last Annual Function (ref post of January 20) rehearsals had begun four months in advance.
Meanwhile, Rukhsana Khan celebrated the arrival of a new member in her family with pedas. Her daughter, Sadaaf has been blessed with a baby boy. Our blessings (and the customary fourth laugh this morning) go to mother and son.
The best part though was our irrepressible Banoo Apa partaking in the celebration with gusto. She distributed kaju caramels as her personal treat for Rukhsana turning grandma (yet again)! Who, in this time and age, would have such a giant heart? It seems almost unreal.

Siba Prasad Maitra:
Upon seeing the doubts raised on the Annual Function, I wanted to take the responsibility assuming full support from all members. I know that two months are not sufficient for a programme like this. But I strongly believe if we all work with a firm determination to make it happen, it is possible. Requesting all members to support, cooperate and take active part to ensure the Annual Function does not get clubbed with a picnic and that we do justice to it.