Reunion at Bombay Brasserie, South Kensington, London

Sunday, 24 January 2010

We met at noon over lunch at the Bombay Brasserie in South Kensington.  The setting was excellent, the food delicious and the Kingfisher beer perfect.

But it is not the setting or the food that matters: it was meeting the people.  It was wonderful to say hello to old friends and to catch up with each others news.  For example: Ranju gave us the happy news of the recent birth of her grandson, Jay.  Piyush and Jyotshna told us of their adventures up Kilimanjaro last summer.  Jagdish and Kusum told us of their recent trip to Jordan.  Gurdeep and Sati told us of their commendable charity mission to Makindu where their group provided free dental treatment to over 500 people.  Some of us (Anil, Shashi and Pradeep) described last summer's fantastic trip to Ladakh in the Himalayas (pictures to follow soon).  It was great to meet our Eastleigh School Biology teacher, Mr Saleh Mamon, ebullient as ever, an ardent supporter of Amnesty International.  One newcomer was Krishan Lal Sharma - Tulsi as we called him.  He is another classfellow that we have now met from the Std 4A picture of 1961!

Pali (Bhupinder) suggested we should have more communication in addition to gatherings like today.  Such communication as births, marriages, successes, how our children are progressing etc.  Good idea!  For a start, if anyone sends me a family picture, I can put it on the website and add any relevant news alongside.

Till next time, kwaheri!

Upper picture

Standing from left:  Jagdish Tolia, Alka Desaur, Vijay Patel, Suman Mahindru, Krishen Sharma, Neerja Luther, Ajay Mahindru, Neeru Phakey, Mukesh Phakey, Sati Bahra, Saleh Mamon, Nin Sidhu, Rai Desaur, Bharti Patel, Piyush Shah, Kusum Tolia, Amrik Mahindru, Jyotshna Shah, Irene Lakhani

Sitting: Ranjna Morjaria, Bhupinder Sidhu, Shashipal Aggarwal, Anil Lakhani, Gurdeep Bhara, Pradeep Luther

Bottom picture

Standing: Jagdish Tolia, Vijay Patel, Krishen Sharma, Ajay Mahindra, Neeru Phakey, Mukesh Phakey, Sati Bahra, Saleh Mamon, Nin Sidhu, Rai Desaur, Bharti Patel, Piyush Shah, Amrik Mahindra, Irene Lakhani

Sitting: Ranjna Morjaria, Bhupinder Sidhu, Shashipal Aggarwal, Anil Lakhani, Gurdeep Bhara, Pradeep Luther