Act 1 Scene I

Date: Saturday: 28th Aug evening
Venue: Maestro Vik's Place

Mood: The host, Nina and Jo faffing and frowning over long lists of potential attendees, photos from the 1960s and 1970s and other documentary evidence of us years ago...namely Jo's 1973 autograph book.

The Actors:

L-R: Merchi, Nina, Maya


Rungta, our auditor general and finance manager strolled in, all bristling business-sense and updated us on who's paid for the brunch, who's promised to pay and most importantly...how to ensure that many of the remainder do attend and pay. He is as efficient at organizing as he was as a Star Hindi Elocutionist!

Mandy & Rash:
We skyped Manu and Rungta told him to get across for the reunion as the economic revival in the States will arrive shortly after November and work will resume for all Investment gurus and coming to India will become impossible!

Vikram phoned Punam at Dartmouth and we all chatted with our year's amiable marketing genius.

Merchi and his wife Maya, Neville and Sabita, Jo's better half, Juggi, party animal Rashmi Patil-Vig and Mandy as well as Rupande and hubby Bharat all arrived between seven and eight and the drinking and bullshitting went on 'til midnite when a Biryani supper was served.

This was followed by Mridula's spectacular contribution to the evening inabsentia: a fabulous chocolate gateau with the message at left. Meanwhile she has us believing that she is finishing the Cathedral History Book.

Munna, it had better be as good as the cake!

Curtain call: We soldiered on 'til two a.m., bid Maestro Viks goodbye, and vanished into the night thinking fondly of our pasts and dreading the immediate possibility of facing the Breathalizer Squad!

L-R: Jo, Behram, Nina













To be continued....Cheers, Behram