Dear girls,
It was a fantastic reunion, loved every bit of it.
Was fantastic to meet up with the girls(sorry Nishi my lingo is not ladies).. some have grown and matured to delightful young women sp Uma Misra and Jyoti Abrol, their personal growth took me by surprirse...the warmth I received in the many hugs I got from so many girls keeps me warm in the minus 7 temp here at Manchester with 1 foot snow!!
Its such a pity that the reunion was our show and we were sidelined by the Budhees..(sorry to sound like an ageist) who took all the time, and we were given very little time...so much so the VOTE OF thanks was deleted,I guess Anjali you should send the vote of thanks on the google site..LH as sunne waale bhi hum they aur dekhne waale bhi hum they.. I guess you may edit it and include ONE and ALL so that no one feels left out or ignored..
Once again its the sheeer hard work of one and all that made the event a BIG success. though the organising secretary Gauri put her heart and soul, the back stage workers..Seema wasnik(brains behind it ), Anjali nayar, Ritu anand, Uma Misra.(sp the finances). The dancing group who had rehearesed soooo hard and were so well coordinated...hats off to Arti, RITu, anjum, Neeta, , Ripu... and those sonne sardar mundae??
My special thanks to the girls who joined me in the Belly dance and supported me in the true hardonian spirit,, USha gupta, Swapna mallick/talukdaar, Uma Misra and Gauri.. not to miss Nishi and PRITI saini, joh mere se bhi ek kadam aage thee..
Nishi thanks for the hip scarves..rest of u thanks for cheering and joining us on stage!!
Those of you who couldnt come did miss an event of a life time..i will put 400 photos on FB by christmas..
Are the organising secretaies there?? Gauri and treasurer RItu hearing me???
I beleive the funds collected far exceeded the expenses.. and there is NO REGISTERED account of LH 80/84 BATCH.. girls like Swapna who were in a position to arrange finances for the batch were handicaped due to a lack of a registered account..Swapna actually wanted to arrange for an annual get 2gether..which is not really feasible as IT IS DIFFICULT to awaken the KUNDALINI of LADIES (nishi ur language)
also I paid in cash BY HAND and it is the cheeky reply i get is TO collect THE receipt from Jor bagh...BABY DOLL .pls use some of the Spare cash you have accumulated and POST the receipt to my resedential address. in Manchester .the slip is on your part.. acknowldege it..and be accountable..(if u r taking cash by hand pls hand the recipt doosre haath se)
Anjali since the vote of thanks is going to be proposed by u, let me thank u first in anticipation.. for UR participation in every way..the compere ing was fabulous..u remembered little anectodes so well and also not 2 forget GBM and SKP.. thats how we addressed them!!
It was lovely to meet the families.. I must also apologise That I couldnt spend time with all girls as much as i wanted to..
My thanks to Illa aggarwal shah, o .sucitra manjula who came from out of station, ek pukaar dene par..graced the occasion and made it a success.. and to Meena nagrare and Dr. rajeev, karuna and Dr shekhar..who came when given a shout by Seema..
There were many local girls who didnt come.. misssed bonding with their baradaree..(ur loss../??our loss)
The belly dance for me was a personal landmark as well.. caus last year i had multiple level (two levels.L4/5 and L5/S1) disc prolapse..and Jim my orthopod despaired I cant give u results even with surgery at ur age... and Gian my phhysiotherapist worked hard with me and with Katy(belly dancer teacher) I think I have acheived autolysis of the prolapsed sequestered discs..!!
Special thanks to all girls Richa, Vineeta, Priti saini, and Nishi who came from overseas.. and Regrets from those who could not, come..
So till we meet again , Inshallah!!
madhu