Monday, January 28, 2008
181 with Salman Khan - The Star with The Superstars
> Knights,Tablers,
>
> Attaching the photographs of the Grand Fellowship had With Bollywood Star Salman Khan Courtesy Our HT Sanjay Ramaswamy and Mr Boney Kapoor. The kids had a great time meeting Salman Khan but believe the ladies had a greater time as they met thier Bollywood favourite Salman Khan. A big thanks to Salman for giving his time during a busy shoot schedule
> and a very Special Thanks To Mr Boney Kapoor and our very own HT Sanjay Ramaswamy who made all this possible
> Salman Khan must have been really tired after those photo and Autograph
> session with us.
>
> Attaching the photographs of the Grand Fellowship had With Bollywood Star Salman Khan Courtesy Our HT Sanjay Ramaswamy and Mr Boney Kapoor. The kids had a great time meeting Salman Khan but believe the ladies had a greater time as they met thier Bollywood favourite Salman Khan. A big thanks to Salman for giving his time during a busy shoot schedule
> and a very Special Thanks To Mr Boney Kapoor and our very own HT Sanjay Ramaswamy who made all this possible
> Salman Khan must have been really tired after those photo and Autograph
> session with us.
>
> Lets Rock
> MKRT 181 Rocks
>
> HAMIR SAMPAT
> Magazine Editor
159 @ N-AGM - Its time to Party - Tr. Vipul Datta
Here's a table which rocked at at N AGM in Goa. Check out this link for more snaps:
Hi Kaushik,
You are doing a great job keeping the excitement alive in Area II thru regular mails. Keep it up buddy…………..!!
We, Madras Spice RT 159 had a contigent of abt 20 heads @ NAGM – 7 couples with children.
It was great fun & we will all remember it for a long time……………….
I am enclosing the link containing the pics that show case our trip. There are suitable captions too, to understand the captured moments better.
We want to share our joy and fun with you and with other tablers across Area II, thru the medium of news letter / web blog, if you like ……………
The idea is Goa ki kahani, photos ki zubani - The FUN of GOA NAGM as experienced by a table.
I am sure many tablers would enjoy seeing the whole experience of goa NAGM, as experienced by a table visiting the NAGM.
If you like it, then please post in on the blog etc, so tablers from area II can also enjoy it…………………!!
Re-live the excitement…………………………
http://picasaweb.google.co.in/vipul2007datta/MSRT159GOANAGM1015thJAN08?authkey=FjoRr6wdFcM
‘Njoy & do tell what do you think………..
Vipul Datta
Chairman
MSRT 159
You are doing a great job keeping the excitement alive in Area II thru regular mails. Keep it up buddy…………..!!
We, Madras Spice RT 159 had a contigent of abt 20 heads @ NAGM – 7 couples with children.
It was great fun & we will all remember it for a long time……………….
I am enclosing the link containing the pics that show case our trip. There are suitable captions too, to understand the captured moments better.
We want to share our joy and fun with you and with other tablers across Area II, thru the medium of news letter / web blog, if you like ……………
The idea is Goa ki kahani, photos ki zubani - The FUN of GOA NAGM as experienced by a table.
I am sure many tablers would enjoy seeing the whole experience of goa NAGM, as experienced by a table visiting the NAGM.
If you like it, then please post in on the blog etc, so tablers from area II can also enjoy it…………………!!
Re-live the excitement…………………………
http://picasaweb.google.co.in/vipul2007datta/MSRT159GOANAGM1015thJAN08?authkey=FjoRr6wdFcM
‘Njoy & do tell what do you think………..
Vipul Datta
Chairman
MSRT 159
Sunday, January 20, 2008
On the Blogs - Tr. Kaushik Palicha
The Chairman Shoot-Out
It is a privelege to be a part of one of the most defining Community Service Organisation in the country, and as one of the
largest school infrastructure growth support organisation - RTI - through it's last directive - Freedom Through Education has played
a significant role in the support for education.
As FTE draws to a close - we have avenues, opportunity & creative thought to head towards another area of thought, which would
support our community in the long term. The Chairman Shoot Out - looks at breaking new path - to induce the Chairmen of Area II
to put up their thoughts on the blog, as to what the next directive should be. We have raised this thought earlier through a poll on the blog,
giving various options such as Concern for the Environment, Continuation of the FTE or any other option.
The concept of the Shoot-Out is for the Chairmen of Area II tables to put up theri thoughts, reasons & objectives for the future course for our movement to take up on a National Scale.The Chairmen can post their thiughts on the blog, with the support of photographs, videos, graphics,
or any other tool to send their message across. The jury - H Tr. Satish Jupiter & H. Tr. S K Somani would decide which one
blog can influence RTI's thought process.
The winner would be announced by the first week of Feb 2008 - the winner at an appropriate ceremony would be awarded
a Mont Blanc writing instrument for their effort & the blog would be put up on the National Blogs.The chairman is enocuraged to use the view of his floor
to put up the blog.
This one, will count for the next few years.
The men in question:
Tr. Sethu - Chair, RT 1
Tr. Satish - Chair, RT 3
Tr. Sanjay Lulla - Chair, RT 10
Tr. Dhiraj Walia - Chair, RT 30
Tr. Dharampal Pandia - Chair, RT 39
Tr. Rajesh Sanathkumar - Chair, RT 42
Tr. Bala - Chair, RT 70
Tr. M Venugopal - Chair, RT 82
Tr. Dinshaw Parakh - Chair, RT 94
Tr. Amit Kalra - Chair, RT 95
Tr. Prabhat Sriwastav - Chair, RT 100
Tr. Srikanth - Chair, RT 104
Tr. Praveen - Chair, RT 123
Tr. Ashish Gupta - Chair, RT 124
Tr. Vipul Datta - Chair, RT 159
Tr. Ashok Verghese- Chair, RT 162
Tr. Rajavel - Chair, RT 167
Tr. Rajiv Shah - Chair, RT 181
My the best thoughts win.
Tr. K, Convener IT & Blogs,
Area II, Round Table India.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Community Service RT 181 - Tr. Rajiv Shah
Greetings from MKRT 181
I would like to present to you a brief report on the community service had on the 9th of
January 2008.
The same was an eye camp conducted by us along with .UMA EYE CLINIC. and few
donors from the Germany.
We had the camp in the suburb of Chennai (Kodambakkam) where we organized the
entire camp with the support form UMA eye clinic and donors from Germany. The Camp
started of at 9.30 am and was flagged off by our Chief Guest Mr. WeldingVel (Area
Counselor of Kodambakkam). We had organized 8 doctors to be present and the same
was well informed to the adjoining localities before hand by circulating about 10,000/-
pamphlets bearing the name and logo of Round Table India and Madras Knights Round
Table 181.
The Camp was well attended as we screened 175 patents, out of which 45 were referred
for free Cataract operations and the rest were given free Spectacles from our Sponsor Tr.
Prateek (130 free Spectacles were distributed). The camp also showcased for the first
time what we MKRT 181.ers can do with dedication as the same was visited by an
international organization which is called .Friends for Vision. who were completely in
awe of the organizational capabilities of MKRT 181 that they promised to sponsor the
next 5 such camps and also offered to help us acclaim reputation and try and get sponsors
for our movement.
We have believed in what we do and have the capabilities to challenge the limits, with
this camp we have opened a new chapter with the friends from Germany.
Regards,
Rajiv Shah
Chairman 07-08
Madras Knights Round Table 181
I would like to present to you a brief report on the community service had on the 9th of
January 2008.
The same was an eye camp conducted by us along with .UMA EYE CLINIC. and few
donors from the Germany.
We had the camp in the suburb of Chennai (Kodambakkam) where we organized the
entire camp with the support form UMA eye clinic and donors from Germany. The Camp
started of at 9.30 am and was flagged off by our Chief Guest Mr. WeldingVel (Area
Counselor of Kodambakkam). We had organized 8 doctors to be present and the same
was well informed to the adjoining localities before hand by circulating about 10,000/-
pamphlets bearing the name and logo of Round Table India and Madras Knights Round
Table 181.
The Camp was well attended as we screened 175 patents, out of which 45 were referred
for free Cataract operations and the rest were given free Spectacles from our Sponsor Tr.
Prateek (130 free Spectacles were distributed). The camp also showcased for the first
time what we MKRT 181.ers can do with dedication as the same was visited by an
international organization which is called .Friends for Vision. who were completely in
awe of the organizational capabilities of MKRT 181 that they promised to sponsor the
next 5 such camps and also offered to help us acclaim reputation and try and get sponsors
for our movement.
We have believed in what we do and have the capabilities to challenge the limits, with
this camp we have opened a new chapter with the friends from Germany.
Regards,
Rajiv Shah
Chairman 07-08
Madras Knights Round Table 181
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Shankar Netralaya & RT 95 partnership - Tr. R RSriram
Dear Tablers,
It gives me great pleasure to report on The Rays of 95 for our blog.
Rays of 95 is a historic milestone in the history of MMRT95. A milestone which is a cherished memory for all tablers of 95. I would like to share with you guys the planning and the execution of Rays of 95.
Our projects convener Tr. Govind expressed his desire to do a joint project with Sankara Nethralya at our first council meet in July.
Tr. Govind is on the board of Sankara Netralay and he felt that if we could associate with them , it would give us immense credibility as well as publicity. At that time MMRT 95 was busy in organizing Mardigras. The council was enthused by this project and decided to take it up in earnest after the area 2 agm was executed.
In October we decided to go ahead with this project. Since it entailed a donation of 5 lacs we wanted to make sure the money was well spent. After a couple of deliberations we decided that the money would be used for 95 surgeries in the department of retinal surgeries in Sankara Nethralya. The floor unanimously said go ahead and then we decided to make the occasion grand. It was christened Rays of 95.
At the spur of the moment, Tr. Naresh informed us that his school buddy- World Chess Champion Grandmaster Vish Anand was visiting Chennai and if we could organize the dates accordingly, he felt he could get Vish there. That was like a major draw of energy for us and we all took a deep breath. This was getting heady.
We fixed Nov 12 as the date and started coordinating with Sankar Netralya on the plans of the function . Chairman Emiritus, Shankara Netralya -Dr. Badrinath had a couple of meetings with us and acquainted himself with the activities of RTI and MMRT95 in particular. His humbleness and and bubbly enthusiasm made the project all the more effervescent. He went through the entire planned agenda and suggested that we have a mock chess competition at the venue with Anand to make it lighter and entertaining.
Tr. Naresh then informed us that Vish had confirmed the dates and we got cracking. Our publicity convener Tr. Pon Ravi Chandran went on a blitz and contacted all the major newspapers and TV channels of the city. He personally called up all the news agencies and made sure we had enough journalist attendance.
Then came the day and the news. At 630 am we were informed that Vish had taken ill and would be unable to attend the function. That took the wind out of our sails. We were informed that he was down with a bad viral and he would send his wife and parents to attend. The doctor would give his final report by 3 pm.
The function was to start at 530 pm and were informed at 515 pm that he was on his way. Tr. Naresh and Tr. Arun had gone to his home and had picked him up.
Dr. Badrinath was the chief guest and Area 2 Chairman Tr. Rajesh Gupta was the guest of honour. Grand master Anand was accompanied by his parents and his wife Aruna Anand. The auditorium within the premises of Sankara Netralya was packed with an audience of journalists, Area Board dignataries, circlers and tablers of MMRT95.
The function started on the dot with a welcome address by yours truly .Tr. Govind then presented the Rays of 95 to a packed audience. Rupees 5 lacs was being donated by MMRT 95 to Sankara Netralya for 95 surgeries to be conducted on deserving pateinets through a year. The money would be utilized by the department of retinal surgery on pateients suffering from retinal neuropathy. Since surgeries in this field were expensive , it was decided that this money would be used to subside the cost of surgery for deserving patients. Our Treasurer, Tr. Hemant then presented a cheque of Rs. 5 lacs to Dr. Lingam Gopal, Chairman Sankara Netralya.
Chairman Emiritus, Sankara Netralay Dr. Badrinath then took the centre stage and he gave us a brilliant presentation on the activites of Sankara Netralya. He thanked MMRT 95 for their philanthropic contribution to the institution. He expressed his desire to make this an annual event. He then commended Tr. Govind and his family for their philanthropic activites.
Grandmaster Vish Anand then took over and he expressed his satisfaction in being associated with this project. He commended MMRT95 on the planning and execution of this project. He had to cut short his speech as he was unwell but in a sporty manner he played a mock chess game with Tr. Ritesh who actually put up some resistance before going down. Tablers then took personal photos with the world chess champion.
The event had to be closed a bit early as Vish needed to get some rest . So we wound up and bid adieu to the world chess champion.
MMRT 95 thanks Area 2 Chairman Tr. Rajesh Gupta, Area 2 Project Conveners Tr, Prabhat and Tr. Senthil , Area 2 Publicity Convener Tr, Neville, Area 2 supply house convenr Tr. Ashish Modi and Chairman 162- Tr. Ashok Verghese for gracing the event.
Amit Kalra
Chairman
MMRT95.
It gives me great pleasure to report on The Rays of 95 for our blog.
Rays of 95 is a historic milestone in the history of MMRT95. A milestone which is a cherished memory for all tablers of 95. I would like to share with you guys the planning and the execution of Rays of 95.
Our projects convener Tr. Govind expressed his desire to do a joint project with Sankara Nethralya at our first council meet in July.
Tr. Govind is on the board of Sankara Netralay and he felt that if we could associate with them , it would give us immense credibility as well as publicity. At that time MMRT 95 was busy in organizing Mardigras. The council was enthused by this project and decided to take it up in earnest after the area 2 agm was executed.
In October we decided to go ahead with this project. Since it entailed a donation of 5 lacs we wanted to make sure the money was well spent. After a couple of deliberations we decided that the money would be used for 95 surgeries in the department of retinal surgeries in Sankara Nethralya. The floor unanimously said go ahead and then we decided to make the occasion grand. It was christened Rays of 95.
At the spur of the moment, Tr. Naresh informed us that his school buddy- World Chess Champion Grandmaster Vish Anand was visiting Chennai and if we could organize the dates accordingly, he felt he could get Vish there. That was like a major draw of energy for us and we all took a deep breath. This was getting heady.
We fixed Nov 12 as the date and started coordinating with Sankar Netralya on the plans of the function . Chairman Emiritus, Shankara Netralya -Dr. Badrinath had a couple of meetings with us and acquainted himself with the activities of RTI and MMRT95 in particular. His humbleness and and bubbly enthusiasm made the project all the more effervescent. He went through the entire planned agenda and suggested that we have a mock chess competition at the venue with Anand to make it lighter and entertaining.
Tr. Naresh then informed us that Vish had confirmed the dates and we got cracking. Our publicity convener Tr. Pon Ravi Chandran went on a blitz and contacted all the major newspapers and TV channels of the city. He personally called up all the news agencies and made sure we had enough journalist attendance.
Then came the day and the news. At 630 am we were informed that Vish had taken ill and would be unable to attend the function. That took the wind out of our sails. We were informed that he was down with a bad viral and he would send his wife and parents to attend. The doctor would give his final report by 3 pm.
The function was to start at 530 pm and were informed at 515 pm that he was on his way. Tr. Naresh and Tr. Arun had gone to his home and had picked him up.
Dr. Badrinath was the chief guest and Area 2 Chairman Tr. Rajesh Gupta was the guest of honour. Grand master Anand was accompanied by his parents and his wife Aruna Anand. The auditorium within the premises of Sankara Netralya was packed with an audience of journalists, Area Board dignataries, circlers and tablers of MMRT95.
The function started on the dot with a welcome address by yours truly .Tr. Govind then presented the Rays of 95 to a packed audience. Rupees 5 lacs was being donated by MMRT 95 to Sankara Netralya for 95 surgeries to be conducted on deserving pateinets through a year. The money would be utilized by the department of retinal surgery on pateients suffering from retinal neuropathy. Since surgeries in this field were expensive , it was decided that this money would be used to subside the cost of surgery for deserving patients. Our Treasurer, Tr. Hemant then presented a cheque of Rs. 5 lacs to Dr. Lingam Gopal, Chairman Sankara Netralya.
Chairman Emiritus, Sankara Netralay Dr. Badrinath then took the centre stage and he gave us a brilliant presentation on the activites of Sankara Netralya. He thanked MMRT 95 for their philanthropic contribution to the institution. He expressed his desire to make this an annual event. He then commended Tr. Govind and his family for their philanthropic activites.
Grandmaster Vish Anand then took over and he expressed his satisfaction in being associated with this project. He commended MMRT95 on the planning and execution of this project. He had to cut short his speech as he was unwell but in a sporty manner he played a mock chess game with Tr. Ritesh who actually put up some resistance before going down. Tablers then took personal photos with the world chess champion.
The event had to be closed a bit early as Vish needed to get some rest . So we wound up and bid adieu to the world chess champion.
MMRT 95 thanks Area 2 Chairman Tr. Rajesh Gupta, Area 2 Project Conveners Tr, Prabhat and Tr. Senthil , Area 2 Publicity Convener Tr, Neville, Area 2 supply house convenr Tr. Ashish Modi and Chairman 162- Tr. Ashok Verghese for gracing the event.
Amit Kalra
Chairman
MMRT95.
Resonse to Tr. KJ's (162) Blog - Tr. Vinay Grandhi 181
Vinay - this email was from Tr. K J Santosh of RT 162- forwarded to us by the 162 Chair - Tr. Ashok Varghese.
Thank you for your comments, putting it up on the blog.
Cheers
Tr. K
Convener - Area II
IT.
----- Original Message -----
From: Vinay Grandhi
To: a2blog@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Area II, Round Table India] Nat AGM - Tr. K J Santosh - RT 162
Hey Bro,
I just don't know who wrote this memoir below , but let me tell you I could feel every moment of the fun you guys would have had there while reading this memoir.I have heard similar good times and experiences from my fellow tablers too. I can definitely say this "Hey... how I wished I was there too???".
That is what Tabling movement is all about my Friends....Enjoy every bit of it as long as it lasts and is in the offering...
Regards,
Vinay Grandhi
MKRT 181
Thank you for your comments, putting it up on the blog.
Cheers
Tr. K
Convener - Area II
IT.
----- Original Message -----
From: Vinay Grandhi
To: a2blog@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Area II, Round Table India] Nat AGM - Tr. K J Santosh - RT 162
Hey Bro,
I just don't know who wrote this memoir below , but let me tell you I could feel every moment of the fun you guys would have had there while reading this memoir.I have heard similar good times and experiences from my fellow tablers too. I can definitely say this "Hey... how I wished I was there too???".
That is what Tabling movement is all about my Friends....Enjoy every bit of it as long as it lasts and is in the offering...
Regards,
Vinay Grandhi
MKRT 181
Motions at the Nat AGM - NEX - Tr. Rajesh Gupta, Chair - A-II
Dear Friends,
Warm greetings from the Area 2 Board !!
Given below are the details of the various Motions that were discussed and finalised on the floor of the AGM.
1. Motion 1. - On Supply House by the Nex
Motion was withdrawn
2.Motion 2. - Proposed by Area 1 on Area 10
Motion was withdrawn
3.Motion 3 - Proposed by Area 4 - Decharter of PRT 29
Motion was passed without any Amendment
4.Motion 4 - Proposed by Area 10 - Decharter 0f MRT 168
Motion was passed without any Amendment
5.Motion 5 - Proposed by CCRT 31
Motion was Passed with the following Amenments.
It is hereby resolved that the following information shall be updated after the approval of the NEX on a Quarterly basis in the website of Round Table India and be password protected and available for the information of all the Tablers in RTI.
1. Statement of Income and expenditure in the Admin Account along the budgetted amount and the previous year's figure.
2. Stock,Sale and outstanding amount in Supply House and Greeting Cards.
6.Motion 6 - Proposed by Hubli Tables on Area 2
Motion withdrawn
7.Motion 7 - Propsed by MART 100
Motion 7 : Proposed by Madras Round Table 100.
· The National Projects Convenor will update online the pending list of schools awaiting donors real time.
· A Table is eligible for one application at any given time on a first in first out basis, area wise.
· The application and allotments are transferable to other projects by the same Table.
· The online software shall also use a structured procedure to enable transparency in the project application approval and tracking process.
· The system must cater to disbursement of funds with a method built in for audit.
· All projects to be covered under the portal, both present and ongoing irrespective of funding from RTI.
· Time frame for the application is three years.
8.Motion 8 - Proposed by CART 133
Motion withdrawn
9.Motion 9 - Proposed by KRT 138
Motion Passed as follows.
It is hereby resolved that the following :
While granting permission for the Charter the National President will also allocate the number of the Table be amended as follows.
While granting permission for Charter, the National President will also allocate the number of the Table and such number shall be the next number to the previously allotted number on a continuous numbering system.
10 Motion 10 -On Rs 200/- per Tabler for Table Talk Magazine - Proposed by the Nex
Motion passed as follows
Table talk levy of Rs 200/- per active Tabler based on strength of the Table as on 1st July to be paid along with C- form dues. To bring out 3 issues as per the RTI Calender.
ROAD TO FRIENDSHIP
Regards,
Rajesh Gupta
Area Chairman - Area 2
Rajman Vanijya
123, Linghi Chetty Street,
Chennai - 600 001
Phone : 25268172
Mobile : 98410 - 71733
Warm greetings from the Area 2 Board !!
Given below are the details of the various Motions that were discussed and finalised on the floor of the AGM.
1. Motion 1. - On Supply House by the Nex
Motion was withdrawn
2.Motion 2. - Proposed by Area 1 on Area 10
Motion was withdrawn
3.Motion 3 - Proposed by Area 4 - Decharter of PRT 29
Motion was passed without any Amendment
4.Motion 4 - Proposed by Area 10 - Decharter 0f MRT 168
Motion was passed without any Amendment
5.Motion 5 - Proposed by CCRT 31
Motion was Passed with the following Amenments.
It is hereby resolved that the following information shall be updated after the approval of the NEX on a Quarterly basis in the website of Round Table India and be password protected and available for the information of all the Tablers in RTI.
1. Statement of Income and expenditure in the Admin Account along the budgetted amount and the previous year's figure.
2. Stock,Sale and outstanding amount in Supply House and Greeting Cards.
6.Motion 6 - Proposed by Hubli Tables on Area 2
Motion withdrawn
7.Motion 7 - Propsed by MART 100
Motion 7 : Proposed by Madras Round Table 100.
· The National Projects Convenor will update online the pending list of schools awaiting donors real time.
· A Table is eligible for one application at any given time on a first in first out basis, area wise.
· The application and allotments are transferable to other projects by the same Table.
· The online software shall also use a structured procedure to enable transparency in the project application approval and tracking process.
· The system must cater to disbursement of funds with a method built in for audit.
· All projects to be covered under the portal, both present and ongoing irrespective of funding from RTI.
· Time frame for the application is three years.
8.Motion 8 - Proposed by CART 133
Motion withdrawn
9.Motion 9 - Proposed by KRT 138
Motion Passed as follows.
It is hereby resolved that the following :
While granting permission for the Charter the National President will also allocate the number of the Table be amended as follows.
While granting permission for Charter, the National President will also allocate the number of the Table and such number shall be the next number to the previously allotted number on a continuous numbering system.
10 Motion 10 -On Rs 200/- per Tabler for Table Talk Magazine - Proposed by the Nex
Motion passed as follows
Table talk levy of Rs 200/- per active Tabler based on strength of the Table as on 1st July to be paid along with C- form dues. To bring out 3 issues as per the RTI Calender.
ROAD TO FRIENDSHIP
Regards,
Rajesh Gupta
Area Chairman - Area 2
Rajman Vanijya
123, Linghi Chetty Street,
Chennai - 600 001
Phone : 25268172
Mobile : 98410 - 71733
Nat AGM - Tr. K J Santosh - RT 162
Dear Friends.,
The Goa AGM was one of the most memorable days which will go down permanently in my memory lane for a very long time to come.
I had just no idea where I was heading to since I had not attended a RTI AGM at all. What fascinated me was the destination was Goa with some "co-tablers". It had been quite sometime since I was away from work, therefore it was a worthwhile idea to chill it out with family for a few days before Pongal. Since I did not want to be left away from the crowd, I had asked Prem on the schedule he was fixing for his Goa trip and the next day there was his email with flight details and the car journey he was to take between Chennai to Bangalore and return. I made my schedule exactly as per his except for the second holiday to Yercaud which he was to undertake.
A pre- Goa meet was arranged for the already revved up crowd at Prem's place with Dolly making some authentic Goan dishes to suit the programme like Calamari, Fried Rice etc. As usual it was the laughter combined with booze which started with us making plans to cancel the train tickets of Joops, Shri and all of us driving down on the 12th night, staying at one of my known villas over bonfire and booze. Shri was at his usual best trying to convince Vani that we take the night drive. Anyway, the pre Goan dinner ended up without anything much to finalize but the usual blabbering on things most unusual and unachievable. This was quite obvious since Joops and Shri stuck to their original schedules and Prem and myself were to drive to Bangalore and thenon to take the noon flight alongwith the entire troupe: Destination Goa.
So the next day morning, I recd a wake up call from Joopz at 4 in the morning. We got ready and Prem and me were to meet at Motel Highway at 5. Prem was late by 30 mins so my wife thought that we should have breakfast so we ordered up some steaming idlis and Boost (for the energy required) and as we were in the final stages of gobbling up the last pieces, I heard Prem's Toyota roar into the parking lot. "Come fast KJ , we are late already, just pick up 2 mineral bottles he said". With these 2 water bottles in hand I went up to his car when I convinced him to have breakfast and then scoot. Having finished breakfast we left for Bangalore. The car journey was fun as usual with all the children in my car dancing, singing, popping up their small, beautiful heads up the sun roof and enjoying the cool breeze.
So we were into the Airport at 11:30 when me and Prem parked into the parking lot. I thought we were comfortably in 2 hours before the scheduled departure time of 1:35 PM. Little did I know about the high drama which was to just unravel. As soon as we parked we asked the security guys how much was it for parking the car for 4 days and he said it would be around Rs.1800 per car totalling Rs.3600 !!!!!!!! Prem was definitely not comfortable with this. The time now was 12:15. Prem was now dialling up all his contacts in Bangalore as to whether we could park at his place. Infact he was found asking some tablers as "I am not comfortable with the security at the parking lot so we need a place somewhere to park nearby", I just could not hold up my laughter when someone told a somewhat dismayed Prem that he should pay another 100-200 bucks extra to the security so that he could look after the cars well. At around 12:40 we recd a call from Rajiv Ramamurthy who confirmed that we could park at The Park Hotel, Bangalore. So Prem and me were whizzing up to The Park and we arrived at 1:05. It was sweet on Rajiv to come out, recieve us, arrange transport back to the airport. So we just left the keys and whizzed back in the hotels cab. When we arrived we were smiling since we arrived at 1:28. As we entered the boarding gate, the Spice guys were politely scorning us such as "Where where you guys". The gate was already closed and since the bus was not there, we started to run to the aircraft where I could see the pilots angry face. We were in our seats and at 1:32 and because of the two of us the flight was delayed by 10 minutes. Goes to say that 162 ers can even stop a flight if they wish to !!!!!!!!!!!
We arrived in Goa in good shape and memories. After an hour of drive from Vasco Airport and registrations to the AGM we finally arrive at Calangute where Govenia Holiday Hotel was situated. As we entered we found that none of our names figured in the list of rooms alloted. Joopsz really organized the entire group as well as those for to arrive and we quickly settled in with our families. After a short nap we were all ready for the Hippie party that night. At the hippie party it was easy to recognize the tired faces and the main topics of discussion on the beach front were comparisons to previous AGM's in Mumbai and Kolkata. The entire group really looked like a group of hippies with their long kurtas imprinted with Om all around.
The next day the AGM was to start and the Quorum was establised around 11 AM. Prem and Sunil were the delegates for 162 at the AGM and they had done very well in making it known that 162 had arrived. After 2 hours at the AGM, Shriganesh and Shriram suggested that we leave the place and buy a few beers. When we went down the bar was closed so we went about to a nearby provision store and bought about 6 beers , Budweiser @Rs. 25 each. After, exactly half an hour we were found buying 6 more. With beers in hand we entered the AGM and were witness to the many awards presented to 162 and I was given the Bob Chandran's award which was indeed a motivating experience !!!!! Prem was to take care of the main door and Joopsz had loads of cash with him collected from tablers all over India, which finally he revealed that the final tally was about a lakh of rupees.
After lunch, Shri-G (SG), Shri-R (SR) and me planned to go out to the Baga beach nearby as it was thought that the AGM would be boring. As we stepped out of the AGM we hired a Bajaj Avenger and a Hero Honda Bike. We drove back to our hotel to change. When we arrived we found our ladies were all ready for the beach too, and they had with them an open top Gypsy and a Santro. SG later decided that he had to catch up on some sleep with all the beers inside him, so SR and my self decided to go with the ladies and kids to Baga beach. There at the beach we found Sanjay and Latha too. The kids were at their best frolicking in the silent, soft waves and the ladies were busy with foot massages, tattoing etc. SR, Sanjay, Dundoo, Urmila, Varsha, Samyuktha (Thitha,SR's daughter) and myself were taken into a motor boat after which each of us were seen parasailing. Returning back we did a lot of Jet skiing. Unfortunately or is it fortunately, my jet ski went out of diesel in the middle of the ride and the ski toppled and the waves brought me back to the shore. Again, after a couple of beers we were back at our hotel to get ready for the evening party at Titos.
Titos was simply memorable. All of us for the initial round had some beers or Bacardi with us after which I lost count of the situation, since blood alchohol level for many of us was on the rise. All 162 ers did an amazing jig at the dance floor. Sunil was always found at the Tequila Bar gulping down shots of Tequila with lime and salt. He was also inviting loads of his acquaintances to try out this zing thing. I found the situtaion toooooo much after sometime and at around 2AM slept off in a sofa nearby with my mask on so that passerbys wouldnt recognize me. SG came at around 3 AM woke me up and the group was ready to leave. Joopz was to take control of the Santro. As he pressed on to the ignition, he reversed and smashed into the motorbikes parked behind the car. Enough was enough for Prem and he politely removed Joopz from the drivers seat to occupy it himself. I was enthralled by the steadiness of Prem as he drove us back to the hotel at 4. At the hotel, I remembered that I had not had dinner so myself and SG took the Bajaj Avenger and drove back to Titos, had dinner or was it breakfast ??????? and came back to the hotel at 5 AM after a very chilly drive.
Met the entire crew at Breakfast at 09:30 AM after catching up on some sleep. The AGM continued. After some time at the AGM, again SG,SR and myself decided to explore Goa. So we started off on our bikes. We went to Panjim for some sightseeing by the beach, had a couple of beers and drove down the pictorious highway to Vasco. SR remembered that he had a friend nearby (the Khemkas of NEPC group), so called him and were invited to his place for a sumptuous lunch. As we entered the luxurious villa, we found pigeons all around and Mr.Khemka was feeding them. He took us to his balcony and we could see the entire Goa from there. He ordered for some Biriyani, fish and some beers. He had a lovely swimming pool, jacuzzi and all the frills that accompany a Portuguese heritage villa. After lunch and some discussions on Goa we again drove back. We had done around 120 kms on our bikes for that journey and on the way, SR and myself were caught by the cops as we had no helmets. SG escaped. We payed a Goa salutation fee of Rs.100 to him and we were back on the highway.
We were back at the hotel, got ready for the President's Banquet at La Calypso. The Ultra formals theme had been dropped and TRS and CRS could come in any attire right from bermudas' to banians. It was so nice to see Prem at the dias getting awards on behalf of 162. Abba was great and all around were jiving around to some great numbers. We collected a lot of beers for the coupons remaining and ready to be consumed for the next day. We left after a nice evening and great food.
Next day we relaxed and time flew fast. I was with the kids for a swim. Just before long Sunil and Urmila were checking out of the hotel. A feast was organized for the afternoon and we feasted like hungry lions on Prawns, Chicken, Fish, Mutton with Beers and Breezers around. Before long SG & family checked out and we too were out by 5 PM for our flight to Bangalore and thenon to Chennai. We bid adieu to holidayers, Joopsz,Shriram and their respective families.
GOA WAS GREAT AND SO WAS 162 AND 162 ERS. RECORDED IN MY MEMORY CHIP4EVER. WL NOT FORGET:
JOOPZ for : "Laid back destination", organizing capacity
PREM for: his passion for Tabling and attending AGM
SUNIL for: his Tequilla and Indicators on the Gypsy on that trip to some forests nearby
SHRIRAM for: his cool nature
SHRIGANESH for : his "NAAN MANASTHAN YA" and "ANDHAKALATHU JEE"
For investigations on this contact the individual directly and not on GOOGLE GROUPS.
All in all GOA was GREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREAT
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GREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Regards,
The Goa AGM was one of the most memorable days which will go down permanently in my memory lane for a very long time to come.
I had just no idea where I was heading to since I had not attended a RTI AGM at all. What fascinated me was the destination was Goa with some "co-tablers". It had been quite sometime since I was away from work, therefore it was a worthwhile idea to chill it out with family for a few days before Pongal. Since I did not want to be left away from the crowd, I had asked Prem on the schedule he was fixing for his Goa trip and the next day there was his email with flight details and the car journey he was to take between Chennai to Bangalore and return. I made my schedule exactly as per his except for the second holiday to Yercaud which he was to undertake.
A pre- Goa meet was arranged for the already revved up crowd at Prem's place with Dolly making some authentic Goan dishes to suit the programme like Calamari, Fried Rice etc. As usual it was the laughter combined with booze which started with us making plans to cancel the train tickets of Joops, Shri and all of us driving down on the 12th night, staying at one of my known villas over bonfire and booze. Shri was at his usual best trying to convince Vani that we take the night drive. Anyway, the pre Goan dinner ended up without anything much to finalize but the usual blabbering on things most unusual and unachievable. This was quite obvious since Joops and Shri stuck to their original schedules and Prem and myself were to drive to Bangalore and thenon to take the noon flight alongwith the entire troupe: Destination Goa.
So the next day morning, I recd a wake up call from Joopz at 4 in the morning. We got ready and Prem and me were to meet at Motel Highway at 5. Prem was late by 30 mins so my wife thought that we should have breakfast so we ordered up some steaming idlis and Boost (for the energy required) and as we were in the final stages of gobbling up the last pieces, I heard Prem's Toyota roar into the parking lot. "Come fast KJ , we are late already, just pick up 2 mineral bottles he said". With these 2 water bottles in hand I went up to his car when I convinced him to have breakfast and then scoot. Having finished breakfast we left for Bangalore. The car journey was fun as usual with all the children in my car dancing, singing, popping up their small, beautiful heads up the sun roof and enjoying the cool breeze.
So we were into the Airport at 11:30 when me and Prem parked into the parking lot. I thought we were comfortably in 2 hours before the scheduled departure time of 1:35 PM. Little did I know about the high drama which was to just unravel. As soon as we parked we asked the security guys how much was it for parking the car for 4 days and he said it would be around Rs.1800 per car totalling Rs.3600 !!!!!!!! Prem was definitely not comfortable with this. The time now was 12:15. Prem was now dialling up all his contacts in Bangalore as to whether we could park at his place. Infact he was found asking some tablers as "I am not comfortable with the security at the parking lot so we need a place somewhere to park nearby", I just could not hold up my laughter when someone told a somewhat dismayed Prem that he should pay another 100-200 bucks extra to the security so that he could look after the cars well. At around 12:40 we recd a call from Rajiv Ramamurthy who confirmed that we could park at The Park Hotel, Bangalore. So Prem and me were whizzing up to The Park and we arrived at 1:05. It was sweet on Rajiv to come out, recieve us, arrange transport back to the airport. So we just left the keys and whizzed back in the hotels cab. When we arrived we were smiling since we arrived at 1:28. As we entered the boarding gate, the Spice guys were politely scorning us such as "Where where you guys". The gate was already closed and since the bus was not there, we started to run to the aircraft where I could see the pilots angry face. We were in our seats and at 1:32 and because of the two of us the flight was delayed by 10 minutes. Goes to say that 162 ers can even stop a flight if they wish to !!!!!!!!!!!
We arrived in Goa in good shape and memories. After an hour of drive from Vasco Airport and registrations to the AGM we finally arrive at Calangute where Govenia Holiday Hotel was situated. As we entered we found that none of our names figured in the list of rooms alloted. Joopsz really organized the entire group as well as those for to arrive and we quickly settled in with our families. After a short nap we were all ready for the Hippie party that night. At the hippie party it was easy to recognize the tired faces and the main topics of discussion on the beach front were comparisons to previous AGM's in Mumbai and Kolkata. The entire group really looked like a group of hippies with their long kurtas imprinted with Om all around.
The next day the AGM was to start and the Quorum was establised around 11 AM. Prem and Sunil were the delegates for 162 at the AGM and they had done very well in making it known that 162 had arrived. After 2 hours at the AGM, Shriganesh and Shriram suggested that we leave the place and buy a few beers. When we went down the bar was closed so we went about to a nearby provision store and bought about 6 beers , Budweiser @Rs. 25 each. After, exactly half an hour we were found buying 6 more. With beers in hand we entered the AGM and were witness to the many awards presented to 162 and I was given the Bob Chandran's award which was indeed a motivating experience !!!!! Prem was to take care of the main door and Joopsz had loads of cash with him collected from tablers all over India, which finally he revealed that the final tally was about a lakh of rupees.
After lunch, Shri-G (SG), Shri-R (SR) and me planned to go out to the Baga beach nearby as it was thought that the AGM would be boring. As we stepped out of the AGM we hired a Bajaj Avenger and a Hero Honda Bike. We drove back to our hotel to change. When we arrived we found our ladies were all ready for the beach too, and they had with them an open top Gypsy and a Santro. SG later decided that he had to catch up on some sleep with all the beers inside him, so SR and my self decided to go with the ladies and kids to Baga beach. There at the beach we found Sanjay and Latha too. The kids were at their best frolicking in the silent, soft waves and the ladies were busy with foot massages, tattoing etc. SR, Sanjay, Dundoo, Urmila, Varsha, Samyuktha (Thitha,SR's daughter) and myself were taken into a motor boat after which each of us were seen parasailing. Returning back we did a lot of Jet skiing. Unfortunately or is it fortunately, my jet ski went out of diesel in the middle of the ride and the ski toppled and the waves brought me back to the shore. Again, after a couple of beers we were back at our hotel to get ready for the evening party at Titos.
Titos was simply memorable. All of us for the initial round had some beers or Bacardi with us after which I lost count of the situation, since blood alchohol level for many of us was on the rise. All 162 ers did an amazing jig at the dance floor. Sunil was always found at the Tequila Bar gulping down shots of Tequila with lime and salt. He was also inviting loads of his acquaintances to try out this zing thing. I found the situtaion toooooo much after sometime and at around 2AM slept off in a sofa nearby with my mask on so that passerbys wouldnt recognize me. SG came at around 3 AM woke me up and the group was ready to leave. Joopz was to take control of the Santro. As he pressed on to the ignition, he reversed and smashed into the motorbikes parked behind the car. Enough was enough for Prem and he politely removed Joopz from the drivers seat to occupy it himself. I was enthralled by the steadiness of Prem as he drove us back to the hotel at 4. At the hotel, I remembered that I had not had dinner so myself and SG took the Bajaj Avenger and drove back to Titos, had dinner or was it breakfast ??????? and came back to the hotel at 5 AM after a very chilly drive.
Met the entire crew at Breakfast at 09:30 AM after catching up on some sleep. The AGM continued. After some time at the AGM, again SG,SR and myself decided to explore Goa. So we started off on our bikes. We went to Panjim for some sightseeing by the beach, had a couple of beers and drove down the pictorious highway to Vasco. SR remembered that he had a friend nearby (the Khemkas of NEPC group), so called him and were invited to his place for a sumptuous lunch. As we entered the luxurious villa, we found pigeons all around and Mr.Khemka was feeding them. He took us to his balcony and we could see the entire Goa from there. He ordered for some Biriyani, fish and some beers. He had a lovely swimming pool, jacuzzi and all the frills that accompany a Portuguese heritage villa. After lunch and some discussions on Goa we again drove back. We had done around 120 kms on our bikes for that journey and on the way, SR and myself were caught by the cops as we had no helmets. SG escaped. We payed a Goa salutation fee of Rs.100 to him and we were back on the highway.
We were back at the hotel, got ready for the President's Banquet at La Calypso. The Ultra formals theme had been dropped and TRS and CRS could come in any attire right from bermudas' to banians. It was so nice to see Prem at the dias getting awards on behalf of 162. Abba was great and all around were jiving around to some great numbers. We collected a lot of beers for the coupons remaining and ready to be consumed for the next day. We left after a nice evening and great food.
Next day we relaxed and time flew fast. I was with the kids for a swim. Just before long Sunil and Urmila were checking out of the hotel. A feast was organized for the afternoon and we feasted like hungry lions on Prawns, Chicken, Fish, Mutton with Beers and Breezers around. Before long SG & family checked out and we too were out by 5 PM for our flight to Bangalore and thenon to Chennai. We bid adieu to holidayers, Joopsz,Shriram and their respective families.
GOA WAS GREAT AND SO WAS 162 AND 162 ERS. RECORDED IN MY MEMORY CHIP4EVER. WL NOT FORGET:
JOOPZ for : "Laid back destination", organizing capacity
PREM for: his passion for Tabling and attending AGM
SUNIL for: his Tequilla and Indicators on the Gypsy on that trip to some forests nearby
SHRIRAM for: his cool nature
SHRIGANESH for : his "NAAN MANASTHAN YA" and "ANDHAKALATHU JEE"
For investigations on this contact the individual directly and not on GOOGLE GROUPS.
All in all GOA was GREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREAT
GREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREAT
GREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREATGREAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Regards,
Friday, January 11, 2008
Out of the Box, Think. H Tr. Divyesh Palicha - RT 94
Below are the Interview Questions, which were asked in HR Round..... No one will GET second chance to impress....Very very Impressive Questions and Answers..... ... Question 1: You are driving along in your car on a wild, stormy night, it's raining heavily, when suddenly you pass by a bus stop, and you see three people waiting for a bus: An old lady who looks as if she is about to die. An old friend who once saved your life. The perfect partner you have been dreaming about. Which one would you choose to offer a ride to, knowing very well that there could only be one passenger in your car? This is a moral/ethical dilemma that was once actually used as part of a job application. * You could pick up the old lady, because she is going to die, and thus you should save her first; * or you could take the old friend because he once saved your life, and this would be the perfect chance to! Pay him back. * However, you may never be able to find your perfect mate again. The candidate who was hired (out of 200 applicants) had no trouble coming up with his answer. Guess what was his answer?He simply answered: "I would give the car keys to my Old friend and let him take the lady to the hospital. I would stay behind and wait for the bus with the partner of my dreams." Sometimes, we gain more if we are able to give up our stubborn thought limitations. Never forget to "Think Outside of the Box." Question 2: What will you do if I run away with your sister?" The candidate who was selected answered " I will not get a better match for my sister than you sir"Question 3: Interviewer (to a student girl candidate) - What is one morning you woke up & found that you were pregnant. Girl - I will be very excited and take an off, to celebrate with my husband.Normally an unmarried girl will be shocked to hear this, but she managed it well. Why I should think it in the wrong way, she said later when asked Question 4: Interviewer: He ordered a cup of coffee for the candidate. Coffee arrived kept before the candidate, then he asked what is before you? Candidate: Instantly replied "Tea" He got selected. You know how and why did he say "TEA" when he knows very well that coffee was kept before. (Answer: The question was "What is before you (U - alphabet) Reply was "TEA" ( T - alphabet) Alphabet "T" was before Alphabet "U"Question 5: Where Lord Rama would have celebrated his "First Diwali"? People will start thinking of Ayodya, Mitila [Janaki's place], Lanka etc... But the logic is, Diwali was a celebrated as a mark of Lord Krishna Killing Narakasura. In Dusavataar, Krishnavathaar comes after Raamavathaar. So, Lord Rama would not have celebrated the Diwali At all!Question 6: The interviewer asked to the candidate "This is your last question of the interview. Please tell me the exact position of the center of this table where u have kept your files." Candidate confidently put one of his finger at some point at the table and told that this was the central point at the table. Interviewer asked how did u get to know that this being the central point of this table, then he answers quickly that sir u r not likely to ask any more question, as it was the last question that u promised to ask..... And hence, he was selected as because of his quick-wittedness. ..........This is What Interviewer expects from the Interviewee. .... "THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX"
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Community Sevice at Kishkinta - Tr. Rajiv Shah, RT 181
Dear Tablers & Friends,
Greetings from MKRT 181
We MKRT 181 had organized a picnic at KISHKINTHA for the children.s of our Long Term Project
School .Siragu. along with the help of Rajasthan Youth Association on the 6th of Jan 2008.
The same was organized by the Rajasthan Youth Association under their scheme .Food for All.
and the same was coordinated by Tr. Vinay of our table.
This was one fabulous event where 295 children.s participated with about 30 Escorts for the Children.s
to ensure there safety. The day started with 5 buses coming to pick up the kids and escorts from there
school premises in Avadi (The Buses were sponsored by the SRM Eng. College) at morning
9.00am the kids then were safely seated in the buses and the journey begined to KISHKINTHA.
The journey was made fun with the kids divided in teams and playing Antakshri en-route to the venue.
The same was so much fun that it seemed as if the distance traveled was very fast. Having reached
there the kids were given T-shirts and caps to be worn displaying the message .Food for All.. The
volunteers from Siragu were given lunch and dinner packets to be distributed to all Kids.
The Kids then were given free time to enjoy the Facility at the Park and have as much fun as possible.
After lunch the Kids were asked to assemble for a brief speech by the Chief Guest and chocolates and
Snacks were distributed. The kids were again given free time to enjoy and play.
The day however had to end with every kid protesting to leave the volunteers had a tough time
convincing them. However the very smile on their face said a lot of things words could not have
expressed. The buses were boarded again and the journey back to the school began this time on a
more sober term as the kids were tired after an eventful day.
We would like to thank the Rajasthan Youth Association and Tr. Vinay for the Fantastic programme.
The same was covered in press by The HINDU.
Regards,
Chairman
Madras Knights Round Table 181
Greetings from MKRT 181
We MKRT 181 had organized a picnic at KISHKINTHA for the children.s of our Long Term Project
School .Siragu. along with the help of Rajasthan Youth Association on the 6th of Jan 2008.
The same was organized by the Rajasthan Youth Association under their scheme .Food for All.
and the same was coordinated by Tr. Vinay of our table.
This was one fabulous event where 295 children.s participated with about 30 Escorts for the Children.s
to ensure there safety. The day started with 5 buses coming to pick up the kids and escorts from there
school premises in Avadi (The Buses were sponsored by the SRM Eng. College) at morning
9.00am the kids then were safely seated in the buses and the journey begined to KISHKINTHA.
The journey was made fun with the kids divided in teams and playing Antakshri en-route to the venue.
The same was so much fun that it seemed as if the distance traveled was very fast. Having reached
there the kids were given T-shirts and caps to be worn displaying the message .Food for All.. The
volunteers from Siragu were given lunch and dinner packets to be distributed to all Kids.
The Kids then were given free time to enjoy the Facility at the Park and have as much fun as possible.
After lunch the Kids were asked to assemble for a brief speech by the Chief Guest and chocolates and
Snacks were distributed. The kids were again given free time to enjoy and play.
The day however had to end with every kid protesting to leave the volunteers had a tough time
convincing them. However the very smile on their face said a lot of things words could not have
expressed. The buses were boarded again and the journey back to the school began this time on a
more sober term as the kids were tired after an eventful day.
We would like to thank the Rajasthan Youth Association and Tr. Vinay for the Fantastic programme.
The same was covered in press by The HINDU.
Regards,
Chairman
Madras Knights Round Table 181
Thursday, January 3, 2008
RT 100 - Friendship tour to Hyd. Posted by Tr. Prabhat Sreewastav, after many attempts
RT 189 & RT 100 decided to have better bonding between their Tables and so they decided to have a joint meeting cum Social and RT 100 decided to travel to Hyderabad to do so. What better occasion than an all Hyderabad Table Joint Social on the 22nd of December 2007, the event “WAR OF THE DJ’S” where it was a joint of the 8 Tables of Hyderabad.
We Martians totaling 17 of us left on the 21st by Train and reached Hyderabad on the 22nd to be received by the Tablers of RT 189, after which we were billeted in their houses, after a quick freshening up we landed at Tr. Rajeev Kabra’s house where the Meeting was scheduled.
GIST OF THE MEETING: (22nd December 2007)
(This meeting was fondly known as the Bhai - Bhai Meeting as the Chairmen of these Tables are brothers).
Chairmen Prakash and Prabhat opened up the meetings and after the formalities permission was taken to differ all business to the next meeting , after which the Seargent Tr. Sudhanshu put up the condition that the meeting can only be conducted in the style of the Superstars Rajnikanth and Chiranjeevi. An ice breaker , The Tablers had to Introduce themselves by adding an Adjectives to their names with the alphabet with which their Names start, this was hilarious as we had rib Cracking Adjectives like Pussy Prakash , Piggy Prabhat , Nut Nitin , Vibrant Veeru , Virile Venkat but I guess the far best was the Adjective given by others to Sharad which was “SHUT UP SHARAD” . This Ice Breaker was moderated by The Area 9 Area Chairman Tr. Anand Khara who was kind to grace the occasion.
The Chairmen’s took the oppurtunity to mention their table activities and achievement during the years from charter. They also assured that this is the beginning of a lifelong friendship between the two Tables and the friendship tour will continue hopefully the next gig will be in Chennai. The Bhai – Bhai meeting was closed and we had a Chowki Lunch fellowship after that.
GIST OF THE CHOWKI LUNCH: (22nd December 2007).
A well Equipped Bar was set up and the Lunch was arranged in typical Hyderabadi style which is called a Chowki lunch and authentic Biryani was served and some amazing lip smacking Kebabs as starters which was a killing combo with the drinks , it was really very comforting to sit cross legged and have lunch on a platform served by people, for many of us it was our first experience of a chowki lunch and authentic Hyderabadi Biryani which was so yummy that most of us overate and when they brought the Desert we hardly had place in our tummies, The desert was the Meeta which is made from almonds and once we tasted it we asked for more , by now we could hardly move from our places and we kind of drowsed in a sitting position for some time , After the Sumptious meal Ladies being Ladies planned a trip to Charminar Market for some shopping and men being men went back to their respective houses for an afternoon siesta.
WAR OF THE DJ’S: ( 22nd December 2007 ).
Finally the night had come for what we at MART 100 were waiting for a long time , THE WAR OF THE DJ’s. this was an event organised by all the Tables of Hyderabad an unique concept wherein they asked each Table to nominate one tabler from their Tables as the DJ for the night and after that Hyderabad’s best DJ , DJ Anand trained them for the event , it was to be held in the very scenic place called “Durgam Cheruvu” The DJ’s console was well decorated by compact Disc and beautifully lit up. It was by far the most Beautiful places to have a party , the Chilly weather added to its beauty.
The DJ’s nominated from each Table tried their hands on the wheel and we could say without any doubt that they could give any professional DJ a run for the money. Loads of Peppy numbers were belted out and through out the event the dance floor was packed , there were close to 120 people at the dance floor.
Our very own Tr. Sam who was nominated by our Table had the crowd yelling when he introduced himself as Sam from the land of Rajnikanth, he had most of them on the dance floor with his peppy numbers in Hindi , Tamil and Telugu , he was the only DJ who played a Telegu number, for once you could see the Bartenders and the Servers smiling and dancing.
DJ Tr. Rahul of HDRT 189 was adjudged as the Super Cool DJ , he mixed the numbers with panache and gave us a Rockin time at the dance floor.
The party rocked till the wee hours of the morning and we crawled back to our respective houses tired but happy.
BLOODY GOOD AFTERNOON: (23rd DECEMBER 2007)
HDRT 189 left no stone unturned to give us a fantastic weekend at Hyderabad, after the hectic day on 22nd; they had planned an excellent Get together cum Brunch at Tr. Gautam’s house, you must be wondering why we named this event as Bloody Good Afternoon, well Tr. Nirav was at the Bar making Bloody Maries and so this afternoon was named thus, could tell you that we will travel all the way to Hyderabad again just to drink those BM’s, they were bloody yummy, Nirav started with a lot of enthusiasm but after three hours of making Bloody maries he was dog tired , every time he made a big jug of BM’s it got over in like 5 minutes , and then we would force him out of his chair to make fresh BM’s.
Doc Srini was at his best making Omelet’s for everybody, I am not sure about if the shape was right but the taste was great, after which we had a jam session on old and new Hindi songs with Tr. Kiron and Tr. Rajeev on the vocals and Tr. Rahul and Tr. Prabhat on the percussions, we were so engrossed in the session little did we realize it was past 4 in the evening, we had a great lunch after which we made our premix drinks for the train and left to the station to catch our Train.
We at MART 100 had a swell time at the Train as well, we played cards, joked around, chatted, drank and made merry throughout the journey, and we crashed after 2 in the Morning.
This Friendship Trip was a real eye opener for many of us because we realized what fun these outstation trips could be and how easily we make friends from different cities.
We would like to place on records our sincere thanks to HDRT 189 for playing such great host and giving us a rocking weekend in Hyderabad and we look forward to more such great Weekends. We have started a new Group called friendsof100@googlegroups.com and all the 189ers are included in that.
MADRAS ANCHORAGE ROUND TABLE 100.
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