It was an eventful day for THC's resident CCE which was capped off with an evening bash at the Platinum Point, Presidency Club, Chennai. The bash had thin attendance and only the following made it to the event Padmanabhan, Bhala, Rengaswamy, Dr Gaytahri Srikanth, VP, Ajeesh and self (as a surprise factor for the B'day boy) with the B'day boy and Mrs Gita Rishikesh. Appended below are some of the photographs.
Mrs Gita Rishikesh, Dr Gayatri Srikanth and Venkatesh Prabhakar (VP)
Padmanabhan, Rengaswamy and Bhalachandra Pasupathy (Bhala)
The B'day cake
B'day boy and self
The cake and candles with an extra one for luck
CV reading out the inscriptions on the cake
Gayathri, Gita, CV, Bhala, Padmanabhan, Self, VP & Rengaswamy
A piece to eat at last
A piece for the better half
Padmanabhan reads out the poem composed by Mrs Pavalamani Pragasam (PP)
....and presents it to him
A bouquet for Gita
CV reading out PP's poem
A gift for the B'day boy from Kishore, Arden, Shuchi, Bhavan, VP, Sandhya, David John, Suresh, Padmanabhan, Gayathri, Phantom, Ramesh, Dr Srinivasan, Ajeesh, Bhala and Self
Ajeesh who arrived just as the cake was beng cut with VP and CV
The gift, a SONY digital photo frame
Self, Padmanbhan, Rengaswamy, VP, Ajeesh, Gayathri, Gita, CV and Bhala at wind up time
Last but not the least a big big thank you to Bhala and Padmanabhan for putting in their time and effort to organise the evening, great job done by both of them.
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Thanks Col for posting these pictures which brought me vivid memories of S & B meet 1.Missed the event and the opportunity to meet the new friends.
ReplyDeleteThank you Padmanabhan & Bhala for your splendid efforts.
Now I know what I have missed. Congrats to everyone involved.
ReplyDeleteThank you Bhala, Padmanabhan and everyone else.
ReplyDeleteThanks for putting up the pics so quickly Col. Was great to have you there. Sometimes the benefit of a smaller group is that one gets to spend more time with each other. Enjoyed the evening.
ReplyDeleteCongrats once again CV, was a pleasure
Thank you for all the complements, but the pleasure certainly was ours. Rightfully all the credit should go to Bhala since he shouldered a heavy burden. A real surprise to have the photos so soon with captions also in place. A late night effort by Col. on the train?
DeleteNot on the train Padmanabhan. I had to do it after getting home as I was out like a light after I got onto the train, in the bargain I missed KR Puram station and had to get of Bangalore Cantt and take an auto back home. I am lucky I woke up there else I may have landed up at City Station or even Mysore!!!
DeleteCol.'s presence really floored me and Bhala kept the surprise element going.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the pictures. Those of us who couldn't be there can at least get a glimpse of the cake if not a piece of it :)
ReplyDeleteBhavan: and those who attended, have the double benefit of having their cake and eating it too !?
ReplyDeleteThanks, Colonel, for letting us virtually participate in the besh, besh, bash of Rishi, by posting the pics. How do you manage your time by travelling at such short notice and being a Rip Van Winkle too?
Alas, being in a Type II City !
Congrats to the Organizers for knitting the Family together.
Good size gathering at short notice. I wish I had been there. Deepak is certainly a much better photographer than I am:))
ReplyDeleteI am told that you took 25 snaps during your last meeting with Bhala and all off them came out perfectly Jet Black!!!
DeleteThanks for sharing the pictures. Great to see you all.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the Pics Colonel (and the surprise visit). Many thanks Bhala/Padmanabhan for organizing this get-together. Had a wonderful time at the event.
ReplyDeleteIt was a great surprise to see Col. in the pic. I sadly missed out.
ReplyDeleteCV Sir, Wishing you a happy 70th birthday and beyond. Your enthusiasm and vigor are an inspiration for me and it is my loss to have missed out on your 70th bash.. Col., Thanks for posting the pictures and giving me an opportunity to share in the occasion. - Veer
ReplyDeleteHi Veer,
DeleteNot seen you on the blog since long?
Hi Col., I do check in on your blog off and on (a tough habit to kick, even if I were to try!) mostly because I enjoy reading the banter. But, I have not been solving the hindu crosswords lately - at least since the iPhone app stopped working properly. Wonder if the app creators have fixed it now but found the job of printing and solving on paper a bit of an extra step that I could not get to on a regular basis.
DeleteI answered my own question on the THC app - seems the version works now (and probably has for some time I would imagine as I had not checked in a long while). Hopefully I can get back into it now..
DeleteGreat to see the gang. Sorry i could not make it. All credit to BP for organising things.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the pics Col. Missed a great celebration.
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