11th Sun: If one looks around, you find many
people as owners of Bunglows and exotic properties. But do they enjoy it?
Mona knows how to enjoy ‘Bunglow’ life. Most of the people
buy Bunglow for snob value. They move around in circles where you have to say,
‘I have a Bunglow…..blah..blah…blah’. They hardly spend time there, leaving the property for servants to enjoy. For those
people, real holiday is going out of country or relaxing in 5 star
environments in posh location in India.
Good thing about Mona is that she enjoys the brief stays at her Bunglow, taking time out from daily grunge of life. She will take
care of minor things, ligting that corner, reparing that section, do gardening during her routine visits. For her, if Bunglow is not laced with latest luxuries, it is ok, but all comfortable living gadgets should work in perfect condition. Be it boiler, TV, micro wave or flood lights. Then
when she is satisfied with appearance of Bunglow, she will invite few guest one
at a time. She is very particular about appearance, comfort, food etc. This week,
she has camped at her Bunglow for six days with Shobha / Dimpi / Ananya [three
generations] and send invitations to all. We were accepted as first guests on
Sunday for overnight stay. Rest of chawla sister with follow, one by one.
I had during this stay, one mission, click Ananya’s picture. Sweet, ‘Shant’
kid, born to Indian Sindhi couple, settled in UK. In London, she is surrounded
by her parents only. And in Khandala she was surrounded by 10 people, pampering
her, pestering her, drawing her attention, but she only stuck to her mother and
‘Nani’ like a glue. She is programed in such a way that every 10
minutes, her body will automatically turn in her mother’s direction, wherever
she is, and grab her!
On Sunday night, Kashyap and myself played with lights for
photography experiments. Dhwani has not started to glow, so this experiment with her in glowing lights is presented here. Soon, glowing Dhwani's will adore this space.
Next day was Photo Shoot day of Ananya, which eveyone
enjoyed fully. I kept clicking, Dimpi kept changing her dresses, Shobha kept running after her, Muskan & Pashu kept giving her posing instructions. This must be first Khandala visit when Pashu and Muskan happily allowed
Ananya to over shadowed them as photo subject.
Mona had planned ‘Lal Loi’ for the evening. Excellent
climate, Family in attendance, A baby full of joy, superlative food by Mona, no
pollution, no noise, no TV, no mobile.
What else can you demand from life?
Akshay & Muskan are having Gala time, on Monday they
returned from two days weekend(?) from Khandala and again they were off to
Lonavala for Saturday – Sunday weekend, this time with Pinakin and Payal
Chandan with twins in tow from Mumbai. Chandan Family of Sindhi Building, Ghatkopar is
still deeply attached with us. On off we keep talking about them and are in loop vai our kids. Kashyap –
Dhwani drop in Ghatkopar, to have lunch with Illa and enjoy playing with Pinakin’s twins, thus life rolls on.
One more Dodeja wedding preparations are on. This is going to be in
Hydrabad or if boy side agree in Mahableshwar. Most of the guest from our side
will be from Mumbai – Ahemdabad and Pune. This is confirmation of generation
shift. If Dada was first generation in India, the current lot of boys and girls
getting married is fourth generation! i.e. great grandchildren of Lokram
Pessumal Dodeja. First great grand child to get married was Neha in 2004.
by P G Dodeja
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