We were rarely home before 3 a.m. on Sunday mornings. Or there would be a movie at the 9.30 p.m. show, followed by tea and small eats at Café Mayrose, next to the Metro. And long, wonderful weekends at Freny’s sister’s place on Aksa beach. We travelled extensively by car and train in India, and tours abroad to Europe, U.S.A, and the Maldive islands.
After I became a member of The Club, Mahabaleshwar, in 1994, we visited my second home at least three times a year, with a full contingent of family and friends, and the fun we have had there is beyond imagining. During the children’s Navjote in 2004, our cousins from abroad had gathered en masse in Bombay, after which I took all 16 of them for a great holiday in Mahabaleshwar.
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With the passage of time, most of our happy company has passed on, my Freny two years ago, Ferriel’s husband Mike, three months later. Of the old crowd, Rutty, my waltz partner, is still around at age 94, well done! She is actually my mum’s first cousin, but due to the extended families of yore, there is a difference of only four years between my aunty and me.
Similarly, Ferriel in the UK at 79, could be termed my niece, as her mum and I were first cousins. Finally, yours truly is pushing 90, in cricketing parlance the nervous 90s – waiting to see if I can carry my bat…
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