Kalewade!

The Group Snap!

Sitting (1st Row) (l - r) Cord, Malika, Rahul, Meera (in his lap), Meha

Sitting (2nd Row) (l - r) Akhtar, Pradnya, Geeta, Aaji, Pramod, Priya, Arjun

Standing (l - r) Sandeep, Lambert, Anuja, Sonali, Ayesha, Rupali, Uma, Jennifer, Gauri and Pankaj


From all over the world,
We all came together,
at a lovely place,
I'd like to call Kalewade!

Three days of absolute bliss,
we spent doing lots of things,
from elaborate meals literally every two hours,
to dances and games of cards,

The stars were glittering all night,
with all the performers shining bright,
Sonali with her lovely voice,
mesmerized all of us in sight,

the kids put up a great show,
Arjun at the helm and malika, rohan, rahul and meha in tow,
and then suddenly, we had a spurt!
where rohan completely stole the show!

and soon opened the bag of stories,
with everyone joining in to share their bits,
anuja with her elephant memory won the bet,
while I was completely awestruck with them!

to imagine the pranks and the things that you'll did,
seems so amazing that i'm still smiling!
what a riot you'll must have been,
and what great fun it all must have been,

just listening to all that had happened,
and then revelling in all that we did,
dancing till it was late into the night,
and singing like there was no end to that time,

all that music and all the fun,
we all sure did have a great time!

our short trip into wai,
was interesting and unique it it's own right,
the musty old wood house smell,
coupled with the peaceful shell,

the sounds resonating within the temple,
and the bell clanging in tandem,

and soon it was time to head back and pack,
the three days were heading to a wrap,
a little bit of agraha and soon we were off,
to an extended vacation for all!

then we all were together again,
at just another venue!
dinners, parties and new years,
with more and more shopping goods!

so many more things to mention,
it's just going to be a while,
the amazing effort and planning that went into it,
led to a seamless smooth vacation trip,

so here's a big thank you to you all;

Aaji, for spearheading all of us and for all the things that you've taught us,
Priya and Pramod Mama, for the planning and execution,
Aai and Papa, for doing so much!
All the cousins for everything that we all did, the cards, the dances, (boy am already missing dard-e-disco and om shanti om!)
All the kids (gosh my nephews and nieces!) for that lovely performance... We all loved that immensely!

Lots of love!!