Church Wedding - Part Two.

GOING TO CRYSTAL SPRINGS.
OR
THEORY OF RELATIVITY.

As usual I missed the wood for the trees or is it the other way round  :) , because what must and should have been in part one was totally missed out ,

Ayesha , SU's daughter was married to Arjun Sanklia .Both Ayesha and Arjun work for Sony Music in Mumbai . He is A Gujju . What came as a surprise was that Arjun's parents were 84 & 82 years young !

Reception time was 1900 hrs sharp at Crystal Springs, Almeida Park . We thought we had some time to kill . But Su said a photo session was arranged at Almeida Park at 1830 so we should proceed there . Harry said there was no place in their vehicle and for us to check with SU ..

 As we got out of the church, met Steve  & Claire Datta in the church court yard . Met Claire after more than 35 years . Claire and June,( another squadron lady), were two ladies favorites with 22 squadron bachelors in general and with Su , Pashu & me in particular as they were good cooks , good hostesses and very easy to talk to .The last was most important factor as far as a village bumpkin like me , never having an occasion or the guts to talk freely to some one from fair sex was concerned :) .We were always welcome at their place and frequently "bounced" them . Of course as the bouncing etiquette's go we used to, if we were sober , carry our own booze and of course some thing to eat . It was different matter that generally at dinner times Pashu and self were mostly on liquid diet :)

It was wonderful to meet her after such a long time .Today Steve is a senior Commander with Pawan Hans. Claire, I believe, is a major force in Delhi so far as bakery products are concerned.Her outlet is at Satushti on Lodhi Road and  her shop, "CLAIRES" is in Chanakyapuri.Christmas dinner for Kushwant Singh is usually provided by Claire

.She was surprised at the changes intervening years had brought about in my appearance and said she would have never recognized me . She had also changed and it is a fact that I also would not have recognized her . I digressed because they were such good friends to a lonely bachelor !!

 We were told that Crystal Spring was very close , almost across the road and we were told to get in the  vehicle provided by SU  and  proceed .We proceeded and we proceeded but even after  proceedings of about 15 - 20 mts , there was still no sign of Crystal Spring ! Finally and at last we reached the venue !! May be Mumbai distances are relatively shorter as compared to Nagpur distances . In Nagpur , railway station which is 9 kilometers is relatively considered and  feels too far , where as the same 9 kilometers is relatively considered and feels very close , just across the street in metropolitan cities like Delhi or Mumbai. May be the differences in relative distances of a small place and a big city is what "Theory of Relativity" is all about , which states "The feeling of distances are inversely proportional to the size of the place" . That explains the fact that  smaller the city or town , bigger/longer the distances and bigger the cities smaller the distances. Q E D . 

Any way we reached the Crystal Palace by 1640 hours ..................

To be Continued .......................