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OCTOBER-NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2017 Seasons Greetings Chairman - Dinesh Khanna Dear Member, Director - Nishi Khanna Season’s Greetings to you and your family! President & COO - Tushar Khanna The festive time is upon us and The Club is abuzz with a plethora of activities right from Diwali General Manager & Vice President - celebrations and our popular Bar Nite and Retro evening to much-loved events such as the Fun Operations - Rakesh Gurung Fair for children. We have thoroughly enjoyed bringing them together for you and hope you will Vice President - Sales and Marketing - be a part of these exciting months at The Club. Sarina Menezes Vice President (Finance) - Hemanshu Joshi The rains have finally gone and our outdoor dining spaces are back in action including the much awaited Friday BBQs at the Gardenia as well as the popular The Garden Grill. Dining outdoors Food & Beverage Manager - Sandeep has never been so experiential like it is at The Club even by the poolside. Do try our revamped Sabharwal menu and what it has to offer. Executive Chef - Atish Saxena If wellness is on your agenda this season, meet our yoga teachers who practise different forms of Executive Housekeeper - Kajal Kotak yoga at The Club. Antara Spa has some special treatments like Reiki and Panchadatu to heal and Executive Publisher - revitalise your health. Maneck Davar Spenta Multimedia We are also pleased to inform you that the Taj Bekal Resort and Spa has been rechristened and if you are looking for a quick getaway and a relaxed time this season then this is where you should Sr. Vice President Bobby Daniel head. Editorial There is so much to look forward to at The Club and our joy increases manifold each time you Aliya Ladhabhoy visit and create new memories at The Club. Sr. Graphic Designer THE MANAGEMENT Bharti Khule Digital Imaging Vikas Padloskar CONTENTS MY STORY WELLNESS 08 Marketing 04 20 Renu Saraf on the art of Dr. Ashwini Bhalerao on Group Vice-President Ikebana and Umesh Luthria dental hygiene. Geetu Rai on his book Coffee Shorts 080 25534105 HEALTH ZONE Chandan Kumar 22 COVER STORY 97695 95845 08 Our yoga experts Experience dining under the Gujarat stars at The Club. MEMBER PROFILE Sanjay Chawda 26 Ambrish Jain on his career in 98240 43072 ANTARA SPA 10 the telecom industry. 13 Published by Spenta Multimedia on behalf of Experience holistic healing with Panchadhatu and Reiki. The Club. HOLIDAY 28 DESTINATION For advertising queries and bookings call: OUR SALON 12 Taj Bekal Resort & Spa, Kerala 022 24811023. Festive makeovers Also visit www.theclubmumbai.com TRAVEL The Club Mumbai, GOURMET 30 13 Radhika Shah on her trip to 30 New dining experiences. 197 D N Nagar, Andheri (W), Eastern Europe. Mumbai 400 053 Tel: 022 6611 7777 16 READING CIRCLE PHOTO GALLERY Art and craft activities, Fun 32 Fair and more. BOARD OF ADVISORS AT THE CLUB 34 UPCOMING 19 LITTLE IVY EVENTS Farzana Contractor Kirit Damania Creative sleepwear for Rashmi Uday Singh Anil Harish children. Sabira Merchant K. N. Gandhi 28 Meka Rajyalaxmi Rao Sandip Shah Ranjan Kapoor Subhash K. D. Ghai Sunil. K. Alagh Rajpal Singh Chowdhury Asif Adil Ajit G. Khimji Nana Chudasama Gary Harilela Udyan Bose A. K. Bhalla K. K. Nohria Sharad Patel Ghanshyam Sheth Ben Trivedi 2 OCTOBER-NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2017 MY STORY IKEBANA Our member Renu Saraf recently held an Ikebana exhibition at The Club. She talks about the art of Ikebana and how it has impacted her life. lowers were always a part of me. Since childhood, I have loved flowers. At that time I didn’t Fknow what flower arrangement was. I was more into gardening. The rose was the easiest flower to grow. It helped me connect with the flowers rather than Ms. Nishi Khanna, Mr. Hiroyuki Uchida and Ms. Renu Saraf just buy them from a florist. I used to visit plant and flower exhibitions held by different gardening societies in I have 48 students at the moment that Mumbai. A number of years later, I came range from the beginners to students across an advertisement for an Ikebana pursuing the 6th level. We teach them exhibition. I attended it and was totally I started teaching with a few students. how to procure new materials, to overwhelmed. I then spoke to Ms. Leela Soon the number of students multiplied incorporate unusual elements as well as Rajkumar, who is now my guru, to learn and we became friends and more like various techniques. We use a lot of waste more about the Japanese art of arranging family. For me, it’s a passion and I love material which is called Wabi Sabi in flowers. I studied under her and later sharing my passion with my students. Japanese. went to Japan for further training. This art is not only about creation. It also gives you a lot of inner happiness. In a I have been teaching for 18 years now. Initially, I started learning it as a hobby. way it is meditative; you feel very calm Many of my students have started their I used to arrange flowers in my house for and focused when you’re doing this art. own flower shops or consult with hotels, parties and for my friends. I learnt the offices and even cater to weddings. Some art from the Sogetsu School of Ikebana We hold an annual exhibition every have even made it a family business by and have completed all the 12 levels of year. We are in touch with the consulate having their husbands and sons join in. training, which took me 20 years. Once of Japan and we have a lot of events I completed the first 5 levels, my teacher together. They are very supportive. I wish to bring a lot of international was very keen that I start teaching. There We just came back from a big Ikebana masters to Mumbai in order to take my was no one in the suburbs of Mumbai convention in Japan in April. The classes to another level. I also want to who was teaching Ikebana and she students thoroughly enjoyed all the promote the art form. I think younger thought that I could capitalise on this. I workshops and the demonstrations that children should also be introduced to it as was hesitant and not so keen but because they attended. They got to learn so much it is very meditative. Ikebana is a beautiful she pushed me, I have been able to and came back with a lot of inspiration art. Once you get attached to it, you achieve a lot and I am very grateful to her. and were able to hone their skills. never feel like giving it up. ' 4 OCTOBER-NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2017 MY STORY AN OASIS OF CALM Umesh Luthria talks about how he took solace at The Club while he penned Coffee Shorts, a collection of short stories. the tennis court and the gym. The Club has of late become a kind of second home thanks to the facilities, upkeep, service standards, and more so the always-so-friendly staff. Writing a book in such an environment has been an enjoyable experience. My book of short stories called Coffee Shorts is available on Amazon.in. Those who have read hen I was twelve, I would a place where I could be lost or found it, have liked it, and have encouraged me frequently visit the club depending on will. It struck me that my to write my next book. It’s something I at Lands End in Bandra. mind was asking me to find a replica of am working on, and you will see me at WThe club was in its early the space the two writers of yesteryear one of the many venues at The Club days and had only a handful of members. had found in that club at Lands End. tapping away furiously on the keyboard Among the regulars, were two men who With it gone forever, I wondered if I or just lost in my own thoughts with a would sit under the shade of the pergola would be lucky enough to find such an paper and pen. Until then, I invite you to by the seaside with a large stack of books. oasis. read some of my earlier works on https:// The two would spend hours together www.facebook.com/umeshtheauthor/. reading the books and scribbling notes, Fortunately, the Eureka moment struck I look forward to having you read many while enjoying a drink or two. When me one early morning, on my way to more of my stories. ' I saw them, I always thought that they the tennis courts. The refuge I needed were leading a great life. Several years was right here at The Club. Yes, I could later, I realised that those two men were have settled for my little quiet office none other than script writers Salim- right next to my house; but, I certainly Javed, the minds behind some of the best could not have enjoyed the comforting Join us for a discussion with Umesh Luthria Bollywood movies. warmth of the winter sun by the author on his poolside while sipping on some freshly book Coffee Shorts. Later in life when I decided to write a brewed coffee, or take a long thoughtful book, I was looking for a place where walk in the gardens or find some soulful Venue: The Library @ The Club Date: Sunday, 8th October I could be inspired to write. I wanted peace and quiet in the library. one where I could channel my inner For more information connect with creativity; a place that would feed me I have been a member for 12 years now Vaishali on +91 9820416573.