friday evening we had a get together with families of avaya's siblings -- nirmalji, kalpanaji and shantiji. muwa came down and sat for the entire time. patan side was nearly all there.. aside from eelum, daji and milan, then samdhi and samdhini from pulchowk, battisputali, along with seba who is in town right now, and bishalnagar including new jwain nischal... lots of people in the baithak, but lots of fun, tailended by a string of songs sung by shantiji's husband pravesh man shakyaji... (many photos towards the ebd taken by avaya too)
kalpanaji, ninaji muwa, mami and prava
the youngish corner --
... in more detail... with nikki, salistha and palistha...
sasura and jwain chat up as cholu serves the snacks to her mama and phupaju
.. then serving her 'hujbyand'...
...sebu, pakku and shanta in another corner... milap on the floor
... then followed a round of introductions... all in relation to cholu (priya) this is mami saying muwa is priya's great grandma...
ninaji forced to say her name other than relationahip of 'pita:' (bhauju)
... smiles all around...
rajendrababu.. as the younger jwain.. and dada adds 'also poet... also rotarian'...
prabesh manji's turn
.. and then the jetho jwain of the siddhis sudarshanji...
.. then the big brother's turn, niramlji.. who also introduced himself as avaya's guardian...
.. dada's turn.. introduction as a grandpa, writer and rotarian... and also realisation that nirmalji is not samdhi.. but jwain!
samdhi dwarikaji's turn...who gave the history of the family's basai inside kathmandu valley
.. and then samdhini reshmaji' , who was ragged to spell out the details of the connection to bagh bajar via ujwal and rehna!
milap
pakku
deepak babu.. the jetho jwain of the joshis
sandaji, the mama. who stressed on the fact that he was not a rotarian!
turn of the youngest joshi jwain... avaya
and then the 'bau' (amused shilu and avaya look on)
checking stock prices?
intra-generational chat
tell bhauju everything you have wanted to urges cholu to muwa
mami chips in about how ninaji has been playing the true guardian!
fellow rotarians
the filled up baithak
.. layers upon layers...
... the shoes outside.. no wonder dada was confused about the shoes he'd worn that evening...
sandaji with deepak babu and pakku...
shanta's turn to be on the floor with reshmaji...
... time to eat...
the yellow corner.. time for dessert...
... another combination in another corner...
nikki goes to chat with muwa
.. the jwain couch and others...
...on another side a quiet chat between mami, prava, sebu and nischal...
up on the couch again, milap, shanta and pakku...
.. and the shakya siblings -- prasamsha, salstha, palistha and shilu--below them...
baba with the bagbajarey siddhi jwain sudarshanji
nanda bhauju
highlight of the evening was prabeshmanji's singing, instigated by sandaji... he sang four songs.. two of narayan gopal's.. starting with this one...
a narayan gopal fan, he then sang an old hindi number lata mangeshkar who he says, was narayan gopal's muse...
.. then upon jordar request from us he sang his father's (panna kaji) song tiriri murali bajyo banaima
and then a surprise finale.. a song dedicated to avaya and priya.. 'prem ko mala' written by no other than rajendrababu seated next to him...
and that ended the evening on a really sweet sweet note!
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