RanjBharath had organized a small hall for Achyut’s birthday. They had invited some of their IBM colleagues, Bal Vikas children and their mothers (2 of them) and 2 of Achyut’s friends in the Play School with one South African mother and a Chinese mother.
It was a lovely celebration .I blew up all the balloons and hung hem around the hall using adhesive tape – took a good two and a half hours! Ranju had painstakingly baked a large cake, which incidentally was one of the best cakes I have ever had.
There was apple pie and sandwiches with Paneer spread and Pesto rolls made by Bharath and Idlis with coconut and dhaniya chutney .The starting drink was an orange juice /Fanta for all the guests. Everybody enjoyed the dishes. Especially the South African and the Chinese ladies – they had their fill absolutely especially the idlis.
The IBM (India) crowd from Bharath's office was totally at home – all from Kolkata - so there was a Bengali flavour to the party. All of them were so loving and affectionate. Chitra and her husband Kaushik from the IBM team ,even came and touched Latha and my feet for our blessings.
