Picto Diary - 18 (PM), 19 January 2016 - Dinner at Rana's

After arrival in Delhi by bus from Jaipur, and check in at the Gurgaon Oberoi Hotel, two Citibank alumni couples, broke off from The Margaret Taylor Dance Group to join Indian Citibank alumni friends for dinner at the home of Rana Talwar in New Delhi.

Above: Former India Citibankers enjoy cocktails and dinner hosted by Rana Talwar at his home. New Delhi, India. 18 January 2016.

Above: Mehli and Saker Mistri.

Former India Citibankers enjoy cocktails and dinner hosted by Rana Talwar at his home. New Delhi, India. 18 January 2016.

Mistris enjoying dividing time between two homes, one in Pune and the other in Mumbai. Mehli works on the violin with his Japanese instructor and Saker edits a book about participants in Teach for India, headed by their daughter.

Above: Margaret Taylor, Royina Grewal, Mehli Mistri, Mandira Gauba, Rana Talwar.

Former India Citibankers enjoy cocktails and dinner hosted by Rana Talwar at his home. New Delhi, India. 18 January 2016

Rana says: There is an aspirational quality about India today.

Mandira says: There is a sense of potential amongst the young. Young Indians believe that if they get an education and work hard they can achieve anything they want.

Above: Fare at Rana's.

Former India Citibankers enjoy cocktails and dinner hosted by Rana Talwar at his home. New Delhi, India. 18 January 2016.

Check out that biryani!

Above: Royina Grewal, Rana Talwar, Margaret Taylor.

Royina. Author of recently published novel, "Babur - Conqueror of Hindustan."

Above: Jerry Rao, Vickie Callen, Mike Callen, Chita Gauba.

Jerry: Building housing for a burgeoning India.

Vickie: Grand parenting in LA. Recharging in home town, New York City, and skiing in Park City.

Mike: Studying Italian, golfing with MJ, skiing, and otherwise working hard to stay on top of events.

Chita and Mandira: Vancouver residents move to Muscat, Oman where Chita takes position as CEO of a trading company.

Former India Citibankers enjoy cocktails and dinner hosted by Rana Talwar at his home. New Delhi, India. 18 January 2016.

Above: (front) Rana Talwar, Jerry Rao. Chita Gauba (behind Rana). Left to right: Steve Taylor, Mehli Mistri, Mike Callen, Margaret Taylor, Royina Grewal, Vickie Callen, Saker Mistri, Mandira Gauba. Talwar residence. New Delhi, India. 18 January 2016.

19 January 2016.

Day in transit from New Delhi to Bagdogra, West Bengal by air, then to Glenburn Tea Estate, Darjeeling, West Bengal, by ground. Stop off at Sinclair Hotel, Siliguri, for lunch. No images taken.

Addendum:

I so envy this journey you are on!

A gorgeous photo of Margaret in a beautiful room. Love to both of you and to Vickie and Mike too?

Mary Rose
Atlanta, GA


Steve,
Many thanks for the great picto-diary and photos of the Indian trip. Interesting and informative. Delighted you're catching up with "old" friends and colleagues.
Cheers,

DFT,
Sydney, Australia



Similar to the Best Westerns we usually stay at on the road 😇.

Mr. Z3,
Ojai, CA