I always maintain, that a society as colourful as OH gives umpteen opportunities to study the human nature. I love to interpret the way people react under any circumstance. Different people react differently under similar situations help in understanding the effect of surroundings, bringing up and experiences one has gone through.
OH is like mini India, with people from far east to north and south living here. It's cosmopolitan crowd and people working with local companies to auto giants, technical, financial, HR or services , Gujaratis and other states people all are living here.
Navratri Celebration:
This year's Navratri celebrations were from Oct 10th - Oct 18. Here are some glimpses:
Every day, Domino's Pizza and few other food stalls were available for garba enthusiasts. Few stalls were set up by the women entrepreneurs of the society. They come late around 9 PM, so early diners like me missed the food flavours. Or is it the other way round? The stalls missed some valuable customers too. On 18th evening, society served a sumptuous dinner to all residents. The food was good and crowd management was better this year than last years as sufficient counters were set up.
Overall, it's an improvement over last years' navratri celebrations. Certain aspects which need attention in my view are:
In the AGM on 30th September, the conversation and discussion which I can see from my balcony on the 7th floor was nothing less than a rowdy crowd. A very disgraceful behavior of the people who were present. Without going into much details, which frankly I do not have as I was not present in the AGM. Re-election were announced, which were completed on 28th October.
As I said earlier, OH represents mini India. The participation in AGM and then in election is a proof of it. People were not responsible to caste their votes or participate in open discussion forums for the betterment of the place which they own. This time, the election bites and results were shared in videos, which made it interesting.
There were two groups which were in the fray. The old group with few changes and a new group, which have few candidates from the last election.
This time, candidates from both the groups have won. The new group has won 8 seats while 3 from the old group have overcome incumbency factor. During canvassing, the similar models of "divide and rule" was also seen. Most of it was a replica of assembly or Loksabha elections.
This is the reason enough to have some role models in the country. Real role models, not politicians or ministres.
The management committee of a housing society has 11 elected members. This is the 2nd committee of OH. The tenure is 2 years. In the new committee 8 were new faces and 3 from the earlier committee. As they say, change is the only constant and its a must to grow and bring in new ideas. I wish good luck to the newly elected committee and hope they do things in the larger interest of OH.
Diwali:
This Diwali,the festival of lights OH was lighted in colourful lights. It has created a festive atmosphere and I loved it.
Diwali is now not only the festival of lights but also a festival of noise and pollution too.It's a torture for pets, senior citizens and sick people. Few mornings after Diwali are all polluted with smog.
This Diwali ended with a very sad note. An OH family out on vacation by road to visit their extended family in Haryana met with an accident and lost their young teenage son , a student of class 10th. Deepak was my student. He is coming to study maths from me from last year. Extremely joyful and pleasing boy. My heartfelt condolences to family. Though no amount of condolences can ever sooth the pains of the family. Time is a great healer, it's said. But some pains are never healed. :(
Winter is setting in Ahmedabad. We are outside the main city and hence the environment around OH is less polluted. There are lots of labour staying nearby as a new project is on, in Applewoods. They burn wood for cooking and for warmth at night. So, smog is setting in.
Applewoods Township:
We have shifted to this township in OH, almost 4 years ago in December 2014. The deterioration in the cleanliness and upkeep of township which is the responsibility of Applewoods has really nosedived. The streets are not cleaned for weeks, the pathways by the roads are covered with vegetation and rubbish.Polythenes and non usable items are lying all around. The people around throw away cooked chapatis in stacks for dogs or stray animals, which can be seen all around. Throwing chapatis will not bring any good luck folks.
OH is like mini India, with people from far east to north and south living here. It's cosmopolitan crowd and people working with local companies to auto giants, technical, financial, HR or services , Gujaratis and other states people all are living here.
Navratri Celebration:
This year's Navratri celebrations were from Oct 10th - Oct 18. Here are some glimpses:
Every day, Domino's Pizza and few other food stalls were available for garba enthusiasts. Few stalls were set up by the women entrepreneurs of the society. They come late around 9 PM, so early diners like me missed the food flavours. Or is it the other way round? The stalls missed some valuable customers too. On 18th evening, society served a sumptuous dinner to all residents. The food was good and crowd management was better this year than last years as sufficient counters were set up.
Overall, it's an improvement over last years' navratri celebrations. Certain aspects which need attention in my view are:
- The entry should be manned in the garba venue.
- Entry of outsiders need to be restricted and ticketed. Any relative or friend of resident is an outsider.
- Instead of DJ's, it's time to get live music every day.
- As residents are increasing, more sitting needs to be created.
- Volume should be within acceptable range.
- No film songs should be played. Let the fervour of the festival be kept in its pure form.
- Banners placement need improvement.
- New people are needed in the core committee which is organising the navratri function as no really new ideas are seen since last few years.
- As public money is used, people have every right to know how their money is used. Detailed accounts should be shared with the residents.
Election:
In the AGM on 30th September, the conversation and discussion which I can see from my balcony on the 7th floor was nothing less than a rowdy crowd. A very disgraceful behavior of the people who were present. Without going into much details, which frankly I do not have as I was not present in the AGM. Re-election were announced, which were completed on 28th October.
As I said earlier, OH represents mini India. The participation in AGM and then in election is a proof of it. People were not responsible to caste their votes or participate in open discussion forums for the betterment of the place which they own. This time, the election bites and results were shared in videos, which made it interesting.
There were two groups which were in the fray. The old group with few changes and a new group, which have few candidates from the last election.
This time, candidates from both the groups have won. The new group has won 8 seats while 3 from the old group have overcome incumbency factor. During canvassing, the similar models of "divide and rule" was also seen. Most of it was a replica of assembly or Loksabha elections.
This is the reason enough to have some role models in the country. Real role models, not politicians or ministres.
The management committee of a housing society has 11 elected members. This is the 2nd committee of OH. The tenure is 2 years. In the new committee 8 were new faces and 3 from the earlier committee. As they say, change is the only constant and its a must to grow and bring in new ideas. I wish good luck to the newly elected committee and hope they do things in the larger interest of OH.
Diwali:
This Diwali,the festival of lights OH was lighted in colourful lights. It has created a festive atmosphere and I loved it.
Diwali is now not only the festival of lights but also a festival of noise and pollution too.It's a torture for pets, senior citizens and sick people. Few mornings after Diwali are all polluted with smog.
This Diwali ended with a very sad note. An OH family out on vacation by road to visit their extended family in Haryana met with an accident and lost their young teenage son , a student of class 10th. Deepak was my student. He is coming to study maths from me from last year. Extremely joyful and pleasing boy. My heartfelt condolences to family. Though no amount of condolences can ever sooth the pains of the family. Time is a great healer, it's said. But some pains are never healed. :(
Winter is setting in Ahmedabad. We are outside the main city and hence the environment around OH is less polluted. There are lots of labour staying nearby as a new project is on, in Applewoods. They burn wood for cooking and for warmth at night. So, smog is setting in.
Applewoods Township:
We have shifted to this township in OH, almost 4 years ago in December 2014. The deterioration in the cleanliness and upkeep of township which is the responsibility of Applewoods has really nosedived. The streets are not cleaned for weeks, the pathways by the roads are covered with vegetation and rubbish.Polythenes and non usable items are lying all around. The people around throw away cooked chapatis in stacks for dogs or stray animals, which can be seen all around. Throwing chapatis will not bring any good luck folks.
This is all as of now. Goodnight folks!!
