VEDIC VILLAGE

Around 20 hashers met in front of ITC to car pool. Gherda wasn’t keen to take his motor bike on the 30 min dirt track, potholed drive up to the Vedic Village once past the Rajherhat flyover.

Fortuitously, we had timed our outing there between the hot days of summer and the rains of the Monsoons. Everyone was delighted to be able to get away from the city on such a beautiful day. Quite a few of the hashers were on the Rajherhat flyover for the first time and were impressed by the new techno parks, the high rises and then the greenery of the villages.

We were able to view the various facilities and have a walk around the gardens and estates. The Dutch even managed a tour of the sewage treatment while we got a guided tour of the health spa treatments! Madhuri and French physiotherapist volunteering at an NGO for disabled children in Uluberia had a blood test on a new fangled machine and were quite scared that their blood sample didn’t make the wellness quotient. Guess we really needed the healthy breakfast on offer.

I believe some of the organic fruits and vegetables grown there were also served to us at our “wellness breakfast” – yoghurt with aloe vera, mango, and pomegranate, mint and cucumber juice, hibiscus tea!

Zoria, Siddiqui and Delphi stayed back and enjoyed a swim and lunch along with other treatments. Zoria even went horse back riding and had a reflexology foot massage. Delphi, who had organized an AIDS benefit concert the evening before, really needed the relaxing Ayurvedic massage to which she treated herself. It was a family outing for some of the hashers such as Rajesh and Payal. Two of Payal’s contemporary designs from ART BUNKER were in the hall of Vedic Village. She is participating in an exhibition called AKARSHAN at Stall No: 16- ICE SKATING RINK from 5 to 7 July 10.30 a.m to 8 p.m with creations to do up your homes in natural materials by craftsmen in the rural belts of East and North India.

Paurush was unable to come early in the morning with his baby girl, but the family enjoyed a day’s stay, with the 3 Hasher aunts doing a spot of babysitting till the evening.

All the hashers enjoyed the green and quiet of Vedic Village. It was a very unique Hash visit and the chance to bask in a relaxing environment.

Mr. Mike Robertson and Mr. Ravi Mahapatra have been thanked by e-mail for extending their hospitality towards the Calcutta Hash Group last Sunday at Vedic Village.