I am grateful to AV and GS for keeping me up to speed about the happenings in the world, and in particular about our motherland, even while I was on holiday to the sunny climes of Ibiza last week as I could read the two papers on my mobile. They also give me five minutes of fame by giving me a platform to put my views and opinions on paper.
These two papers have given me a purpose in life in my retirement and enable me to keep the brain to continue ticking. But for the “Readers’ Voice” and “Mare pan kain kahevun chhe” columns, I would be losing my command on English and Gujarati.
What is lacking is the fulfilment of my desire to meet and greet fellow writers and the ABPL staff, and a certificate or trophy as a memento for the 400 plus letters I have had published in the two papers.
My mini auto biography under the “Remember, Recollect, Recharge” heading is still available on the internet and my nine year old grandson, Kian, proudly displays it on his mobile to friends and family.
How about we all meet up at ABPL’s offices and put the face to the names which we are so accoustmed to?
I had the privilege of chatting with CB, albeit over the wires, when he was a guest on Kanjibhai Ghedia’s Gujarati programme on NuSound Radio but a personal touch would be more welome.
Dinesh Sheth
Newbury Park, Ilford
