Friends,
Peacock Mass Tour a Integral Part of Round Table India International Relationships bring in tablers from across the world and a Trip Across India Is organized for them at a Nominal Cost. It not only helps in them to get to know India better it also develops International Relations between Tablers from INDIA with Tablers Across the World
Heres a Report how Area X Round Table India Took care of the PMT guests and Accompanied them to various destinations by Tr Girish Mane
ROUND TABLE INDIA, AREA X
A REPORT ON PEACOCK MASS TOUR GUESTS VISIT TO AREA X:
Peacock Mass Tour 2012, Guests from Estonia, France and Italy visited Area X on 17th Feb. 2012. A total of 17 Guests visited Hubli on 17th Feb 2012 by Train from Mysore and reached Hubli Station at 7.40am. City Tables (HRT 37, HCRT 142, HART 153 & HKRT 178) of Hubli were all ready at Railway Station to welcome the guests. On arrival the Guests were welcomed by Area Chairman Tr. Vijesh Saigal, AST Tr. Girish Mane, AFC Tr. Sachin Tenginkai, City Table Chairmen and tablers of Area X. A letter to each one of them was given mentioning the Itinerary, Brief about Hubli and their Host details along with contact details of Area Chairman. All the hosts introduced themselves to the Guests and escorted them to their residence.
We started the City Tour at 10.40am and few tablers accompanied the Guests in two mini buses. We had arranged for a small KIT bag for the guests . First we took them to ISKON temple and then to Akshaya Dasohara, a kitchen run by ISKON to prepare mid day meal for 2 lakh kids every day. The guests were thrilled to see the huge kitchen and the hygiene maintained throughout. One of the ISKON priest accompanied us and explained the details at each stage. At about 12.15pm we headed to a school build by HART 153 under FTE projects. The guests’ interacted with the School Teachers and Students and distributed chocolates to the kids arranged by HART 153. At 1.00pm we just took a round through the Hubli city and reached Hotel Naveen at 1.45pm for lunch. Continental Lunch was arranged with dishes more suiting to the guests and few Hubli special dishes.
Post lunch at 2.30pm the guests were taken to a Khadi manufacturing unit. As Hubli is very well known for manufacture of Indian Flags, we showed the guests how the flags are manufactured and they had a good time watching the entire process. Then we took them to Deshpande Foundation where we had a presentation done by them. From there we took the guests to Gangubai Hangal Music Acadamy and the guests witnessed the teaching of local music. At around 5.30pm we reached Nruptunga Betta, a small hill from where the entire Hubli city is visible. We had arranged for few Pigeons and asked the guests to free the Pigeons, they were very very happy to do the same and started to sing a song in their language expressing their happiness. 6.30pm returned back to The Hans Hotel where the hosts were ready to take the guests back to their homes.
Area Level Fellowship was organised by the City Tables of Hubli for the Guests and the Theme was “BOLLYWOOD MEETS HOLLYWOOD”. All the guests with their host families and tablers, circlers, 41’rs, HT’s, Sq. Legs and twinklers off course arrived at The Hans Hotel at 9.00pm for the fellowship. Tablers from Belgaum BRT 119 and BRRT 205 joined the city tables of Hubli for the fellowship. The tablers and circlers had good interaction with the guests for a while before starting a joint meeting of Hubli city tables. The Chief Guest for the evening was Tr. Vijesh Saigal and Guest of Honor was LCI President Cr. Aditi Rao. A short but sweet meeting was conducted by the city tables of Hubli jointly which included a speech from Area Chairman, LCI President and Tr. Sander from Estonia. Tr Sander briefed us about the Estonia and was very happy to mention that the day went by in Hubli was the most wonderful day they had in India since their arrival. Few Inductions were also done. The meeting concluded with presentation of Mementos to the Guests. We also had our 11th Area AGM Kick off with a great presentation from the host table HCRT 142 and as the AGM theme was disclosed as Band Baja Barat all started dancing on the tunes of the Dhol arranged from Mumbai to specially entertain the guests. After the presentation the floor was open for dance. The guests enjoyed the music by DJ and few nice tracks by the Dhol.. As the guests were supposed to start to Goa early in the morning next day; they bothered less to leave early and enjoyed the party till very late night. A very nice combination of continental and local food was arranged for the dinner. The hosts took the guests back to their respective homes at around 1.00pm.
Next day morning (18th Feb 2012) two mini buses were arranged for dropping the guests to Goa. The guests again assembled at The Hans Hotel were breakfast was arranged. After having breakfast, the guests started their journey to Goa with a kind see off from the hosts and tablers of Hubli.
The Goa Tablers were all set to welcome the guests as they made their passage to Goa and there tour ended in Goa. We at PCRT128 made great efforts to accommodate them and also made sure that they had a quality time, they had a great and rocking time in Goa as we organised on different occasion lunch and dinner party and also sightseeing for them. The Guests were very pleased and happy to receive such a warm and brotherly welcome and hospitality from PCRT, they have given PCRT a certificate of appreciation which they call “INCREDIBLE INDIA”. We at PCRT pinned them with our table pins and also gave them our table T-shirts, Few pictures of us having a rocking time with the guests are enclosed and need to mention that all of us sang estonian table song.
We at Area X are very happy to host the Guests from Estonia, Italy and France and feel proud to serve them to the core. That’s the true spirit of tablers in Area X.
A special thanks to the Hosts and thanks to all the tablers of Area X
AST TR Girish Mane
gvmane@veetechindia.com
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Reported By
Hamir Sampat
MKRT 181
RTI
Filed under: Fellowship, International Relations, Intertable
