Mir Kayamat Ali, Santosh Panday, Ranajoy Ganguli and Kamal Gupta.
Sitting from Left: Chander Varma, Nand Kapoor, Vandana Jhingan, Purnima Jha, Gurbachan Kaur Neelam, Sudaksa Kapoor and Jodh Singh Rawat
CHICAGO: Hindi Lovers Club of Illinois had its May meeting as Kavi Gosti on Wednesday May 29 at Schaumburg Library from 7 pm.
It was well attended by kavis and listeners alike. The program stared with the welcome speech by Club president Gurbachan Kaur Neelam and this was followed by a small introduction by all the attendees present.
The poetry, songs and jokes were shared by Poornima Jha, Rajendra Kapil, Sudaksa Kapoor, Gurbachan Kaur Neelam, Prakash Nayak, Sohan Joshi, Mir Kayamat Ali, Jodh Singh Rawat, Indermohan and Kamal Gupta.
Chander Verma, a popular kavi with few published poetry books under his belt, recited his long poems by heart and took everyone by surprise. Ranajoy Ganguly also surprised everyone by his stand up comedy act. Vandana Jhingan, the Midwest bureau chief of T.V.Asia and Advisory Board member of Hindi Lovers Club, warned every one about so called calls from IRS and Homeland Security departments to members of Indian Community. She ended with her signature Gollu/Mollu jokes.
The gosti ended with a group photo and promise to attend all meetings and support Hindi Club and its monthly publication Hindi/English Patrika.
Nand Kapur
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