I think Mr Sangvi has given a very candid and honest analysis… notwithstanding his personal bias he is very clear and logical. Wish more people would see what he can see.
I know each chappa chappa of Delhi Gym, having spent so many nights there. Dinner was invariably in the room, so had very little interaction with the members. They seemed a little older than the people I see in CCI Bombay. So many trees, the ambience a five star hotel. would struggle to create.
I have followed Mr Sanghvi’s journalistic work for quite sometime. I have also interacted with him on some occasion though he may not remember me. The piece written by him and subsequently edited by someone else somehow looks a bit like a PR piece. Consider the following:
1) He establishes his father’s dislike and his own dislike against Raj era clubs to drive home a point that he is not bothered about this issue of Delhi Gymkhana club’s future. Yet he uses his piece to clearly spell out clearly that the future of club actually matters to him.
2) If the club is for retired bureaucrats and armed forces officers largely, then how come it is not elitist? He actually establishes that it is a Political class Vs Bureaucracy privilege issue. What about the general Public?
3) Why should the DGC not be taken over and converted into a public library with open spaces or a recreational center in the heart of Delhi where general public can buy a ticket and have a good evening? He does not mention the greater public good that can come out of it. He is bothered about ex bureaucrats enjoying a cheap drink the heart of Delhi. PATHETIC.
4) Why should a club subsidized by Govt own vast swathes of land in the heart of Delhi when a better use for greater public good can come of it by way of some good national project or office? Instead Mr Sanghvi focusses on bunglows and motorcades of ministers. RIDICULOUS.
I think Mr Sanghvi has clearly lost his sense of objective journalism somewhere in the late 1990s or early 2000s like many of his erstwhile colleagues.
Social media is full of trash but senior so called ex journalists should atleast write objectively whenever they get the chance now, DO NOT LOWER YOUR STANDARDS TO DEFEND A FEW TO ENJOY A CHEAP DRINK AT SOME RAJ ERA CLUB.
I think Mr Sangvi has given a very candid and honest analysis… notwithstanding his personal bias he is very clear and logical. Wish more people would see what he can see.
As always the best article on this topic
You did not like the Raj legacy, yet you joined the Macaulay club, and carved out a distinguished career, in english language!
I know each chappa chappa of Delhi Gym, having spent so many nights there. Dinner was invariably in the room, so had very little interaction with the members. They seemed a little older than the people I see in CCI Bombay. So many trees, the ambience a five star hotel. would struggle to create.
Even after 12 years, the BJP continues to be sore winners.
Delhi Gym led me to Khan Market, in the quest for fresh fruit, toiletries, other essentials on long visits. Fell in love with it.
A friend took me for lunch to the Delhi Golf Club. Was enchanted by the peacocks.
I have followed Mr Sanghvi’s journalistic work for quite sometime. I have also interacted with him on some occasion though he may not remember me. The piece written by him and subsequently edited by someone else somehow looks a bit like a PR piece. Consider the following:
1) He establishes his father’s dislike and his own dislike against Raj era clubs to drive home a point that he is not bothered about this issue of Delhi Gymkhana club’s future. Yet he uses his piece to clearly spell out clearly that the future of club actually matters to him.
2) If the club is for retired bureaucrats and armed forces officers largely, then how come it is not elitist? He actually establishes that it is a Political class Vs Bureaucracy privilege issue. What about the general Public?
3) Why should the DGC not be taken over and converted into a public library with open spaces or a recreational center in the heart of Delhi where general public can buy a ticket and have a good evening? He does not mention the greater public good that can come out of it. He is bothered about ex bureaucrats enjoying a cheap drink the heart of Delhi. PATHETIC.
4) Why should a club subsidized by Govt own vast swathes of land in the heart of Delhi when a better use for greater public good can come of it by way of some good national project or office? Instead Mr Sanghvi focusses on bunglows and motorcades of ministers. RIDICULOUS.
I think Mr Sanghvi has clearly lost his sense of objective journalism somewhere in the late 1990s or early 2000s like many of his erstwhile colleagues.
Social media is full of trash but senior so called ex journalists should atleast write objectively whenever they get the chance now, DO NOT LOWER YOUR STANDARDS TO DEFEND A FEW TO ENJOY A CHEAP DRINK AT SOME RAJ ERA CLUB.