Sporting excellence requires more than passion. It demands infrastructure, coaching, discipline, exposure and continuity. Institutions like Gymkhana embody exactly this ecosystem.
As the members grow anxious about Delhi Gymkhana Club’s fate, they cling tightly to its rituals. The visits increased as the worry of losing the place multiplied with each passing day.
Gardeners, librarians, and waiters who depended on Delhi Gymkhana Club, which is now being described as ‘aiyashi ka adda’, say the eviction crisis has left them fearing unemployment.
The Delhi Gymkhana Club may symbolise old Lutyens privilege, but the Modi government’s real legacy is unprecedented concentration of wealth, crony capitalism and rising inequality in India.
Delhi High Court Tuesday denied interim relief to the Gymkhana Club against the Centre’s eviction notice, while recording the government’s assurance against use of force or coercion for eviction.
The L&DO had written 3 letters to club authorities in a span of nine months to clear ground rent to the tune of Rs 47.58 crore that the DGC owed to it, it is learnt.
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