The Party
Saturday, 5 September 2026
7:30 PM
Dinner and a great many speeches
Arrive by 7:15. He gets there at 7:30 and we would like it to work.
Smart casual
Purple, amber & white
Sixty years, and not one of them dull.
You are invited
Ramesh
&
The family
Sixty years, told in photographs
Father, grandfather, and a man of firm opinions about traffic
Conspiring since March
Our father turns sixty, and he has spent fifty-nine of those years insisting he does not want a party. We are having one anyway.
Saturday, 5 September 2026 · 7:30 PM · Mumbai
He still thinks it is a family dinner.
Sixty Years of Ramesh
Saturday, 5 September 2026
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The years
Sixty Years
One photograph per decade, more or less, depending on what survived.
The beginning
1966
The only known photograph in which he is not arguing with someone.
The wedding
1989
Married Shanthi after a courtship of eleven days, which both families still discuss.
The house
2004
Twelve years of saving, one very long argument with a contractor.
Now
2026
Four grandchildren, two retirements, and no intention of slowing down.
The celebrations
Our Functions
Where
The Venue
Moments
Sixty years
Madras, 1966 1989 2026
Will you join us
RSVP
Tell us you are coming, and please do not tell him.
Kindly respond by 25 August 2026
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