The Poignant Arithmetic of Octogenarian Celebrations

There’s a curious paradox about celebrating someone’s eightieth birthday — we honor a long, joyous friendship and toast to memories of a life magnificently lived, yet somewhere deep within, I harbor a tiny twinge of time ticking by!

Celebrating longtime friend, legendary hotelier and Cornell University alumnus Dinesh Khanna — the visionary founder of Holiday Inn — at his iconic club at Juhu was nostalgia intertwined with a culinary feast. (Dinesh’s father and uncles opened Claridges in Delhi in 1956 , hoteliering runs in his veins.)

The foot tapping retro Bollywood music with strobe lights creating multicolour baubles on the walls while film luminaries descended to give Dinesh jhappi pappies until the wee hours of morning, felt somewh

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