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| The Author, Mrs. Rosalind Simon, delights the audience with a reading |
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| Sweet Memories! |
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| With a LOT of help from friends & family! |
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| Mr. Simon did the illustrations for the book |
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| A View of the Attendees |
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| Another View of the Attendees |
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| … and Yet Another View of the Attendees |
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The book is published by Anglo-Ink (Chennai) Thank you, Harry MacLure! |
| The Book Launch |
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Venue: The White Mushroom, Jaipur Time: 5:00 pm Date: Saturday, 24th November, 2018. |
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The function was brought up by the Author's loving children and grand-children. Naturally enough, Mr. Tony Simon (the Author's loving husband) was the guest of honour!
A last-minute emergency kept Angelo away from the function. Though sorely missed (it would have been my very first meeting with him! - HC) those present made sure
that the function went off smoothly.
˜ Among the attendees were close friends with special mention going to Mrs. Lobo, Mrs. Mehra, Mrs. Barsey, Mr. and Mrs. Vickers - thank you all for taking the time and trouble to attend the function! That's not to say that the other attendees were redundant or unappreciated — not at all! — just that I can't cram all those names in this page! (Maybe later) ˜ The function was excellently emceed by Tanya (Castellas) who made sure that the function went off without a hitch. She opened the proceedings by telling the audience about how her mother had this stash of memories of a very eventful life and how she felt the urge to share it with a larger audience. A chance meeting with Harry MacLure (of Anglo-Ink, Chennai) saw the book getting published in a most professsional and elegant fashion. We all missed Harry at the launch. ˜ There were readings of excerpts from the book that were excellently selected by Tanya to give the audience a cameo of the entirety of the book. ˜ The first reading was delicately read out by the Author (see the top photograph). Others followed suit. ˜ Then Mr. Simon gave the audience an inside track on how to live with an Author in the making! ˜ Patrick (Simon) gave the vote of thanks and brought the function to a close. Only of course that the exit was barred and we all had to stay and have a hot and delicious repast of sandwiches and cake and coffee and rolls and … (Burp!) ˜ |