Fn B club – an obituary

‘It must have been love’ly’, but it's over now

It must have been good, but I lost it somehow’

That ‘s what Roxette sang in Pretty woman years back. But there was nothing pretty about how FnB club activities came to an end.

Yes, folks am sorry to be saying this, but FnB club breathed its last .

It was a year back in February 2010, someone took cues from Cyrus Broacha’s  talk at a local club and initiated the concept of meeting up and getting sloshed . The first meeting was a run away success. Basic rules were laid and a club was formed.  It was decided that people would carry their own food, booze and when possible their woman.  It had all kinds of people, from all parts of the country North, West, Central and then there were Bengalis, Honorary Bengalis,  the English speaking Telugus and the non English speaking Telugus, other Southern folks and a little touch of Nepal and Bhutan.

I must admit it was fun during the early months.  But since the club was in India, politics had to set in. It’s the second normal thing which happens over a period of time in India, the first being ageing.

People were unhappy with the leadership. They wanted democracy, after all we are the largest in the world as far as that thing goes. So there were mails, then more mails, then talks, then more talks and then silence and more silence. On the Seventh day, they did not rest...  they arrived at a consensus. The nomenclature changed. It become FnB club  - Food and Booze Club. Not very creative, but one can’t expect that skill from those above thirty! But they did what is expected of them. They made club rules that ran into pages and could put the clubs started by the British to shame.

Partying resumed. I must admit it was fun again. But why don’t good things last?  I guess management gurus will have a ready answer ‘Change is the only constant thing, Meri Dost ’. So this time the club members started having squabbles over child rearing.  Then it went on to a higher level of small verbal fights.  In fact every party had some issue that people started recalling the party in someone’s place by the issue. People seemed to have problems with language, music, food and booze.  The wine and dine concept changed to Whine and dine and FnB club became Fight n Bolt club

During November the Big Fight happened. It was the Baap of all fights. It made Manish Tiwari and Jayanthi  Natarajan look like kindergarden kids.  The Big Fight killed the club. We may have lost the battle but we won the war. Friendship continued and we are back again partying just like before for fun and love

Say Amen to the club.  Now its just Khao Piyo Jiyo




Background - We have great group of friends back here in Hyderabad and we made a Food n Booze ( FnB) club which met once a month. But due to some unfortunate developments, we had to end it . We still meet and enjoy each other 's company