If it is paid arrangement, then why I should worry on account of hosting
it, because I am paying an attractive and desired amount to the restaurant?
the restaurant staff should take care of my party and inside decoratives. if
all the invitees are my friends and relatives then all of them knows about
my disability.
-----Original Message-----
From: Asudani, Rajesh
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2018 11:26 AM
To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
the disabled.
Subject: Re: [AI] Sharing experience of hosting a lunch for friends:
independently
Wonderful, Turab.
It is always a sense of a thing well-done which pushes us on.
Your description of the whole event made me feel a part of it, in absentia!
However, I don't agree with your assertion:
" The whole process was so smooth that neither my guests nor me ever became
conscious of my disability!!"
What do you mean, please clarify.
Does there ever come a moment when nobody is conscious of our disability
including ourselves,?
And if it does, is it desirable?
Why was the hotel staff assisting you if they were not conscious of your
disability?
Why were you nervous beforehand if you were not conscious of your
disability?
And, interestingly, why should a blind person be touch-nervous?
Sorry for uncomfortable questions, but I do not agree with prevalent
narrative of disability as something to be forgotten, or overcome or
defeated.
I live with my disability, doing the things audiotactually, or with hu-tech
aid, and not visually.
सादर / With thanks & Regards
राजेश आसुदानी Rajesh Asudani
सहायक महाप्रबन्धक AGM
बाजार आसूचना ईकाई MIU
भारतीय रिजर्व बैंक Reserve Bank of India
नागपुर Nagpur
0712 2806846
President
VIBEWA
Co-Moderator
VIB-India
A-pilll = Action coupled with Positivity, Interest, Love, Logic and
laughter.
-----Original Message-----
From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
Of turab chimthanawala
Sent: 20 August 2018 23:51
To: accessindia <[email protected]>
Subject: [AI] Sharing experience of hosting a lunch for friends:
independently
Hi all,
I had an amazing experience of hosting a lunch for about 20 people
independently for the first time at Cafe Zenea, a prominent restaurant in
Nagpur.
Special thanks to Amar Jain for his valuable inputs and encouragement when I
had sought insights through a post before the event. Following was my
experience.
Before the event
Despite my birthday being on 14th, I decided to host my friends on 12th
(Sunday) as it enabled me to invite them for lunch: as I have partial vision
during the day and thus could have a broad grasp of the happenings in broad
daylight. I had initially planned to have the lunch on the lawn adjacent to
and belonging to the restaurant but the kind restaurant owner Mr. Sanjay, in
order to save me of the unnecessary cost burden, suggested to make special
arrangements in the open backyard of his restaurant. Though, his
subordinates were initially reluctant (as it would be difficult to organise
the buffet outside and it would block two persons to serve us on a busy
Sunday afternoon), appreciating my genuine handicap, they kindly agreed.
While finalising the menu, I made sure to include the top hits of the
restaurant in every course of the meal. While inviting, I made sure to
inform the guests of their acquaintance/ friend on the guest list in order
to comfort them and help logistically(coming together etc.).
At the event
Being a touch nervous and les confident, I had requested my closest friend
to reach early to pitch in if needed. Though he did reach in time and
happily volunteered to be my assistant manager, the kind staff of the
restaurant ensured that his help was never needed! Hardly had I reached, Mr.
Prashant who had taken my order, greeted me asking about the whereabouts of
my guests and apprising me of the arrangements already underway for my
party.
As my guests came, I briefly introduced each one to the group and seated
them close to people they would best jell with. Fortunately, per my
reckoning, no guest was bored or excluded from the chatter..
Here I would like to laud the mature, sensitive and polite behaviour of the
restaurant staff. One of them was always posted near my chair to take my
instructions and save one of my guests the hassle of repeatedly calling
someone. They whispered their suggestions/ queries in my ear, letting me the
final call. Till most of the guests arrived, one waiter stood at the
entrance to guide anybody unable to find the place. I was very apprehensive
of my guests not eating well specially the introvert ones, but the
restaurant staff served so lovingly that I am sure most people overate. The
whole process was so smooth that neither my guests nor me ever became
conscious of my disability!!
I owe this to the kind staff of Cafe Zenea. I had always known Zenea for its
mouth watering food and rocking ambiance but now respect it more for its
amazing staff.
This experience greatly boosted my confidence and lends more weight to the
dictum that the more we experiment and challenge ourselves, the further we
will go.
Best
Turab
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