Adieu Artek Apartments
50 years is more than half life and if this happen to be one’s formative years - they become significant part of our life . Lest Alzaimer sets in and take away some of my neurons - let me pen some the memories associated with people & events in Artek that has shaped me . Amol , Chetan , Pramod were my batch mates while Milind Vagal , Shekhar Shirodkar, Pradyut Borkar, Kuber+Hira+Manik +Charu Rane were few years either side but my growing years were more influenced watching & observing some of the stalwarts who made Artek Apartments an identity of cultural & learned persons Not many people would now believe that Artek was the first building in Bandra East to have an elevator . Coconut trees that have grown tall and big - some of the original members undertook a day trip on Sunday to Vasai to bring coconuts to plant them . Each coconut tree has a story to narrate of Artek’s founder members Open space between two buildings would house Cricket ๐ ...