A Premier Institute of the Indian Defence Forces

01 March 2020

DSOI CHANDIGARH Monthly Newsletter

Dear fellow Members,

Its March already !

As desired by the members a surprise party was organized on 14th

February to celebrate the Valentines Day. Even though it was a

short notice we had good numbers coming in to enjoy the evening

with live band, bon fires and Sea food ! May be for the first time, we

are celebrating festival of colors Holi on 10th Mar 2020 from 11:00

am onwards. Safe colors made by special children of SOREM

School (Sector 36) will be provided by the club!

During the morning of 14th February Governing Body Meeting was

held in the Institute with our President Chairing it. Deliberating on

progress of works and budget the President appreciated the func-

tioning of the Club and assured his full support for all future plans.

Despite the harsh winters the Spring has sprung a nice surprise

and our Garden is blooming in all colors. We have renovated the

Aquarium, furniture of most party venues have been repaired and

restored. Soon we are going to start work of the Reception area,

members may have to use the door near the tuck shop to enter the

main building for a few days. Please bear with us, soon you will

have a grand entry through a renovated Lobby.

We have the AGBM (sans elections that are scheduled for next year)

on the 29th March from 11:00 AM onwards. Kindly give your points,

Emails as well as SMS has already been sent to all members.

Looking forward to great times.

Warm Regards,

Lt Col Dilbagh Singh Grewal

Vice Chairman

Happenings !

Valentines Day was organized on 14 Feb 2020.

The Governing Body Meeting was held on 14 Feb 2020.

Construction of Stores for office, furniture and electrical

items is in progress.

As suggested by members new books for Library have been

procured. Kindly peruse the list on the subsequent pages.

We welcomed twenty seven new Members into the club, they

are :-

Sr. No.

M/No. Rank and Name Contact No.

1. D-216 Lt Gen Gurjeet Singh Dhillon (Retd) 8769628232

2. S-1495 Air Cmde Davinder Pal Singh (Retd) 9810265648

3. P-123 Cmde H S Punia (Retd) 9868946400

4. S-1496 Brig Amardeep Singh Sidhu (Retd) 9982222211

5. B-389 Gp Capt Yadwinder Singh Brar (Retd) 9417227804

6. W-30 Gp Capt T P Walia (Retd) 8960008444

7. C-171 Col Amarjit Singh Chonker (Retd) 9815739174

8. S-1497 Col Rajinder Singh (Retd) 9418021215

9. N-54 Col Sandeep Nautiyal (Retd) 9888282010

10. C-172 Col Rakesh Kumar Chopra (Retd) 9425017678

11. S-1498 Col Amrit Pal Singh (Retd) 8290711766

12. S-1499 Col Gurinder Pal Singh (Retd) 9872746879

13. R-107 Lt Col Surinder K Rana (Retd) 9779069505

14. S-1500 Lt Col Rana Sinha (Retd) 8288008944

15. G-278 Lt Col B S Gill (Retd) 9915135283

16. M-208 Lt Col Harbans Singh Mavi (Retd) 9814297522

17. S-1501 Lt Col Inder Bir Singh (Retd) 7738396896

18. N-55 Lt Col Navtej Singh Nijjar (Retd) 8054163669

19. D-217 Lt Cdr Harcharan Singh Duggal (Retd) 8859020035

20. C-173 Wg Cdr Rajiv Kumar Chopra (Retd) 6239534318

21. S-1502 Brig Jagjit Singh (Retd) 9717711136

22. S-1503 Capt Paramjit Singh (Retd) 9815081569

23. R-108 Capt Deep Singh Rathore (Retd) 8725810444

24. K-295 Capt Akshay Kumar (Retd) 8588859011

25. R-109 Capt Gurjeet Singh Raina (Retd) 8727018500

26. S-1504 Capt Kshitij Sharma (Retd) 8968719710

27. S-1505 Maj Ashwani Saini (Retd) 9650763374

Events - March 2020

Summer Timings. We will shift to summer timings wef 14 Mar 2020.

Bars (Polo and OP) 1200h - 1430h & 1930h - 2230h

Gazebo 1230h - 1500h & 1930h - 2230h

Restaurants 1200h - 1500h & 1930h - 2230h

Card Room 1400h - 2200h

Office Timings 1000h-1800h

1000h-1700h (Only Sunday)

1400h-1430h (Lunch Break)

Query on Bills 1500h-2100h

Party Bookings (at Reception) 1100h-1330h & 1600h-2200h

Library 1930h-2130h (Mon to Sat)

1230h-1430h and 1930h-2130h (Sun)

Reading room will be open from 9:00 AM

URC Extension Counter 0945h-1400h & 1500h-1700h

(Monday to Friday)

0945h-1400h (Saturday)

Gymnasium 0700h-1200h & 1600h-2000h

(Ladies only) 1100h -1200h & 1600h to 1700h

Holidays

We are closed on all Tuesdays. However Club will be open on 10th March for

Holi only !

Dates Day Time Event

04, 11, 18, 25 Wednesday 7:30 PM Live Music

01, 08, Sunday 11:30 AM Morning Tombola

14, 21, 28 Saturday 07:30 PM Evening Tombola

10th Tuesday 11:00 AM Holi Celebration

New Library Books

Sr. No.

Book Author

1. Chocolat Joanne Harris

2. China Rich Girlfriend Kevin Kwan

3. Life of PI Yann Martel

4. Everything I never told you Celeste NG

5. Born a Crime Trevor Noah

6. The Handmaid’s Tale Margaret Atwood

7. Being Mortal Atul Gawande

8. Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows Balli Kaur Jaswal

9. A Man Called OVE Fredrik Backman

10. The Alchemist Panlo Coelho

11. The Goldfinch Donna Tartt

12. The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseini

13. Never let me go Kazuo Ishiguro

14. Blink Malcolm Gladwell

15. The Rosie Project Graeme Simsion

16. The Nightingale Kristin Hannah

17. Bad Blood John Carreyrou

18. The Reluctant Fundamentalist Mohsin Hamid

19. The Palace of Illusions Chitra Banerjee

20. Milk and Honey Rupi Kaur

21. Zen – The Art of Simple Living Shunmyo Masuno

New Library Books

Sr. No.

Book Author

22. The Secrets between Us Thrity Umrigar

23. A Chequered Brilliance Jairam Ramesh

24. M.K Gandhi – An Autobiography Ramachandra Guha

25. Mirza Ghalib Gulzar

26. A Political Biography of Maharaja Ripudaman Singh of Nabha (1883-1942)

JS Grewal & Indu Banga

27. The Guru of Joy Francois Gautier

28. Steve Jobs Walter Isaacson

29. The Art of Happiness Dr Howard C Cutler

30. Light from many lamps Lilliam Eichler Watson

31. Homo Deus – A brief History of Tomor-row

Yuval Noah Harari

32. Sapiens - A brief History of Humankind Yuval Noah Harari

33. No Room for Small Dreams Shimon Peres

34. Intuition – Knowing Beyond Logic Osho

35. 21 lessons for the 21st Century Yuval Noah Harari

36. The Intelligent Investor Benjamin Graham

37. The New World Disorder and the Indian Imperative

Shashi Tharoor

38. Walking with Nanak Haroon Khalid

39. Mission in Action Chander Suta Dogra

40. 1962 The War That Wasn’t Shiv Kunal Verma

41. Battle Tactics and War Manoeuvres of the Sikhs

Group Captain D.S Saggu

42. Indian Garden Flowers Amarjeet Singh Bath

43. 100 Great Lives H.D Sharma

Governing Body Meeting

DRESS SUGGESTIONS

Gentlemen are expected to wear collared Shirts/T Shirts tucked in smart trou-

sers or Jeans. Proper Bush Shirts may be worn. Leather shoes are a must.

Ladies are requested to dress up modestly.

Contact details of DSOI, Chandigarh

Mob - 70096 21932, 0172-2606427, 2606428

Email: dsoi.chandigarh@gmail.com

Vice Chairman 21 CSD 30

Secretary 22 Library 35

Office Supdt 23 OP Lounge 36

Office Clerk 40 Restaurant 24

Supervisors 25 Polo Bar 37

Reception 26 Card Room 38

Security 34 Tuck Shop 39

Accountant 31 Gazebo 42

Despatcher 41 Gymnasium 33

GUEST ROOMS

Ravi - 27; Beas - 28; Satluj - 29

Capt Jagjit Singh (M No - S-1459) left for his heavenly

abode on 27 Jul 2019,

May his Soul Rest in Peace.

We only have Monthly E-Newsletter, this not only helps our

environment but is also more informative and user friendly.

Members who wish to get a hard copy of the monthly programme

may put in a request with the Institute office.