ʻO ke kikoo Kalapu ʻĪnia aia ma ka papahele mua o ka Hotel Strand Continental. He hale haʻahaʻa a maʻalahi ke nalo me kahi hōʻailona liʻiliʻi ma waho. Ke komo nei kekahi ma ka puka ma kahi alapiʻi wiliwili i kahi pā ma ka papahele mua a me kahi hale ʻaina ma ka lua me nā lumi hālāwai a me kahi lima o nā lumi moe.
Ua pale aku ka India Club i nā ho'āʻo mua e pani iā ia i mea e hana ai i kahi hoʻomohala hou. Ua nalowale ke kaua a ua luku ʻia ka nui o kāna mau kākoʻo kūpaʻa.
I ka makahiki 2017, kahi i hoʻolaha ʻia e hoʻopakele i ka wahi, ua haʻi aku ka mea nona ka hui ʻo India ʻo Yadgar Marker iā Curry Life: "Ua haʻalele ʻia i ka wā i komo ai mākou akā makemake wau i ka mālama ʻana no nā hanauna e hiki mai ana." Ua lawe ʻo ia i ka hoʻokele i ka makahiki 1997.
Ua kahe mai nā mahalo a me nā kanikau mai UK a ma waho ma hope o ka hōʻoia ʻana e pani ʻia kahi hale ʻaina India a me ka hōkele ma waena o Ladana.
Makemake nui ka poʻe e ʻai i loko o ka hale ʻaina ma mua o ka nalowale ʻana o kahi ʻāpana aloha o ka hoʻoilina o Lākana.
I hoʻokumu ʻia ma 1951 ma The Strand, ua manaʻo ʻia ka India Club e nā poʻe India e noho ana ma UK he "home mamao mai ka home." He wahi hālāwai kaulana ia no nā mea kākau alakaʻi, ka poʻe naʻauao, a me nā kālai'āina e pili ana i ke kūʻokoʻa o India. He mea koʻikoʻi ka mōʻaukala no India a me UK, ua hoʻokumu ʻia e Krishna Menon, ke Komisina Kiʻekiʻe mua o India i UK me Lady Mountbatten a me ke Kuhina Nui ʻo Jawaharlal Nehru i mau lālā hoʻokumu. E hui ana lākou ma lalo o nā puka aniani ʻoniʻoni ʻoniʻoni o ka hale kākela art-deco e kūkākūkā i kā lākou mau hoʻolālā no ka wā e hiki mai ana o India. Hoʻonani mau kā lākou mau kiʻi i nā paia o ka hale ʻaina kiʻiʻoniʻoni, bar a me nā lumi hālāwai.
ʻO nā mea maʻamau kaulana ʻē aʻe ʻo ia ka mea kālai'āina ʻo Labour Michael Foot, a me ka mea pena kiʻi ʻo MF Husain ʻaʻole i puni e kanikau i ka pani ʻana o kā lākou wahi ʻai punahele. ʻO nā poʻe kaulana i manaʻo ʻia ua ʻai ʻia ma laila i nā makahiki he nui ʻo Dadabhai Naoroji, ka MP mua Pelekane Pelekane, a me ke akeakamai Bertrand Russell.
Ua ʻōlelo ke kanaka kālai'āina a me ka ʻoihana Pelekane-Indian, ʻo Lord Karan Bilimoria: "Ua kōkua au e hoʻopakele iā ia i 6 mau makahiki i hala aku nei a ua hakakā ikaika loa, akā i kēia manawa ua loaʻa i nā konohiki. Ua hele au i laila ma ke ʻano he keikikāne me koʻu makuakāne he 50 mau makahiki aku nei i ka wā i hoʻouna ʻia ai ʻo ia ma UK. ma ke ano he Konela! Minamina loa ka ʻike ʻana i kahi hale mōʻaukala kokoke. ʻO ia kekahi o nā hale ʻaina mua aʻu i kūʻai aku ai i ka Cobra Beer a me kahi mea kūʻai kūpaʻa no kahi kokoke i ka hapakolu o ke kenekulia!
Ua hōʻike pū ʻo Congress MP Shashi Tharoor i kona kaumaha i ka pani ʻana o kēia hale ʻaina hōʻailona. Ma kahi pou puʻuwai ma X (ʻo Twitter ma mua) ua kākau ʻo Tharoor, "Ma ke ʻano he keiki a kekahi o kāna mau mea hoʻokumu, kanikau wau i ka hala ʻana o kahi ʻoihana i lawelawe i nā poʻe India he nui (a ʻaʻole nā India wale nō) no kahi kokoke i ʻekolu hapaha o ke kenekulia. No nā haumāna he nui, nā mea nūpepa a me nā huakaʻi, he home kaʻawale ia mai ka home, e hāʻawi ana i ka meaʻai India maʻalahi a maikaʻi hoʻi i nā kumukūʻai kūpono a me kahi lewa e hui ai a mālama i nā hoaaloha.
Ua hōʻike pū ʻo ia i ʻelua mau kiʻi me ka pou me ka hoʻohui ʻana, "E like me ka hōʻike ʻana o ke kiʻi, aia wau ma laila i kēia kauwela me koʻu kaikuahine (ke kū nei mākou i mua o nā kiʻi o koʻu makuakāne e hele ana i nā hanana hui i nā makahiki 1950) a ke kaumaha nei wau i ka ʻike ʻana. ʻO ia kaʻu huakaʻi hope loa, ʻoiai ʻaʻole au e hoʻi i Ladana i kēia makahiki. ʻOm Shanti!”
No ka mea, aia ka hui hōʻailona ma kahi e kū pono ana i ka Bush House i lawelawe ma ke keʻena poʻo o ka BBC World Service no kanahiku mau makahiki, he wahi hoʻokipa maʻamau ia no ka poʻe nūpepa e like me aʻu i hana ma laila.
Ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Ruth Hogarth, he hoa hana ma Bush House ma mua: "I koʻu mau makahiki he 20 ma Bush House, ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ke alanui mai India Club, he malihini maʻamau wau me nā hoa hana o ka World Service. Ua makemake nui au i nā dosas i loko o ka hale ʻaina unpretentious ma ka papahele ʻelua, i kāʻili ʻia i ka wā hoʻomaha i kahi hoʻololi pō lōʻihi. Ma hope mai, i koʻu hana ʻana no King's College London ma ka pā kula ʻo Strand, ʻo ka papa nani o ka papahele mua ko mākou wahi e hele ai no ka cocktails e hoʻolauleʻa ai i nā hanana kūikawā.
Wahi a kekahi mea kākau moʻolelo BBC, ʻo Mike Jervis: "ʻO ka piʻi ʻana i ke alapiʻi i ka India Club ua like ia me ke komo ʻana i kahi honua ʻokoʻa. ʻO ka lewa mālie a me nā meaʻai kuʻuna ʻole i hāʻawi i kahi hoʻomaha ʻaina ahiahi mai nā pilikia o ka lumi nūhou. Akā aia kekahi mau hana ʻē aʻe e like me ka hele ʻana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā puke e nā hoa hana mua.
He paʻakikī ka wehewehe ʻana i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana o kahi hoʻokumu i hoʻāʻo liʻiliʻi e hoʻololi me ka manawa. I ka wā i kipa ʻia ai ka poʻe ʻaina maʻamau, ʻike maopopo lākou i ka mea ma ka papa kuhikuhi, ʻo ka ʻai maʻalahi o South India: nā poppadoms i lawelawe ʻia me ka salsa niu a me ka lime pickle, samosas, kahi ʻano o nā bhajis, nā moa ʻulaʻula, nā bhuna hipa palupalu, ka moa pata, paneer me ka spinach ʻoki maikaʻi ʻia. a me kahi koho o nā parathas a me nā berena ʻē aʻe. He haʻahaʻa nā kumukūʻai, haʻalele ʻoe i ka piha me ka ʻole o ka hōʻeha ʻana i kāu ʻeke i hoʻohālikelike ʻia i nā hale ʻaina India hou a me ka trendier me nā uku hoʻoinu maka.
Ke holo nei ka ʻohana Marker i ka India Club mai ka wā i hoʻopakele ai iā ia mai kahi pōʻino ma kahi o 20 mau makahiki i hala. Haʻaheo lākou i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ko lākou aʻa a hōʻole i ka hoʻoweliweli ʻia e nā hale ʻaina trendier e ulu ana a puni lākou. Ua kūpaʻa lākou i ka mālama ʻana i kona ʻoiaʻiʻo a ua ʻike maopopo ʻia kēia i nā mea kūʻai aku.
ʻO ka mea pōʻino, ua koi ʻia lākou e hāʻule i ka mana a me ka mana o nā mea hoʻomohala nui i manaʻo nui i ka waiwai ma mua o ka mōʻaukala, ka moʻomeheu a me nā kuʻuna. Me ka pau ʻana o ka hui ʻo India Club waiwai nui e nalowale loa ana kahi ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o ka hoʻoilina hui o UK a me India.
