Opinion | Why Delhi Gymkhana Club Members Cannot Win A Tie-Breaker |
Opinion | Why Delhi Gymkhana Club Members Cannot Win A Tie-Breaker
Occupants of Lutyens Bungalow Zone’s bungalows change constantly, so how can Delhi Gymkhana Club claim permanent rights?
The eviction notice to Delhi Gymkhana Club (DGC), one of the most exclusive — and exclusionist — institutions in New Delhi, has once again ignited a debate on the so-called Lutyens Bungalow Zone (LBZ) and its elite occupants.
Disheartened at the prospect of their favourite enclave of privilege being wrested away without even the courts being able to stymie it, the members of the DGC have sought to extend the debate (and demolition fears) to the surrounding VIP areas.
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Questions are being asked once again about why the other buildings of similar vintage in that area are not being meted out similar treatment. Given that the clubhouse and cottages of DGC, set amid 27 acres of tennis courts and gardens, were built around the same time as government bungalows and are accorded the same heritage status, any “assault" on the former should also be extended to the others, it is being contended. But there is one crucial difference.
‘Membership’ to the LBZ as a whole constantly changes, while membership to the DGC within that zone remains mostly the same. When the British envisioned their “new" Delhi, next to the “old"........