Mix business with pleasure at an exclusive Mumbai club

Club hopes to become a destination where high-flyers socialise, unwind and also strike deals

Groucho Marx, the Hollywood comedian, quipped famously that he did not want to belong to any club that would have him as a member. The attitude appears vastly different among high-flyers today, especially in Mumbai where elite gymkhanas claim exorbitant fees and have long waiting periods for membership. It is likely this which encouraged Harish Thawani to recently build what he reckons is “a temple of luxury” in the Bandra-Kurla Complex.
 
No gods are enshrined at The Indus Club, started by the founder of Nimbus Communications and NEO Sports. The private, members-only club wants to pay homage instead to