Bad Word

After what happened yesterday, ‘gentleman’ (and its derivatives) has become a bad word. Kishor Babani started it all this morning by addressing everybody as ‘gentleman’ and demanding a party in return. When he met Razia Khan (right), he called her a ‘gentlewoman’ and extended his hand -- “Party”.
She didn't quite get it. So after a while, he repeated the act – “Party!” Everybody broke into laughter, saying “Double party ho gayi”; but still Razia did not catch on. She kept on ranting about Arora-sah’b (who, incidentally did not come today) not keeping his phapra-jalebi promise, when somebody suggested that she could as well order tea at least for being called a ‘gentlewoman’.
Yusuf Rassiwala flattered her further for conducting the exercises so well, when again, everybody demanded a party from her. She readily agreed this time. Nahid Khan could not hold her amusement: "At this rate, she’d have to organise a dinner party at her house for all the members." Funnily, till the end, Razia did not realise that the jokes were on her.
The dampener of the day was the news of Arun Patil. Rehana Sheikh informed us of Arun-bhai being hospitalised for the past nine days with a serious diabetic condition. He was at Indore on work when he suddenly started showing symptoms of a paralytic attack. He had to be air-dashed to Mumbai and admitted straight into the ICU of BSES Hospital (near Andheri Station) where his sugar level was found to have hit a perilous 700 mg/dl.
Fortunately, Arun-bhai is now better and out of danger. He has been discharged from ICU, but is still under medication and observation. We can only hope and pray that he recuperates soon and is able to get back to normalcy. More than that, we wish he takes care of himself and summons the will to be on a strict diet regimen. Most importantly, we appeal to him to join us in the Garden, religiously, every morning and sweat it out. It is not easy, we know. But life is precious.

Renu Babani says:
Health is so important. This is something we do not value till something really serious happens to us. Why do we wait for the inevitable to happen before taking charge of our lives? Then we end up complaining of the series of blood tests which the doctor ordered, followed by medication and of course, a diet regimen that seems so hard to follow. However, that is human nature -- the usual statement 'Nothing can ever happen to me'. Makes me wonder, are we immortal? So, let's take better care of ourselves so no one has to end up on a hospital bed. Better safe than sorry, right?
--Renu