Lazy Monday

Mondays are lazy days. Most people wake up late after a busy week-end, too tired to make it to the Garden. The few who manage to turn up are usually so groggy and bleary eyed that they somehow go through the motions of exercising and rush home as fast as they can to catch some more sleep. Besides, it is still winter in Mumbai and things do take time to warm up.
Much of the morning went into discussing the Saturday movie, Yamla Pagla Deewana. Kishor Babani liked it so much that he watched it a second time yesterday with Dilip-bhai. Shekhawat-ji (below left) is still raving about the Patiala-peg jokes and says that he had never laughed so much in any other movie. His grandson was so engrossed that he did not even realize that he had eaten six samosas in the course of the screening. Srichand Arora, who missed the movie because of guests dropping in for lunch at his place, joked that he had “sacrificed” his tickets for Sunita Jajodia’s sake. The latter had made a last-minute requisition for two tickets to accommodate her son and daughter and Mr and Mrs Arora’s tickets were utilized thus.
Amidst this light-hearted banter, just as we were leaving the Garden, Pratap Bhatt (right) showed up, looking frail and weak. He has pulled down considerably since we last saw him about two months back. It seems he had developed a hole in the lung and was under treatment all this while. Doctors have expressly prevented him from exerting himself in any manner – least of all exercising in the morning.
Happily, Bhatt-sah’b feels better now and believes that he has "recovered completely". Nevertheless, he would require 10-12 days before he feels confident enough to join us in the Garden on a regular basis, as before.

Harish Wadhwa says:
1. Nice to see the daily competition on the number of men and women who join the exercise group every day. Men need to increase their number to beat the number of women. Bhai-log kucchh toh karo, padosiyon ko bhi bulao ! Everyone also seemed to have enjoyed the movie as one could see them remembering the good times they had.
2. The Sunday (holiday) mood lingers even on Monday mornings and therefore they are indeed lazy. It takes time to accept the reality of going back into the rat race for survival.
--Harish