New-found Love

After a long, long time, we had a healthy turnout this morning. We were more than 25. And what’s more, we were evenly balanced gender-wise. When Mumtaz Jahan joined the circle as the 26th participant for the exercises, Srichand Arora pretended to be so upset that he instructed everybody not to even look in her direction. Till the time she came in, the men happened to be in a majority!
However, what does not cease to amuse the regulars is the resurfacing of many old-time members, particularly those who were not known to be regular in their attendance. Even more hilarious is the constant buzz about the party this week-end, much as nothing really has been finalized as yet. Somehow, all those with this new-found love for the Club want to make sure his/her name exists in the membership list. One elderly gent who is not on the list and has never been seen by anybody for the exercises, insists on being a founder member of the Club. Today, when Arora confronted him, he argued that he pre-dates all existing members – Arora included.
But all this is fun – more so, when nobody has any clue when and where the party is to take place. Blue Waters is written off. Arora has recommended Panchwati or Sab Kuchh (see last post). Mr G.R.Garg has agreed to enquire with a few restaurateurs and if possible, swing a good deal. Some are suggesting Govinda in ISKCON, but Gopvinita has warned against any Housie or singing there – not even bhajans by Sitaram. And Nafisa Sayed (right) simply cannot figure out why we should be making such a huge song and dance over feeding a few people…
It will be interesting to see how this finally plays out.