Divine Parody

On this day of Lord Krishna’s birth, here is wishing everyone a happy and safe Janmashtami. Do not try risking your life and limb by being a govinda on the streets. Don’t even think of it. It simply does not make sense forming human pyramids and climbing on people's shoulders to break dahi hundis… only to break your bones instead.
For us at the Garden, it was a wet morning -- as it must on Janmashtami Day. They say it is inauspicious if it does not rain. So midway through the routine, we had to rush into the Chinese Hut and resume our exercises. Nothing odd about it, except that Srichand Arora should find himself enclosed in a section and surrounded only by ladies – to the exclusion of all males!
Last year on Janmashtami Day (see post of September 02, 2010) he was in a somewhat similar situation in the middle, but outside the Chinese Hut. He had even presented Sunita Jajodia with a flower from the hedge, in keeping with the mood of the occasion. We had all teased him then, little knowing that the script would be rewritten with minor variations a year later.
After all, it was no coincidence that Arora should be conducting the exercises again on this day. It was no coincidence that he should be forced into a situation where he finds only women and women around him. What’s more, of all the days, he had to come in sky blue track pants and matching blue T-shirt today. Surely, there was no deliberate intent to emulate the “blue god” in a raas leela; but if this was not divine will, what is?
Says SRICHAND ARORA:
Dear Blog Monster, just check carefully: There are no women or even men around me. I am just out of the crowd like a shy and innocent guy, with closed eyes, conducting the exercises.
Says HARISH WADHWA:
Arora-ji is teaching the women how to hold their breath, required for making a human (women) pyramid for the Dahi Handi. I am sure they will win the Rs250,000 prize under Arora-ji's guidance.