Run Kishor, Run!

The picture alongside captures the mood a Kishor Babani-joke typically evokes every morning. Such free-spirited laughter, so spontaneous and natural, can rarely be seen anywhere. Even the ladies – especially the two in the foreground, Nahid Khan and Khatoon Baig – would probably not know that they can laugh so wholeheartedly.
So, what was so funny as to have triggered such an exuberant reaction?
Well, the joke Kishor (below) narrated today, was as follows: A roadside beggar sees a young, beautiful girl and instantly falls in love. He proposes to her: “I love you; I want to marry you.” The girl gives him one dirty look and says, “I’d rather die than marry you.” Crestfallen, the beggar grumbles: “Kambakht mar jayegi, par ek gareeb ka bhala nahi karegi (Damn, she will die but not help a poor man)!”
Now compare this with what Arora describes as the “nashta” (snacks) Kishor serves during the tea session of the Badmaash Company outside the Garden. Today’s joke ran like a riddle: “What is the activity that leaves a man exhausted in 15 minutes, but a woman would like to go on and on with? What is that act?”
Bose wickedly proposed that this could well be narrated at the Garden. “Jootey padenge,” Kishor warned, chickening out. “We’ll get beaten up,” agreed Harish. But Bose was persistent, arguing that it was an innocuous joke. “At least, let’s test their reaction,” Arora reasoned. “If they get worked up, the four of us will be outside the Garden in no time.”
“I have a better idea,” interrupted Harish. “I’ll read out the joke saying that it has been written by Kishor and that he wanted Bose to read it, but when Arora-ji intervened… All of you should be around me and at the slightest hint of trouble, head straight for the Gate and keep on running and running. Don't even look back!”
By the way, the answer to that riddle is – "Shopping".
Renu Babani:
Well, one thing for certain regarding the final joke: The response of the ladies would be scrutinizing, dirty looks and disapproving stares. These gentlemen would be standing by the Gate even before daring to say such a joke. That way, once the answer is given, each one of them would have either disappeared or wished the ground beneath them would open up! The Badmaash Company must best keep such jokes to themselves if they know what is best for them!
Harish Wadhwa:
Well, it may be a blessing that not all members read the blog when it comes to live coverage of "BC" like this. At least, not the conservative kind, who may make a mountain of a molehill. For sure, the four of us would be beaten up or thrown out of the Garden, if they did!
Bhaswati Bose:
What a DIRTY PICTURE that would be!