Cool Couple

The Babanis, Renu and Kishor brought in a bit of Canada on an already chilly morning at the Garden. Renu’s Toronto-based sister, Meena was introduced to us, along with her husband, James (left) today. All members greeted the couple with a lusty “fourth laugh” – a custom observed to mark special occasions in the Club.
James was around for the exercises yesterday also, within hours of his flight landing in Mumbai. Tired as he looked, it was probably a good way to get over his jet lag. To us also, it was nice to meet him and in effect, size up the man while he got into the motions of exercising without much ado. Obviously, he had endeared himself well enough yesterday for everybody to start taking liberties with him today. Even Tara Chand Seth took pot shots at him: “What is he doing here with us? He should be walking around the Garden with his saali. And Kishor should be also taking a walk with his saali!”
Being married to sisters, Kishor and James are what Indians peculiarly call “co-brothers-in-law”. So when someone commented on the weather, “Mausam suhana hai” and Kishor responded with “Mausam aashiqana hai”, Harish Wadhwa quickly pitched in, saying, “Kya, phone lagaaon?” Amidst the laughter, Nahid Khan couldn’t help remarking, “Kya phone karna, dono idhar hi ghoom rahein hain!”
But this was all in jest, forgotten soon afterwards. During the tea session, James and Meena even had kind words for the group. Fact is, they haven’t seen nothin’ yet.
Harish Wadhwa:
* Well, I had commented that there were'nt many ladies today, in resposne to Monthi-ji's complaint as to why men had occupied all places of the circle. To this, Shekhawat-ji said "phone lagaana padega" (to call them to exercise everyday). Nahid-ji grabbed the opportunity quickly to take a dig on Shekhawat-ji, saying he would enjoy calling his aashiqs (read aashiqana as aashiq-ana-hai)!
* Kishor-da bombarded the Badmaash with his special jokes at Chai, which was graced by the Toronto couple and Renu-ji. Hari-bhai was also in form, trying to convince the couple how good and economic Indian food is. It was a special session with batata-bhajji and chai, courtesy Kishor-da.
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