Dashing 'n' Dapper

Hari Singh Shekhawat today was the butt of many jokes as he turned up late, cheerfully sporting a trendy black striped T-shirt with black track pants to match (right pic). His late-coming was anyway explained to his having to administer eye-drops early morning to his wife who has recently undergone a cataract operation. But the cool, under-stated elegance of his dressing was to incite a volley of playful digs on how he was so desperate to impress the ladies with his dashing, debonair looks. Many called him the 'gorey banke chhorey' who had suddenly become a “hero”. Bapu Rane even addressed him as “Rajesh Khanna”!
Razia Khan wanted to know why he had stopped telephoning habitual absentees – especially the ladies whose strength has been going down by the day. Shekhawat promptly reeled out a status report. “I keep track of everybody here," he said. "Ramila (Mistry) is busy with guests at her house, Neelam (Garg) has to attend a satsang every morning and is free only on Saturdays, Nafisa (Sayed) comes whenever I call her, Mrs (Bhaswati) Bose has broken her back, Sitaram (Hivarkar) also has a back problem, (Srichand) Arora’s son has come down from Singapore, Mrs (Harbans) Singh has lost a relative in Pune, Geeta (Sardhana) has just got her daughter married… What else do you want to know?” The way he rattled the names, all in one breath, summarily put a full stop to any further discussion on the subject.
But the highlight of the morning was Santosh Tyagi (left) celebrating her daughter-in-law having recently landed a prestigious job. She is in the telecom industry. For once, we were all treated to soft, spongy mouth-watering chum-chums – thoughtfully served in white plastic cups. Thank you, Santosh-ji for the treat and we wish your daughter-in-law all the more progress in her career, if only for more of those scrunchy and sinfully sweet chum-chums!
Harish Wadhwa:
The picture is proof enough of Sunita-ji having got two helpings of chum-chum while we all got one. Not fair (LOL)! By the way, congratulations to Santosh-ji's bahu for the promotion. And Renu-ji, these days you are seen walking and not joining the group. Any reasons?
Renu Babani replies:
Have you noticed the celebrations going on and distribution of sweets, etc.? I need the walk to digest all that!
PIC SPEAK: Here comes the forge, because united we stand, divided we fall! If you think these ladies are smart, see how I proved them wrong. I have the entire box for myself!