Double Celebration

The Club gave us two reasons to rejoice this morning. One, Hari Naraiyani celebrated his 48th wedding anniversary by distributing besan-luddoos among members after the exercises (left). And two, Sushma Gupta (accompanied by hubby Pradeep Gupta) celebrated her 33rd wedding anniversary by distributing chocolates among members after the exercises (below, left).
If that was not enough, Tara Chand Seth (below, right) gave us another reason to cheer by showing up at the Garden after three months. He was away at Delhi and had returned to Bombay by a late-night flight yesterday. Unable to hold himself back at home, this energetic octogenarian made it a point to be present for the exercises in the morning. His arrival was marked by a round of applause.
Hari-bhai had announced his anniversary a week back (see post of December 1) and the clever man he is, he brought those besan-luddoos in a cookie jar lest anybody pick out more than one at a time. Some did try though, only to be caught with their hand stuck in the cookie jar!
As for the Guptas, the chocolates on a platter came as more than a welcome surprise. Pradeep is a banker, due to retire soon. He will have to vacate his official residence across the road and was discussing the possibilities of remaining in the neighborhood, when Srichand Arora jokingly advised him to wheedle out some wads of currency notes from the bank before leaving. “I have a better idea,” Pradeep said. "I am setting up a press for printing currency notes.” “Great,” Arora retorted instantly. “You set up the press and I'll supply the paper!”
The blog joins everybody on wishing the Gupta couple and the Naraiyanis all the very best in their married lives – full of love, joy, peace and contentment.
Srichand Arora:
Dear Gupta, we all welcome you to our Laughter Club. We assure you, we will keep you as busy as you were in the Bank because we have so many programmes planned out for future. We need a person like you who can initiate and help us achieve our goals.
Renu Babani:
If pictures could speak a thousand words, here's mine:
1. Hari-bhai distributing besan-luddoos from the jar. Note Mrs Bose's gesture with her two fingers and expression, "Hey Mrs Khan, even I wanted to take two, but did not succeed. So don't even try to take my share!" Kajal is looking on while Sushma is so bored, she is yawning!
2. Mr Arora and Mr Gupta are having an interesting conversation. Geeta is looking on pensively, "Maybe I should get into this piece of action too. Sounds interesting!"
3. "Here I come, ready or not..." says Mr Tara Chand, as he comes back into the fold.
Harish Wadhwa:
Arora-sahab, Gupta-ji se dhande ki kucch baat karo, kucch paise jodo. After all, he is a banker, karodon mein khelte hain roz.
Dilip Babani:
God bless both the couples with wealth and good health!