Just Chill!

Just when everything looked hunky-dory at the Club, a seemingly trivial matter has thrown the proverbial spanner in the works. Objections raised yesterday by a senior member (name withheld for obvious reasons) on exchanging high-fives between men and women after the exercises, had generated an undercurrent of tension right through the morning. Not that the high-fives matter to anybody, but it is the domineering and self-opinionated attitude of the lady in question that has raised the hackles of many. Members were unanimous in their view that this was totally unnecessary and uncalled for and it would only vitiate the atmosphere of the Club. Even Srichand Arora was shocked when this was reported to him. “But what was wrong with it?” he exclaimed in disbelief.
Others were not as polite: “What is her problem when we are all okay with it?” “What if we were to defy her and insult her now?” “Does she think we come to the Garden to do ishq?” “She should show us some respect.” “Next she would want us to hang a bedsheet and tell the women to exercise on one side and the men on the other!” The ladies wanted the men to intervene on their behalf, but it was decided not to make a mountain out of a molehill now, in deference to her age and seniority. At an appropriate time, when tempers cool down, she would be gently told to relax and take it easy. After all, in a free country, nobody is anybody’s moral guardian after the age of 18 years.
If there’s anyone missing this hullabaloo, it should be Kishor Babani. For the past one week, he and his wife, Renu are living out of suitcases while shuttling between Delhi and Amritsar, Delhi and Jaipur, and Ajmer… and god-knows-where else, before heading homewards. Here we see him (above) at Jaipur basking in the afternoon sunshine of Kanak Vrindavan Garden. We wish the couple all joy for the rest of their trip and hope to see them early next week.
Harish Wadhwa:
Kishor-da, looking great. Hope you too are having a great time.