Tension Free

The pullovers and mufflers are coming off. But the change of season isn’t going down well with many members. All the biggies of the Club, including Srichand Arora, Yusuf Rassiwala and Sitaram Hivarkar have become erratic in their attendance. Even Kishor Babani was not to be seen today – thus making way for Jagmohan Papneja (left) to take charge of the jokes’ session. And when Hari Singh Shekhawat came in towards the fag end of the exercises, looking utterly crest fallen (apparently, he has been under the weather since last evening) Geeta Sardana couldn’t help observing that his left moustache had turned droopy. “That moustache too is not feeling well!” she quipped.
But the real stars of the morning were the Khan duo, Nahid and Razia (right). Both were in an unusually talkative mood today, the latter constantly disrupting Nahid (as she conducted the exercises) with her banter. It seemed, some domestic problem was bothering her and the more she wanted to talk about it, Nahid kept repeatedly cutting her short with a terse “tension leney ka nahin!”
After a point, Razia got irritated and challenged her: “How to get rid of tension when it follows you like a boyfriend?” That gave Nahid a handle and amidst rousing laughter, she kept needling Razia with her own example, how she manages to remain tension-free and happy, etc. and even offered to do her cooking in one hour, if that was an issue. Fed up with her jibes, Razia blurted out: “Arrey, yeh toh meri peechey haath-dho ke nahin, nahaa-dho ke pad gayi hai!”
In the all-consuming mirth and hilarity, what we fail to realize is that Razia was only looking for a patient ear – a sounding board to express her pent-up feelings – something she probably does not find at home. Like many of us, she sees the Garden as a place to unburden herself.
Renu Babani's PICSPEAK:
* "How come only the male species are interested in my jokes? Where are the females?"
* "Come what may, we shall stand together as one and handle all obstacles our way!"
Harish Wadhwa:
It was nice to see Jagmohan-ji taking centre-stage for the joke session in the absence of Kishor-da with the story of four turban men venturing into business. The friendly cat fight between Nahid-ji and Razia-ji is only to laugh and unwind -- rightly said by the blog monster. In reality, they are thick pals and have a great concern for each other's well-being -- visible from their impish smiles in the pic.