Probationary 'Teacher'

The mass exodus to Goa came as a blessing in disguise for the Club this morning. For, we discovered a new 'teacher' in our midst to conduct the exercises. In view of the shortage of manpower (what with regular teachers like Nahid Khan, Yusuf Rassiwala and Razia Khan away for the weekend), Harish Wadhwa (left) had no option but to step in the middle and conduct the laughter sessions. So what if he needed constant prompting from the likes of Ramila Mistry, Ved Prakash Grover and Srichand Arora? So what if he had to submit to constant leg-pulling from the ladies while gamely carrying on? So what if many tried to confuse him and refused to follow his instructions? Nobody cared. It was fun all along. And everybody had a blast!
Seeing how well it went, Bapu Rane singled out Monthi Serrao as the next person to be trained. “Beech mein khadaa kar dene ka,” he proclaimed. And Monthi, in turn, quickly picked on the two most talkative ladies, Bhaswati Bose and Ramila for conducting the exercises hereafter. But from the looks of it and the many compliments Harish received for his efforts, there is no chance of escape for him any time soon.
Even more interesting was the seemingly unending battery of jokes from the unlikeliest of people after the exercises. Neelam Garg set the ball rolling with a Facebook gag, followed by Harish with an equally funny rejoinder, only to be taken forward by Neelam again and then Grover joining with another hilarious anecdote… It went on and on, till Nazma Sayed (right) produced the biggest laugh of the morning with a corny tale of a lady who used to visit her husband’s grave for days on end… Rarely does a Saturday offer such an overdose of rip-roaring laughter and unadulterated entertainment.
Renu Babani's PICSPEAK:
* "See it is so easy to conduct the exercises even as the regulars are not around."
[P.S.: Well done, Harish-bhai! You sure proved yourself!!!]
* "See, even I can be funny when necessary!"
Harish Wadhwa:
Sab log center mein nanhi-si-jaan par kaise gurrrrahha rahe hain! Rehem karo Grover-sa'ab, Ramila-ji aur Mothi-ji.