New Initiatives

The old must make way for the new. That’s the way of the world. And so it is with us at the Garden. They are laying out a cricket pitch with proper practice nets on the narrow stretch of land adjoining the nullah. According to Srichand Arora, we might as well start playing regular T-20 matches there -- Ladies vs Gents.
His other suggestion today was however not so well received. In order to prevent the ladies from talking among themselves during the exercises, he tried to foist the men alternatively between them. Much as Shekhawat was delighted, the possibility of members breaking into “jodis” made Arora do a rethink. Following protests from the ladies, he dropped the idea for the moment.
The most important development though, was the initiative taken to raise a second line of ‘teachers’ for conducting exercises. From now on, every morning, we will have a new face in the middle (alternating between male and female), who would be coached by the regulars. So today, under the supervision Nahid Khan, Arora, Razia Khan and other veterans, Mumtaz Jahan was invited to conduct the exercises.
She bravely began with the ‘Bismillah ur-Rahman ur-Rahim’ invocation, followed by utter chaos in counting (while she went on 7, 8, 9, 10… Bapu Rane tried desperately getting her on course with 7, 6, 5, 4…) till good sense prevailed and she started facing Arora, mirroring his actions. ‘Right up-Right Down’ became ‘Light Off-Light on’. Soon others were prompting and making the calls, while Mumtaz continued exercising in the middle, silently – but for some off-hand instructions: “Gardan marodna, Kaan kheechna”!
Somehow, Mumtaz survived the day. Tomorrow is Bose’s turn on the chopping block.
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