Comeback ‘Kids’

With spring setting in, the Garden has turned brighter and more colorful. The mornings are pleasant – the sun rising in time, the dull and drab woolens fast disappearing and everyone looks cheerful. Those who were irregular have started turning up for the exercises every day. Those who were away during the winter months are also returning now.
Tara Chand Seth had already registered his ‘comeback’ earlier this week (see post of February 18), but it was today that he made a small celebration of it. He had brought along a box of assorted cookies from Delhi and was asking around for a suitable day to unpack them. Seeing that attendance was rising by the day, he decided to give us the treat this morning (lead pic). Incidentally, this was also a belated celebration of his last birthday on October 15, 2012.
The other comeback ‘kid’ was Teja Singh Bhanwar (left pic). He stays in Faridabad, near Delhi, and visits us every six months without fail. He may not be a member, but so nicely has he endeared himself with his humility and quiet dignity that Srichand Arora had to gift him with a Club cap the last time he was around. Most significantly, he has been more regular for the exercises than any of the regular members. So his return this morning was much like filling up a vacuum he had left in August last.
Welcome back, Teja Singh-ji!
Harish Wadhwa:
* Teja Singh-ji, welcome to your own club in Mumbai. He is such a loving, kind-hearted and dear person that no one can ever forget him. I recall how he offered prayers the last time instead of the surya-namaskar we do every day. His interaction with all (especially Grover-sa'ab in Punjabi) is worth a mention. Tussi pag pa ke bahoot sone lag rahe ho jee. Nazar na lage. Rab twanu lambi te kushhaal zindagi bhakshe.
* Missed another treat as usual. Jo aawat hai so paawat hai/ Jo sowat hai so khowat hai... Wah wah, kya baat hai!!!
Jagmohan Papneja:
Thank you Tara Chand-ji for the cookies. They were really delicious. After all, they were from the House of Frontier, a well known name in New Delhi. I am sure every one had something nice to say about the tasty cookies.
Harish Wadhwa adds:
I wanted to say something about the cookies. Alas, I didn't get any. Like book reviews, I am open to giving food reviews -- whether home-made or otherwise.