Programme Rejigged

DOUBLE TREAT from Shekhawat (above) and Ramila (below)

There’s barely a fortnight left for the Himachal Tour to take off. And the programme has had to be rejigged a little to tie up all loose ends and to ensure that the 20-member group is able to derive the maximum advantage in minimum time from the trip, before fatigue sets in.
Effectively, the itinerary has been cut short by a day and instead of boarding the Rajdhani Express at Delhi on April 5, the group will leave a day earlier by the Maharashtra Sampark Kranti (MSK) Express. The final tour programme is as follows:
27/3: dep Mumbai by GOLDEN TEMPLE MAIL at 9:30 pm
29/3: arr AMRITSAR
30/3: arr KATRA
31/3: VAISHNO DEVI darshan
01/4: arr CHANDIGARH
02/4: arr SHIMLA
03/4: dep SHIMLA
04/4: arr DELHI
05/4: arr Mumbai (Borivali) by MSK EXPRESS at 3:30 pm (estimated).
Those wishing to extend their halt in Delhi by a day (and perhaps make a whistlestop tour of Agra and the Taj Mahal) have the option of returning to Mumbai by the Rajdhani Express on April 5 – as booked initially. The others on the MSK Express would be back home by then. While this became an issue for animated discussion among some members, Shekhawat distributed chocolates brought by his daughter-in-law from an overseas trip. Ramila Mistry made it a double treat with revadis – actually prasad from Mahashivaratri yesterday.
Jagmohan Papneja:
* There are as many as chhappan or 56 types of bhog /prasad offered to God. Ramila-ji offered rewari to Lord Shiva yesterday and that was distributed to us today as blessing.
* Thank you Shekhawat-ji for sharing the Hongkong chocolates. Tussi badey great ho!
Renu Babani's PICSPEAK:
Sweets constantly distributed, no matter what the reason.