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Santosh Tyagi: Prasad packets from Vaishno Devi

Here’s the joke of the day: Arun Patil, our ‘Hero of the Himachal Tour’ (check last two posts) who took care of everyone in their darkest hour and along with Srichand Arora, remained unaffected by the food poisoning around, was himself down with a running tummy this morning. “He is completely flat out with dysentery,” a hyper-excited Rehana Sheikh announced by way of explaining Arun’s absence in the Garden today.
Now, for someone who had done so much for all on the tour and ordinarily does not take a break from the exercises, this was disturbing news. After much deliberation, everyone shook their head gloomily: “Must be late reaction to the food poisoning.”

Prakash Motwani

But as it turned out, Arun was to have the laugh. “I am perfectly fine,” he piped in cheerfully on phone. “It was water melon I had taken yesterday which was giving me stomach cramps. So I decided not to take chances. But I will be there at the Garden tomorrow.”
Santosh Tyagi was however, not as lucky. She took a stopover at Delhi to recover from the rigors of the tour and was in the Garden this morning with packets of prasad from Vaishno Devi. But she still looked downbeat. “I’ll have to see a doctor today,” she said between sniffles and coughing. “I am not at all well.”
Prakash Motwani was worse off. He had not gone on the tour, but complained of a drastic weight-loss defying explanation. “I have gone through all possible tests, but still the doctors have not detected anything,” he said trying to force a smile. “I cannot climb stairs, I feel giddy and weak, drained of all energy. I was 62 kilos and in one month, I am down to 50 kilos… God knows what is happening to me!” Constant worrying is turning this man into a nervous wreck.
Harish Wadhwa:
* Trip mein itna saha, kasrat ki, oranges khaye ki ansoo bhi nikal rahe hain, jagah badal badal ke! Ek tarbooz baki tha, par us ne bhi raham na karke rang badal liya!
* Santosh-ji, thodi kanji aur pani-purie try karo. Loha lohe ko kat-ta hai. Sab theek ho jayega.
* Motwani-ji, hamesha ki tarah bas muskuratey rahiye. Sab theek ho jayega. Shayad badalte mausam ka takaza hai.
Srichand Arora:
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