‘Ladies Strike’

Before the women came storming in...

Slideshow demo on the Himachal Tour

The exercises began this morning with Tara Chand Seth declaring it was a “Ladies Strike” today! Indeed, not a single female face was to be seen while there were as many as seven men around. Soon Yusuf Rassiwala came, followed by Srichand Arora and with Sitaram Hivarkar joining in, the number rose to ten. But strangely, no female member turned up. That was when everyone became uncomfortable? Were the women really on "strike"? What for? Where had they all disappeared?
But Tara Chand had spoken too soon. For Nahid Khan showed up with Razia Khan and Nafisa Sayyad close on her heels, soon to be followed by Geeta Sardana, Ramila Mistry, Khatoon Baig… all hurrying in. The deluge had begun. In no time the tables were overturned and the women outnumbered the men almost two to one. “Ab theek hai,” observed Tara Chand with a look of relief and satisfaction. Obviously, some men find their comfort level with more females around.
Shekhawat wasn’t there though. He complained of "tabiyat dheela" and decided to stay put at home today. Bhaswati Bose, who had brought the Holi pictures on her laptop for his benefit (he was particularly interested in seeing his ‘marriage’ pics) was therefore left with having a slideshow demo for all those who had missed it on the blog. As a surprise add-on, there were pics taken by Arora at Amritsar, Vaishno Devi, Chandigarh, etc. (also on the blog now) which many, who did not go on the trip, were keen to see. In effect, this finally brings a closure to the much talked-about Himachal Tour.