Winds of Change

"Dado Sutto-Dado Sutto... Hey!"

We are turning into linguists. From what was intended to break the ‘Very Good-Very Good’ routine, we graduated to Hindi with ‘Bahut Achche-Bahut Achche’ at the end of each round of exercising. Now it has been decided that instead of restricting ourselves to one language, we should be signing off in our mother tongues – only that it would be a new language every morning and any member in the group could provide the cue.
So today, Srichand Arora tossed the Sindhi equivalent of ‘Very Good-Very Good’ and we all merrily clapped and sang in chorus, ‘Dado Sutto-Dado Sutto… Hey!’ On Saturday (yesterday being a holiday) we performed to the Bengali ‘Khoob Bhalo-Khoob Bhalo… Hey!’ and tomorrow, in all likelihood, we would take the cue from Sitaram Hivarkar’s ‘Khoob Chhan-Khoob Chhan… Hey!’ in Marathi. If anything, this should reaffirm our cosmopolitan nature, besides of course, provide some variety entertainment.

Tara Chand gets warm send-off

Already, a deliberate corruption of the phrase ‘Dado Sutto’ by the ladies led to many red faces since the men had overheard them. Santosh Tyagi tried doing some damage control but it further worsened the situation. This has only opened up the hilarious possibility of someone misguiding us with expressions far removed from what we are supposed to say and we would be none the wiser for it. For instance, were Monthi Serrao to tell us that the equivalent of ‘Very Good-Very Good’ is ‘Go to Hell-Go to Hell… Hey!’ in Konkani, who would prove her wrong? It is her word against ours, if at all!
But such slip-ups can be expected whenever changes are initiated. Yet another change in the offing is the scrapping of Sunday as a holiday and enforcing full attendance like any other week day. Ved Prakash Grover has been pressing for this, since he finds just about two or three members like Bapu Rane, Teja Singh and Tara Chand Seth to be present on Sundays. All the others have been observing the day as an ‘undeclared holiday’ and nobody can explain to Grover why. He will find himself all the more lonesome when Tara Chand leaves for his half-yearly sojourn to Delhi this evening. He isn’t saying when he would return.
Health Bulletin of Hari Singh Shekhawat - 7:
He has been discharged from Kokilaben Hospital before noon today. He was looking much better now. His son, Raghuvir told me that he was seeking an early appointment at Asian Heart Hospital for further treatment. --Jagmohan Papneja