Just for Kicks

Is it party time?

Fund generation in progress

Bad boys cry wolf. Good girls cry party – or so Razia Khan would like us believe, if only to ensure full attendance for the exercises. The promise of a party, like the proverbial carrot, was dangled today to induce maximum attendance tomorrow morning.
It all began with Srichand Arora accusing Razia of being a tough taskmaster while conducting exercises and how her scolding had resulted in a low turnout today. “What to do?” replied Razia. “When people come hungry, not eating enough in the morning, daant toh khaana hi padta hai.”
Razia then went on to complain that we haven’t had phapda-jalebis in a long time and asked why parties have stopped nowadays. “People have stopped being born nowadays,” was Arora’s ready reply.
He however, went on to add that we can have a ‘surprise party’ any time. “Announce a surprise party tomorrow and then see the raunaq here,” he told Razia. “News will travel so fast that you will have full attendance tomorrow... Guaranteed!”
That did it. Soon after the exercises, Shekhawat and Arora egged Razia to make the party announcement just for kicks. But upon seeing how some members (who came in late) foolishly hung on to her every word, Razia couldn’t hold herself from laughing out loud and gave the game away. Still, a suspicious Geeta Sardana challenged her: “Just watch out if there is no party tomorrow.”
On a serious note, the fund collection drive has gathered momentum with eight members today paying their monthly subscription in advance till the end of this financial year, i.e. March 31, 2014. The remaining are likely to follow suit over the next few days. Somehow, this arrangement is considered more convenient than having to pay Rs50 every month. Meanwhile, Monthi Serrao is expected to make an announcement on what she plans to do with the corpus thus created.