Location Change

Pushed to a corner... by garbage in the Garden

We had to shift location today for the exercises. Our old corner in the Garden was littered with mounds of rubbish, thanks to the Republic Day celebrations by members of the local Multani community who had forgotten to clean up behind them. The place was stinking to high heavens, attracting hordes of scavengers and low-flying crows.
We relocated at a distance – knowing well that we were precariously close to an apartment block that housed people hostile towards us. They had once raised hell and complained to the cops, in turn accusing us of raising hell every morning. Still, we took our chances this morning.
While on the Republic Day, Srichand Arora did

Sitaram's pic being circulated

something that warmed the cockles of many hearts. Knowing that Sitaram Hivarkar does not have access to a PC at home, he obtained a colour print-out of the picture from this blog (see post of January 26) where he is seen dancing in wild abandon in the China Hut. After everybody had a look at the pic, Arora casually gifted Sitaram the copy.
Nobody does this. What’s more, Arora said that left to himself, he would have made 40 prints of the group photo showing the national anthem being sung in chorus on Republic Day and distributed them to all members. The thought striking him was by itself highly commendable. A selfless gesture like this, however insignificant it might seem to others, explains how we have bonded together and survived as a cohesive group through thick and thin over the years.
Harish Wadhwa:
Well, the badmaash wing of the Club had a good time today arguing over some thought provoking political issues. Had it not been for paucity of time, the discussion could have got hot and sizzling.
Jagmohan Papneja:
First thing I did in the morning was to convey the horrible condition of the Garden to Celebration Club. They assured me on getting the area cleaned thoroughly by tomorrow and make it worthy for our exercise session.