Two-in-One

Happy Birthday, Kiran Makharia

Call it memory lapse, delayed response or a sudden prick of conscience, Kiran Makharia celebrated her birthday in the Garden this morning – two days behind time. Today being Dahi-Handi also, we effectively had two celebrations in one!
But that’s only incidental. What mattered more were the home-made pedas Kiran treated us to – fresh, spongy, not-too-sweet, not-too-hard… they simply dissolved in the mouth. Compared to the ready-made refrigerated pedas available in the market or the routine luddoos we have been having every other day, this was one treat that was ‘absolutely divine’. Just goes to prove that a good thing may be delayed, but is always worth the wait.

Geeta Sardana gives an update on Garg

Kiran was actually reluctant to celebrate (ref post of August 13) after her freak accident last year. Soon after distributing the birthday luddoos, she was ‘rewarded’ with a fractured wrist that had to be in plaster for several months. Since then, she had been nursing a complex on celebrating in the Garden and had even spoken about it in as many words. It was her husband, Sajjan Kumar who got her out of this misplaced phobia and had even prepared the pedas for her last evening. (Incidentally, he now promises to make pedas for everyone on their birthday!) By way of abundant caution, Razia Khan escorted Kiran to the Gate, ensuring she got into her car safely.
Meanwhile, anxiety has replaced concern over the state of Ghasi Ram Garg, who lies in coma at Kokilaben Hospital. He was admitted on August 7 following a brain hemorrhage and since then he has been languishing there with no perceptible change in condition. Geeta Sardana is the only one from the Club to be in touch with Mrs Neelam Garg on a day-to-day basis. According to her, the family is hoping against hope for an early recovery while the doctors maintain that he has a “good chance for survival”. Let’s keep praying for him.
Harish Wadhwa:
* Happy Birthday Kiran-ji! Missed the sweet as usual, but I can smell it from the pic. It must be yummy.
* My very sincere prayers for Mr Garg's early recovery. It pains to see the Garg family going through so much stress and pain. Have faith in HIM, he will be fine soon, Neelam-ji.
Renu Babani:
Our prayers are with Neelam and her family. He is taking care of Mr Garg and most certainly he will recover soon. God Bless!