Low Turn Out

Wrapping up for the day

Yesterday this blog had reported on Shekhawat being under the weather. But he is not alone. Ved Prakash Grover has for long been exercising seated on a bench / chair because of excruciating pain in the knees and today, he took a break. Sunita Jajodia’s shoulder pain has worsened (such that she cannot even lift her arm) and while she drops by in the Garden early morning, she is unable to join us for the exercises. Likewise, Harbans Kaur suffers from a persistent leg problem that compels her to stay indoors -- in spite of having returned from Pune quite some time back. Sandhya Narang is also home-bound, but with a broken collar bone. And today Monthi Serrao reported sick – thus bringing the attendance this morning down to single-digit.
So it is not only the travel-happy twinkle-toes robbing us of the numbers these days. Illness and sundry physical ailments are equally to blame for the rising absenteeism. And the weather isn’t helping in any way.

Kiran Makharia

After an extended monsoon, we had to suffer a revival of summer heat – the mercury shooting to record heights. And then suddenly, it was drizzly and windy for a couple of days only to be followed by impossible humid conditions this morning. Given this yo-yo weather, viral infections (conjunctivitis included) and diseases are only to be expected.
Yet, there are some who are hale and hearty and still do not attend the exercises. Kiran Makharia, for one, turns up daily at the Garden, but chooses to be fashionably late without fail. In fact, she is usually the last to join the exercises, just as we are ready to wrap up for the day. But this morning she surpassed even herself. Dressed in a red outfit, she entered the Garden and saw us from a distance in the middle of our penultimate exercise. Abruptly she turned around and was out of the Gate in moments.
Now what can be said of such people? She comes this far all the way from home, is perfectly fit and fine, even enters the Garden… and then suddenly takes to her heels!
Jagmohan Papneja:
October is seeing a distinct change of weather pattern from September. We fail to understand how nature truly works. Mrs Kiran Makharia is also very unpredictable. We should take care of ourselves in this changed global warming environment.