Magical Cure

Razia Khan

Lt Col Angad Singh (retd)

Srichand Arora has a wonderful ‘one-size fits-all’ cure for every medical problem: Remove the offending body part, leave it in the fridge for some time and then fix it back. You should be fit and fine after that. This is the advice he has been dishing out to all and sundry and particularly, those who complain of problems with the limbs while exercising.
So it came as no surprise when he instructed Razia Khan today to detach her right arm and put it in a fridge rather than make a mockery of the exercises like a one-armed Jane. Indeed, she was in deep distress and had explained earlier that she hurt herself badly and lifting her right arm now caused her excruciating pain. Finding that Arora was still insistent, she simply walked up to him in the circle and extending her arm, asked him to detach it himself. Taken aback, Arora was instantly on the back foot. Let alone tug at the arm, even the idea of touching a lady can give Arora the heebie-jeebies.

Khatoon Baig returns with dates

And Razia knew that. Hands on ears, Arora apologized profusely and thereafter Razia could continue with her one-armed Jane act peacefully.
But that was for the moment. Arora still does not know that Lt Col Angad Singh is down with a severe bout of flu since last week. Should he have known, chances were that he would have phoned the old army warhorse and told him to somehow get into a fridge if he were to bring down his body temperature. Clearly, Angad Singh knows this and has chosen to suffer in silence at home for the past few days. The good news is that the fever has left him; but he needs a couple of days to recover from the debilitating weakness that has kept him bedridden.
Khatoon Baig too has been suffering in silence – since her return from Umraah last month. Only today, could she summon the strength to visit the Garden with a box of Arabian dates. A chronic asthmatic, she had caught the bug while on pilgrimage. Even then she was all bright and cheerful this morning, prompting Monthi Serrao to give her an honest compliment: “Your face looks red-red after going there!”
Jagmohan Papneja:
The secret of Arora-ji's health is now out in the open. We now know how he has kept his body in good shape -- healthy, flexible and strong. He expects others to follow his formula. Mrs Sunita, Mrs Razia and others are ready to adopt, provided he demonstrates practically how he keeps his limbs and other body parts in the fridge to make them alright. Once he shows us, everyone will abide by his instructions.
Kiran Prakash:
Had the great magician P.C.Sorcar (Sr) been alive today, he really would have been delighted and gone for a joint venture with Arora-ji!