Bad Times and Good

Monthi Serrao (r) receives Sheela Mirani 

We have just been through the hottest September in recorded history. Now they are saying that October would end up being just as bad, if not worse – all because of an unprecedented El Nino weather pattern resulting in greenhouse gas emissions and the Arabian Sea releasing “immense amounts of heat into the atmosphere”.

Ajit Choudhary (in green tee) wants to host a treat

Translated, this means our goose is cooked!
The oppressive heat (and humidity) has already taken a heavy toll on daily attendance for the exercises. Today, among the key absentees were regulars like Srichand Arora, Sitaram Hivarkar, Razia Khan, Santosh Tyagi, Mallika Kagzi and Mohar Singh among others.
On the other hand, there was Yusuf Rassiwala looking prim and proper, as also Ram Shankar Shukla, Bhaswati Bose and Pushpa Gupta – people who had become scarce of late. But the biggest surprise was the popping up of Sheela Mirani -- the lady who had gone missing for the longest time and for whom we had to (sort of) put out a ‘lookout notice’ a couple of days back (see post of October 21).

Bhaswati Bose's niece, Prateeti (l) meets and greets all members

She had a hearty laugh on hearing this and said that were it not for being heavily dependent on a maid to escort her (because of her physical disability), she would have been regular for the exercises. It seems she was not finding a reliable help to accompany her to the Garden in the mornings.
Meanwhile, Ajit Choudhary declared that he would like to treat us tomorrow to some traditional delicacies his mother makes – the idea being that these are happy times for him and he would like to share his joy with us. The allusion was clearly at his father whose recovery from a paralytic condition has been as much a cause of concern to us as well in the Club. Thanks to being so regular for the exercises and above all, the exemplary perseverance of his devoted son, today Janardan Choudhary can confidently claim to be coasting on the road to recovery. Our good wishes are always with him and his wonderful family.
Post Script: Ajit Choudhary has had to push the date of his treat to Monday, October 26, 2015 on popular request.
Lt Col Angad Singh (retd) from Mohali:
Keep treating profoundly, but be careful about the mid-prosperity. Too much treating resulting in mid-prosperity is not only injurious to health but also to Club attendance. This cannot be ignored. Stay healthy and enjoy.