Chair Effect

Mohan Kanwar Shekhawat (MKS) watches Swati Punjabi massage Kiran Arora's legs 

MKS finally turned up today (ref post of October 29). She looked a little hesitant and stood around for a while, before settling into an empty chair next to Kiran Arora. The two ladies made a pretty picture, chatting and laughing between themselves while the exercises wore on.
Shekhawat was not expecting his wife today. She was supposed to come yesterday and he even booked a chair in advance for her to sit through the exercises. “I have told her to come before the rail-gaadi round,” he said. “Please take out an extra chair for her.”
Time was when the only chair taken out was for Ved Prakash Grover. He was one person who made no bones about requiring a chair to rest his tired knees during the exercises. Soon Ram Shankar Shukla followed suit and then chairs were taken out for Teja Singh Bhambra, Sitaram Hivarkar and so on. Today, no less than seven chairs (on an average) are lined up in readiness before the exercises and not one of them is ever left unoccupied.
Many members initially objected to this practice that (according to them) encouraged “laziness” and “defeated the purpose of exercising”, little realizing that a time would come when they too might need these basic facilities to carry on in life.

Zarina Khan lays out the goodies

Zarina manages to grab a bite

After all, nobody can arrest the process of ageing and if, in some manner, some comfort can be provided, why should anybody complain?
Such gestures do not cost anything. On the contrary, there is the inexplicable sense of gratification when we know that those very lightweight garden chairs are a major incentive for many to be attending the exercises today. Be it Shukla or Sheela Mirani, Arun Patil or Janardan Choudhary, every one of them knows for certain that a chair would await them when they come to exercise in the morning. It is with this trust and belief that Kiran Arora and MKS are making their comeback in the Garden.

Post Script: Zarina Khan today celebrated being a grandmother – six times over -- with a lavish spread of home-made delicacies. Our blessings and good wishes go to Haariz, the new arrival and his parents. And thank you Zarina, for the goodies and your generosity.