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| The 'disciplinarians' debate and discuss |
“That is why I have stopped conducting the exercises,” said Yusuf R. “The way people come in casually and leave whenever they like makes my temper shoot up. Even in our homes, when someone goes out, everybody is informed.
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| Shekhawat (ext right) is crestfallen |
“And why must we greet everyone who turns up late for the exercises?” questioned Arun. “We ought to ignore these late comers. By welcoming them, we not only encourage their late-coming but also disturb the flow of exercises.”
The discussion continued back and forth along these lines with allegations and counter-allegations flying thick and fast and eventually, everybody agreeing that this was all an exercise in futility. “Tomorrow everybody will be back to square one,” concluded Yusuf R. “Nothing is going to change with these people.”
Fortunately, many of them were not witness to Bijoy Gupta ribbing Shekhawat early morning on the absence his saalis today. Not one of them had turned up today leaving Shekhawat crestfallen and lamenting that it was a ‘black day’ for him. “But seriously, how do you expect women to come to you?” needled Gupta. “Not even a dog comes to me!”
In all this, Santosh Tyagi brought about some post-Christmas cheer with a generous round of gajak – the cold weather crispies she picked from her recent visit to Delhi. And then, there were the Babanis, Kajal and Dilip who gave their daughter, Neelam in marriage last week. They dropped by to celebrate with us – with rich, mouth-watering barfis stuffed with raisins and dryfruit. There were sugar-free kaju-katlis also, for the diabetics. Our best wishes and blessings go to the newly weds.
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| Delhi gajaks from Santosh Tyagi |
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| Wedding kaju-katlis from Kajal |
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| Wedding barfis from Dilip |
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