What a Relief!

ONE WITH NATURE: Back to our old stomping ground

After more than a month of exercising in the dark, musty confines of the China Hut, we finally got a reprieve today. The rains had subsided, the weather had improved – it was neither sunny nor wet. There were still some clouds hovering above,

Swati Panjabi (in brown slacks) extends invite for packed puri-bhaaji breakfast

but we took our chances and returned to our old stomping ground in the Garden.
What a relief it was!
We were greeted by a passing shower, but that did not last beyond a couple of minutes. The skies cleared soon after and a gentle breeze blew across. That apart, the liberating feeling of openness in the Garden lawns with beautiful, rain-washed greenery around provided the much-needed mood booster for the exercises. We were one with nature.
As an added bonus, Swati Panjabi came up with home-prepared breakfast boxes at the end of the exercises. The (masala) puri-bhaji is something she excels in, a taste of which many of us have already savoured. But it was the surprise element about it that endeared her all the more. There was no reason for her to lavish such a sumptuous treat on us today.
But then, that is Swati Panjabi: enormously warm-hearted, selfless and generous to a fault.