Too Much Too Soon

Mallika Kagzi proposes a Diwali treat

Shekhawat and Razia Khan strike a specious deal

Some people eat to live. Some people live to eat. And then there are wise people like us who prefer to take a round-about route: We live to exercise… so that we can eat.
Mallika Kagzi made this amply clear today when she announced that she would like to give the Club a Diwali treat before the year runs out. “I am sorry this has got delayed,” she said. “But I could not help it as I was down with dengue during Diwali time.”
Many like Yusuf Rassiwala urged her please not to bother and if at all, she could perhaps think of a Diwali treat next year. Kiran Prakash tried to deflect the issue by suggesting we refrain from a communal “us” and “them” approach on treating one another, but to no avail. “Our Diwali treat is long overdue,” Mallika maintained.
There is another aspect to this issue. We have barely 10 days left for the year to go and there are already three mega treats lined up within this period – Kajal Babani’s on December 21, Razia Khan’s on December 24 and Siba Prasad Maitra’s on December 31. A fourth one squeezed in would appear too much too soon – more so, when 2017 opens with Qadeer Banoo’s birthday and the Club’s New Year celebration slated for January 2.
Meanwhile Shekhawat resumed his exercises today, having recovered fully from the asthmatic attack last week (ref post of December 14). Looking young and recharged in red T-shirt and a close cropped haircut, he was back to his former antics, jumping all over the place like a Duracel bunny. After the exercises, he made an announcement confirming Bijoy Gupta’s info of he bequeathing a Rs5 crore property to Razia Khan (ref post of December 15), but with a caveat: She would also have to bestow part of her wealth of like value to him and together, the amount shall be donated to Big Laaf after their death.
Deal done, Razia shook hands with Shekhawat on this amid a round of applause.