Now, ‘Cricket Party’

Rejoicing India's win over Bangladesh with lassi

After yesterday’s impromptu 'passport party' (see post), the Club today invented another good reason to celebrate. Kiran Prakash announced he would treat everyone to lassi to commemorate India’s emphatic win over Bangladesh in the Champion’s Trophy at Birmingham yesterday.
The odd part was that Kiran Prakash is anything but a cricket fan and by his own admission, had watched only a few overs bowled towards the dying moments of the game. Furthermore, India did not lift the Champion's Trophy. It was merely a semi-final match played yesterday and India will now have to beat Pakistan in the final on Sunday to emerge winner.
But who cares about such nitty-gritties… so long as today’s party was taken care of!
“On Monday, we shall have another party,” Yusuf Rassiwala declared, having identified a sponsor for the celebration, should India win on Sunday. “If India loses, we will have a consolation party. But the booking for Monday is already done!”
Clearly, cricket is only an excuse for ganging up and making merry over refreshments

Siba Prasad Maitra (in pink tee) joins others to comfort Shekhawat (l)

after the exercises. As mentioned in yesterday’s post, any reason is good reason for a Big Laaf party. In fact, we don’t even need a reason since the weather has turned so muggy that everyone can happily do with a swig or two of chilled lassi in the morning.
Meanwhile, we were informed that Shekhawat is unduly disturbed these days because his sister has ‘disappeared’. Bijoy Gupta had been hinting about this for quite some time, but nobody took him seriously. It was believed to be a mischievous joke. After all, whoever knew Shekhawat had a sister in Mumbai? Today, when he conceded this to be a fact, did we realize it was no laughing matter.
But then, there is little the Club can do on this count – beyond empathizing with Shekhawat. We did our bit to comfort him while he sat silently on a bench, glum faced. The best piece of advice was to however, come from Karuna Waghmare: “You should observe karva chauth fast and your worries will vanish instantly!” It is another matter that karva chauth is traditionally observed by women in October-November for the longevity and welfare of their husbands.
Karun Sharma:
The bigger thing is India winning the Champion's Trophy and our happiness together would make this happen. Parties have become the culture of Big Laaf. Even our 'yoga guru', Geeta Latte has said that these parties do not let our weight to be reduced even by one gram.
Kiran Prakash:
Both our 'life coach' and 'yoga guru' are staunch promoters of HAPPINESS. In Big Laaf our happiness is independent of the grams we lose or gain. We do what makes us happy.
Yusuf Rassiwala:
The essence of Big Laaf is to keep oneself merry and happy -- be it by regular exercises or by enjoying parties. My thanks to our 'life coach' and 'yoga guru' for their endorsement of this.