Back in Groove

Nahid Khan (c) revives the jokes' narration session today

Now that the din over the Annual Function (ref post of January 20) has died down, things are slowly falling back in grove at the Garden. Last evening Shekhawat hosted a get-together at his place over high tea and a video screening of the function. Meant primarily for participants who were back-stage and could not watch the programme, the tea party should finally bring closure to all the hype and hoopla surrounding the event.
Early morning today Tara Chand Seth sprung a surprise by suddenly materializing out of the blue midway through the exercises.

Tara Chand Seth

He was in Delhi for the past few months and complained of the “unbearable winter chill and cold wave” there which obviously prompted his return to Mumbai. “This time I shall go back to Delhi only after celebrating Holi here,” he promised.
Another indication of normalcy returning to the Garden was the revival of jokes’ narration – a post-exercise ritual we have followed sedulously since the inception

Santosh Tyagi

Manisha Kolhe

of the Club. Nahid Khan today came up with a rib-tickler, which was rather unusual as she is known to be a good listener rather than a narrator.
Santosh Tyagi has been our regular narrator, but for the past four days she has stopped coming to the Garden as her son is still under treatment at Nanavati Hospital for jaundice. According to latest information from her home, he needs to be “under observation for another four-five days”. Till he is discharged from hospital, Santosh cannot resume her regular activities.
Meanwhile, news comes in of Manisha Kolhe having shifted out of Lokhandwala and taking up a place in Malad. She called to say that it would now be difficult for her to commute the distance and keep her appointment with the Club every morning. (This explains why she was missing even on her birthday last month.) We wish her well in her new residence.

Lt Col Angad Singh (retd):
Welcome back, Tara Chand Seth. We wish you could come a few days earlier and joined us for the Annual Day function. Yes, we should concentrate on our daily laughs and exercises rather than reveling in the past.