Shut the Blog!

Kiran Prakash (in red tee) demands that the blog be shut down

Kiran Prakash is a regular follower of this blog. Since the time he joined us five years back, he has been religiously visiting the site to keep himself abreast with developments in the Club. By his own admission, he never misses a single day, no matter where he is.
But then, Kiran Prakash also has a problem with the blog. “The blog should be immediately disbanded,” he demanded this morning. “For every time I do not come to the Club, I get to read in the blog that Banoo Apa has treated everyone to lassi. You can imagine what a hard time I have, missing the lassi. I feel miserable. Better do away with the blog so that I remain blissfully unaware of the lassi and do not feel so deprived.”
Truth be told, it is for regular readers like Kiran Prakash that the blog is written. On a day he does not show up at the Garden, a post would go out without fail so that he remains suitably updated. For instance, when he was away to China and Japan recently on a cruise, the blog was not dropped for a single day.
Likewise, when Yusuf Rassiwala had gone to Iraq on pilgrimage last month, the blog did not miss its daily deadline. For he too is a regular reader.

Rustling up today's blog (Pic by Bhaswati Bose)

And the most rewarding part of this indulgence was that traffic from Iraq had suddenly spiked, hitting a dozen at times on a good day – just as it was from China and Japan during Kiran Prakash’s trip.
Others known to be regular followers of the blog include Naseem Khan, Bihari Milwani, Siba Prasad Maitra, Banoo Apa, Lt Col Angad Singh (rtd) and so on. Some visit the site once every three or four days while others depend on family members to translate its contents. Many are happy checking out the photos only.
But the bulk of the daily traffic originates from strangers in the U.S., Belgium, Portugal, UAE and Greece. They would never have met say, Shekhawat or Bijoy Gupta, but the mental imagery they have already formed about some of our members and their antics is compelling enough to visit the site again and again.
As for Kiran Prakash’s complaint today, quite clearly he has nothing against this blog. He misses the lassi. And so, Banoo Apa consoled him with the promise of treating him to his heart’s content tomorrow with as many glasses of lassi he pleases. The rest of us will be beneficiaries by default -- hopefully.

Bihari Milwani:
Thanks KP Sah'b. Now we know your weakness towards lassi. Whenever we need to get work done from you, first we will offer lassi to you. Hamme bhi prakaash ki kiran mil gayee. We also received the ray of light!