Fertile Imagination

Pushpa Gupta

Bijoy Gupta may be physically under the weather from a recent viral attack (ref yesterday’s post). But mentally, he is on a creative overdrive, crackling with the craziest of ideas. Funnily enough, it has to be his wife, Pushpa Gupta who is having to bear the brunt of his flights of fancy.
This morning he reported that Pushpa received a call from Dhanbad – from Urmila Sinha. The latter is planning to return to Mumbai, but according to Gupta, is still deterred by the behaviour of one person who routinely stands beside her during the exercises.
“She could not recollect his name,” Gupta said. “But obviously, she meant one of the two men who stand on either side of her. She did not specify on which side, left or right.

Bijoy Gupta (c) presides over today's morning durbar

So this brings to question the behaviour of two individuals – one being Shekhawat and the other, Siba Prasad Maitra. It could be either of them.”
Since Pushpa was not present to either confirm or refute the story, Gupta could have a blast at her expense. All of a sudden he shifted gear -- to having a “get-together once a week in the China Hut” where we might enact parodies or skits over tea and pakora.
“Maybe not once a week but at least once a month to start with,” he explained. “I’m sure it would be much better than the Friday evening programmes in the China Hut. There is so much happening in our Club, we shall be never short of entertainment.”
To illustrate his point, he narrated a skit idea of a member being overwhelmed upon winning several cups and medals on Sports Day and seeking another member’s advice on what to do with them. Their free-wheeling banter would serve as the crux of the performance. “No script, no rehearsals… just spot performance,” Gupta clarified. “Pushpa will be able to pull it off.”
The idea found instant resonance with all present. Kiran Prakash even suggested a date for launching this unique programme – June 8, 2019, the first Saturday after Ramzaan. It now gives us something new to look forward to.