Statue Talk

Gupta and Shekhawat (at far end) engage in major leg-pulling

However unwell or out-of-sorts Shekhawat and Bijoy Gupta might feel, the moment they get together sparks begin to fly. One would provoke the other and what happens thereafter is anybody’s guess.
They complement each other beautifully!
Today they were meeting after nearly a week and both, coincidentally, were still (ref post of May 20) under the weather. Instead of comforting one another as two normal human beings would, Gupta suddenly popped the idea of erecting a statue in Shekhawat’s memory.
“Not in the next 30 years,” Shekhawat shot back. “I am not going anywhere any time soon.”
“Nobody is talking about how long you live,” Gupta

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assured him. “Look at Mayawati in U.P., she has put her statues all over the place, even as she is alive. Can’t we put up just one statue in your honour?”
Gupta went on to suggest that the spot where we have been exercising regularly in the Garden would be ideal for erecting the statue and even put a figure of Rs40,000 as its estimated cost. “It is less than the pension Shekhawat draws,” Gupta pointed out. “If he is unwilling to pay, we will all pool in so that a grand statue of Shekhawat comes up soon.”
Seeing everyone sniggering around, Shekhawat chose to ignore Gupta. But the latter was not giving up. He announced that he has been receiving complaints against Shekhawat and he would grill him in front of everybody after the exercises.
Secretly Shekhawat was enjoying the attention and hung around after the exercises for a while. Bihari Milwani started distributing chocolates to mark his wedding anniversary today, thereby providing a momentary diversion from the general discussion.
That was enough. By the time Gupta could gather his thoughts and mount another assault, Shekhawat had disappeared. He was out on the road, hitching a ride home in Milwani’s car.

Lt Col Angad Singh (rtd):
Gupta and Shekhawat are like magnets that attract and repel each other. They get so involved with one another that they lose track of what they talk and what the occasion is. They get intoxicated and start their noke jhonk which is quite enjoyable. Keep enjoying!