Eid Reunion

Banoo Apa (standing) is also back... with a box of soan papdi

Ramzan is over and as expected, things have got back to normal in the Garden. Many who were fasting (or otherwise compelled to remain homebound) during the holy month have started reporting for the exercises from today.
China Hut buzzed with activity, laughter and loose talk rent the rafters and a sweet aroma filled the air. Everybody was in a merry mood. Banoo Apa distributed sweets to celebrate what was more like an Eid re-union for Big Laaf.
“Moonh meetha karo!”

Bihari Milwani

she said affectionately, proffering a box of soan papdi.
“I feel so liberated today,” remarked Nahid Khan, as usual one the earliest to turn up at the Garden. “Over the past month it felt so suffocating indoors – one couldn’t step out, the heat was so unbearable... uff it was sheer torture.”
Shekhawat however, had a brief appeal to make: “It is nice to have you all back. I cannot say how shameful it was for us last month to be no more than three or four to start the exercises. I request you all to be more regular and on time from tomorrow.”
One person we have been missing all this while (and not because of Ramzan) is Bihari Milwani. Turns out his wife, Sunita has hurt herself badly at home and he has been nursing her since. “She misjudged the distance of the wall while reaching for support and crashed on the floor, taking her body weight entirely on the right shoulder,” he narrated. “Luckily there has been no fracture or serious injury. But I have to tend to her before leaving for work in the morning.”
He promised to drop by in the Garden tomorrow.