House Full!

Siba Prasad Maitra (r) compliments
the two Nahids

After ages, we were witness to the China Hut being packed to its rafters. Siba Prasad Maitra, Kiran Prakash, Fahmida Khan, Nahid Siddiqui and many others who were not to be seen (for various reasons) since long, suddenly showed up this morning.
This came as a pleasant surprise, but the happiest was no doubt, Shekhawat. "What has happened today!" he exclaimed in disbelief. "What brings so many people to the Club today? So far we have been going through a drought... This means we are in for good times!"
The man who has made a habit of keeping count of the daily attendance had been bemoaning the progressive decline

Shekhawat happily makes his way out

in numbers of late, largely due to Ramzaan and the onset of monsoon. The change in weather had also left many members indisposed. So to find a full house this morning was beyond his expectations.
To top it all, there was his bumchum Bijoy Gupta also (though he turned up late). As Nahid Khan put it, "Shekhawat khush ho gaya!"
There were other reasons to be happy also. Nahid Siddiqui was reporting after a recent trip to Singapore and Kuala Lumpur and had brought us chocolates to mark her return.
Her namesake (and also co-traveller in that group tour), Nahid Khan was celebrating her birthday today and she too had a good treat for us -- packeted biscuits and a refreshing bottle of cool, flavored milk.
What more can anyone ask for after a gruelling one hour of exercising in terribly humid conditions?