Pleasant Surprise

Singing the birthday song for Karishma (ext right)

Bihari Milwani made a date with the Club today.
Correction: It was Karishma Milwani, his daughter from the U.S., who dropped by and gave us a surprise at the Garden this morning.
Reason: She had added a year and curiously enough, a few inches since we met her last.
As many bewildered members pointed out, she now stands almost shoulder to shoulder with her dad.
Some even speculated that it was the other way around – that it was daddy dear who had lost in height.
But then, this was a discussion that had to be left for another day. The point was that today,

Birthday Girl

Karishma treats us to chocolates

we got to usher Karishma’s birthday, raise the customary fourth laugh, sing the birthday song and in the end, were rewarded with boxes of chocolates.
The other reason for us to rejoice today was that we had a refreshingly dry and peaceful morning after almost a week.
It did not rain at all for the time we were there.
The air was in fact, quite cool and pleasant even as dark, rain clouds hung over the Garden. A gentle breeze wafted across the greens. Fresh grass had come up across stretches where we had seen muddied pools of stagnant water till the other day. Suddenly there were birds chirping and flying about. If only we could have such heavenly conditions prevailing right round the year!

Lt Col Angad Singh (rtd):
Happy Birthday to dear 'daughter' Karishma. Every dad is proud of his child when s/he attains his height. But it devolves additional responsibilities also. May God bless Karishma with good health, happiness and long life.

Karun Sharma:
Happy Birthday, Karishma. May God bless you with lots of luck and good health.