A Joke

An unusually pleasant and relaxed morning

Today’s Red Alert was a joke. The forecast was for “heavy to extremely heavy rainfall” which prompted the shutting of all schools and warnings by the police not to venture out “unless absolutely necessary”. We experienced thunder and lightning last night when it rained heavily for a few hours. So we had come prepared, bracing ourselves to an even more ferocious downpour in the morning.
It did not rain a drop. The weather was unusually pleasant – mostly cloudy and breezy – the sun even peeping out of the clouds at times.

Banoo Apa (file photo)

In fact, it remained consistently dry and pleasant till the time of publication of this blog (late afternoon). Clearly, the weatherman had got it all wrong again. Or perhaps, he has finally found a way to drive away the monsoon from Mumbai for good!
However, none of this deterred us from showing up at the Garden for the exercises. Banoo Apa was also there. We raised a fourth laugh to welcome her back and celebrate the discharge of her sister from Tata Memorial after a successful surgery. Both the sisters and their families have been through a harrowing time over the hospitalisation (ref post of September 11).
News now comes of Bijoy Gupta requiring hospitalisation for an enlarged prostate. He is however, seeking a second opinion before going for surgery. This explains the ‘mysterious ailment’ that had been bothering him (ref post of September 13). He needs to wake up frequently at night to urinate – a typical symptom for a prostate condition. We wish him speedy recovery and good health.

Lt Col Angad Singh (rtd):
Thank Indra Devta! He had ensured that Big Laaf members could come and exercise in the morning. He was watching over the clouds so that all members were happy and could go home laughing.

Bihari Milwani:
Rain God and our Met Department share a Vikram-Vaital relationship. Whenever Met Department declares heavy rain, Rain God says, "Tu bola aur main chala"!!!