Think about it...

Search party for gold earring

Nahid Khan dropped her gold earring in the Garden today. Or so she had imagined. It was nothing as significant as the famous jhumka that fell in Bareilly ki Bazaar many eons ago. But it was no less valuable. The last she remembered wearing it was at home when she got up from sleep this morning. In the Garden, while conducting the exercises, she discovered the earring was missing.
This was enough reason to suspend the exercises and rummage through the grass for a glimmer of that gold. All of us searched, eventually to draw a blank.

Zarina Khan (l) says her goodbyes
before leaving for Qatar tomorrow

We could only hope and wish that Nahid would find the earring at home – maybe, stuck to her pillow.
The incident brought back memories of the first play we had staged on our annual function three years back (ref post September 10, 2016). It revolved around an ornament Santosh Tyagi (playing the lead) had dropped in the Garden and

Naseem Khan (l) treats us to packed foxnuts 

the ensuing search that involved the whole Club (and even the police). In the end, Santosh recovered the 'sone ki chain' from her almirah at home – much like what was to happen to Nahid today when she found the gold earring lying on her bed.
But this was a sign to us. It is time we start gearing up for this year’s annual function. Last year’s was a no-show because of the terror attack on security forces at Pulwama that claimed 40 lives. For that function in February, rehearsals began in the Club around Diwali time.
Diwali is now round the corner (October 27). We need to decide on a date, that is, if we are to have an annual function at all. Or would we settle for a Sports Day, as we did the last time around? Or should we have both? Think about it.

Lt Col Angad Singh (rtd):
Nahid's incident certainly reminded me of the Annual Function. We must celebrate it in a befitting manner. Similarly the Sports Day also needs to be enjoyed and celebrated. We should start preparing for the events well in time. Hope everyone agrees and contributes his/ her bit to make them a success.