What a nice way to start the day! When something you do not expect comes to you, served on a platter, you can only be surprised. And when that thing happens to be a birthday cake, you are also happy – not just for yourself, but for whose birthday it is.
Well, that’s the feeling we got when Geeta Sandana (see pic)ushered in her birthday at the Club this morning. Quietly and unobtrusively, she presented us with a cake soon after the exercises and surya-namaskar prayer were over. It was then that we realized our blunder. We should have wished her earlier. To add to our discomfiture, she had lined up hot-hot idlis and crispy vadas for everybody. All this she had organised by herself.
Treating friends on birthdays is a feel-good exercise one indulges in, essentially to spread happiness and goodwill. We need to respect these sentiments. To raise the subject of mourning (following Mrs Sharma’s demise on July 15) on this occasion is therefore completely uncalled for. Besides, Geeta-ji was not present here when Shekhawat-ji had announced the suspension of birthday celebrations for the month. She was in Puri at that time.
Today is Razia Khan’s birthday also. She did not come to the Garden this morning. Along with Geeta-ji, let us wish her also all happiness, good health and fulfillment in life.
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