Ladies’ Day

Srichand Arora missed being one of the Panch Parmeshwars today. So did Kishor Babani. And Yusuf Rassiwala. And the other men who failed to turn up at the Garden – leaving only five men standing in the midst of 18 women. No naming names, since the ladies soon revised their opinion to “Sade-chaar Parmeshwar”. Now, go figure!
It was verily a women’s day as not a moment was lost between them on pulling up one another with a torrent of madcap jokes and jibes, leaving the five men stumped for words. If it was the way someone performed an exercise (replete with mimicry act) that drew laughter, the next moment it was the way someone else dressed. Razia Khan (left) was questioned why she fixed her hairclip teda (at an angle). Pat came her reply: “I myself am teda, my life is teda… everything about me is teda… and nothing can be done about it.”
Nahid Khan became “Nahid-bhai” – not because she was the boss while conducting the exercises (below, right), but for carrying so much gold on her person. Gopvinita wondered if she was not scared of getting mugged early morning, what with the rise of chain snatching incidents in the locality. “Leh jaane doh,” Nahid replied defiantly. “If they do not take my jewellery, some day my bahus would!”
“Chalega!” Nafisa Sayed interjected promptly.
There was simply no stopping the ladies today as they went on and on. Even the Gujarati Mataji joined the banter, after enacting “Hai mera dil!” in true filmy style. At one point, during the Silent Laughter round, Nahid had to call the chatterboxes to order by shouting “Khamosh!” Instantly, Nafisa shouted back, “Khamosh!” and mimicking Shatrughan Sinha, added: “Jali ko aag kehte hain, bujhi ko raakh kehte hai…” Now, who can keep a straight face with this kind of madness around?
Renu Babani says:
It's like they always say,'Women Rule'. Let's face it, there are always more ladies during the morning exercises. However, I guess the men felt overpowered today and decided to just keep quiet and hear the constant chatter of the women. I am sure they realised that women can talk about everything and anything!
--Renu
Anonymous says:
Hi! Good job! Wuzzap?
--Anon