Time to Rejoice

Nafisa Sayed can be really, really funny. All her life she has been celebrating her birthday on October 8 every year. Yesterday a little bird told her she wasn’t born on that day and it could be either four months earlier or eight months later. It did not specify what was more likely. But Nafisa figured out that either way, her birthday should fall in June.
The news was welcomed mainly by Razia Khan, who is up to the neck organizing a "grand party" on behalf of all June-borns and July-borns of the Club next month. She now gets one more member to contribute to the common kitty. And from the looks of it (below, left), Nafisa is much too happy to join the dozen-odd members who would be pitching in for the big bash at a restaurant close by.
Everything seemed hunky-dory, till Mrs Harbans Singh (right) put her foot down this morning. Suddenly she finds herself isolated when it would be time for her birthday in November. She had obvious plans for a joint-celebration with Nafisa, but now that the latter had joined hands with Razia, she became furious. “Issko entry mut dena,” she kept insisting, much to everybody’s amusement.
Telling Mrs Singh that this is a free country and that Nafisa is free to decide who she wants to be with failed to cool her temper. “Yeh, husband-wife hai,” Dilip Babani butted in mischievously, suggesting that Nafisa and Razia were inseparable. Only when Nafisa assured Mrs Singh that she’d have a second birthday bash for her sake in November was peace restored.
Earlier in the morning, Srichand Arora and wife Kiran celebrated their 43rd wedding anniversary with us in the Garden. It was glorious moment, watching this handsome couple exchange luddoos, oblivious to the engaging smiles of endearment and adoration around. The lead picture captures this rare moment for posterity. We wish them, once again, an eternity of shared happiness, good health and love on the occasion.
Renu Babani says:
Yes, indeed the debate on celebrating one's birthday earlier did bring laughter and funny comments from everyone. It was a laugh to hear everyone's input and in the end the decision seemed unanimous: Anyone can celebrate whenever they want.
The atmosphere today was that was fun no doubt, though someone did wonder where were the kids from the previous day. Those kids sure uplifted our spirits and it was amazing to see their energy. Everyone was more than determined to match up to them and it did make the exercises more interesting.
Congrats Juhi, God bless you. Your motivation and drive has led you to excel in your exams and it is such an honour for your parents as well. God bless and may you always achieve what you aim for.
--Renu
Harish Wadhwa asks:
* Why are good laddoos distributed only when I maro phunti? Actually it does not matter who is born when, as long as we members of the Big Laaf Club get treats on a regular basis. LOL. Anyone willing to celebrate his or her birthday tommorrow?
* Mrs Singh, aap ki gussa karti hui photo se toh ham bhi dar gaye . (What a pic Blog Monster!) Aap jab chahein, hum aapke saath birthday manaa lenge. Hamara maqsad sirf khushi aur muskaan se hai.
* Arora-sa'ab, aap ko Marriage Anniversary ki bahut bahut vadhayiyan. Mera laddoo karz raha, joh main aap se baad mein interest sahit, vasool loonga!
--Harish