Eid Party Announced

Razia Khan has finally had her way. Together with Rehana Sheikh, Nafisa Sayed, Yusuf Rassiwala, Fehmida Khan and a few others, she is hosting an Eid Party for members tomorrow, i.e. Sunday, September 25 at Shreejee's Restaurant, Oshiwara.
The announcement (pic left) comes after three weeks of hectic behind-the-scenes’ parleys with many members wanting to tone down the celebration, or else, back out. Faced with such resistance (see post of September 22), Razia could have easily settled for one of the two options, but she dug in her heels and is now turning her resolve for a “grand Eid party” to reality. She has however, stipulated one rider to her invite: Only members who come regularly for the morning exercises are welcome.
Earlier, during the exercises, she and Nafisa Sayed (right) regaled everybody with their wisecracks and smart one-liners. Once, they picked on Hari Singh Shekhawat and Bapu Rane (of all the people) for not “doing a single exercise correctly”. This was only to put the gentlemen on the defensive and a minor discussion broke out on what is correct and what is wrong. Seeing that the argument was leading nowhere, Nafisa intervened with a priceless piece of advice: “Jaane bhi doh… Hil toh rahein hain, wohi kaafi hai!”
On another occasion, a dispute broke out on the correct way of performing the Kissa Kursi Ka exercise – whether to go half-way down on the knees or rest comfortably on your haunches. Nafisa cleverly withdrew from the discussion (as she does not perform this exercise anyway) leaving Harish Wadhwa, Santosh Tyagi and Geeta Sardhana to debate on how best to lift yourself up from the half-sitting position. This time Rane had the last word: “Crane mangta hai!”