Low Turnout

Yusuf Rassiwala, Sitaram Hivarkar, Geeta Sardhana, the Babanis, Harish Wadhwa, Pratap Bhatt… more than half the Club was missing this morning. Blame it on the pre-dawn downpour or the effect of over-indulgence during the Ganapati festivities yesterday. Or perhaps the fear psychosis preceding the nationwide strike called by political parties today.
And yet, there was enough to keep us going, what with a round of chocolates soon after the exercises, courtesy Sushma Gupta whose daughter has come visiting from the U.S. And Razia Khan breaking away from the exercises time and again as she got busy preparing for the Eid party scheduled this week-end. Apparently there could be a change of plans since Sunday does not suit many members.
And Shekhawat being uber-excited about the slideshow on the Kashmir trip (appearing on the sidebar of this page) and ordering three copies of all his pictures because, as he says, he has three saalis (sisters-in-law) to cater. He appealed to everyone to also place their requisition for prints and to those, whose pictures do not show up in the slideshow, to submit the chip from their cameras for uploading on this blog.
The only dampener was an otherwise cheerful Ved Prakash Grover (left) looking under the weather all through the morning. He could not take part in the exercises and for the best part, kept to himself. It seems he had a hard time yesterday travelling between Mira Road and Bandra and Oshiwara because of the Ganesh festivities.
Meanwhile, Ramila Mistry (right) has taken off for Dalhousie to attend a discourse of her spiritual guru. Shekhawat entrusted her with checking the tariffs of hotels at the hill station and negotiate the best possible deal for booking 15 rooms on March 2013. Ramila has promised to connect Shekhawat with the concerned people on telephone.
Srichand Arora (from Singapore): Razia-ji, this is not good. How can there be a party without me? You have to postpone it -- after October 7. Otherwise whatever you people eat in the hotel, make a parcel which I will collect from you upon reaching Mumbai. I do not mind baasi khana, but I must get my share. Good that you understood what I want?!? Okay, you could not understand... Never mind, I will make you understand once I reach Mumbai. (Hi, I am just kidding. Please carry on with your Eid party.) All the best to everyone there!