Paranormal Activity

The daily ‘parties’ continued uninterrupted. Taking off from where we left on Saturday, Khatoon Baig today celebrated the job promotion of her son with a round of sweet pattice (lead pic). With this treat, our breakfast was taken care of for the eighth day in succession!
Naved Baig is a bright, young HR professional who works for an online portal and has been doing exceptionally well for his age. Readers would recall that last year, when he landed a new job, Khatoon hosted a similar celebration. This time around, she had an additional reason to celebrate. Her favourite niece, Ruhi has just qualified as a chartered accountant in her very first attempt at cracking the ICAI finals. Our heartiest congratulations to both Naved and Ruhi.
Earlier, during the exercises, members were seized by a strange phenomenon for which no one had an answer. Out of nowhere, a faint fragrance hung in the air for a while and then it was gone – only to return, again and again. Many had sensed it. The odd part was this had been going on for a few days with no definite frequency or pattern. It seemed as though there was a meta-physical presence hovering ominously, keeping a watch over us.
Razia Khan surmised that it must be a “wandering spirit” that had taken a sudden fancy on us. But it is a good spirit (“neik rooh hai”) she added, lest anyone got paranoid. Others made light of the situation by pointing out that we should be getting the stink from the nearby drain rather than the aroma of a fleeting spirit. Nahid Khan (right) had another theory – about “bhatakte dil” (disembodied hearts) on the loose, only to be corrected by Yusuf Rassiwala: “Dil bhatakta nahin hai”!
Finally, the real culprit was identified: Arun Patil (left). Some people observed that for the time he was in the Garden (he usually comes late and leaves before most others disperse), the so-called rooh hung over us. And it was no coincidence that it had the same fragrance as the perfume he wears.
Harish Wadhwa:
Yusuf-bhai ne sachh kaha hai. Baki hum poora kiye dete hain:
Dil bhatakte nahin hai, unhen ladkiyan bhatka deti hain.
Dil toh sirf dhadak-te hain, khubsoorat auratein unhen dhadka deti hain.
Lekin phir bhi hamari himmat toh dekho: Hum toote huey dil se bhi sabko muskurah dete hain!!!
* Congrats to Naved miyan for his promotion at naukri.com and to Ruhi for the ICAI exams. Ruhi you must be a genius to clear the ICAI finals with flying colours. May both of you be highly successful in life.
* Arun-bhai, tum lagey raho. Axe Effect kabhi na kabhi toh zaroor hoga.
* This is one of the nicest pics of Nahid-ji smiling. Good pic!