DUSSEHRA 2012

A quiet, lacklustre morning with low turnout, largely due to Dussehra – a day that marks the end of the Navratri and Durga Puja festivities of the past ten days. This is also the day when giant effigies of Ravana, the ten-headed demon king (pic alongside) would be brought down in a blaze of firecrackers and smoke to symbolize the triumph of good over the forces of darkness. As Kishor Babani sagely advised at the end of the exercises: “Let us pledge to destroy the Ravanas within ourselves!”
Sitaram Hivarkar came in towards the end to wish everyone a Happy Dussehra and we also raised an extra laugh to celebrate the occasion. But clearly, after the past ten days of non-stop entertainment and revelry, ‘festival fatigue’ had set in among members, which explained the poor attendance for the exercises. Moreover, the heavy downpour last night was an obvious dampener. We were not even a dozen this morning.
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Dilip Babani:
Happy Dussehra to all members of the Laughing Club.
Harish Wadhwa:
* Thank you members for staying indoors on Dussehra. I was told that many local people and goons were out hunting for Ravanas, killing and burning them in the evening to celebrate the festival! Thank God, all of us are safe (LOL).
* Happy Dussehra to all. May good health and happiness prevail over the evil of ill-health or any kind of suffering. That to me will be a great blessing on the festival.