Biggies are Back

Srichand Arora

The biggies are back from a whirlwind tour of coastal Kerala. Srichand Arora, Hari Singh Shekhawat, Yusuf Rassiwala and eight others arrived last evening, having taken a flight from Kochi. The others in the 40-member group boarded the train and should be arriving in Mumbai by this evening.
Looking a little toned-down and tanned, Arora registered his return with the announcement, “We all enjoyed a lot!”

Kiran Makharia

Kiran Makharia too appeared frazzled from the week-long vacation, yet maintained, “We had great fun!” Only when Dilip Babani asked Arora whether he had tried Kerala’s famous oil massage, did the cat come (partially) out of the bag. “When there were 40 people to massage me day and night, why should I need any other massage?”
Everybody knew where it was coming from. Blow-by-blow accounts of whatever transpired in Kerala had been trickling into Mumbai the whole of last week; but out of politeness nobody mentioned anything. Just once, Nafeesa Sayyad dropped a hint before the Lion and Lioness Laughter round. “Now that he has survived so many shers and shernis and come back alive, let him growl here happily,” she urged, pointing at Arora.
“The next tour would be of Darjeeling,” Dilip said encouragingly.
Nobody responded. That itself was saying a lot!