Grudge Picnic?

Everybody is ready for the Saturday picnic

If ‘they’ can go for seven days, why can’t we go for one day?
Coming from Tara Chand, this sounded suspiciously like cocking a snook at Arora, Shekhawat and the others currently holidaying in Kerala. “It doesn’t matter where we go,” he insisted. “There’s no need for any planning either. Let’s just take off, the way we did for Lonavala last time. That was one picnic from which we derived a lot of lutf. Let’s go this Saturday itself.”
The suggestion met with instant approval as almost all hands went up, ready to join. Everyone agreed that the nippy weather was just ideal for a day-long outing and that there was no need to draw a big crowd by including non-members. “We should restrict ourselves to members only and even if we are a handful, we shall go this Saturday,” said Razia Khan.
“Even if there are just five or six of us, we must surely go,” reiterated Dilip Babani.
But where do we go?
Suggestions flew thick and fast before opinions were divided between Madh Island and Manori Beach. Names of some resorts in the city outskirts were also mentioned, but many were reluctant to go any place they had been to earlier. Then Bihari Milwani suggested Chhota Kashmir – a picturesque parkland with a lake, tucked away somewhere in Aarey Milk Colony. So that was that. Barring Nafisa Sayyad, none of us had ever been there before.
The menu for the day was drawn up. Apart from bottled water and refreshments, packed biryani is being organized. Collections would start the day-after (Thursday) after the number of participants is ascertained. The idea is to take off from the Garden itself after the exercises and if a bus cannot be hired at such short notice, we will all pile into auto-rickshaws and our cavalcade would reach Chhota Kashmir in style before breakfast. Dilip has offered to check the logistics.
Meanwhile, the ‘ladies-who-movie’ have revived their afternoon rendezvous with Hasee Toh Phasee, a romcom starring Siddarth Malhotra and Parineeti Chopra. Santosh Tyagi, Sunita Jajodia, Geeta Sardhana and Bhaswati Bose, among others, have confirmed being there for the 2’o clock show at Cinemax today.
Jagmohan Papneja:
'Auto se picnic chale' is a good proposal. Enough ideas already exist but I would favour Chhota Kashmir. It is the perfect "picnic spot" and an enjoyable place to relax. After the picnic you can say: 'Hum kisi se kam nahi'!!!