Banned

Arun Patil

Arun Patil faces a likely ban on conducting the daily exercises. Despite repeated requests and reprimands from all quarters, he has persisted with racing through the exercises in double quick time – thereby endangering the life and limb of every member. Already Srichand Arora is down after Arun last conducted the exercises on March 3 and except for two brief visits, he has since stopped coming to the Garden.
Arora’s discomfort with Arun in the middle was evident when he was seen lagging behind the rest during the free-hand session.

Srichand Arora

So while we were into rolling our hips to Nach Baliye, Arora was still struggling with the Dil Maange More number. And when we were furiously rolling our heads clockwise and anti-clockwise, Arora was stuck silently on Nach Baliye! A temporary halt was called for him to catch up, but Arora protested: “What can I do? I am an old man. You are in a tearing hurry, but I will take my own time. I have become old. I cannot match you people.”
Nobody laughed. But that was the last we heard from Arora on the subject. Today, Arun made a courtesy call, inquiring about his health, only to be snubbed with a brusque, “I am fine.

A rib-tickler from Bhaswati Bose

But my wife has pain in her knee joints.” Arun thought it wise not to mess around with an angry old man trapped at home and promptly switched off his phone.
Arun’s advisers have now told him to keep low for some time and never again volunteer for conducting the exercises. To play doubly safe, Arun has even decided to run away from the city for a while with his car – though for a face-saver, he will maintain he has some unfinished job left behind in Kerala. (Again Kerala???) If anyone is rejoicing at this bizarre turn of events, it is his sworn frenemy, Razia Khan (ref: post of March 3).
Meanwhile, the Club has discovered a new joker in the pack for the post-exercise jokes' session. Bhaswati Bose today narrated a Santa-Banta joke, followed by an apocryphal tale of a crazy Arab in an aeroplane wanting to buy a pretty air hostess, only to realize that he would have to deal with Mukesh Ambani in the end. The humour was off the beaten track, but threw everyone into splits.
Harish Wadhwa:
I really enjoy reading this blog. The story telling is so engrossing and amusing, that I just cannot help smiling as I read. Superb. Jahan-pana, tussi great ho!
* Arora-sa'ab is a man with a big heart, which beats for anyone in trouble. No wonder he is by his wife, as a doting husband, to extend all support and relief. We need to learn this virtue from him.
* Have a great time Arun for your Kerala trip. Drive safely and come home soon.
* The smiles show the humour in the joke shared by Bhaswati-ji. I would certainly like to know its contents. It is such humour which keeps everyone feel good each day. Nice to see her joining the club of Santosh-ji and Papneja-ji who also crack jokes.