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| Bihari Milwani offers 'prasad' from his pilgrimage to Shirdi |
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| What has Geeta Sardana brought from her pilgrimage? |
So every time someone arrives in the middle of the exercises, word gets around, “Hawaa ley ke aayi hai!” Strangely, with each arrival, a gust of wind would create a mild flutter in the trees around and all is forgiven for the late-coming. Some like Monthi Serrao, Bhaswati Bose and Kiran Makharia have acquired the reputation of being extra propitious as their arrival is uncannily accompanied by a gentle breeze for a prolonged period.
Things have now reached a point when we actually want certain people to come in late for that all-important gust. Coming early serves no purpose and all the regulars known for their punctuality have become good-for-nothings. According to Monthi, the most prized late comer is Sitaram Hivarkar. Why? “He has two names, Sita and Ram and so he brings two gusts of wind”!
It is this penchant of members at turning an ordinary situation into extraordinary that generates much goodwill and of course, non-stop laughter during our exercises. But Nahid Khan stole the thunder today for her joke on two blundering couples in adultery and Bhaswati topped it with her tale about a group of men on pilgrimage having to mutter ‘Hari Om’ every time they caught sight of some village belle bathing in a stream. Shekhawat could not hold himself after that and just of kicks, began addressing all and sundry in the Garden with a ‘Hari Om!’
Geeta Sardana has returned from her pilgrimage of the holy sites of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Bihari Milwani had also gone on pilgrimage, to the Sai Baba temple of Shirdi and was back today with a bowl of luddoos as ‘prasad’. This gave rise to a chorus of demands for a trip to Shirdi from the Club, if only to say “Hari Om!” But it was promptly shot down by Monthi Serrao.
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