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All is hunky dory with Sunita Jajodia (in blue saree)

Amid all the madness and hullabaloo every morning, what has gone unnoticed is that Sunita Jajodia is back for the exercises. Not very long back, she had stomped away angrily from the Garden (ref post of September 24) over what turned out to be a ‘prestige issue’ and since then, while showing up every morning in the China Hut, she has refused to join the exercises. Now things are happily back to normal.
It has not been easy though. All these days, she had been gently and repeatedly coaxed and cajoled by seniors of the Club to swallow her pride and return for the exercises, but she remained adamant.

Bose Babu

Even Bose Babu, the villain of the piece, had apologized publicly for hurting her feelings, but she has been steadfast in her stand that “you cannot slap someone and say sorry later”.
Indeed, Bose Babu has this obnoxious habit of ticking off anybody who does not fall in line with majority opinion or violates the Club’s discipline. He did it earlier with Geeta Sardana and then, with Ramila Mistry.

Tara Chand Seth

Sunita has been the third in line. Significantly, he does not have the guts to pull up any of the men, no matter what they do. In that sense, he is a proven coward.
So it took Srichand Arora’s infinite powers of persuasion for Sunita to come around and retrace her steps for the exercises. Santosh Tyagi promptly thanked Arora for “convincing her friend to return” and everybody clapped to welcome Sunita back. She too understood that within a family there are bound to be differences, but that cannot be a reason for members to break away. “A family without disputes is an abnormal family,” Arora reiterated.
Meanwhile, the blog must apologise for a serious lapse. We did not take note of Tara Chand Seth’s birthday yesterday. This is inexcusable, more so as he has been away in Delhi for well over six months. Late evening though, we caught up with him on phone while he was in the middle of cutting his birthday cake. He sounded immensely touched upon being told that we miss him and the call was essentially to wish him, on behalf on the Club, a happier and healthier life ahead. He promised to be back with us by mid-December.
Jagmohan Papneja:
Every parting is a form of sorrow, just as every reunion is a type of happiness. Sunita-ji must have felt this.
Srichand Arora:
* Tara Chand-ji, we all wish you a very happy (belated) birthday. And we all are waiting here for a good treat. Come soon to celebrate with us. In the meantime, please take full care of your health and enjoy with your family. May God bless you dear!
* Has anyone noticed that our Bose Babu is holding his umbrella like Patrakar Popatlal in Tarak Mehta ka Chashma?