Post Mortem

Bihari Milwani celebrates his birthday with choco-bars

Shekhawat and others admire the memorable gift

Analysts of yesterday’s fracas in the China Hut (see post) today arrived at two nervous conclusions: one, Mallika Kagzi is quite a gentle, even docile person so long as she is left to herself – mess with her and you’d be inviting the wrath of heaven and hell combined; and two, no one in the Club, man or woman, is any longer unsafe. So should we perchance ever face a threat from anybody, simply put Mallika in the forefront. Better still, unleash her and watch the fun!
Mallika though, was still in the apologetic mode this morning. She said it was not in her nature to be so aggressive, but was provoked beyond control. “I waited for four days hoping things to subside,” she explained to everyone who congratulated her for being such a firebrand. “When I found my silence was taken for acceptance of all the foul talk, I decided to give that lady a mouthful. My only regret is that I will now have to think twice before getting anything to the Garden. If it was not for yesterday’s incident, I would have got tea today.”
While Jagmohan Papneja and other friends advised her not to let anybody/ anything deter her from being her normal self, the absence of tea on a wintry morning was surely felt. Moreover, it was Bihari Milwani’s birthday. He had brought chocolate bars for all of us, but had a bigger treat reserved for Shekhawat – a lovely laminated triptych marking his journey of 54 years and 277 days since his marriage on March 14, 1960. Translated, this works out to a grand 20,000 days (as on December 16, 2014). And to illustrate the event (just that Milwani was a week behind time), there were cute little photographs of Mr and Mrs Shekhwat travelling in a vintage buggy… just too good for words!
Trust a number cruncher like Bihari Milwani coming up with such a wonderful memento.
Bhaswati Bose:
Mr Milwani, it is only fair that you gift such lovely mementos to the rest of the seniors starting with Arora-ji, Yusuf Bhai, Sitaram-ji, Mrs Singh and followed by Jagmohan-ji, Dilip Bhai, Angad Singh, Mr Bose, Mr Harish Wadhwa, Mrs Sunita Jajodia, Mrs Mallika Kagzi... So start calculating!
Jagmohan Papneja:
Wow! What an incredible gift presented to Shekhawat-ji on completing 20,000 days of his wedding. A friend like Milwani-ji is wise, kind and thoughtful. Happy Birthday to this wonderful person in our group.
Kiran Prakash:
Happy Birthday, Bihari-ji. I pray to God that He showers His choicest blessings and you continue to grow in your personal and professional life. Your imagination and creativity have no match.