Of Pride and Prestige

Srichand Arora

The Club today unanimously endorsed the view that the dark blue baseball cap with logo distinguishes us as members of Big Laaf and must be treated as a mark of honour. “It sets us apart from everybody else in the Garden,” said Srichand Arora. “Please wear it with pride, every morning, when you come to exercise.”
“We draw our identity from this cap,” reiterated Shekhawat, who was himself without the cap this morning.
The issue of caps has been hanging fire since the onset of summer with some ladies complaining that it was impossible to wear them in the sweltering heat. Surprisingly, they came around on their own after realizing that the cap provides a decent head cover from the blazing sun. “I was wrong in imagining that it would heat up my head,” conceded Mumtaz Jahan.
The other reason for the issue to be raked up today was that we have run out of our stock of caps and a decision had to be taken on whether we should be placing fresh orders.

'Capless' Shekhawat emphasises the need to wear caps daily

The first lot was received on March 2013 and in these two years most of them have become frayed or faded due to wear and tear. Many like Yusuf Rassiwala and Sitaram Hivarkar are nowadays sporting caps of a different design and colours. That apart, the Club is unable to provide caps to the new members joining in.
“There is no point ordering a fresh lot if you do not want to wear them,” reasoned Arora, who was instrumental in introducing the caps against stiff resistance from a section of the Club. “Not only would it cost us a tidy sum, we shall face a problem of dead stock. Let us not invite such a problem upon ourselves.”
Meanwhile, Shekhawat was hard-pressed at figuring out how he could have left home “empty-headed”. He tried his luck at borrowing a cap from Sunita Jajodia, then Mallika Kagzi, then Dilip Babani… but to no avail. Ultimately, he started clapping self-mockingly (“gandi-baat, gandi-baat”) but still wondered aloud how he could have forgotten to wear his cap today!
Bihari Milwani:
Kissa Topi Ka, produced by Arora-ji and marketed by Shekhawat-ji is a grand success story!
Kiran Prakash:
Ha ha ha... Well said, Bihari-ji!