Some Relief!

Colorful lineup on a somewhat, pleasant morning

Pushpa Gupta has a problem with her cap

As we step into June, the weather gods have begun to show us some mercy. Instead of the stifling heat and energy-sapping humidity of the past fortnight, we were treated to pleasant gusts of cool, invigorating breeze all morning. That, by itself came as a huge relief during the exercises, even as it did not reduce our perspiration.
Dense cloud formations could also be seen over the Garden, clearly indicating that monsoon is round the corner.
The change in weather conditions perked everybody’s mood with Srichand Arora having a hard time in getting people to stay quiet and focus on the exercises. But discipline is anathema to Shekhawat and his restlessness is infectious – at least till such time Pushpa Gupta showed up for the exercises.
Thereafter it was Arora’s turn to personally attend to her grouse of being given a cap too small for her big head. He even physically helped fix the cap on her head, much to the mortification of other ladies – and some gaping men.
The amusing part of an otherwise insignificant incident like this is that some of us can never grow up. We remain as childish as perhaps, we were in our school days. And this shows one way or the other.
Bihari Milwani:
'Sunja aa thandi hawa, Tham jaa ho kali ghatta / Dekho pyari pyari hasi hamari, Aa jate tu bhi has jaa!'