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| Banoo Apa pours her magic potion by the glassful |
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| Labouring under the blazing sun |
We too have our story on this magical drink. How else would anyone describe the refreshingly divine milkshake Banoo Apa was to treat us to on an unusually muggy morning today? It was so hot and humid that we were left completely exhausted and drained out after the exercises. Worse, there was not a drop of water to drink in anyone's water bottle.
In that condition, Banoo Apa’s offer came like manna from the heavens. Without a moment’s delay, we flocked behind her to the Garden gate where she poured us the cool, energising drink by the glassful. What more can anybody ask for on a parched throat?
Today we got lucky. Tomorrow the weather could get worse and it would be unfair to expect Banoo Apa (or anybody else) to come to our rescue again. After all, we are going through an unprecedented heat wave for the month of April – the temperature and humidity levels being way, way above normal since yesterday.
If attendance has thinned out during the exercises, it is perfectly understandable. Many absentees like Yusuf Rassiwala, Karuna Waghmare and Zarina Khan are obviously not taking chances in this extreme weather. Some like Bijoy Gupta regretted coming today. Shekhawat simply walked away in the middle of the exercises not telling anybody. This is rather unusual of him.
Given this situation, it would be worth considering whether to insist on everybody reporting for the exercises every day? Does it make sense to expose ourselves to such unhealthy weather conditions? Can we not leave it to members to take a break till the weather improves? Surely, we don’t want an accident on our hands.
Post Script: News comes in of Karun Sharma losing his mother-in-law this morning. May her soul rest in peace.
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