Tongue Twisters

Chased by the rain, we land up outside the China Hut for the exercises

We like to stretch our arms wide while exercising and say, ‘Hai Mera Dil’. Arun Patil demands that we say, ‘Ardhakati-chakrasan!’
We like to sit on an imaginary chair and say, ‘Kissa Kursi Ka’. Arun insists that we say, ‘Ghutnachalankriya’!
We like to keep things simple but Arun unleashes a farrago of tongue-twisters like ‘hastapadasan’, ‘trikonasan’, ‘taadasan’... all yogic names conjured for simple free-hand exercises and yet another five variants with five equally unpronounceable names.
Matters reached a head this morning when Shekhawat refused to be drawn into Arun’s complex word play and stuck to his good old Hai Mera Dils and Nach Baliyes – easily understood phrases that have stood the test of time since the inception of the Club.
Yusuf Rassiwala tried to intervene, asking Arun to speak with some clarity – breaking each word into syllables – but to no avail. ‘What is the point?’ he retorted. ‘The other day I demonstrated how to clap, indicating the pressure points on our palms. But Shekhawat still claps like a eunuch!’
Shekhawat’s argument, like many others, is that we come to the Garden to de-stress ourselves and not to be burdened with a mouthful of words that make no sense. Arun’s counter-argument is that we are unwilling to correct ourselves, much like ‘we still insist on saying King’s Circle for the area that is actually Maheshwari Udyan’.
Arun now intends to circulate a pamphlet listing out the ‘real names’ of the various exercises we do, along with notes on the benefits we derive from each of them.
End Note: Bihari Milwani informs that today is Mallika Kagzi's 44th Wedding Anniversary. We wish her the very best on the occasion.

Kiran Prakash:
I too wish Mallika the best on her wedding anniversary. But will it be appropriate for the blog to wish only one such ex-member? There are quite a few ex-office bearers... The blog has to decide.

Lt Col Angad Singh (retd):
What is there in a name? A rose will remain a rose and spread the same aroma whatever you may call it. Similar is the case with our exercises. They have been named simply for us to enjoy and feel happy. Let us continue to be amused and keep laughing.