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Shekhawat celebrates his wedding anniversary with laddoos

Shekhawat had almost managed to deflect attention away from himself on having a party for his wedding anniversary (ref last post) today. Yesterday, nobody spoke about it. Today also, he could have got away scot free and nobody would have batted an eye.
Obviously everybody believed him when he cleverly invoked a ‘village custom’ that mandates celebrating his anniversary a day after Holi – whatever date it might be. And in typical Big Laaf fashion, our focus shifted to the next big potential host, Kiran Prakash, whose 70th birthday

Nahid Khan treated
us to gajaks

it would be day-after-tomorrow.
But Shekhawat has to be Shekhawat. This morning he sprung a surprise by producing a box of laddoos to celebrate his anniversary. “Next year when it will be my 60th wedding anniversary, I shall throw a grand party,” he promised.
It did not matter. By then Shekhawat was replaced by Kiran Prakash in the club’s consciousness. It seems yesterday, the latter had left it to some members to decide what kind of party they'd expect of him. Banoo Apa had even checked the menu with a popular restaurant in Lokhandwala Market for a proper sit-down breakfast.
Other options were also discussed. But all that will have to wait as Kiran Prakash is leaving for his overseas tour tomorrow. So whatever birthday celebration is planned can happen only after he returns end-March. Unsurprisingly, there are enough people out there to make sure he pays a heavy price for leaving us high and dry on March 16!

Lt Col Angad Singh (rtd):
A party satiates the tongue only. The effect is minor and limited to a short period. The enjoyment of laughing together is for a longer duration. Also, the effects are much bigger and better.