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| Back in form... it's business as usual at the Garden |
Today is July 8 and the blog is back on schedule. The
Boses are also back on schedule bringing with them little goodies from Greece and Italy – Florentine croissants, hard cheese from Rome and chocos from Athens. The only thing missing was
Mallika Kagzi’s flavoured tea. That would have topped a very entertaining and enjoyable morning.
However, the most heartening part was that
Shekhawat and
Gupta are still over with getting on each other’s case, in spite of Arora’s repeated warnings of a showdown between the two. “Playing pranks is fine, but one day both of them shall have such a bitter fight that it will be impossible for us to restrain them,” he cautioned.
But the warnings fell into deaf ears. Even the yelp of some dog at a distance was enough for Shekhawat to provoke Gupta during the exercises: “Go check, somebody is telling you something!”
“Not to me, he is saying something to you,” Gupta shot back.
“But only you understand that language,” Shekhawat egged him.
“No, that language is coming from Rajasthan,” Gupta clarified, suggesting the yelps were from Shekhawat’s village.
“No, it is coming from behind you,” Shekhawat persisted.
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“No the sound is from your behind,” Gupta insisted.
“Does your behind sound like that?” Shekhawat was curious, not giving in. And so on and on they went, short of grabbing each other’s throats, but all in good humour.
Some time back Gupta took a swipe at Shekhawat’s obsession with the railway train, even as there was nobody to follow his ‘engine’. Since a majority of our members (who constitute the coaches of the train) were absent due to
Ramzaan, Shekhawat presented a strange picture of an engine chugging without coaches. “The engine has become a widow,” Gupta remarked in mock sympathy.
Today Shekhawat clarified that for long his “coaches had been in the yard for repairs” and to prove his point, he mobilized nearly a dozen ‘coaches’ behind him much to Gupta’s surprise: “
Arrey, the train has started running again!”
Now what can anybody say about such talk? Even school kids could do better.
Harish Wadhwa:
The blog is back and so is the monster behind it. Thanks for the lovely hard cheese from Rome and the chocolate from Greece. They were truly lovely. Please visit more often so than we can benefit from the goodies that follow! The
BC chai also happened after a log gap of two months and we cherished our moments of banter.
Kiran Prakash:
The Boses are back. The blog is back. And the stories of entertainment are back.
The master of the laughter round, Bose Babu raised the fourth laugh -- of course, on demand -- for his own return.
The croissants were really delicious. It went very well with tea at home. Cheese from Italy is well known all over the world. Still not opened.
The Shekhawat-Gupta duo is the pivot around which all the entertainment revolves these days. Thanks to them, we remain upbeat.
An unusual ‘drought’ in an otherwise busy birthday month was today broken by Harbans Kaur. She celebrated her daughter’s birthday with a big blackforest cake, much to everyone’s surprise. We were all conditioned to being denied of any morning treat, at least till Ramzaan is over. As most of our Muslim members are away, it looked like the dry spell would continue for some more time. Harbans Kaur proved us wrong and that there is still room for hope. The best part though, was that her knee surgery in Ludhiana has done wonders for the lady. Gone are the days when she would come limping into the Garden, stopping every few steps and seeking support whenever she sat down or stood up. She was visibly in agony even as she did not utter a word to obtain anyone’s sympathy. Today, she is the same proud person, but a new Harbans Kaur. She walked in with confident strides, a spring in every step and most important, with an upbeat disposition. We all felt happy for her.
