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my board exams. This visit was expected to be the last before the
completion of the exams. Guruji distributed prasad that day and was
giving toffees when it was my turn. Though Guruji’s instructions in
general are that the prasad is to be finished at Guruji’s place only, the
toffees are an exception. So I had a part of the prasad and kept a part
for consumption at a later date.

I went to bow to Guruji for taking his leave. When I was about
to get up, he took out a photograph and gave it to me. (Though I
couldn’t see any photograph packet near him.) I was delighted, as
Guruji’s photo is a prized possession. What Guruji had done that
night started unfolding on our way back. As I was holding the
photograph, I realized it was exuding his fragrance. His fragrance
came off the photograph throughout my board exams. I used to
carry the photograph with me to the exams. After the last exam,
the moment I returned home, the fragrance disappeared, as though
Guruji had blessed the photograph especially to take care of exams.

When we reached back home that night I counted the number of
toffees left.

I found that I had 12 toffees, which made it a couple of toffees
for each of the six papers. With toffees as prasad and Guruji’s
photograph and fragrance with me through all the papers, I ended
up scoring very good marks and gaining admission in one of the top
colleges of Delhi University.

Love: An ice-cream and the best birthday ever

Guruji along with a few devotees decided to go to a hotel in
Gurgaon and asked me to join in. Very shortly we were at the Bristol
Hotel, and I was the one hogging Guruji’s special attention, as I was
the youngest of the lot. Guruji walked briskly round the terrace of
the hotel, settled down, and ordered cold drinks for the sangat. We
had a great time, since the cold drinks were accompanied by snacks
and followed by ice-cream. On our way back, while everyone was
getting into their respective vehicles, Guruji especially enquired
about my whereabouts and saw to it that I was comfortably placed
with someone for a drop back at his place. When we reached
Guruji’s place, Guruji asked me how the experience was. It had been
absolutely wonderful. Guruji also asked me whether or not I had
ice-cream. I had not, since I had a sore throat and I told him so.

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