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have you got for me?” Not wanting to give him the dress
in a bad condition, we said “Guruji, we haven't got
anything.” “No, you have had a dress made for me and
matching shoes, bring them to me I want to see them.”
We had no choice but to give him the dress as it was
and Guruji very humbly and lovingly accepted it. “For
this dress I had to come last night to your house and
change the bundle of money!” said Guruji. “Guruji, so
you changed the money?” asked my sister in surprise.
“Yes I had to or you would have been late.”

During the preparations of my sister's wedding,
Guruji would often help us with our shopping. He even
told me before hand as to what I had planned to wear
and on what function. My mother wanted to buy a
coloured kundan tikka (a piece of jewellery worn on the
forehead) matching to the set my sister was to wear on
her wedding. We searched for it all over but none of the
jewellers had a tikka in coloured kundan, as white
kundan was now more in vogue. “Sukhi aunty is your
shopping complete?” he asked my mother one day as
we visited him. “Guruji, I can't find a coloured kundan
tikka anywhere. I have been to all the old jewellers but
none of them have it. What should I do?” mom was very
worried as we didn't have enough time to have one
made especially to match her set. “Go tomorrow to
Patiala and you will find one.” said Guruji. My mother
was not too hopeful since she had already visited all the
jewellers there just a day before. The next day my
mother went again to Patiala and one of the old family

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