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saying, “Aj saadi beti nu paneer tikke khan da man

hai, saari plate khaa ja.” - Today my daughter feels
like eating paneer tikkas, eat the entire plate. Never
had I ever felt so loved and cherished before, and so, I
ate away with tears in my eyes!

One night as Guruji retired into his room, I
gathered all the parshad utensils and his bed sheets
that needed to be washed, and started to walk towards
my car parked outside. Just as I sat down at the
passenger side, there was a knock on the window. I was
a bit startled to see Guruji. How could this be possible?
I just left him in his room; there is no way he could be
out here as well. With all these thoughts going on in my
mind, I rolled down my window and before I could say
anything, he said “Sukhmani, from tomorrow learn how
to drive. There will be a time when you will drive in
Delhi to come and see me.” “Me? And Drive? Didn't he
know I was mortally frightened of driving because of a
massive accident I had on the Bombay - Pune
Highway?” I asked my mother. “There is no way I'm
going to learn how to drive.” My stubborn resolve only
lasted a day and I was soon enrolled with one of the
driving schools in Chandigarh. Every afternoon Guruji
would tell me about my progress or rather the lack of it!
“You couldn't put the fourth gear today?” or “You can't
reverse the car well yet.” This was all I would hear for
the 15 days training I took with the school. Finally
Guruji instructed a young boy, who I thought drove like
a maniac, to teach me how to drive. There was an open

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