My early childhood days in Rajpura Township , Punjab ,from1962 to 1968 . I am Nov. 1959 born.
In those days , to the best of my memory, we had only Sikh Gurus ' Shobha Yatras ' on Gurpurabs.
I
along with my friends would with great joy move behind the moving
trolley at the back of which a Sikh devotee / Granthi sat . He
distributed Karha Parasad which included black chholey .
After
taking our share of Karha / Chholey we children ,would for a short
while,fall back , quickly eat the delicious parsad , wipe clean our oily
hand on our shirt or so and then again turn up behind the trolley for
more .
We would go again and again . The gentleman distributing was fully aware of us doing repeated rounds .
But
he never refused or scolded us or told us to go away . He with the same
benign , parental and smiling face continued filling our outstretched
palms .
At that time ,
we children, would only brag among ourselves as to as to the number of
times we took the prasad . ' Oye, tu kinni wari litta . Buss Punj waari
- Main Satt wari .'
Later
, when I grew up and remembering this experience, I realised the true
meaning of the Prasad distributing Granthi's 's response - one the
essences of Sikh faith . -Happiness in serving others i.e.' Sewa
