Simplicity is leaving us everyday, some 30 years ago a village in Punjab was simple, simple hospitable people. I remember once going to my father's village in Talagang and friend of mine asked me if I can drop something at his relative in some village in Khushab which is a bus stop when you go from Sargodha to Talagang, I agreed. I go off at the stop and first guy i saw I stopped and asked him about that person, he said yes i will take you to his house but my house is just around the corner why dont we stop and have lunch and then i will walk you there...I insisted that i am in a rush but he just would let me go without having lunch. the most simple and tasty lunch I ever had in my life, a tandoori tori with butter spread on it with a big clay bowl of Lassi. I guess it was the taste of sincerity. simple days simple people, thing of a past.
Anyway so I was late I got late to Talagang at 2:00am, now I am hungry again and everything is closed and I cant get a bus till next morning, I sat at the Charpai restaurant and owner was sleeping, I sat there for about 30 min and owner woke up for bathroom and he saw me sitting there asked me "Saab khariat hay" I said yar bohot bhook lagi hay kutch hoga khaney ko, he said bismillah ji Salan to para hay roti laga deta hoon bus 10 min lagy gain. once again I had the taste of hospitality...he didnt even take my money, said yeh karobar ka time thora hay, aap ko to allah ne mehman bheja hay.
I hope these people are still around but what i hear nowadays i think not.
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