Bhapa Gurcharan Singhji nodded and said, ‘Randhawa was a dulha.’ Both of us were reminiscing about (MS) Randhawa Sahib. The word dulha instead of larra seemed more suitable from the mouth of Gurcharanji. *** I met Randhawa Sahib for the first time through the novelist Sardar Nanak Singhji, who took me to meet him. Randhawa Sahib had written a letter to me about some land issue. I had thrown it away. I had no prior acquaintance with him. I just knew from hearsay that he was an influential, respected, and refined man; some high-ranking officer, nothing more. That’s all. It was a huge government room! It was a clean room, unlike the typical dull and shabby office rooms. There was a flower vase on the table with flowers in it. The chairs and tables — everything was clean and gleaming. An

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