The girls place the lit candles on the marble floor of the Gurudwara. “We celebrate sixth guru’s release from Jahangir’s prison as Bandichor Diwas,” the girls answer his ‘why’ together. They exit towards Chandni Chowk memorial. “Ninth Guru was executed by Aurangzeb here. We remember him as Hind-di-Chadar.”
Behind the
Gurudwara he shows them the shop where his grandfather worked after partition -
“He lost his family in Lahore during riots.”
Through the
narrow lanes, teeming with festival crowd, they reach Jama Masjid. The girls
race up the stairs.
“Simran,
Shoa, careful.”
“Come
Shagufta,” he takes his wife’s hand and follows.
#HWR #FDC #prompt7
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