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How Mistaken Identity Saved Me

If I can recall correctly it was March 1976 when I went to Bhadra Panchayat Samiti as Collector ,Sriganganagar to hold an enquiry against then Pradhan for certain misconduct and  wrongful action. Before my departure next morning , I  was sitting outside Dak Bungalow sipping early  morning tea on the small lawn basking in the sunshine and musing over day's planned activities on way back to Dist.Headquarters,which was nearly  135 kms away. As I was about to go inside to get ready  before departure I was greeted by a turban wearing old farmer with an application in hand  but failing to recognise  my Identity asked me politely, 'Beta! Papa ko Kah do  ek Kashtkar milnea chahta hai ' .He left no time and  scope for me to ask him to hand over the application in his hand.My short  stature. measuring  approximately 5..5 inches and youngish looks at the age of 44 years  led him to my imagined mistaken Identity. Be that as it might, ...