The option for middle school students to refresh themselves during recces time in 70's were very few like, Muzaffar bhai ki canteen, BachchoN ka Khwancha & few vendors at D of school gate or you may found meer saheb marching on school road along with his old trolley with little things to offer.
At School D {small grass patch(i cant call it park), fenced in D-shape}, during recess time, you may found Pandit ji selling ice creams, One vendor for chane murmure or similar items, Raj bir selling gol gappe & chhole.
My father had an arrangement with Nafees bhai, who runs a cafeteria on the other side of road (store) to offer me a biscuit for few months during 3rd standard.
I remember, i like that biscuit alot, but every day same taste made me irritated.
I used to look at the students enjoying the great taste of orange ice cream and every lick made by them increase my curiosity to feel the same on my lips.
Some how, pandit ji read my face one day & offered me ice cream!
I told him that i don't have money to buy, he said no problem,
Then he asked me about my father & i told him that he is jamia employee.
From then & so often, i start tasting different kind of ice creams.
A month later my father summoned me, asked me the reason to stop taking biscuits?
Standing mum.
Another question!!!
Why you are eating ice creams?
Standing mum.
He said don't buy anything if you don't have money.
Actually, Pandit ji took my father by surprise by asking him to pay for each ice cream i enjoyed during past month.
Later i came to know about pandit ji's secret weapon, i wasn't alone, there were many days scholar who tasted & enjoyed the great taste of ice cream & their respective father concluded the bills!
I was very young to understand the kind of sales techniques adopted by pandit ji, but what i always remember is the great taste of ice cream.
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