After a number of years in England Santa decided to visit his native village in Punjab But he decided to spend a few days in Bombay and then a day in Delhi to pay homage in the Bangla Saheb Gurdwara near Connaught Place He landed in Bombay and friend received him He enjoyed his sightseeing in Bombay and after a couple of days boarded a train for Delhi He went into deep sleep in the train This train reached Bhopal at about 8 a m Someone in the compartment put on the radio And the Hindi newsreader`s voice said Yeh Dilli hai This woke up Santa He got up hurriedly collected his bags got down and went out of the Railway Station He got into a cycle rickshaw and told the puller to go to Bangla Saheb Gurdwara near Connaught Place Now this clever Muslim rickshaw puller of Bhopal smiled to himself and was on his way After two hours the rickshaw puller with a worried look told Santa that he had lost his way and would like to ask someone for direction Saying this he got of and went to a nearby tea stall and started having tea while telling the joke to other rickshaw puller In the meanwhile Santa was getting nervous and impatient Luckily he saw Ramta coming his way in a rickshaw Santa ran towards him and requested him to alight to listen to him in private out of the hearing of his rickshaw pullers Ramta nodded wisely and got down and listened to Santa`s woes He explained in a whisper You know my rickshaw puller seems to be a rogue He has been taking me for a ride Two hours ago I started in his rickshaw from the Railway Station for Connaught Place to got to Bangla Saheb Gurdwara and now he says he has lost his way You have become impatient in two hours said the Ramta I have been in my rickshaw for the last ten hours to go to Karol Bagh and my rickshaw puller has not reached Karol Bagh ”

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