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Gentleman of Hedge
Baiju was taking a bath along with his father Rastogi who was a renowned teacher of that small village Lalpur . Rastogi was rebuking his son for taking that long bath in the tank . He continued, "it is not so good to take a bath in the tank and specially in case of children , they get infected by many diseases as they do not remain habituated with . "

" Pranam , sir " a sweet sound voice gushed into their ears. Baiju also jerked in the voice and ran to the bank of the tank , where his father , talking to the gentleman Mohanji , was standing away . At first , Baiju thought that he would be punished for his bath , as he was fluttering his limbs in  water but gradually he came to an end when Mohanji asked his acquaintance and Rastogi told him that he was his son . 

The reason was that the little boy Baiju was quite unfamiliar with the morphology of Tank . He knew that the tank may have been owned by someone and the owner might have punished him if he had done something wrong with his tank . In fact, it was his first chance when he had went to bathe in a tank.

After a short gossip , they had their own ways . In the way , Baiju asked his father,  " Papa , who was he ? " it was nothing but a normal curiosity of  child . 

"It is, it is Mohanji ", Rastogi said.

"Who Mohanji ? " 

"Mohanji is a soldier , he is a BSF commando." again Rastogi replied.

"Papa , but he speaks Hindi very well, he has a real manner, I will follow him."

In a short period of time he had received it all . He had become a role model for Baiju. Now that Baiju has grown up , the dialogue of Mohanji rounds to his ears.

His fair complexion , round figure, compensating chin and...