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TheTurban of My Grandfather

Sardar Sardul Singh & Sardarni Surjit Kaur at Mansurpur Home   The COVID pandemic changed the world in 2020, specially for those families who live continents apart. I live in California, while my younger brother is settled in UK, but my parents chose to stay in India - Muzaffarnagar , a small town in Western UP, about 65 miles north of nation's capital - Delhi. Two long years of the scare of COVID virus, we were concerned if and when we will be able to meet our parents, highly vulnerable due to their age - my parents are in their 80s. Thanks to the global vaccination program, it was made possible, finally. My parents were flying to San Francisco via London after meeting my brother there. They were bringing a special memento for me ... the turban of Bauji , my grandfather. Bau ji - Sardar Sardul Singh S ardar Sardul Singh moved in 1928 as a founding member to establish the first cane sugar mill at the rural location of Mansurpur in the district of Muzaffarnagar in Western UP.