Advice by the then seniors:
The shopkeepers never gave flour/ata, pulses/dals, and food grain/anaaj in papers/paper bags; saying it will bring dearness. Asked to bring from home a piece of cloth for foodstuff.
There was also a saying around: "jad roos panjabay away, rupaye da ik ser un wakaway" meaning, when Russia will come there will be manifold dearness and one kilo flour would sell for one rupee.
The meat shopkeeper would put a piece of charcoal with meat in the bag or cloth to avoid evil. He would not give meat in newspaper sheet, saying the calico/black in would damage the meat. Respect of all by all.
All sects of life enjoyed all festivals. During Basakhi festival, sikh brothers were dancing, singing loud, touring streets but as soon as they enter muslim community they would start reciting naat/priase to Prophet Muhammad; like; Saaray rasooloon kay sardar makki madni; meaning Prophet Muhammad is head of all messengers of God.
Pleasing Children.Pleasing children makes God happy and brings you the pleasure. Sweets, puddings, fried grams mixed with sugar-coated grams, etc. were distributed in children. Someone from distributor's house would announce loud: "kurio, mundio, wundi the kheer/sweets etc. lay jao" meaning; girls and boys, sweets etc. etc. being distributed, come and get. A child would ask for a share of his/her brother, sister who was busy at home and could not come. All and I mean it, all children would come out, be their parents were richer or poor.
Shopkeepers used to give children shopping a candy or some other sweet.
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