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His niece called me up the next day and we
had a long conversation. She told me that the
neighbour’s parents lived in the sheeshon waali
kothi and loved it. But after they had gone, their
son had converted it into a hotel. And she insisted
that whenever we came to Rawalpindi we should
have a meal with her.

Peshawar Visit
We went again the next year for the conference
and my husband wanted to go to Peshawar to
see his family home. We did go there and it was
a huge place with a very large compound but
there were many shops in it, as if the house had
been converted into a mall. The first shop we

went to the shopkeeper said that they were too
young but they had heard all about Kirpa Ram FC Kohli’s achievements on behalf of
& Brothers from their parents and grandparents. Tata Power, TCS and the Indian IT
They insisted that we have a meal with them. We sector are so remarkable that he was
politely declined as we already had commitments awarded the Padma Bhushan, one of the
and I must confess they all came from the heart. nation’s highest and most prestigious
The next two shops gave the same reaction and civilian awards, by the Government
also invited us for a meal. of India in 2002. His ideas have been
The last shop we went to had a large ladies published in ‘IT Revolution in India:
department store specialising in shawls and Selected speeches and writings’.
sarees. By this time the shopkeeper had heard

The Kohlis on a visit to Peshawar
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