Wanting to make the most of my opportunity to be a pehelwan, I ask guruji to show me the maddoo (a wooden beam with a stone base, it is also called Hanuman ka gada). Images of pehelwans swinging the maddo with ease flash before my eyes.
Guruji obliges and hands me the maddoo with one hand. I reach out for the maddo and slump under its weight. After a few tries I manage to lift it up to my chest.
After that final embarrassing moment, I am offered a Pehelwan thandai ( a paste of finely grounded powder of almond, cardamom, fennel seeds and sugar) stirred in milk and served chilled. My rough morning as a wrestler gets a sweet ending.
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