'Ab duniya khatam...': Diljit Dosanjh recalls childhood runaway attempt over school crush | watch
PTC Web Desk: Diljit Dosanjh, one of Punjabi music’s biggest international names, has revealed that his first attempt to run away from home came at the age of eight. It ended almost as soon as it began.
Speaking on a podcast, the singer-actor looked back on an episode from his school days that began with a bit of playful teasing by older students.
According to Diljit, a group of seniors asked him which girl in school he liked. He pointed one out and the seniors told him that in that case he would have to marry her. Taking the dare at face value, young Diljit agreed on the spot, walked up to the girl and told her they were getting married because he liked her.
The plan backfired. The girl reported him to a teacher and he was told to bring his parents to school the next day.
Diljit Dosanjh said he panicked. In his words, it felt as though his world had come to an end. Rather than face the meeting, he packed two bananas and some other fruit from the refrigerator, took his bicycle and slipped out of the house without telling anyone. It was, he said, the first time he had left home alone without permission.
His getaway did not get far. He had pedalled for barely five minutes toward the fields when a man from his village noticed him, asked where he thought he was going and told him to turn back. Diljit did as he was told.
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The incident, he said, reflects how close-knit village life in Punjab once was, when elders felt free to correct any child in the community. Even a scolding or a slap from a neighbour rarely led to a quarrel between families, he recalled. In cities today, he observed, people hesitate to say anything to someone else’s child, and both parents and children can take offence if their behaviour is questioned.
Back at home, Diljit said nothing about the summons. He stayed away from school for the next two days, blaming a stomach ache.
Diljit is scheduled to perform in Chandigarh on December 12 as part of his RuPay Aura India Tour.
- PTC NEWS
