Thank you, Danny, for your kind welcome and for your background information, too.
Sorry about using "CBI" without defining it. Foolish me, I didn't realize at first that it was not widely used by the allies outside US forces.
Regarding the Sikhs. Yes I have no doubt he was a taxi driver. Thank you for the photo of the kirpan. By the looks of it and imagining it in the hand of a fiercesome bearded turbaned Sikh, I guess I'd be running for my life too. I always thought of my Dad as very street smart, but maybe that wasn't fully developed yet at age 20 in a strange land. He was a football running back and track star in high school, abilities which might have been handy, considering his negotiating skill.
Some terminology from India made it into my early childhood. Dad often kidded around calling me "sahib" as he mockingly bowed with hands overhead. My favorite stuffed animal was named "Babu" and I now I think I know why.
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