Rahbar

This is about my younger cousin brother Rahbar (Rahbar Alam). He lives in America now.

He was one of the naughtiest kids in the family (the other would be Tabish Bhaiya). When he was 8-9 years he had a full cricket kit (Chote Abbi being a keen cricketer himself had bought a full kit for Rahbar). In the games in the evening as all the equipment was Rahbar's he will just bat and make all the other kids bowl and field for him. Poor kids they had no other option. Rahbar would threaten to take the kit home if they protested. When Chhote Abbi asked him about the game he will reply with full confidence 'Papa aaj Maine 400 runs banaye...'. It will sometimes be 500 runs.......never less!!!

Once disaster struck when a dog ran away with one of the batting gloves......that day when he came back home and Chhote Abbi asked about the missing glove again he replied with full confidence - 'Papa, ek kutta glove leke bhaga....Maine bhi nahin chora.....Maine use Badarpur tak chase kiya.....lekin wo bhag Gaya'.........(mind you Badarpur would be 10-15 km from there!!).........