This is about a man who has lived life by his rules.He is heartbreakingly handsome,charming,chivalrous,courageous and caring.Born on 12th Sept 1957,he is growing old hence the looks might still not be as they used to be but the remnants,for sure tell the story of the era bygone.Rest of him has only improved with time.
I am not a damsel in love with him, nor a homosexual. The words above have been said by a younger brother.This is one of the rare times that i have sat down to appreciate him and if he was to read this,he would be surprised.Anil Bakshi,my elder brother is 4 yrs and 6 months older than me but I did not realize that the age difference was so small till one day I sat down and calculated the difference between his date of birth and 11 March 1962,the day I had landed.
I call him Bhaiyya when he is not around but in person he is just Anil.
Bhaiyya and I are almost 180 degree opposite in our behaviour pattern except for one commonality,we are both straight in our sexual orientation.Going over the rest of it,he is good looking i'm not.He is charming, I barely go past hello.He is chivalrous,i am yet to aquire this trait at the young age of 48.He is courageous,i don't have that gene.He is caring towards all in need.I tried to care,by chance the odd recepient was a beautiful girl.My attempt was taken as flirtation.I decided,enough was enough,and called it a day.
What I am about to narrate are not screenplays of indian movies but actual events from Bhaiyyas and my life.
I remember Bhiayya fighting with five brothers of a criminal family with a single lathee for the cause of a neighbours family,an elderly childless couple.Iwas valiantly hiding behind my little girlfriend .By the way most of the opponenets faced major jail terms, later in their lives for bigger crimes.Second,an incident in which one Didi from our 'colony' was misbehaved with,by some one in the Bus.Baiyya was there with Didi's actual brother.Real brother appeared to have been my sort,Bhaiyya had to do the honours. Episode narrated to us by the victim Didi.
In early 80's DTC had aquired new Mercedes engine buses with superb pick up.Hoever,elderly Delhites were still used to the slow acceleration of earlier local brand engines.Drivers of these new buses realized, they had grown wings and used to suddenly accelerate leading to accidents with passengers boarding the bus. Bhaiyya and I were witness to such an accident where the victim was an old lady.He was the first to reach her, pick her up put her in an auto and take her to the nearest nursing home.In Dilwalon ki Dilli, this gesture was rare and is still rare since those times.Reason,nobody wants to deal with the polce later. I was already on my way to becoming a first class gazetted officer,hence i remained in the back ground,lest the brush with police hurt my prospects as a budding......Later, Iwent to pick up Bhaiyya from the nursing home, I found him personaly spoon feeding some fluid to the old lady.He waited till her people came and the Dr declared her stable,much to my annoyance.My problem,His Royal Highness had to wait....
Rest later.
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