During mid sixties we were residents
of Laxmi bai Nagar, it had rows of double storied Government quarters surrounding
rectangular lawns. The front side had a road which joined Safdarjung airport
and INA market. On the other side of the road there were similar type of double
storied houses with smaller lawns of
square shape. The lawn diagonally opposite to ours, where Rabinda’s father or may
be uncle had a flat. The family controlled the Durga Puja. Rabinda had 3-4
followers and had a great personality , few people would dare to talk to him.
Incidentally my uncle had come to Delhi
with the hope to continue his college studies. He took a fancy for Rabinda and
took me one day for introduction. Rabinda was always meticulously attired
wearing latest terylene shirts. That time terylene shirts were very costly and
few could afford. After the initial introduction, I was discarded in the
sojourns of my uncle and he vanished with Rabinda’s gang for the next few weeks
my uncle stayed in Delhi.
I was not privy to their activities ,
but I remember seeing Rabinda and his gang engaged in flying kites , which were
of the size of a man in height and and
required great skill for their control. The colourful sight of the kites of
different shape and size is still embedded in my memory. I could retrieve some
of them from the internet, I hereby upload them for the viewing pleasure of my
friends in FB.
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