PROSE 3 : MY BEGINNINGS

- KAPIL DEV
 INTRODUCTION OF AUTHOR
KAPIL DEV: KAPIL DEV RAMLAL NIKHANG
IS THE FULL NAME OF KAPIL DEV. HE WAS
BORN ON 6TH JANUARY, 1959 IN
CHANDIGARH. HE WAS FAMOUS INDIAN
CRICKETER. HE WAS FAST MEDIUM
BOWLER AND A HARD HITTING MIDDLE
HARDER BATSMAN, HE IS ALSO REGARDED
AS ONE OF THE GREATEST CAPTAINS OF
ALL TIME. IN HIS CAPTAINCY, INDIAN
CRICKET TEAM WON THE 1983 WORLD CUP.
 OBJECTIVES

1. TO WRITE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
2. SUMMARY
 MY BEGINNINGS
KAPIL DEV WAS BORN ON 6TH JANUARY 1959 IN CHANDIGARH. HIS
MOTHER WAS A SIMPLE WOMAN. HE GREW UP AMONG SIX BROTHERS
AND SISTERS. HE SAYS BY REFERRING TO HIS EARLY LIFE THAT OUR
BEGINNINGS NEVER KNOW OUR ENDS.
HIS MOTHER REGALES HIM WITH TALES OF HIS NAUGHTY BEHAVIOUR. SHE COULD NOT
CONTROL HIM. HE COULD NOT SIT STILL. HIS AMBITION WAS TO TRAVEL AROUND THE
WORLD AND DRIVE A MERCEDES BENZ. BY GOD’S GRACE BOTH OF HIS TWO AMBITIONS
HAVE BEEN FULFILLED. BUT AT THE TIME OF HIS BOYHOOD DAYS, THOSE DREAMS
SEEMED LIKE “CASTLES IN THE AIR”
LIKE OTHER CHILDREN, KAPIL WAS ALSO TRYING TO BUNK SCHOOL AND SAVE UP ENOUGH
MONEY TO GO TO A NEW MOVIE OR HAVE A PLATE OF CHICKEN CHOWMEIN WITH HIS
FRIENDS. HE WAS AMUSING HIS FRIENDS BY STEALING THE FRUITS OFF THEIR NEIGHBOR’S
TREES. ONE PARTICULAR LADY, A NEIGHBOR HAD A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN. IN IT, SHE HAD
PAPAYA AND POMEGRANATE TREES. HE AND HIS FRIENDS WERE OFTEN TRYING TO PICK THE
FRUITS OF THE TREES. ONE DAY, KAPIL AND HIS FRIEND HAD CLIMBED OVER THE WALL
AND WERE PERCHED ON THE TREE WHEN THE LADY WALKED OUT WITH SOME GUESTS. AS
SHE WAS ENTERTAINING THEM FOR TEA RIGHT UNDER THE PAPAYA TREE, HE AND HIS
FRIEND HAD TO SIT STILL FOR NEARLY TWO HOURS ON THE TREE TILL THE TEA PARTY
ENDED.
LADY HAD NINETY – TWO POMEGRANATES ON THE TREE IN HER
GARDEN. SHE COUNTED THEM EVERY DAY BECAUSE SHE KNEW THE
MISCHIEF OF THE CHILDREN. ONCE SHE WENT TO DELHI FOR TWO
DAYS, KAPIL AND HIS FRIENDS TOOK DOWN ALL THE NINETY-TWO
POMEGRANATES, ATE WHATEVER THEY COULD AND DISTRIBUTED
THE REST. AFTER RETURNING, SHE COMPLAINED TO KAPIL’S
MOTHER, WHO WALLOPED HIM SEVERELY. LATER, THE LADY USED
TO TELL OTHERS WITH GREAT PRIDE AND AFFECTION ABOUT THE
MISCHIEF OF KAPIL AND HIS FRIENDS.
KAPIL AND HIS FRIENDS TRIED TO RIDE THE HORSES THAT WERE LEFT IN THE
HUGE OPEN GREEN AREAS TO GRAZE. AFTER INNUMERABLE FALLS AND MANY
FRIGHTS, KAPIL LEARNT TO RIDE AND CONTROL A HORSE. ONCE THEY HAD
MASTERED HOW TO RIDE THE HORSE, THEY BECAME MORE COURAGEOUS AND
VENTURED OUT OF THE FENCED AREA WITH THE HORSES. NOBODY NOTICED
THEIR VENTURE. ONCE, HE HAD TAKEN THE HORSE IN HIS BACK GARDEN. IT WAS
VERY EASY TO RIDE THE HORSE UP TO HIS HOME, BUT IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO
GET THE HORSE THROUGH THE SMALL DOORWAY. HE DID NOT ANTICIPATE THIS.
SO, HE WAS CAUGHT WITHIN MINUTES OF THEIR ARRIVAL. HIS FATHER’S CHIDING
DISCOURAGED HIM FROM ENTERING THE GRAZING FIELD AGAIN.
KAPIL WAS NOT VERY STUDIOUS. HE USED TO SPEND HIS TIME IN
PLAYING GAMES AND PARTICIPATING IN ATHLETICS. HE WENT TO A
SMALL LOCAL SCHOOL. CRICKET, BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL, TABLE
TENNIS AND HOCKEY WERE THE GAMES OFFERED THERE. KAPIL WAS
FAIRLY GOOD AT ALL GAMES, BUT VERY GOOD AT ATHLETICS. HE
DREAMT OF BECOMING A FOOTBALLER. HE WORKED HARD AT THAT
GAME AND WAS SELECTED TO PLAY FOR HIS SCHOOL. HIS FRIENDS
PLAYED CRICKET.
THEY CONVINCED KAPIL TO CHANGE HIS GAME. KAPIL TOOK A DECISION TO
CHANGE HIS GAME. HE IS ALWAYS GRATEFUL FOR HIS FRIENDS. HE BEGAN
TO SPEND A LOT OF HIS TIME ON THE CRICKET FIELD. HE PLAYED IN A
NUMBER OF INTER-SCHOOL TOURNAMENTS AND CAME TO BE NOTICED AS
“A PROMISING LAD” IN THE LOCAL PRESS. BUT IT WAS ALL MERELY FUN TO
START WITH. HE COULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED WHERE CRICKET WOULD
TAKE HIM. LATER HE BECAME A FAMOUS PROFESSIONAL CRICKETER AND
CAPTAINED INDIA TO WORLD CUP GLORY IN ONE DAY CRICKET.
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