Akhlaque sahib, Urdu teacher in middle school, warden of iqbal manzil (hostel) & an active person stopped me while i was marching towards canteen.
He then informed me about essay writing competition during talimi Mela.
It was all India essay writing competition & topic was "Dr.Zakir Hussein", he wants me to participate in that.
Reluctantly i said yes when he told me about the prize money.
Winner= Rs.1000
Runner up=Rs.700
Third= Rs.500.
Any of the amount considered to be good during 1985-86.
Altough the task was difficult since hundreds of students from many places were due to take part, however, i started with reading the books related to Dr.Zakir Hussein.
After reading for almost three days, i starts writing the essay.
It tooks me two days to finalize it & finally it was ready for submission before one of closing time.
Talimi Mela started & on the final day i came to know that i won the second prize, but prize money will take another weeks time to reimbursed.
I went to Akhlaque sahib & he told me, the prize money is collected by Abdul Haqq khan sahib from the foundation & you can go & ask him.
I went to him, he said come tomorrow.
I went again, again he said tomorrow.
My dreams of spending that money starts crumbling.
I didn't given up & so khan sahib.
It went for months, school closed for half yearly, reopens & i went to ask him again.
Again i got promise.
Initially he used to smile but later this smile transformed into something else.
Finally after chasing him for six months, he refused & told me in plain words that iam not going to have it.
I went disappointed.
Was thinking for many hours why he did that, how he will be benefited with those 700 rupees.
I never get the answer from myself too.
After 22 years i have nothing against khan sahib.
He has given so much to Jamia senior secondary school that no body could achieved so far, except my Rs.700.
I considered,although i stood second but i never won any prize money.
May Allah Give khan sahib good health.
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