was also named the best forward in the 1980 champions trophy in karachi where india finished a lowly fifth in the sixnation tournamentif hockey was his first love then varanasi was his second he never left the city and settled down there after his retirement from the game working as a deputy sports officer at the diesel locomotive works dlw he never complained about anything sab uppar wale ki meherbaani hai all is in the hands of god he would say when asked if he ever felt bitter about not getting the reward he should have got for his services to the gamehe used to say why do you think the country didnt give me what i deserved they gave me the arjuna awardgentle to the core he would never say anything against anyone life is too short to dwell on all these thingsyes shahid bhai you are right life has been a mixed bag for you glorious at times but so short in span alvida genius