For Jabbar, playing the game with dignity is more important than achieving personal triumphs in terms of runs scored and wickets taken. I support brotherhood and cooperation but still tell my team that when we are on the ground we play to win. This effort has brought our community closer. What would earlier have required force can now be solved by dialogue,'' he adds. A senior police inspector, while admitting that acquaintance with the local lads comes in handy, feels there is still a long way to go.
People are indifferent.
If there is a petty theft in a locality and there are 100 eyewitnesses, even now only four would come and complain. We need public cooperation to prevent crime,'' he says. But some see progress. As part of the police, I know the ground realities. Things were very bad after the riots.