Hockey coach Marzban Patel during a training session with kids at the Children's Academy School in Malad recently

Hockey coach Marzban 'Bawa' Patel's life is full of complications - professionally and personally. The coach of Children's Academy (Malad) and Our Lady of Dolours (Marine Lines) has been running a hockey club, Bombay Republicans, which has been in existence for nearly five decades, but a shortage of funds means it has to rely on the benevolence of some of its famous past pupils.