Santa Claus:- Jingle bells…jingle bells…jingle all the way !
Pramanik:- Hurrah! Santa Claus has entered inside our classroom and he is throwing cadbury’s chocolates. Whoever catches it will eat it.
Nonigopal:- Ha ha ha…it is a ‘modern hariloot’. In our village, in ‘Gajan mela’ during spring season, the priest throws the prasads (batasha) to the devotees after the worship of Bhagawan Sri Krishna. There is also the same concept. Whoever catches or picks up the prasads (batasha) will eat it.
Santa Claus:- Students! From tomorrow onwards, you will have the winter vacation. Enjoy your winter vacation. This is my last interaction with you all because I have got a new job offer from South Point School.
Sudeshna:- Sir, who are you? Please reveal your real identity.
Santa Claus:- Ha ha ha…oh! Yeah! Let me put off my long red cap and pull off my false whitish beard. Now, can you people recognize me?
Students of Class II:- Ooooh! This is our Kaushik Sir. Thank you, sir, for giving us cadbury’s chocolates.
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Raqeeb:- Actually, Kaushik sir will get married to Bharati madam in this December month and also got a new job offer. He is very happy and excited at this point of time. That’s why; he gave us those chocolates as a Santa Claus.
Satya:- By the way, who is this Santa Claus actually?
Raqeeb:- I also don’t have too much idea about it. But, I have heard that in northern European countries like Norway and Finland, the Santa Claus comes to the poor icy village on his famous reindeer-cart which skids on the ice. Generally, he visits the village at the Christmas Eve, i.e. just one hour or half an hour before the 12 AM of 25th December. He keeps on ringing his famous bell with that song, ‘jingle bells…jingle bells…jingle all the way...’ and then give lots of gifts to the poor boys of those villages. Still today, the poor boys of the village wait for their favorite Santa Claus on every Christmas Eve night.
Satya:- Hmm…now, Kaushik Sir will leave this school. Who will become Santa Claus next year?
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Raja & Santu:- Happy birthday to you…happy birthday to our dear Sudeshna…happy birthday to you…many many happy returns of the day to you Sudeshna.
Sudeshna:- Thank you to both of you. Thanks a lot. Now, just enjoy my birthday cakes.
Raja:- Umm…it is very tasty. Sudeshna, you are very lucky! You have taken birth on 25th December. It’s a holy day.
Sudeshna:- Thanks! Santu, why are you so shy? Who will eat these cakes? My stomach is already full. Same is the case with Raja. Come on! Eat up those cakes.
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Chandrani:- You are really a good student! You have come 2nd in class II. That’s really good. Look at me. I have never been in the top 5 ranks in my academics till date, not even in this village school, but still all the school teachers say that I am a very intelligent girl, uuh…accha, Noni, what prize have you got?
Nonigopal:- They gave me a book of ‘Hansel & Grietel’ as the 2nd prize. I have read that book. That’s a fairy tale. Chandrani, do you believe in ghost or witch?
Chandrani:- I believe in the existence of God only. That’s more than enough.
Nonigopal:- Eh! You are so dirty! Why are you collecting those cow-dungs? Issh…what a bad smell!
Chandrani:- Probably, you don’t know the usefulness of these cow-dungs. These cow-dungs will be pasted in round pieces on a wall. Once those pieces gets dried up, it will act as a cooking fuel. It is popularly known as ‘Ghuntey’. Moreover, these cow-dungs act as the best natural fertilizers for our crops. This natural fertilizer has no side –effects like the artificial fertilizers, e.g. Urea or Endosulfan. Anyway, come on! We will now go to pluck some marigold and hibiscus flowers.
Nonigopal:- Why? What for?
Chandrani:- Tonight, there is a Maa Manasa puja in our village. Today is a special dark night. A Snake will come out at 9 PM and drink the milk which will be kept inside the Maa Manasa temple.
Nonigopal:- What is the relation between Snake and Maa Manasa here?
Chandrani:- Aha, Noni, Maa Manasa is the goddess of Snakes. There is a myth in this village that if you worship Maa Manasa with full devotion, then not a single snake will bite you, unless you attack it. Actually, in this village, many people have already died due to the poisonous bites from King Cobras (Kaal Keutey/Gokhro). If anyone dies due to a snake bite, his or her dead body is not burnt but floated in the river. The boat on which the dead body is kept is made up of the stems of banana trees.
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Jahar:- Dhaath! Our class teacher of class III is very boring. She is not so lively. Oho! She will live for long. I was talking about her and she has entered our classroom.
Kruttika Madam:- Good morning students! Please sit down. So, students, now you all are in class III. From now on, you have to be serious in your studies as you will have to study three more subjects apart from Bengali, English and Maths. The three more subjects are History, Geography and Science.
Dolui:- Hai Ram! That means, our school bag will now become heavier than before.
Kruttika Madam:- In English also, you will have two separate subjects. One is English Literature and another one English Language. As Bengali is your 2nd language, so it will remain as a single subject. So, in total, you people will have to study 9 subjects including PT and Work Education. So, please be attentive in class from now on. And another thing, everyday, you are supposed to bring the textbooks and homework copies of your respective classes, otherwise, any of your subject teachers have full right to punish you. Is that clear to you all? Better buy a big school bag of ‘Duckback’ company.
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Meenakshi:- Everyday, you eat those ‘Double Bite’ cakes in the tiffin period. Don’t you feel bored at eating the same tiffin everyday?
Arindam:- What’s your problem. I like these ‘Double Bite’ cakes because it always has two different flavors inside a single cake.
Srabanti:- Guys! There is a great news! In the drawing hall, a chowmein company has come. They are distributing the chowmein packets to the students of all classes. Kruttika madam has said that we will also go to the drawing hall in the 5th period.
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Maggi’s Marketing Manager:- Good afternoon to all the students of class III. So, I hope that you all are having a gala time in your school, because you people are still in class III, where you will completely enjoy your school life without having any headache about studies. Accha, how many of you people love Chinese foods? Please raise your hands. Only 5 hands rose among 33 students! Strange! Ok, how many of you love to eat chowmein? Wow! Now see! Hardly 10 to 12 hands are down among 33 students. So, let me tell you that chowmein or noodles fall under the category of Chinese foods. I am a representative of Maggi Company, which has just entered the Indian markets to sell its own noodles. It is written in the packet ‘2 minutes Maggi noodles’. So, collect two packets of Maggi from us for free and go back home with it. Tell your mom to cook this noodle within 2 minutes by seeing the procedure written on the packet. Don’t forget to use that spice kept inside this packet. The spice is the only thing that differentiates Maggi from the Chowmein.
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Nonigopal:- Mom, from now on, I will eat Maggi noodles in my tiffin hours.
Nayantara:- Ok, ok, but not on every day, only in 1 or 2 days per week in tiffin periods.
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Revathi:- Today, ‘Bournvita’ company has visited our school. They are also giving two pouch packs of ‘Bournvita’ to everyone. Even they are giving a small cup of ‘Bournvita’ drink to everyone. Actually, they have launched the chocolate flavor recently.
Santu:- Oh! I like the taste of the ‘Bournvita’ drink. Actually, I don’t like to drink a glass of cow’s milk. So, what my mom does? She mixes the ‘Bournvita’ with that cow’s milk and now every day, I drink the ‘Bournvita’ drink with cow’s milk. It tastes awesome!
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Kruttika Madam:- Students! There is a good news for you all. As you know that recently our West Bengal government has opened a ‘Science City’ in Kolkata. As a promotional marketing strategy, the West Bengal government has given permission to some selected schools to visit Science City on this year’s Children’s Day without any entry fee. So, students, we all are going to Science City on this 14th November.
Students of Class III:- Hurrah! That’s a great news.
Srabanti:- But, madam! What is there in Science City?
Kruttika Madam:- Well, I will also go there for the first time. Let us explore it.
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Mr. Talukdar:- No one should misbehave inside the bus, otherwise, you will get some good caning. Even if you people play ‘Antakshari’ rounds inside the bus, it should not become a chaos, otherwise…I am there…remember!
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Prakash:- Where is our bus going actually?
Chinmoy:- Arrey, don’t you worry! The bus will take the route of Eastern bypass through Park Circus and go to Dhapar math beside Kestopur Khaal. Science City is there only.
Raja:- Hey look at the poster. Sandip Roy, the son of Satyajit Roy has made the 3rd part of ‘Goopi Gyne & Bagha Byne’. It is written on the poster, ‘Goopi Bagha firey elo’.
Satya:- Arrey, I have already watched that film. Boss, Satyajit Roy is Satyajit Roy. This film cannot compete with the superb film ‘Hirok Rajar Deshe’ in any aspect.
Revathi:- Guys! We are feeling bored inside this bus. Come on! Let us play Antakshari.
Arindam:- We all know that you are a good singer, but that does not mean that we have to play antakshari with you. This is a problem with girls. Whenever they feel bored, they start playing antakshari.
Meenakshi:- If you don’t want to play antakshari, then please keep your mouth shut.
Bidisha:- Yeah, you better play all those ‘WWF’ cards…Hulk Hogan, Undertaker, Hitman, Yokuzuna…he he he…
Raqeeb:- Arindam bhaya! The girls are now throwing missiles at you. Just keep quiet and listen to their antakshari round.
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Tamang:- Jumma Chumma de deh….jumma chumma de deh chumma….
Nonigopal:- Ha ha ha…Tamang is singing the song while stretching his hands towards Fatima. Now, Fatima should give her the kiss of Jumma baar (Holy Friday).
Raqeeb:- Eh…zabaan ko sambhal ke raakh…
Bhanu:- Ha ha ha…Noni has sprinkled ‘Tata Namak’ on Raqeeb’s wounds…ha ha ha…
Sudeshna:- Have you people watched the film ‘Hum’ of Amitabh Bacchan?
Rabi:- Arrey babah! Dekhbo naa maaney…oi sob film ki chara jaaye naaki…after all it is our Gurudev’s film. The film has some superb dialogues.
Arindam:- Yeah, yeah,….’Duniya mein doh tarah ka macchar hota hain…poora society bimaar par jaata hain…’ After ‘Agneepath’, the ‘Hum’ is the film, where you can see an angry Don- Type character. But Rajnikanth and Govinda also acted well in this film.
Kruttika Madam:- Students! We have reached Science City. Just come down from the bus.
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Nonigopal:- What was that! Oh! Wow! Boss, we just came back from Egypt within 2 minutes. You people are not believing, naah….Just go inside that ‘Time Machine’ auditorium. You will feel what I am just saying to you. Just fabulous!
Bhanu, Jahar & Chinmoy:- Oho! Taai naaki!
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Arindam:- Dhaath teri ki! What is there to fear? Come and sit beside me.
Bidisha:- Actually, I have never boarded a ropeway before.
Arindam:- Oh! Accha! I have boarded it before when we went for a tour in Haridwar. There also, four people can sit inside a ropeway.
Tamang:- Oho! Haridwar is a nice place.
Arindam:- Yeah! It’s a nice place. After coming from that place, I have stopped eating fish. While sitting inside the dining room of a dharmasala in Haridwar, I was crying for a fish curry. A sadhubaba (hermit) was also having his meal inside that dining room. After completing his meal, he came towards me and said with a smile, ‘Beta, sakahari insaan sabsey susth insaan hota hain aur zyaada din tak zinda rahata hain…maansh machli mein kya rakha hain…doodh aur ghee khao…aur hamesha tandroosth raho…’ He just kept his palm on my head for few seconds and gone. But, something happened to me. I was not finding any fish as tasty as before after returning back to Kolkata. So, I stopped eating fishes.
Fatima:- Fishes are still as tasty as before. Actually, the problem is in your mind only. You are still remembering those words of that hermit. That’s the problem!
Bidisha:- Oh! Stop that topic. It is Arindam and his idiotic topics. Just enjoy the ropeway ride. Really, who could have even wondered that our Kolkata city will have a ropeway?
Tamang:- This ropeway ride is not so interesting because we are not in a hilly area. You will feel the thrills of a ropeway ride in hilly areas only.
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Dolui:- Really, how the time has passed! We are feeling as if just few days back we were in class III and now we are in class IV.
Srabanti:- That’s why; there is a saying that time and tide waits for none. It keeps on passing. Have you not seen in the ‘Mahabharata’ serial in Doordarshan channel? There is a scene where a voice comes out, ‘Main Samay hoon’, and the chariot wheel keeps on rotating in the Universe with the heads of Bhagawan Brahma at the background.
Prakash:- Ha ha ha…Srabanti sometimes come out with terrific examples.
Nonigopal:- Oh! Doordharshan channel is a great channel, especially on Sundays. Every Sunday, the morning starts with ‘Rangoli’. Then, just switch to the DD Metro channel, (the new channel), you can watch ‘Johnny and his flying robot.’ The robot starts flying after doing some PT exercises. Then from 9 AM, the ‘Mahabharata’ starts. All our neighboring people come to our house to watch that serial. Actually, it is more popular than the ‘Ramayana’. Hardly, can you see any people in the streets from 9 AM to 10 AM on Sundays. Then at 10 AM, Mr. Mowgli comes with his Bagira, Bhalu, Moti, Sher Khan and Radha in the cartoon serial, ‘Jungle Book’. At 10.30 AM, Uncle Spruce and his Donald Duck just rocks and how can you miss the pilot Ballu in Disneyland cartoons. Still you cannot switch off your TV, because at 11 AM, Mr. Charlie Chaplin is there to entertain you with his own films where no one will utter a single sentence. At 12 noon, how can you ignore the cartoon of ‘Tom & Jerry’! At 12.30 PM, there is a new serial ‘Street Hawk’, where the bike is the real hero. At 1.30 PM, there is some superb award winning regional feature films with subtitles just after the news for hearing impaired. Then at 4 PM, the Bengali film starts. All the neighboring people again visit our house to watch Uttam-Suchitra’s romantic films. What to say! Sunday is an entertaining day if you have a TV in your house. But because of this TV, I have ranked 7th in class III. My mom now shouts at me, whenever I watch TV for more than 1 hour or so.
Arindam:- Doordarshan is ok, but I am liking the DD Metro channel because every day, at 2.30 PM, there is a movie. Even the serial of Pankaj Kapoor’s ‘Karamchand’ has been shifted from DD-1 to DD-2 at 5 PM. At 9 PM, you can watch the ‘Superhit Muqabla’ by Baba Sehgal. It is the first countdown show of Bollywood songs in Television.
Bidisha:- Arindam, why are you not telling the main thing? Do you people know, that day, Arindam was saying that MTV is his favorite show in DD-2. He loves to watch the music videos of Madonna and also the MTV anchors. He mentioned their name….I am not remembering it…oh! Yes! Sofie and malaika…He likes all those types of girls…uuh…
Arindam:- This is the problem with girls. They cannot keep any secrets. Whatever they will hear, they will broadcast it to everyone like media persons.
Bhanu:- Accha…ok, ok…now stop that discussion. The class teacher of our class IV, Mrs. Mitra has entered the classroom.
