Santa Claus:- Jingle Bells! Jingle Bells! Jingle all the way! Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!
A Student of Class III:- Santa dada…Santa dada….O Santa dada…please give me some more lozenge.
Santa Claus:- Yeah! Sweet boy, tell me, which lozenges do you like to have from me?
A Student of Class III:- Those orange colored lozenges of Parle company.
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Mr. Roland:- Hey, Raqeeb! Well done! You have been adjudged as the Best Santa Claus of this school this year. Here is your prize. A set of 5 story books, 2 jar of chocolates and a lovely brown colored wallet with a logo of Santa Claus on it.
Raqeeb:- Thank you, Sir! This is a lovely prize for me. Actually, I have distributed 10 jars of chocolates and lozenges to every student I came across; no matter whether they were from class III or from some other junior classes.
Mr.Roland:- Yeah! Mr. Bradman was telling me that he heard lots of junior students whispering, ‘Go and ask for chocolates from that fatty Santa Claus, he will never say no to you.’ Ha ha ha…your kind heart made you stand different from your competitors. Keep up this spirit in future also. Well done.
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Rihanna:- Ha ha ha…that’s great, Raqeeb! Guys, today, in our Christmas party; we want to see the dance of Raqeeb as a Santa Claus. After all, he has been awarded as the best Santa Claus of our school.
Joseph:- Yeah, we have no objection in that. Just give him the red colored dress, white beards and the special Christmas Cap.
Raqeeb:- Ok! Give me some time to wear this outfit. I will be back in 5 minutes from the changing room.
Rihanna:- Yeah! Raqeeb! Just go straight this way and then the 1st door to the right side is our changing room.
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Raqeeb:- Jingle bells! Jingle bells! Jingle all the way! Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!
Riku:- O Santa! What have you brought for us! We were eagerly waiting for this day to meet you.
Raqeeb:- I have brought the precious gifts of this world.
Chinmoy:- Wow! Please give us those.
Raqeeb:- I am giving everyone the gifts, which are Love, Affection and Pure Friendship. Come on! Let us hug each other.
Arindam:- Oho! These are all philosophical gifts. These have no material value at all.
Revathi:- The word, Value has no value if your heart does not give any value to it.
Gurcharan:- Ha ha ha…Arindam bhaya! I think you are clean bowled now. Better you sit in the pavilion without uttering a single word.
Rihanna’s mom:- Hey Rihanna! Tell your friends to come in the dining room. Cakes, pastries and cold drinks have been served for them.
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Bhanu:- Wow! These cakes have a real yummy taste. Fantastic!
Rihanna:- My mom has prepared those cakes. These are home-made cakes. My mom is expert in baking great creamy cakes. Actually, my maternal grandfather is a great cake-maker. Now, he owns the ‘Jalajog’ company, a confectionary company.
Jahar:- Accha! Rihanna! We have to go early. We have some work to do!
Rihanna:- Now it is 3.30 PM only. What work do you have now?
Bhanu:- Actually, Jahar and me needs to be present in front of St.Paul’s Cathedral Church by 4.30 PM. We will distribute warm clothes to the poor people of Kolkata who have no shelter and no money to buy warm clothes.
Tamang:- Suddenly! Both of you have planned to do a noble thing! Strange!
Jahar:- We are doing it as a representative of Saint Sebastian School only.
Satya:- Sorry! We can’t get it!
Bhanu:- Last Tuesday, a lady came to meet our Mr. Roland in his cabin room. At that time, I was in his cabin for getting my absence reason signed in my school diary.
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Nandita:- Excuse me, Sir! Is it the right time to talk with you!
Mr. Roland:- Yeah! Of course!
Nandita:- So, may I come inside, Sir!
Mr. Roland:- Sure! Sure! Come in! Come in, Miss Nandita.
Nandita:- Sir! The temperature has dropped so much this year. Already cold waves in North India have killed so many poor people.
Mr. Roland:- Yeah! Yeah! I know that. Even Kolkata has recorded the coldest temperature after a gap of 5 years.
Nandita:- How will the poor people of Kolkata survive in this cold? They have no shelter, no warm clothes.
Mr. Roland:- Yeah! That’s true! But, what can we do for them!
Nandita:- Our NGO, ‘Aastha’ has taken the initiative to collect warm clothes from the people and distribute it to the poor people. We just want some volunteers from your school to help us in this regard.
Mr. Roland:- Hmm…it seems that you and your NGO is very much impressed on our students.
Nandita:- Yeah! Of Course!
Mr. Roland:- Ok! Done! We will send all the class monitors for this initiative. Some of them will start collecting the warm clothes from 23rd December and some of them will distribute the warm clothes to the poor people.
Nandita:- Sir, just call all the class monitors of this afternoon session. I will tell them, what to do and how to do it?
Mr. Roland:- Ok! That sounds better! Ei, Bhanu!
Bhanu:- Sir!
Mr. Roland:- Go and call all the class monitors. Within the next 20 minutes, I want all the class monitors to be assembled at our auditorium hall.
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Nonigopal:- Oh! That’s why! So, you people have been given which role?
Jahar:- Just to distribute the warm clothes in front of St. Paul’s Cathedral Church. Who knows, maybe, you may see me and Bhanu on television also. The ‘Khas Khabor’ unit of DD Bengali News Channel led by Mr. Mir will be covering that program also.
Rezina:- Hey, Rihanna, is there anybody among your friends, who wants to celebrate the dance party tonight as well as in the New Year’s Eve in Tantra?
Rihanna:- No, no, my friends are not of that type. You give all those 5 free passes to your college friends. Oh! So Sorry, folks! I forgot to introduce my elder sister to you people. She is Rezina, my elder sister. We are two sisters. She is also a model. Recently, she has worked in an ad of body lotion.
Arindam:- Yeah! I have seen her in that advertisement. Rihanna, she is looking damn hot in that ad, I tell you.
Rezina:- Ha ha ha…thanks for appreciating it. You guys carry on! I will see you later on.
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Gurcharan:- Hey! It is 5.05 PM now. Come on! Let us go to the Park Street now.
Revathi:- What’s in the Park Street tonight?
Satya:- If you have not visited the Park Street within 24th December to 31st December, then you are surely missing those lightings and amusements. During this time, the entire Park Street becomes too lively and nostalgic. You will find long queues in almost every food and beverages shops in the Park Street during this festive season.
Arindam:- Arrey! Do you people know that a music store, ‘Music World’ got inaugurated today? Next week, on 1st January, the McDonald’s shop will get inaugurated just opposite of that Music World showroom.
Rihanna:- Wow! That’s great! Come on! Let us go to the Park Street now! Some of you sit in our private car and others take a share taxi. Come on!
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Jyotika:- Hi, everybody! I am Jyotika! Welcome to Music World. I am the marketing executive of this music store. As you all know that this is the first music store of ‘Music World’ in Kolkata. We have several music stores in and around Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai. For the first time, we have entered Kolkata now. In this music store, you will get all the latest CDs, DVDs of music, films and video games at a minimum 30% discount. For any CD or DVD above 1000 bucks, you will get a minimum 50% discount. You can even hear any music CDs of your choice by using those headphones kept at two corners of this music store. On this inauguration day, we are giving all the visitors a chance to win a music CD and a T-Shirt of Music World by a quiz competition on an hourly basis. For this hour, you have to collect a questionnaire from our two reception counters. The questionnaire contains 5 questions. If you answer all the 5 questions correctly, then your questionnaire will be eligible for a lucky draw. Who knows, you may be a lucky winner. But, don’t forget to write your full name and address on your questionnaire.
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Satya:- Hey, come on! Let us all collect a questionnaire each. At least, out of us, one may be a lucky person.
Chinmoy:- Ok!
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Arindam:- The 1st question of this questionnaire is; Who sang the title song of the film, Aradhana?
Nonigopal:- Of course! It is Kishore Kumar.
Riku:- No, it is Sachin Dev Barman.
Gurcharan:- What’s the answer of the 2nd question! ‘Ami Miss Calcutta 1976’ is the song of which Bengali film?
Satya:- Arrey! This is the easiest question of this questionnaire. It is ‘Basanto Bilaap’.
Chinmoy:- Everyone knows the answer of the 3rd question; Who is the playback singer of ‘My Heart will go on’. It is Celine Dion. But, the 4th question is somewhat trivial. ‘Made in India’ is the music album of which singer?
Rihanna:- Oh! Come on, guys! You people don’t watch MTV. That’s why; you people have such a poor General Knowledge on latest music videos. The answer is Alisha Chinoy.
Chinmoy:- Ok, let us all write that answer.
Revathi:- 5th question is; ‘Chitti aayi…aayi hain…chitti aayi hain’ is the song of which film and also name the singer?
Haradayal:- Arrey yaar! Yeh bahut famous gaana hain…par film ka naam yaad nahi aa raha hain…
Arindam:- Ei Haradayal! ‘Naam’ ka aur koi naam hain kya?
Riku:- Ooo! That’s cool! Arindam! I got it. The name of the film is ‘Naam’. Who is the singer?
Gurcharan:- The man who sings beautiful ghazals to make us udhas. It is none other than our favorite Ghazal singer, Pankaj Udhas.
Raqeeb:- Ok, ok, now let us submit all the questionnaires at the reception counters.
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Jyotika:- After the lottery round, we have got the lucky winner for this hour. The name of that lucky winner is Raqeeb.
Students of Saint Sebastian School inside the Music World:- Hurrah! Raqeeb! Raqeeb!
Jyotika:- Thank you Raqeeb and also to your friends for coming here and participating.
Raqeeb:- Thank you, madam! Merry Christmas to you!
Jyotika:- Same to you, dear! You are such a sweet school boy, he he he…Take this music CD and the T-shirt.
Raqeeb:- No, I will not take this award. Rather, I will like to gift this award to Rihanna. Rihanna threw a Christmas party at her house today and I was the Santa Claus of that party. So, as a Santa Claus, I am gifting this award to Rihanna on this Christmas day.
Jyotika:- Wow! That’s the display of a big friendship on a big day. Ladies and gentleman, please give a big round of applause for this sweet school boy.
Rihanna:- Madam! We were passing comments on him when he won the prize for the best Santa Claus in our Saint Sebastian School. But, now, I realize, why he is the best Santa Claus. You deserve a hug, Raqeeb. Give me a hug.
Riku:- Ha ha ha..It is so sweet, naah!
Arindam:- It has to be...because it is a holy day.
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Commentator Chintu:- The team of Hartley Institution need to score only 5 runs in 6 balls. Ganga, the captain of Saint Sebastian School is discussing with the vice–captain, Joseph. The match is heading for a thrilling climax.
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Ganga:- See, I have two options! One is Chinmoy and the other one is Nonigopal.
Joseph:- Give the ball to Chinmoy. He is a fast bowler and has bowled consistently in his previous 3 overs, whereas Nonigopal went for 16 runs in his previous over.
Ganga:- Chinmoy hocchey gaatano bowler. If you miss his ball, you are bowled, but if you connect it, it is an over-boundary. He is not fit for last over. Nonigopal is a left –handed medium pace bowler. Don’t worry; I will set fielders according to his bowling line and length. Let me take a gamble.
Joseph:- Ok, as you wish.
Ganga:- Hey, Nonigopal, come here! You are going for the last over. Listen to me! Target the off-stump only. I don’t want a single ball to be bowled on the leg-stump or middle-stump. In your previous over, you did a blunder by bowling at a right-handed batsman from your left-arm round end. Bowl from left-arm over end now.
Nonigopal:- Ok! Fine! But, I want a third slip, gully, third man and a man at deep mid-on.
Ganga:- Ha ha ha…do you believe in telepathy?
Nonigopal:- What!
Ganga:- No, no, nothing. I have already kept my fielders there before you uttered it. After all, I am the captain. Have self-confidence. We will win the match. Don’t think that we have to defend 5 runs in this over. Rather think that we have to take 2 more wickets to win the match.
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Commentator Chintu:- 3 balls to go and 3 runs required. Nonigopal is coming in. The batsman, Raichand, tried to hit a six, but the ball went straight to the third slip. We are watching a carbon copy of Chaminda Vaas here. Anyway, 2 balls to go, 3 runs required for 1 wicket in hand. The tail-ender, Pandit is ready to face the ball. He steered the ball towards the third-man area. What a fielding by Rabi! He saved a sure boundary and 3 valuable runs. 1 ball left, 2 runs to win. Now, Nonigopal is running in from the left-arm round end. Oh! What a low full toss! The batsman, Gopi missed it and is clean bowled. This last ball was a carbon copy of Wasim Akram’s action. Ultimately, the Saint Sebastian School has won the quarter final of this tournament to enter the semi-final. I, the commentator of EPAC is signing off for today. See you in the next match again.
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Joseph:- Nonigopal, you are a good bowler but very inconsistent. You can bowl every kind of a delivery in an over. That’s the problem!
Nonigopal:- There is no harm in experimenting. I believe in one thing. If the big fish has eaten the food of your bait once, he is bound to get stuck in that bait if you keep on feeding it with better foods.
Arindam:- This policy is applicable for tail-enders and pinch-hitters, not for smart batsmen like Michael Bevan or Rahul Dravid. Smart batsmen will wait for 1 loose ball in an over to hit boundaries or over-boundaries and in rest of the balls; they will keep on taking singles and doubles.
Ganga:- See! We are playing cricket with a hard tennis ball. Here, anything can happen! But, Nonigopal has one secret weapon, i.e. the variation of pace. Chinmoy, you don’t have that thing. You bowl every ball at the same pace and that too at the same over-pitched length. If a batsman read you in the 1st over, he will just murder you in the 2nd over. Raichand of Hartley hit a six in the last ball of your previous over in this match. That’s why; I didn’t take a chance. And Nonigopal, I am angry on you at one thing. Neither has you a specific action nor a specific run-up. When you want to beat the batsman in the off-side region, you copy the action of Chaminda Vaas and when you want to hit the middle stumps, you copy the action of Wasim Akram.
Nonigopal:- Wasim Akram is my favorite bowler followed by Kapil Dev, Glenn McGrath and Courtney Walsh.
Arindam:- That’s different, boss! Try to understand one thing, Nonigopal. You don’t have a good wrist like Wasim Akram to bowl those Yorkers with a short run-up. So, better you bowl with that high-arm action like that of Chaminda Vaas.
Nonigopal:- Ok, I will surely try to put up with your suggestions.
Joseph:- Ok, we will start practice from day after tomorrow. Tomorrow, we will take rest.
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Sudeshna:- This is the first time, I am visiting a Kolkata Book Fair with my friends. Earlier, I have visited the Kolkata Book Fair for 2 -3 times, when I was in the morning session.
Santu:- Visiting the Book Fair with friends is a lots of fun.
Pramanik:- The theme nation of this year’s Kolkata Book Fair is Brazil.
Meenakshi:- I have seen the map of Brazil. It is also a very big country.
Rakesh:- Of course, it has to be. After all, it is the motherland of Black Pearl.
Santu:- Black Pearl! What is that!
Rakesh:- abbey…I am talking about Pele, the famous footballer.
Sudeshna:- Do you people know that the Amazon Basin of Brazil is the most dangerous forest of the world. Anacondas live there.
Rakesh:- Haa…in Central Africa, there are crocodiles, which can even swallow an elephant. Even, there are deadly lions, which are man-eaters by birth. Amazon Basin may have dangerous animals, but they are not as wild as the animals of Central African jungles.
Tiya:- ei…I can see the stall of ‘Arambagh Chicken’. I am feeling hungry now.
Kanchan:- No, no, in Arambagh Chicken, they don’t remove that soft layer of the chicken’s skin. I will rather go and eat something in the ‘Benfish’ stall.
Bhanu:- Aha! Don’t quarrel about this silly issue. Those who want to eat at ‘Arambagh Chicken’, go that side and those who want to eat at ‘Benfish’, just follow me.
Jahar:- Ok, Bhanu, I will follow you.
Pramanik:- Haan taah toh korbeyi…saala class monitors toh noy jano…’Bhanu Goyenda Jahar Assistant’…
Kanchan:- Ha ha ha…well said, Pramanik.
Meenakshi:- Accha, we must visit that book stall to see what is there inside. This is the only book stall in this book fair, which has the longest queue of all.
Tiya:- You want to visit the book stall of ‘Mousumi Prakashani’. Can you see any woman in that queue?
Meenakshi:- So what! We will be the first women readers to stand in that queue.
Sudeshna:- Meenakshi! That book stall sells adult books only and sometimes with hot pictures too. Have you not heard the famous dialogue, ‘Sex Sells…’
Meenakshi:- Oh! I see! I am feeling tired now after walking for 1 hour or so. Let us go and sit in the middle space of this book fair. See there! Many college guys are sitting there with their friends. They are smoking, playing guitars, having addas and singing songs too.
Santu:- Ok! Ok! We will surely sit there but after having some foods. We are all feeling hungry now.
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Mrs. Purokayastha:- Good afternoon, students! Wish you all a very happy and prosperous new year.
Students of Class VIII:- Happy New Year, Madam!
Bhanu:- Madam! Tiya has brought Happy New Year Greetings Card for all of us. Can I distribute it!
Mrs. Purokayastha:- Yeah! Yeah! Of course! Why not!
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Dolui:- Ei Tiya! Thanks for the Greetings Card! One Greetings Card costs around 10 bucks. You have done so much expense in this New Year.
Tiya:- Dhuuth…ami ki otoi bokaa naaki…Actually, my uncle owns a printing & a book shop in Dalhousie area. This year, he printed around 5000 Greetings Card in his shop. These Greetings Cards remained unsold. So, he gave it to me. Anyway, all these cards cost around 2 rupees each, but it is printed as 10 rupees.
Srabanti:- My Goodness! See! How much profit a stationary shopkeeper does by selling these Greetings Cards!
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Revathi:- Happy New Year, Arindam!
Arindam:- Same to you.
Revathi:- So, what is your New Year Resolution?
Arindam:- My resolution is to not to make any New Year resolution anymore in any New Year.
Revathi:- Ha ha ha…Why? Why?
Arindam:- Because whatever resolution I make, I just do the opposite thing in reality.
Tamang:- Ha ha ha…Arindam, promises are made to be broken only.
Revathi:- Shut up! Tamang! Look Arindam! Actually, we make resolutions of not repeating our bad habits. But, sometimes, practice makes a man perfect. Last year, my elder cousin brother made a resolution that he will never smoke cigarettes. Whenever he used to feel like smoking, he used to chew chewing gums. This year, he told me that he hates smoking.
Arindam:- Oh! That’s an exceptional case. But, even if 1% of the smokers in India lead by the example of your elder cousin brother, then at least, our society will have reduction of the number of cancer patients.
Ganga:- Hey guys! I have got the information from Chintu Daa of EPAC that we have to play the semi-final against Ballygunge Government School this Saturday.
Indranil:- Ei Ganga daa! I have also forgotten to tell you that on next Wednesday, we are again going to clash against the South Point School in the final of the CAB School Cricket Tournament.
Arindam:- This time, take the sweet revenge! We will all be there as spectators to support the team.
Sajal:- Yeah! This time, we must win it. Best of luck, Indranil!
Indranil:- Thank you! I will try my level best.
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