Mrs. Poddar:- Today, I will take a surprise test. It is your first unit test on history in class IX. Tear out one page from the center of your exercise book. I will write the questions on the blackboard. Just write the answers on your test paper.
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Sudeshna:- Dhuuth…this is not fair! We have not even opened the history book…he he he…
Srabanti:- Hardly, I have attempted 4 questions out of those 10 questions.
Tiya:- Accha, why the battle of Plassey is regarded as the turning point for the East India Company?
Srabanti:- I also don’t know.
Meenakshi:- In the battle of Plassey (Palasir Juddha), Mir Zafar acted as a traitor and as a net result, the Nawab Siraz-ud-dullah was defeated by the East India Company. After that battle, the entire province of the then Bengal (From Lucknow in the West to Guwahati in East; From Kathmandu in the North to Sambalpur in the South) came under the British control.
Revathi:- Nizam of Hyderabad accepted which agreement with the British people?
Meenakshi:- That I don’t remember, but as per that agreement, the British people never attacked the Nizam because the Nizam became a puppet in the hands of East India company. But, another question, I failed to answer. What is the name of Tipu Sultan’s father?
Srabanti:- Aha! You have not answered that easy question. The answer is Haider Ali. Have you not watched that famous TV serial, ‘THE SWORD OF TIPU SULTAN’, where Sanjay Khan lost one hand while shooting.
Meenakshi:- Oh! Yeah! Yeah! I have watched that serial but not from its initial episodes. After Ramayana & Mahabharata, this TV serial was a very famous epic serial followed by ‘Alif Laila’.
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Miss Lily Lohia (B.Ed Trainee teacher of history):- So, here we end the chapter of ‘Sepoy Mutiny’. If you have any question regarding this chapter, you can ask me.
Rabi:- Madam! Why the British people utilized the sentimental issues of beef and pork in this regard?
Miss Lily Lohia:- The British people were afraid of the unity among the Hindus and Muslims in India. So, they adopted the policy of ‘Divide & Rule’. The Indian warriors understood the ploy of the British government. That’s why; the uprising started from Mangal Pandey. That was the first revolt by the Indians against the British. Anyway, in the next class, I will start the chapter of ‘Indigo Revolt’ and the role of Titumir.
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Miss Kakoli Kumari (B.Ed Trainee teacher of Life Science):- Hello everyone! I am Miss Kakoli Kumari. I will teach you Life Science for 2 weeks only. So, today, I will teach you a very interesting chapter of Life Science. The chapter is ‘Human Reproductive System’. You people will feel very excited to know about it, right!
Ganga:- No, madam! Rather we will feel very uneasy.
Miss Kakoli Kumari:- Why? Because I am a lady teacher and you are a boy. See! That’s a problem in India. We regard sex education as a taboo at school levels. As a net result, students at their teenage don’t get exact knowledge about their reproductive organs and they commit mistakes. There are many girls in this class itself who still have doubts about their own sexual organs. But, at least, in case of girls, they share certain things with their moms. But, for the boys, they just enjoy themselves without trying to grab the exact knowledge about the sexual organs of both boys and girls. Anyway, if you people don’t want to learn about the Human Reproductive System, then I may skip this chapter for the time being.
Rihanna:- No, no, madam! We girls have no problem about this class. We have lots of queries about our menstrual cycles also, which we will ask you in private. If these boys don’t want to attend this class, they can go outside. There’s no problem!
Joseph:- No, no, madam! We have no problem. Please carry on with the class on Human Reproductive System.
Miss Kakoli Kumari:- Ok, first I will teach about the sex hormones which exist within our human body. Now, the sex hormones in males and females are different. Then, I will teach you about the sex glands and their active roles. After that, I will teach you about the menstrual cycles and sperm counts. These two things are very important for human reproduction. If I get more time, then I will also tell you about the HIV positive infection.
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Bhanu:- Thank God, that we have not taken birth as a girl. Uff…what a life for the girls! The periodic secretion also has its positive and negative effects on a girl’s psychology. If a girl does not have regular periods, she may suffer from some pregnancy complications. Now, I understand the meaning of the advertisements of ‘Breezy’ and ‘Whisper’.
Chinmoy:- Everyone don’t use such sophisticated napkins. Girls from poor family cannot even afford to buy those sanitary napkins and hence they suffer from skin diseases or infections. But, yes, girl’s life is a painful one. Forget about menstrual cycle. For giving birth to a baby, they have to bear a pain for around 9.5 to 10 months. If it is not a natural delivery, the doctor goes for a caesarian operation. Boss, after this class, I am having some respect towards girls.
Satya:- Ha ha ha…before this class…you never used to give respect to girls or what!....ha ha ha…
Jahar:- The concept of sperm count is also very complex. If you have a low sperm count, then the 14th day of the menstrual cycle of a girl has no value at all. There is no point in performing with her on alternate days during her period days.
Ritwik:- Hey, boss…let us stop all these discussions. When we will get married after 10 to 15 years…then only, we will think about all these complex things. We are simple guys and we want our life to be full of simplicity. The more you think about these complex things, the more complex your mind becomes towards the girls.
Kanchan:- Ha ha ha…but you can’t ignore it. These are natural things.
Bhanu:- Accha! In our ancient times, in Hindu religion itself, men used to follow polygamy, i.e. having more than one wife. How those men never suffered from HIV positive disease?
Jahar:- Aha! You have not followed Kakoli madam’s class minutely. What she said! Actually, there was no such virus of AIDS in human body. Some tribal people of Central Africa ate the red meat of Rhesus monkeys. The virus was there in the body of those Rhesus monkeys. It got transmitted to those tribal people and then it spread like anything. Now, India has the 2nd highest number of AIDS patients of the world after the African nations.
Ritwik:- Hmm…but for this AIDS virus, at least, both men and women will be more faithful about their respective sex partners…he he he…
Chinmoy:- The concepts of faithfulness and unfaithfulness do not arise here. The main thing is having a protected sex. With whosoever you enjoy, you enjoy it with a Deluxe Nirodh.
Kanchan:- Yeah! Yeah! You are absolutely right, Chinmoy. ‘Pyar hua, ikraar hua, pyar se phir kyon darta hain dil.’
Satya:- Arrey bhai, there are many a times, when you become attracted towards your beloved girl without even getting a time to buy or think about those caps. ‘Roop tera mastana, pyar mera deewana…bhool koi humse na ho jaaye..’
Bhanu:- Bhai Satya…We all know that you are getting attracted towards Paoli, but yet to propose her. But, at least, after this class of Kakoli madam, you should always wear a helmet while riding a bike.
Jahar:- Ha ha ha…I understood the double meaning of this sentence. Satya, before proposing Paoli, please keep a pack of Deluxe Nirodh in your wallet. You never know, when you will commit the mistake. You should give thanks to Kakoli madam.
Ritwik:- There is a joke regarding this name, ‘Kakoli’. Once upon a time, there was a man in a locality, who used to pronounce ‘K’ as ‘P’. Now, in that locality, there was a little girl whose name was Kakoli. That little girl failed to pass the Secondary Exam and got a nice beating from her parents. So, Kakoli was crying out of sorrow. That man saw her and said, ‘Papoli, Papoli, pedo na pedo na…paadley ki aar exam result taa paaltey jaabey…’ After hearing that, Kakoli started laughing like anything.
Kanchan:- Dhaath…ki boka boka jokes…
Satya:- Arrey, Kanchan, you have not understood. Actually, that man wanted to say, ‘Kakoli, Kakoli, kedo na kedo na…kaadley ki aar exam result taa paaltey jaabey…’
Kanchan:- O accha…now, I understood….ha ha ha…what a great joke…he he he…
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Mr. Roland:- From next month onwards, the Inter-House Football tournament will start.
Mr. Richards:- Yes, Sir!
Mr. Roland:- I want you to act as a referee for all the matches. Boys have already complained that Mr. Bairagi is a very liberal referee. Until and unless someone starts a terrific kick-boxing inside the ground, he will never show a Yellow Card.
Mr. Richards:- Ha ha ha…so, as I am from Red House…you want me to show Red Cards even for small fouls!
Mr. Roland:- No, no, not like that…but at least, we need a strict referee to have a fair play. These boys are so undisciplined that I had no choice than to suspend the School football team for 1 year. At least, from this year, we should try to make all footballers more disciplined from all angles than before.
Mr. Richards:- Yeah! Surely, Sir! I got your point, Sir! I will act as a referee in all the matches of Inter-House Football tournament from now on. Don’t worry, Sir!
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Mrs. Nainital:- Bhanu, just now, Mrs. Choudhury gave me this list of participants for the Inter-House Debate. For Red House, the participants are Salil (Class X) & Renu (Class X). For Blue House, the participants are Arindam (Class IX A) & Riku (Class IX B). For Green House, the participants are Gyanendra (Class VIII) & Revathi (Class IX A). For Yellow House, the participants are Abhay (Class X) & Rihanna (Class IX A). Bhanu, you just need to inform the participants from our class to come to school on this Saturday.
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Manoj (Ex-Captain of Blue House):- Boss, why are you asking me these questions? I have not given your name. Moreover, I am not the captain of Blue House anymore. Riku is the captain now. I have to appear for the Test Exam in November. You people are of Madhyamik Board. What you know about our CBSE syllabus. In Class X, we hardly get any time to participate in any extra-curricular activities. Our syllabus is so vast. Go and ask Riku. Please don’t disturb me anymore.
Arindam:- Ok.
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Arindam:- How dare you? On what basis, you have given my name for the Inter-house debate.
Riku:- Look, last year, Manoj and Rubina participated from Blue House. This year, both of them are in Class X. They are too busy in studying as the CBSE syllabus is so vast. I am the captain of Blue House now. It is completely my prerogative to decide who will participate in the debate.
Arindam:- I don’t regard you as the captain of the blue house. I will not participate in the debate. Just fuck off.
Riku:- Mind your language, Arindam.
Arindam:- You mind your attitude, first. Without even asking me or taking my permission, how dare you give my name for the debate?
Riku:- Is it your final decision that you will not participate in the debate? Confirm it now only.
Arindam:- Yes, it is final. I will not participate.
Riku:- Ok! Fine! Just get lost!
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Jahar:- Hey, Arindam, Subir Sir has called you in the Staff Room.
Arindam:- For what?
Jahar:- That I don’t know. Just go and meet him, otherwise, you know him very well…he he he…
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Subir Sir:- Hey, what is going on between you and Riku?
Arindam:- Nothing, Sir!
Subir Sir:- She was saying that she will not participate in the debate because you said some slang language to her and moreover you are also not willing to participate in the debate. What is this, boss! Both of you are good at sports but now for the sake of blue house, you people cannot show a minimum sportsman spirit. You people don’t have any unity among yourselves. You are from Blue house, so is she and both of you are fighting like anything.
Arindam:- Sir, try to understand. She is playing games on me.
Subir Sir:- I don’t want to hear who is playing games on whom. On this Saturday, I want both of you to be present at our school auditorium for the Inter –House Debate; otherwise, both you and Riku may get suspended for 1 month. You people don’t know me. What I say, I always mean it.
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Arindam:- I will give you one tight punch on your nose, now.
Riku:- Yeah! Then what are you waiting for. Give me a punch.
Arindam:- There is no point in arguing with you such bullshit girl. Now, listen carefully. Subir Sir wants both of us to be present in the school auditorium on this Saturday for the debate, otherwise, both of us will be suspended for 1 month.
Riku:- I have no problem! I am always ready to participate in the debate. It is you only who is creating the trouble.
Arindam:- Now, again, don’t start those dramas. Tere ko abhi joota khol ke maarengey…baadmaash kahi kaa..
Riku:- Ha ha ha…there is a sweetness in your anger…he he he…Oho! You are such an angry boy. Come on! Today, I will give you a treat of samosas at the canteen.
Arindam:- No, I don’t want to eat samosas now.
Riku:- Please…please…keep this request, at least…I am feeling hungry now.
Arindam:- Ok! Ok! Let’s go to the canteen. I am also feeling hungry now.
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Mr. Roland:- Good afternoon, everyone! As you know, every year, we have an Inter-House Debate here. Now, this year, there are some new participants. So, let me again say the rules of this debate. The Inter-House Debate has two panels. In Panel-I, all the participants will be girls and in the Panel-II, all the participants will be boys. Our eminent judges for this debate are; Mr. Sankarshan Sen (Editor of Jagaran Newspaper), Ms. Madhabi Mitra (Social Activist) and Mr. Damodar Das (Neuropsychologist). So, we will start with the Panel-I first. The participants of Panel-I are Renu (Red House), Riku (Blue House), Revathi (Green House) and Rihanna (Yellow House). My goodness! All the girls’ names start with the letter ‘R’. That’s quite interesting! All the participants; please take your respective seats.
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Mr. Sankarshan Sen:- Good afternoon, students! Now, as you all know that the BPO/ ITES sector is booming in the city of Bangalore and a lot of budding IT professionals is going for live-in relationships, i.e. a girl and a boy living under a same roof without tying the knots of marriage. Recently, you may have seen many parties protesting against the Live-In concept, which is actually a western concept, not ours. So, today, we want to know your viewpoints regarding the topic, ‘MARRIAGE Vs LIVE-IN’. Take your time to gather points and start after 5 minutes.
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Renu (Red House):- Good afternoon, everyone. Today, in this afternoon, we are going to discuss about marriage Vs live-in. If we go by our ancient Indian culture, then marriage has always been regarded as an institution of faithfulness between two souls.
Rihanna (Yellow House):- So, you want to say that if a boy and a girl go for a live-in, they are not faithful to each other.
Revathi (Green House):- No, I think, it is not a case of faithfulness, but it is a case of culture, tradition and commitment towards the society. When as a girl or a boy, I am going for a live-in; there is no legal commitment from my side to stay with my partner for the entire life. So, anytime, I can come out of that relationship. After giving birth to a baby, when a girl breaks the live-in relationship, then, ultimately, the child suffers. Somehow, in these cases, our social balance gets disrupted.
Riku (Blue House):- The same scenario can happen even with a married couple also. In Muslim religion, if a husband utters, ‘Talaq, Talaq, Talaq’, then the wife gets a divorce. So, is it not a social misbalance!
Renu:- If there is no faith between the couples, they can go for divorce. It is a legal settlement.
Revathi:- No, the legal settlement becomes valid only when the husband gives some money on a monthly basis to his ex-wife after divorce. But, in a live-in, if a boy kicks out a girl from a relationship, no legal cases can be charged on the boy, because it was a consensual decision from both the boy and the girl to stay together under one roof.
Rihanna:- Do you people know why young boys and girls don’t get married in USA? It is because of the fact that there are so many legal tentacles once you get married. You cannot easily take a divorce in USA, once you are married.
Revathi:- That’s a good thing, naah! Marriage is not a fast food, dear.
Renu:- Actually, in this modern world, the taste changes rapidly. When a boy feels bored with the same girl, he tries to get some other better girl. So, if he is a married guy, it is a problem for him, but, if he is in a live-in, no one can point fingers at him.
Rihanna:- Exactly! I agree with the view-point of Renu. In this modern world, it is not possible to spend the entire life with one partner only.
Revathi:- That means, you people are ignoring the existence of true love.
Riku:- True love! What is that! It is just give and take policy in this modern world. That’s why; the trend of live-in relationship is increasing in our society. Only the lucky men and women of this society gets a good, faithful partner to spent the entire life with that person after marriage.
Ms. Madhabi Mitra:- Ok, time is up! You people have to stop now. It was a nice discussion. We will declare the results after the Panel- II debate. Thank you.
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Mr. Roland:- Oh! Students of our school are so modern! Anyway! Now, the participants of Panel-II debate are Salil (Red House), Arindam (Blue House), Gyanendra (Green House) and Abhay (Yellow House). All the participants are requested to take your respective seats.
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Mr. Damodar Das:- You people have also witnessed the debate of Panel-I. Now, after listening to that debate, we felt as if the concept of love has become a drop of iodine which evaporates every now and then…he he he…Anyway, we will give you boys a very interesting topic to fight with. The topic is ‘LOVE MARRIAGE Vs ARRANGE MARRIAGE’. Start after 5 minutes.
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Gyanendra (Green House):- On this special afternoon, we are going to discuss about Love Marriage Vs Arrange Marriage. Actually, in our olden days, love marriage was a taboo. That’s why; Romeo-Juliet, Heer-Ranjha and Laila-Majnu became so famous.
Arindam (Blue House):- Ha ha ha…but, nowadays, you will find love-birds behind every bushes of any park.
Abhay (Yellow House):- But, actually, how many of those love-birds get married to each other? I really doubt. Love is a game and 90% of girls avoid marrying their boyfriend.
Salil (Red House):- No, no, I don’t agree to it. If it is a true love, no matter, what is the circumstance; you will never leave your girlfriend.
Arindam:- But, in this modern world, the love marriage becomes very boring. When you know everything about your partner, there is hardly any surprise, thrills or avenues to explore further. But, in a arrange marriage, both you and your partner always try to know each other very well. Arrange marriage is full of surprises and becomes very interesting if your partner is having a character which is exactly opposite to your character. That opposite character acts as a complement for you in odd times. In arrange marriage, every day is a new day, but in love marriage, on every day, your wife will compare her hubby with her boyfriend, though you acted both as a boyfriend and husband for her. That is, she is comparing you with you only to see how much you have changed after marrying her.
Gyanendra:- Ha ha ha…Arindam, though many things are going above our head, but, you are talking like a married guy.
Salil:- Ha ha ha…well said, Gyanendra. One thing, I must say that in love marriage, either a boy or a girl adjusts with each other in a much better fashion than in arrange marriage.
Abhay:- You are talking about compromises in a love marriage because those love-birds are trying hard to stay under one roof after marriage.
Arindam:- But, that level of compromise has a limit. When it goes beyond the limit, they go for a divorce. But, in an arrange marriage, the married couples will quarrel with each other in such a fashion that all the locality people will think that these two people don’t love each other, but, in the midnight, they again settle down very well in the bedroom. You will hardly see a married couple of love marriage quarrelling with each other loudly, but the cold war always exist between them silently.
Gyanendra:- So, you want to say that in an arrange marriage, there are always extremes, but, in very rare cases, the married couple go for a divorce. But, in love marriage, the silent cold war explodes one day in the form of divorce.
Ms. Madhabi Mitra:- Ok, the time is up! Please stop! Are you all school students? I really doubt about that…ha ha ha….nice discussion. Just after 10 minutes, we will declare the results of this Inter-House Debate.
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Mrs. Choudhury:- From Panel-I, the winner is Revathi from Green House and from Panel-II, the winner is Arindam from Blue House. In overall points from the two debates, the Blue House has emerged as the winner with Yellow House as the runners-up. Thanks for your participation. Thank you to all.
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Riku:- Hurrah! I am so happy. As a captain, I have not taken a wrong decision. Go and look at yourself at the mirror now. You were so angry on me. You were giving slangs on me…uuh…
Arindam:- Eh! I am sorry for that…actually, I never thought of winning this debate…he he he…Thanks Riku.
Riku:- Baash…sirf thanks! Sirf thanks se kaam nahi chalega…
Arindam:- Ok, tell me, what treat you want? I will give you that treat at our canteen.
Riku:- Dhaath…who is asking you to give me a treat? Ok, just lend your tears towards me…I need to say some secret to you…
Arindam:- Secret! What secret you want to whisper in my ears! Oh! What’s this…How dare you kiss me?
Riku:- Aah! Don’t shout. Ok, ok, keep on shouting…let everyone know that I have kissed you in this lonely classroom.
Arindam:- No, I am not a fool to tell about this to everyone. Then, it will be beneficial for you. I know you love me, but I hate you. You are neither my friend nor my girlfriend.
Riku:- Ha ha ha…I love your hatred towards me…Keep on hating me and I will keep on loving you such idiot. Now, come on, let us eat something from the canteen. You have won the debate. Today, it’s your turn to give me a treat at the canteen.
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Revathi:- Riku is also good at debate. I was sure that Riku will win the debate.
Arindam:- Don’t talk about Riku in front of me…She is mad…I mean…she is…she is so strange…I am yet to understand her completely.
Revathi:- Ok! Ok! I will talk about Riku in front of you. I just wanted to tell you that we have to go to the Mahadevi Birla School to participate in the Inter-School Debate on next Saturday.
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Sudeshna:- Tomorrow, I want to watch the 1st day, 1st show of ‘Pardes’. I cannot miss to watch Shahrukh Khan on the first day of any of his movie release.
Santu:- Ha ha ha…Then for the matinee show at the New Empire Cinema Hall, we have to bunk school.
Sudeshna:- I will not come to school tomorrow. I want to see that film.
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Satya:- Even Paoli was saying that she wants to watch that movie, ‘Pardes’ at New Empire. Ganga daa…you can only manage tickets for the movie…You have all your friends who are expert in selling tickets in black.
Ganga:- Arrey…don’t worry. Actually, I have not taken Anjana to any movie hall of Esplanade area. Tomorrow, when you people are going with your girlfriends, then I will also go with my Anjana.
Santu:- Baah! That’s a fantastic plan! You have to manage just 6 tickets.
Ganga:- Ek minute…ek minute…Santu, you have a girlfriend and I also have a girlfriend…but, Paoli is not the girlfriend of Satya. Ki he bhaya…propose taa kobe korbey…Sudhu oi ‘Doh Dil mil rahe hain chupke chupke..’ gaan gaailey hobey…
Satya:- I will try my level best to propose her inside the cinema hall.
Sudeshna:- Ha ha ha…Best of luck, Satya…but frankly speaking, girls don’t like to get proposed inside a cinema hall. Take her to a lonely restaurant.
Santu:- Uff…Sudeshna r edik noy odik achey…chup karo…ar lecture ditey hobene…Ok, Ganga daa…tomorrow, we are going to ‘Pardes’.
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Ganga:- Oho! Finally the film, ‘Pardes’ has ended with all those tears and lectures from Amrish Puri, Mahima Chaudhury and Shahrukh Khan. Accha, this Mahima used to do that ad of ‘Hawkins’ Pressure Cooker, naah…’Chandan sa badan…chanchal…’
Anjana:- Thaak…ar gaan gaitey hobey naa…
Satya:- So, how was the film?
Paoli:- Good one! It has given the message that ‘apna desh apna hota hain and so is our traditional culture..’
Sudeshna:- Ganga daa…we are feeling hungry now. Santu is also feeling hungry.
Santu:- Yeah! Yeah! I am also hungry.
Ganga:- Ok, then, we can go and sit in any restaurant. There is ‘Badshah’ or ‘Armenia’.
Paoli:- No, no, not in any restaurant. I like to eat that ‘Chana Batara’ in front of the Globe Cinema Hall. I will eat that.
Santu:- Satya, better luck next time.
Satya:- Ki aar koraa jaabey…I am feeling like drinking mango juices from that stall. It costs only 10 bucks. They prepare the mango juices with kajoo badams.
Paoli:- Haan…really! I want to drink that mango juice…please…
Anjana:- Satya is like you only who is scared of proposing to a girl whom he loves. Satya should take the help of Arindam in this case.
Ganga:- Arindam is himself in a confusion about whom to love…ha ha ha…and he will help Satya! Anyway, hold this glass of mango juice and enjoy drinking it.
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