Nandita:- Good afternoon, Sir! May I come in?
Mr. Roland:- Oh! Yeah! Come in, come in! Congratulations as you are going to tie the sacred knot with a Red Moon.
Nandita:- Red Moon!
Mr. Roland:- Yes! Of Course! Is it not so! After all; you are going to get married to Mr. Lalchand Lahiri.
Nandita:- Oh! Accha! Ha ha ha…Thanks…
Mr.Roland:- You came yesterday also?
Nandita:- Yes Sir!
Mr. Roland:- Actually, I was out of station yesterday. I really liked the design of your wedding invitation card that you kept on my desk yesterday.
Nandita:- This is just a plain wedding card, Sir. In College Street area, there are lots of shops, where they can create some fabulous wedding invitation cards as per your customized request.
Mr. Roland:- So, is it an arrange marriage or there is a secret love story behind it?
Nandita:- 50-50, Sir! I mean it is half love marriage, half arrange marriage. I know Lal since my college days. In college we had some relationship. After the college, we broke out. Later, I came to know that he is son of my dad’s colleague. Lal is an entrepreneur and owns a small event management company and a consultancy firm. Somehow, we patched up again and now both of us want to settle down in life.
Mr. Roland:- Good! Good! 100% love marriage is not always good. My wife used to love me so much in my college days. But, now, whenever, I enter the house, I feel as if I am entering inside the cabin of my Head-Mistress.
Nandita:- Ha ha ha…It seems that your wife is very strict.
Mr. Roland:- She is strict on me only. She never scolds her 13 years old son and 8 years old daughter. That’s not always good; you see! Anyway; just 19 days left for your marriage. Do you need some volunteers from our school to decorate your marriage party?
Nandita:- Yeah! I do need volunteers for the AIDS Awareness Campaign, not for decorating my marriage party. I need some boys from this school who will visit the place where AIDS patients live.
Mr. Roland:- AIDS awareness! No, no! This time I can’t help you. The virus of AIDS is contagious. How can you plan to take our school students for this program?
Nandita:- No, the virus of AIDS is not contagious. AIDS virus can enter your body only when you have some unprotected intercourses with an AIDS patient. Even in very few cases, the AIDS virus also gets spread if you use an injection syringe for more than once.
Mr. Roland:- Are you sure about it?
Nandita:- You can ask any doctor in this world to clarify whether AIDS virus is contagious or not. It is not contagious.
Mr. Roland:- Strange! Till date, I had a wrong conception about AIDS virus.
Nandita:- Not only you, Sir! There are many people in this world who have this misconception about AIDS.
Mr. Roland:- Ok! Permission granted. You talk with Shiela Madam and Subir Sir regarding those street dramas and banners.
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Mr. Chittaranjan Chattaraj (Teacher of Additional Book-Keeping subject):- The poor marks in the class test that I took in the last class prove that you have not understood the chapter on Journal Entry. The day when I completed that chapter, I asked you people whether you have understood or not. All of you gave a big nod as if you have understood everything, but, in the class test, 90% students of this class have failed to secure more than 10 marks out of 25. You, the boy sitting at the 2nd bench middle; stand up. What’s your name?
Jyotinarayan (A Student of Class IX B):- My name is Jyotinarayan, Sir!
Mr. Chattaraj:- Have you understood the difference between Personal Accounts, Real Accounts and Nominal Accounts?
Jyotinarayan:- Yes, Sir! But, I have some confusion regarding the three golden rules of accounting.
Mr. Chattaraj:- Arrey! What confusion, man! Golden Rules of Accounting is much easier than any laws in Physical Science. Ok! Look at the blackboard. I have drawn a free flowing river on the blackboard. As usual, a river always has two banks. Let us assume that in one bank, soil sedimentation takes place and on the other bank, there is soil erosion. For the time being, forget about the nominal accounts. Can anyone of you please read the accounting rules for Personal Accounts and Real Accounts!
Meenakshi:- Sir! For Personal Accounts; Debit the Receiver and Credit the Giver. For Real Accounts; Debit what comes in and Credit what goes out.
Mr. Chattaraj:- Ok! Now, look at the blackboard again. The river bank where the soil sedimentation is taking place is the Debit side and the river bank where the soil erosion is taking place is the Credit side. If you can remember this diagram, you don’t have to memorize the Accounting Rules for Personal Accounts and Real Accounts. Now, I have drawn another diagram on the blackboard. It is the diagram of a Submarine. A submarine can float both above the water and under the water. When the Submarine goes under the Ocean Water, we call it as a Debit Submarine. When the Submarine starts floating above the Ocean Water, we call it as a Credit Submarine. Jyotinarayan, can you please read out the Accounting Rules on Nominal Accounts!
Jyotinarayan:- Sir! For Nominal Accounts; Debit is the Expenses or Losses and Credit is the Incomes or Gains.
Mr. Chattaraj:- So, just remember that if the submarine is under the water, it is loss or expense and if the submarine is above the water, it is profits or incomes. Oh! The bell has rung now. Anyway; I hope all of you have understood the Golden Rules of Accounting by now. Just remember these two diagrams. That will be easier for you rather than memorizing the rules. See you in the next class, bye.
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Subir Sir:- No, no, you are not getting that facial expression in you. Get into the character, Fatima. You are playing the role of Anjum Bibi, whose husband is an HIV positive patient. Anjum Bibi is now suffering from AIDS and her new born baby is also HIV infected. Anjum’s hubby committed suicide out of humiliation. Anjum could not kill herself as she was more concerned about her baby. Now, in this Muslim village of Murshidabad district, all the villagers are throwing stones and pebbles towards Anjum’s hut. Villagers are ordering Anjum to leave that village because they think that the AIDS virus is contagious. Now, in this scene, you, as Anjum is sitting inside the hut with your baby and praying to Allah to protect you from those villagers. Here you need a very emotional facial expression to make the audience of this Street Theater to feel the real pain of an AIDS patient in our Indian Society.
Fatima:- Sir! Should I cry loudly and tell the dialogue.
Subir Sir:- Emotional expression does not always mean that you have to cry out loudly. Here you will have a broken voice; your eyes should look as if you have lost hope about a beautiful life. While uttering the dialogue, tears should not flow down from your eyes towards your cheek, but, your eyes will be a moistened one. Try it again and again. You are doing a drama under me. I will not leave you, till you come out with the exact expression for the scene.
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Shiela Madam:- The dramatists under Subir Sir is really doing their rehearsals very well. The audience will really love their Street Theater. So, Dolui, what about the banners and placards!
Dolui:- Yeah! Almost all are done!
Shiela Madam:- Hey, what are you drawing now? A cartoon picture of a strawberry colored balloon with its eyes, lips, nose and ears! The balloon is uttering the dialogue, ‘Prevention is better than Cure!’ What is the significance of a balloon in an AIDS campaign?
Dolui:- Madam! This is not a balloon. This is…I mean…this is actually…
Shiela Madam:- What! Tell me…come on…What is it?
Dolui:- I can’t.
Shiela Madam:- O ma…you are so shy…he he he…This is known as Condom. To have protected sex, you need to use it. Can’t you explain that to me? You are so shy!
Dolui:- Shiela Madam, you are most friendly teacher of this school, I know that, but, still, you are a teacher and I am student.
Shiela Madam:- Do you know why am I so friendly with my students? There is a reason behind it. You cannot provide a healthy platform for freedom of expression to a creative person, unless you become friendly with that person. There are so many creative people in this world who don’t share their creativity or don’t even talk about it, because either they are afraid of something or very shy like you. Who knows; one day, you may become one of the great painters of Bengal whose paintings will get sold with the highest bidding price from an art gallery. If you remain shy like this, you cannot excel yourself in the Arts College of Kolkata. As a painter, you may have to draw a portrait of a naked woman. A naked woman will sit in front of you in her own artistic pose and you have to make the painting of her. That’s where the art is!
Dolui:- Yeah! Many artists have earlier said that Nudity is the best Beauty. But, is it really so!
Shiela Madam:- Now, you are talking as a smart boy. Have you ever visited any temple of ancient India?
Dolui:- No, Madam! But…why!
Shiela Madam:- Visit those temples; you will surely appreciate that nudity of a woman has the ultimate beauty of the Universe. You are very nice boy, Dolui….mmuaah…
Dolui:- Thanks for a nice kiss, madam! I know that I am one of your all time favorite students in this school.
Shiela Madam:- Have you seen my daughter, Sucharita who studies in Class VII in this school only.
Dolui:- Yeah! I have seen her! She got almost your face only.
Shiela Madam:- Is she beautiful and attractive?
Dolui:- Yeah! She is indeed! After all; she is your daughter.
Shiela Madam:- Hmm…who knows; maybe, one day, I will get her married with you because you are such a nice boy.
Dolui:- Oh! Madam! Sometimes you get too much carried away in your friendly approach. I have never even talked with your daughter. Moreover, it is too early to dream about marriage. Isn’t it so, Madam!
Shiela Madam:- Ok! Ok! Anyway; just try to complete almost all the tasks by today itself. Day after tomorrow, we will visit the 2nd largest Red Light Area of Asia.
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Gurcharan:- Fatima is really good in acting. She was acting so well that some people were stopping in front of our stage after coming out of that adjacent Sovabazar Metro Station.
Rabi:- That’s ok! But, the people of ‘Aastha’ NGO should have not constructed the stage just beside Sovabazaar Metro Station. It is causing huge traffic jam in this Sovabazar crossing. See, all the vehicles are waiting for the green signal. All the passengers of the private buses are staring at our stage.
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Nandita:- It was really a nice street drama, Sir!
Subir Sir:- Thank you! Now, what’s the next program?
Nandita:- Well; now we don’t require any female volunteers from your school. We want male volunteers only because we need to enter the red light area to distribute some things and to spread the AIDS awareness messages.
Subir Sir:- Ok! I will tell all the girl students to go back home. I will also go back home. So, I hope that you, Shiela Madam and male students of our school can conduct the next phase of your social program.
Nandita:- Sure, Sir! Not a problem! Thank you once again for a nice drama. Bye!
Subir Sir:- Always welcome! Bye!
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Parag:- I am surprised to see foreign girls in this Sonagachi Red Light Area. I had an impression that the economies of European nations are better than that of India.
Dolui:- Look at them very carefully. Most of them are fair-skinned mongoloid girls. That means; they are imported bitches of South-East Asia. Don’t forget that Bangkok is the No. 1 brothel town of Asia.
Nandita:- Guys! Please be ready! Once she comes towards the dais, just give her the bouquet of flowers.
Bhavesh (whispering):- What’s the name of the beautiful lady coming towards the dais?
Hardayal (whispering):- She is a budding Bengali actress and model. She is very hot! Isn’t it so! Her name is Moonmoon.
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Moonmoon (Budding Bengali Actress):- Good afternoon to all our sisters of this Red Light Area. You all may be thinking that why we have come here. Well; we are here to save this world from AIDS. I don’t think that I need to say in details about AIDS. You all know it. We just want to tell the people that AIDS virus is not contagious. Always play safe. In many a times, your customer pay you more money than you demand to go for an unsafe game. But, if you accept those offers, it may lead to STD or AIDS. If STD is detected early, then proper treatment can completely cure you. But, if you shy away from the treatment even after detection of STD, then the AIDS virus of later stage cannot be cured at any cost. Many people come forward to spread awareness about the ill-effects of smoking tobacco or taking drugs, but, hardly, I find anyone coming forward for the AIDS awareness program. You should be thankful to the NGO, ‘Aastha’ for conducting such an awareness program. Not only have that, even they are going to distribute ‘Deluxe Nirodh’ packets for free of cost to each and every one. Use those caps as a shield to prevent yourselves from STD or AIDS. Lastly, I also want to thank the students and teachers of Saint Sebastian School who have really helped from all ends to make this program a successful one. See you again later. Namoskar.
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Parag:- Wow! I am impressed by her speech. Actually, I have seen some of her Bengali movies. She is really smart and dyanamic.
Nonigopal:- Dhuush…ki nyaka nyaka style e tey kotha boley…But, yes, she has come for the AIDS Awareness Program; she has courage. Many people always avoid to attend these types of social awareness program…I really don’t know why? They are ready to talk about sex, will even do the marketing of sex…but, they will never do the marketing for AIDS awareness program.
Parag:- Whatever it maybe…I want her autograph.
Arindam:- Then, what the hell are you waiting for! Will you run after her car for an autograph? Go now and take the autograph. She is coming down from the dais.
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Moonmoon:- Wow! You are such a cute school boy! What’s your name!
Parag:- My name is Parag, madam! I have seen some of your movies. I liked your acting. I am your fan.
Moonmoon:- Wow! I have acted in three Bengali films as of now, though, they are all supporting roles. But, I am happy to hear that you liked my acting. You want an autograph. Ok, give me the paper and pen.
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Gurcharan:- Have you people ever had sex with any girl?
Dolui:- No, we are still virgin. What about you?
Gurcharan:- Arrey…hum bhi toh abhi tak virgin hain…but, after seeing those beautiful sex workers of Sonagachi, I am having a desire to break my virginity.
Rabi:- But, it is a Red Light Area.
Hardayal:- That’s the problem in India. Prostitution is legal in Germany. Gurcharan bhai, bolo kab jaana hain…dono milke ek hee jagah pe jhanda gaar ke aayenge…
Dolui:- No…no…khabardar…Don’t even do the blunder to enter Sonagachi. Those sex workers have seen us in our school dresses. If you go there, what’s the guarantee that they will not inform about it to our school authority.
Bhavesh:- So! What! Even if they inform about it to our school authority, what is going to happen, tell me!
Nonigopal:- abbey…prestige ka falooda ho jayega…
Parag:- Haath…prestige ki 108! Are we going to rape a girl or what! Are we going to molest a girl? No, boss…we are just going to explore the world of sex by taking the help of sex performers. That’s their profession. If we such customer will not go there, then how will they earn their bread and butter.
Dolui:- Ok! We will surely enjoy sex workers, but, not in Sonagachi.
Bhavesh:- Then, where?
Dolui:- In a Red Light Area of South Kolkata. I know a guy, Panchananda, who studies in the ‘Titans’ Coaching Center. He is going to the brothels since Class VII and now he has literally become a broker of brothels.
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Arindam:- 1500 bucks! With that money, I can eat delicious dishes in a good restaurant for 5 days. It is better to have sex after marriage only! Uuh!
Dolui:- Aah! Who told you to talk in between? Just keep your mouth shut for the time being. Look, Panchanan, we are just curious about sex and sex workers. We just want to explore, nothing else. We want to have sex at a minimum price. We don’t want foreign chicks and frankly speaking, the skins of the foreign girls are too fair-skinned. We like to have desi chickens.
Panchanan:- Ok! Then go for the Rickshaw-puller standard choices. 200 bucks per girl; I will take 80 bucks and the girl will take 120 bucks. I cannot arrange a girl in a much cheaper cost than this.
Gurcharan:- Ok, done! Day after tomorrow is Saturday. Our school remains closed on that day. We will come and meet you at the lane just opposite to the Kali temple sharp at 6.30 PM.
Panchanan:- but, at that time, I have a class in the ‘Titans’ Coaching Center.
Parag:- Arrey, bunk mar doh yaar. We also have a class in the ‘Superstars’ Coaching Center at that time. We will also bunk it. It is a matter of one evening only.
Panchanan:- Ok, at around 6 PM, come to the 3rd garland shop of that lane. A middle-aged woman will be sitting there to sell the garlands. Just tell her, ‘Baba Panchanan ka genda phool hain kya?’ After hearing that she will ask, ‘Phool kab charana hain?’ Tell her, ‘6 baajkar 30 minute par’. After hearing that, she will take you through a small lane along the drains to reach my den beside the Canal of Ganga River. There, you will give me the money and I will allot the girls to you inside their respective rooms. See you all on that evening. Good Bye.
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