Schools out forever.....

It was 3:oo pm.. I was in the last bench in class... It was chemistry hour. And I was trying to listen in class but I just couldn’t. It was sultry and I had had a sumptuous meal during lunch (comprising mostly of my fellow student’s lunch). I was looking at my note book……. Things were going kinda outta focus…. My eyes were heavy…. I slowly closed them for a second and opened them again…

Somehow my class room was totally different now. It was small… the benches were different… and I lifted my head and saw… WHAT??!! That’s impossible!!! I remember this place… it was my 12th standard class room!! It was physics class and Mr. Uma Shankar was taking physics…. I have always hated school… but I don’t know why but I was really happy to be back! I was sitting in my chair surrounded by my ‘gang’. Arjun was sitting to my left and eashwar to my right and manu shankar was sittin diagonally behind. Sooraj was in the other corner. Priyanka, Pavithra and Sushma were sitting in the seats right in front of us. Mann it was great to be back. I was smiling to myself.

Our teacher was talking something about rocket propulsion… he sucks at English… He said something funny and arjun passed a funny comment… I started giggling… Suddenly someone came into the class… IT WAS VIJI!!!!! My best friend in 11th standard.. she discontinued because of some problem…. But there she was… she came sat in front of me… I was too stunned to even blink…. This is not possible!!

And as usual arjun and eashwar and I started chattering and playing pranks on the girls. It was fun to be able to do all that again. The class was over and our Sanskrit Sir came in next… He is such an adorable person… The way he takes class… I like it a lot… and his classes are always fun… He was telling the story of Nala and Damayanthi. “Nishadheshu nalaha naama raja aaseeth. Saha saangeshu vedheshu dhanurvedhe cha kushalaha aaseeth” the opening lines of the lesson. And it went on for another 45 mins… and he finished the class as he always did “….. Then what happened?... That we shall see in the next class…” …. Maannn it was really great to be back.

We all sat there waiting for the next teacher….. then suddenly an announcement was made on the intercom… “Kedharnath, please come to the basement hall with your keyboard, thank you..” So I went to the principal’s office, got my keyboard and headed down to the basement…. There was a large crowd there… Annual Day Practice!!!!!! I set up my keyboard and started playing for all the different programs. It really was awesome to be back. So I played and played and played… frequently getting screamed at my U.C ma’am – the Hitler of my school…. And then it was over… I packed and kept my keyboard safely in the principal’s office again and went back to class. I saw santosh, kavya, Janani, arunaadhri, deepa, and many more close buddies….

My heart felt so light… I was dizzy… I went and sat in my place again in class… and it was English class… P.D.K ma’am was teachin something… and suddenly someone shook me hard… I woke up with a start… my head and eyes felt heavy… I realized I had dozed off and all that had happened was a dream…. The chemistry professor had seen me sleeping and he said “ Kedhar… get out of my class…” So I walked out and went to the canteen… got a bottle of frutnik… and sat down under the tree… thinking of my dream…

Its really hard to believe some of the best days of my life are over…. I can never sit in my old class room again…. Can never comment on the teachers like that again… can never play pranks…. Can never play the keyboard for the annual day again…. Never get into trouble and end up in the principal’s office again… I can never hear my Sanskrit sir’s famous dialogues again…..

And as I was thinking all this… my eyes became moist… I MISS SCHOOL MORE THAN ANYTHING…. I wanna cry out loud… but I can’t… I am in college now! I possibly cant… I am supposed to mature and responsible now…. BUT I DON’T WANNA BE MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE…. I want those innocent, playful days back....

I will give anything to go to school just like old days for just one day……

An unforgettable Birthday...

It was one of those days.. you know something bad is gonna happen the moment you wake up. I got up, got ready and went to my college bus stop at seven thirty. The bus arrived and i got in. i was greeted by the smell of fresh cake. It was Peer mohamad's birthday!! Hurray.. We reached college and Peer was there standing in the corridor. I wished him, and he smiled.
Break time... Celebration time!!! "The" gang of my class (me not a part of it though.. ) took the cake outside class and we all sang " Happy birthday". Everyone except "the" gang cleared the place... the whole of first floor was staring at us.
Thats when it happened... The cake meant for eating was being thrown around on each other's face. And soon it turned into an unruly fight. Ans someone pushed someone and he fell on the wash basin and the ancient wash basin fell down and crumbled to pieces.
The dam profs came to know about it... and "the" gang was in BIG trouble...
And ultimately the whole class got into trouble...
I felt really sorry for Peer... He was being screwed by the princi and all profs for no mistake of his...
He would never forget that day.....

Trust??!! What the fuck is that?!!

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: I sincerely thanks Mr.X and Miss.Y for making this blog possible....If it were not for them... well.. I wouldn't be blogin now.

Prologue: Miss.Y... is supposed to be one of me best friends right from 10th grade and Mr.X has been another real close friend from 11th grade. I've trusted them so much all these days....


Some time in the month of august, 2003....

Mr.X had no clue who miss.Y is.. and vice versa. But i've told each of them lots about the other. So one day I arrange a meeting between them, I introduce them to each other and they become friends.

Some time in the month of September,2003…

I got a call from Miss.Y asking me to come over to her place. I agreed. Then suddenly she said “ Why don’t u bring along Mr.X too?”.. I Said “ Sure why not?”. And so I took Mr.X along and we had a great time together.

Some time during 11th grade exam results, 2004…

Miss.Y called me and enquired about the exam results. I told her my results which were pretty good. She also asked how my friends have performed. I told her Mr.X failed in math.

Some time between April 2004 and March 2005…

I was busy with my 12th grade exam preparations. So was Miss.Y. But I dunno why, but I had lost contact with Mr.X… But towards the end of March we get in touch again because of all the exam shit and entrance preps…

Some time in June, 2005…

Miss.Y was goin places in life. I was so damn happy for her.
Then one day… 2.00pm..
Mr. X came home after a long long time. We spent time together and talked about everything. And then I said “ Dude.. Miss.Y got admission in “ *** “ man!!!! Is’nt that amazing…..” He said “ Oh really??!!! That’s awesome dude.. convey my regards to her!!!”





Some time between September 2005 and February 2006…

I start college, Mr.X starts too and Miss.Y is in *** starting a new life and concentrating hard on her academics. My touch with Miss.Y is slowly diminishing because both of us were busy with our own priorities, while I had completely lost contact with Mr.X…

March, 2006…

Mr.X called me suddenly one day. He said “ Hi dude… long time since we met.. there is something I wanna talk to you about. Free this evening?”
I was surprised and I said “ Sure dude!!!”
So he came home that evening and we were talking general shit.. and that’s when he told me something which would change my entire perception of people close to me… I don’t remember everything he said… cos I was in total shock to recollect anything….
He said “ Dude, I ve had a painful break-up. I was with her for almost two years. But then things fell apart and we had to break up. And that person is… Miss. Y.”
I said “!!!!!!!!??????!!!?!?!?!!!!!????????@@@@@******!!!!!!!” …

Let’s go back in time now…..

Note: Portions of the following text that are in blue belong to “my flashback”…


Some time between the months of August and September 2003…

Mr.X and Miss.Y became friends because I introduced them to each other… They slowly started talking over the phone… What started off as five minute conversations developed into multiple sessions of five hour conversations a day… They were getting closer….

Some time during 11th grade exam results, 2004…

Miss.Y and Mr.X were into a relationship by this time, though they dint accept it openly and were kinda playing safe. Miss.Y had asked Mr.X about his exam results…. He had told her that he had passed in all the exams.

Miss.Y called me and enquired about the exam results. I told her my results which were pretty good. She also asked how my friends have performed. I told her Mr.X failed in math.

Miss.Y called Mr.X and argued with him for lying to her…. Mr.X got pissed with me and so never bothered to keep in touch with me…


Some time between April 2004 and March 2005…

Mr.X apologizes to Miss.Y.. and everything is back to normal…
I was busy with my 12th grade exam preparations. So was Miss.Y. But I dunno why (now I know why), but I had lost contact with Mr.X… But towards the end of March we get in touch again because of all the exam shit and entrance preps…
Mr.X and Miss.Y were totally totally into a deep relationship now…

Some time in June, 2005…

Mr.X and Miss.Y were troubled by the fact that Y was going away. X did not want her to go. But Y was determined to go… they were absolutely frustrated by the fact that they are gonna be separated for a long time…
Then one day… 9:00am..
Mr.X goes online, Miss.Y comes online too and they voice chat for about four hours straight and go offline at 1:00pm….
Then one day (same day)… 2:00pm..
Mr. X came home after a long long time. We spent time together and talked about everything. And then I said “ Dude.. Miss.Y got admission in “ *** “ man!!!! Is’nt that amazing…..” He said “ Oh really??!!! That’s awesome dude.. convey my regards to her!!!” (What the fuck!!!!)…


August, 2005…

Mr.X and Miss.Y drifted apart... They could not maintain the long distance relationship and there were lots of misunderstandings and arguments….
And one day… They broke up = (= (= (= (


March, 2006…

Mr.X called me suddenly one day. He said “ Hi dude… long time since we met.. there is something I wanna talk to you about. Free this evening?”
I was surprised and I said “ Sure dude!!!”
So he came home that evening and we were talking general shit.. and that’s when he told me something which would change my entire perception of people close to me… I don’t remember everything he said… cos I was in total shock to recollect anything….
He said “ Dude, I ve had a painful break-up. I was with her for almost two years. But then things fell apart and we had to break up. And that person is… Miss. Y.” I said “!!!!!!!!??????!!!?!?!?!!!!!????????@@@@@******!!!!!!!” …

Epilogue: I am not gonna trust anyone again.
I sincerely thank Mr.X and Miss.Y for making me realize certain things in life