The English Period Spot Jump Competition

Well this happened when I was in class seven. I was in class vii-c( you’ll understand the importance of this statement as u read on). Chaitali ma’m used to take our English class. She had this strange habit of looking out of the window and wandering off to a dreamland which meant that everyday before the English class we closed all the windows. That, of course, never deterred ma’m. Once Ajesh went to the extent of even writing on the board “work hard to dream big”, Chaitali ma’m never gave a damn to such statements!! Then it happened! It was just another English class. Ma’m was looking out of the window and was venturing deeper into dreamland and the class was in its normal state of complete turmoil. A few were playing a new form of cricket with jumping balls. And right in front of the class “the English period spot jump competition” was going on. The rules were very simple One had to stand at one end of the board and without a run-up jump as far as one could with the ultimate aim being to cover the whole length of the board. It was the final that day. Prateek and Avra were THE guys fighting it out for the ultimate honor! Souvik and I were the referees, I checking that no body overstepped while Souvik deciding the length of the jump. Prateek had had a wonderful jump, almost covering the length of the board and now it was Avra’s turn. It was a matter of huge prestige Avra being the defending champion. With all concentration and facial expression of an Olympic athlete Avra jumped. What a jump it was. Not only did he cover the whole length of the board but he went well ahead of it an fell down with a very audible thud.Of course Chaitali ma’m didn’t see the jump and didn’t flinch on hearing the sound. She had experience of much louder noise!! People were just starting to get up from their seats in order to congratulate Avra, who was lying flat near the door, when the door opened .Avra, still relishing his great feat hadn’t noticed the door open and got up like a champion and faced the door. And there standing on the doorway was our very own MR Arora, the principal. Avra fell down once again with a louder thud this time. Suddenly the class had gone completely silent. Chaitali ma’m never accustomed to that kind of silence in her class looked in our direction to find out the reason behind our wonderfully benevolent behaviour. In the meantime most of us had managed to get ourselves back to our seat with the exception of Avra who was lying down on the floor in front of the principal like a Greek martyr! Chaitali ma’m on seeing the look on our faces understood that something was happening on the other side near the door.she looked around and immediately understood what the problem was.The words that came out of her mouth were truly legendary “ Sir, this is a class”!!! What followed next is history. In between the conversation between ma’m and the principal , Avra somehow managed to return back to his seat crawling on all fours!! Ma’m got a solid thrashing from Mr Arrora. And when it was finally the moment to leave Ma’m asked us to inform to class 7-c about the homework she had given to us. Once again it was the brave Avra who informed her very sweetly that she was standing in 7-C!!!

Recollections of a lost time.....

The year's at the Spring,
the day at the morn,
morning's at seven,
the hill-side's dew-pearled,
The Lark's on the wing,
the snail's on the thorn....!!!!!


PS:- Right Ho,J!!!

Sharm-El-Sheik: Its implications for India in the global context

While Prime Minister Singh’s signing of the joint declaration at the above mentioned place with our neighbour has been dubbed by the opposition as an act of cowardice and submission to the “American Agenda” as usual even more important is its implications in the current geopolitical context. With India and China rapidly emerging as the two new centre of Economics if not power this apparent backing off by the PM might be seen in many Quarters as India’s inability to deal with situations in a manner that is befitting of a country demanding a permanent membership of the dysfunctional yet prestigious Security Council of the UN.
The questions being raised do not in any way ask about the Prime Minister’s intent but about issues which remain unresolved between the states of India and Pakistan and whether signing a document of this nature at all has any thing to offer except perhaps a pat on the back of the Pakistani diplomats by General Kayani. While the sentiments echoed by the both the signatories were very close in letter there is considerable doubt about them being on the same pole in spirit. In the past there have been too many situations that have indicated Pakistan’s unwillingness to enter into a dialogue which would lead to peace in Jammu and Kashmir.
Even bigger questions are being raised about the statement regarding the de-linking of action against terrorism with the dialogue process simply because the second becomes meaningless without the first. It would serve no purpose at all if the valley continues to be paralyzed with terror strikes while the diplomats have endless talks about restoring relationship between the two countries. Moreover the very use of the word Baluchistan in the aforementioned document might end up haunting the Indian diplomats for ages to come. In spite of Mr. Tharoor advocating that its not a legal binding document every thing suggests that Pakistan would use it as an effective shield against any statement that India might make in the UN or any other such International body.
One can only hope against hope that PM Singh turns out to be right but history tells otherwise. Does Nehru and 1962 ring a bell?

Right Intentions but Wrong Timing

There are instances when one feels when even with right intentions,one ends up being crucified for what one does.sometimes it just happens and when you are at the receiving end you realise how bad things can be.Its like a lump starts to form and grow and grow.....you keep wondering whether you could have handled things better or was it just meant to be so...You keep hoping that someday,someday people would understand but then you realise that some doors have been closed forever even though you didn't want them to.The question is simpler than these thoughts....its a basic one..Why is it that assumptions are always hinged on someone doing something wrong???....

F.R.I.E.N.D.S.

Don't get mislead by the tittle...got nothing to do with d popular sitcom(except perhaps attracting a few eye balls).Was thinking about what to write as the first post when Souvik( you'll come to know about him later) suggested writing about "The Market Group"( credit goes to Gorai for the tittle) basically consisting of a bunch of bizarre,super intelligent,stupid,smart...individuals( yours truly is a part save the adjectives)...The origin of the name of course is due to the fact that our day begins and ends around the Union room,Carrom room and TT room,of FET, J.U., collectively known as the "MARKET".
Lets have the Names first:-
1) Siddhartha Roy( yours truly, nicknames for this person to be strictly avoided unless u want yourself dead with ......)
2) Panu (Pranenjyoti Sarkar)
3) Bando ( Soumya Bandopadhyay)
4) Crunchy ( Kausik Mukherjee)
5) Gorai ( Arijit Kr. Gorai)
6) Aman Khan (yet to be baptised)
7) Mota, my phone contacts for this person says Nandigram(details to be disclosed as we move along) btw he is Souvik Bhattacharya
and.. the one and only...
KARTIK ( Arnab Basu)
For decency's sake I'll refrain from writing about myself(Statutory Warning:- Comments anticipated after publication of this post are in no way an indicator to the unique individual i am!!)
A good start is half the job done and a serious start is a good start....and if you want that ( i mean the serious part) your one stop would be our dear Panu( sorry Aman :-P)
PANU:- Dunno when we got this rather Crude nickname for this guy...sometime during the Football Fresher's would be my guess but Panu sure has lived up to the name having on last inspection a collection of 40 GB worth of "you know what".Life for Panu is very serious, i mean how many of us can go to sleep @ 2 a.m. an wake up @ 4 an den keep studying the whole day!!!And yeah he is the man to talk to before an exam..that's the only thing that will surely make you a nervous wreck,talking with panu!!Call him the night before an exam and ask him " Ki re kamon obstha?" and the standard reply is "Hoyeche Motamuti tobe second time revision akhono sesh hoyni"!!(and u thought being close to completing the syllabus was an achievement of yours).And ask him how some theorem works and once again the standard reply is "Ota Hoy"!!And all this is said with such a serious disdain you feel like killing yourself!! Panu is a great Footballer and a "super fast" bowler!!Has a fascination for all kinds of balls(all puns intended!!)....Beware of the look that panu gives when he gets angry(lest you want your future to get darker,perhaps with stars in immediate effect)..Couldn't have passed 1st year without the notes panu had taken down so diligently,ditto for the second year...great guy to hang out with(as long as he is not angry that is and that's not much),of course Aman has different views on this subject i guess.........
TO BE CONTINUED.......