THE BLAST THAT SHOOK THE SCHOOL
Ahh…this is one of the most cherished moment of my life..this happened when we had just moved in Class XI…but be4 I proceed, let me introduce few characters who will later play a big role in this blog:
Sujit lenka: a perfect candidate for the post of Gunda(a rowdy character), but always pregnant with sm COOL ideas. Any complains for mishegoss, taunting the school chicks, slapping junr or senr… he cud b seen outside princi’s chamber
Myself—future and last cricket captain of my school(we were the last batch to pass out frm the school..it ws taken over by DAV foundation).. “carrier of matchbox”
Manish and ashim- ardent fans of chinese checker
Mamta,deepum,sharmistha- (chicks) studious gals who hated sujit and had liking 4 me (as I assume) …. liked by the teachers as if only gals surviving.
OM and bumpy-close pals…Om..a big time phattu (son of chairman of our school) with 18 inch biceps and his best buddy Bumpy..school’s vice captain
New pricipal in school..mr A.P.Jyotish(nvr tried knowing his full name..it ws scary..hrd only once when he ws introducing himself) . a man of philosphies and known 4 his invisible cane stick which appeared frm thin air frm behind his bk(I think he must b keeping it inside his…err chuck it )
So last day in school be4 Diwali brk…sm students had tried to bring to notice the upcoming diwali vacations by bursting small crackers which served other purposes too.. their futile attempt to impress the gals and to cum in limelight.
Cuming to class XI ws big achievement for us coz many had flunked the board, few left but most importantly we assumed power. So we were desparate to bang our presence and supremacy in school.Sm how lenka arranged for a cracker(but seemd to me like a bomb..big one) and matchbox ws alwys there in clas 4 lighting the coveted NAVY CUT. So the platform ws set.
Now the next question ws to strategically place it…evryyr sm or the other chap bursted cracker in western pots in bathrums or in the tubla of music rum..this yr we decided to place the cracker under the blue sky, into the newly acquired flower pots..one tht caught our attention ws a blossoming flower…our prey, just kept outside our class. During our sports period all of us stayed bk in class rather running to grnd 4 sm futball action, and finalised our plan.
BOOM..and the light ws gone…green threads scatterd all arnd…the fuse ws exactly above tht flower pot which cudnt survive the blast and breathed his last…the pot resisted and escaped with minor bruises, the plant was also unscthed (minus the flower). But our hrts changed tune frm mujra to harcore metallica. We ran inside our class and satrted dicussing sm maths or physics prob. Evry1 ws studying 4 the first time in KV history during a sports period be4 vactaions while no tests arnd the corner.
Evry1 moved out frm their classrums to c wht happened at the site or rather to know who is the Champ behind the feat, but Class XI ws not bothered by all this…evry1 ws solving numericals for cracking IIT.
Princi,tripathi mam(chemistry) and PTI(US cop)..rushed to the spot to cover the action post-blast.our class ws locked and teachers started searching 4 sm traces of matchbox and more crackers(probably 4 their kids). No one ws ready to disclose as the main culprit coz it ws no1 else but gr8 Sujit lenka. After the class rum search ws over, our pants were targetted by the US cop. I ws the 5-6 guy frm where the search began and by the time PTI reached me he ws nauseated by the smell frm the sweaty undies and socks. So he asked me to take on the search for the rest of the guys and I finished the job in next 3 min.
ashim and manish who hd rushed to PT room to place bk the stolen chinese chkr were the first to b tormented mentally. Thn came the turn of the “chicks” who anyhw kept mum for if thy disclosed anything,lenka wud hav done more harm to their entity thn any1 else thy knew. But thn came OM’s turn..whn he ws made to realise by the teachers tht he is son of Chairman and sud alwys b with the truth,.. he cam bk to class rum to convice all of us(supported by Bumpy) tht Lenka sud accept the fact and he wud himself go to any extent(like getting prici trasferred) to save lenka’s existence in the classrum. Finally Sujit also felt the pressure and surendered just to b kicked by sm teachers who were searching 4 an opportunity to get themselves involved in a Sport called “Thrashing the kids”.
This incident ws an eyeopener coz it categorised the batchmates…..those who showed their bks and those who were liable to choke dwn under pressure frm the teachers and those who were ready to disclose facts4 the sake of gud marks in practicals, and the Bhagat singhs of the class who stood 4 their batchmate.
Ulimately evrything returned to normalcy post-vacation except the flower in the ill fated pot which didn’t grow a single inch in the next 1 and half yrs of our stay in school…A REMINDER for the juniors.
Sujit lenka: a perfect candidate for the post of Gunda(a rowdy character), but always pregnant with sm COOL ideas. Any complains for mishegoss, taunting the school chicks, slapping junr or senr… he cud b seen outside princi’s chamber
Myself—future and last cricket captain of my school(we were the last batch to pass out frm the school..it ws taken over by DAV foundation).. “carrier of matchbox”
Manish and ashim- ardent fans of chinese checker
Mamta,deepum,sharmistha- (chicks) studious gals who hated sujit and had liking 4 me (as I assume) …. liked by the teachers as if only gals surviving.
OM and bumpy-close pals…Om..a big time phattu (son of chairman of our school) with 18 inch biceps and his best buddy Bumpy..school’s vice captain
New pricipal in school..mr A.P.Jyotish(nvr tried knowing his full name..it ws scary..hrd only once when he ws introducing himself) . a man of philosphies and known 4 his invisible cane stick which appeared frm thin air frm behind his bk(I think he must b keeping it inside his…err chuck it )
So last day in school be4 Diwali brk…sm students had tried to bring to notice the upcoming diwali vacations by bursting small crackers which served other purposes too.. their futile attempt to impress the gals and to cum in limelight.
Cuming to class XI ws big achievement for us coz many had flunked the board, few left but most importantly we assumed power. So we were desparate to bang our presence and supremacy in school.Sm how lenka arranged for a cracker(but seemd to me like a bomb..big one) and matchbox ws alwys there in clas 4 lighting the coveted NAVY CUT. So the platform ws set.
Now the next question ws to strategically place it…evryyr sm or the other chap bursted cracker in western pots in bathrums or in the tubla of music rum..this yr we decided to place the cracker under the blue sky, into the newly acquired flower pots..one tht caught our attention ws a blossoming flower…our prey, just kept outside our class. During our sports period all of us stayed bk in class rather running to grnd 4 sm futball action, and finalised our plan.
BOOM..and the light ws gone…green threads scatterd all arnd…the fuse ws exactly above tht flower pot which cudnt survive the blast and breathed his last…the pot resisted and escaped with minor bruises, the plant was also unscthed (minus the flower). But our hrts changed tune frm mujra to harcore metallica. We ran inside our class and satrted dicussing sm maths or physics prob. Evry1 ws studying 4 the first time in KV history during a sports period be4 vactaions while no tests arnd the corner.
Evry1 moved out frm their classrums to c wht happened at the site or rather to know who is the Champ behind the feat, but Class XI ws not bothered by all this…evry1 ws solving numericals for cracking IIT.
Princi,tripathi mam(chemistry) and PTI(US cop)..rushed to the spot to cover the action post-blast.our class ws locked and teachers started searching 4 sm traces of matchbox and more crackers(probably 4 their kids). No one ws ready to disclose as the main culprit coz it ws no1 else but gr8 Sujit lenka. After the class rum search ws over, our pants were targetted by the US cop. I ws the 5-6 guy frm where the search began and by the time PTI reached me he ws nauseated by the smell frm the sweaty undies and socks. So he asked me to take on the search for the rest of the guys and I finished the job in next 3 min.
ashim and manish who hd rushed to PT room to place bk the stolen chinese chkr were the first to b tormented mentally. Thn came the turn of the “chicks” who anyhw kept mum for if thy disclosed anything,lenka wud hav done more harm to their entity thn any1 else thy knew. But thn came OM’s turn..whn he ws made to realise by the teachers tht he is son of Chairman and sud alwys b with the truth,.. he cam bk to class rum to convice all of us(supported by Bumpy) tht Lenka sud accept the fact and he wud himself go to any extent(like getting prici trasferred) to save lenka’s existence in the classrum. Finally Sujit also felt the pressure and surendered just to b kicked by sm teachers who were searching 4 an opportunity to get themselves involved in a Sport called “Thrashing the kids”.
This incident ws an eyeopener coz it categorised the batchmates…..those who showed their bks and those who were liable to choke dwn under pressure frm the teachers and those who were ready to disclose facts4 the sake of gud marks in practicals, and the Bhagat singhs of the class who stood 4 their batchmate.
Ulimately evrything returned to normalcy post-vacation except the flower in the ill fated pot which didn’t grow a single inch in the next 1 and half yrs of our stay in school…A REMINDER for the juniors.
posted by Vinayak | 12:33 PM
2 Comments:
publicly defame kiya tune mujhe...
hey, i never convinced OM to disclose sujit's name. you did not mention about Mamta's condition. soft corner for her just because she proposed you before????
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