The history exam

Let’s look into the conversation of two class 9^th students who have a history exam just after Republic day.

Boy 1-Mangesh,Boy 2-Mohit, Taklu-The bald history teacher, Mr  Ravi Karmarkar, Champion-The class topper, Varun, Miss  Chikni-The pretty English teacher, Miss Rosie Gonsalves

Boy1 calls up Boy2 on republic day at 9 am.

Boy 1-Hello, hey dude wassup?? What took u so long to answer my call??

Boy 2- (sleepily) Bro, it’s a holiday and what makes you think that I would be awake at 9 am in the morning??In spite of it being Miss chikni’s lecture I am not able to keep my eyes wide open if she takes up the first lecture in school.

Boy1-yeah yeah, I know that pretty well. But ever since that Taklu has declared an exam, I have not been able to close my eyes Buddy!! Seriously! I hate History and he has given 5 chapters for the exam, The Indian freedom struggle…..it’s so boring..!!

Boy2-Oh Fuck!!I almost forgot about the exam tomorrow. Oh I just wish Taklu rot’s in hell yaar, seriously!!I thought on 26^th I will hang around with my building friends or probably catch a movie. It’s the only day when all of them will be free, no swimming classes; no guitar classes and no tuitions to attend.

Boy1-hmm, that’s true….I have my tuitions even on Sundays yaar. Anyways how much have you studied till now?

Boy2-Yaar I had started with Gandhi’s  umm umm…I just  can’t remember the name of the struggle yaar….yes yes Gandhi’s Satyagrah andolan  in my tuition some days back and it’s so boring that when my sir was reading the text through the book, I was checking out my sir’s  cute daughter, who also studies with us. God she is soo pretty….and she looks totally hot when she tries to concentrate.

Boy1-Dude wake up, I just called up Champion, he has finished almost 3 chapters and he said that its really difficult. If it’s difficult for him, you just  think about our fate!!I am telling you, we’re totally screwed. I haven’t started studying properly yet and I am panicking now. Let’s strategize now and study. You know that very well that Taklu makes everyone sits according to their roll numbers during any exam, and dude your roll number is just next to mine. So let’s bang on each other. You do some portion and I will do some of it. say what?

Boy2-ok ok, I generally don’t freak out, but now you are scaring me. Ok let’s go through the contents one by one now.

Boy1- Listen up to me now. Champion was telling me that Gandhi is very important. A full 10marks essay type question is expected to come on his life and contributions in India’s freedom struggle .It’s  a full2-3 page answer in taklu’s notes but my tuition sir made it simpler for me. I have it in just 1 and a half page. I will mug that up and come.

Boy2-ohk cool. My tuition sir just made me write short notes on Civil disobedience movement and Simon commission. I think that’s also important for exam point of view. Taklu was shouting about its importance in some lecture. I vaguely remember that I heard him saying its really important.

Boy1-  ohk done. Let’s split the other important topics as well now. You will be doing the Quit India movement, khilafat   movement and Dandi March  and I will do the Non-cooperation movement and Partion  of India.

Boy2-dude, that’s unfair!!You gave me 3 topics and you yourself will be studying just two?? What about Nehru, Tilak and the rest of the other stupid fighters. I can’t remember their names also as of now.

Boy1-OK !! I will study the other freedom fighters. Now happy??.Ok fine let’s start studying now .keep in touch and let me know when you   are done with all the topics. Hope our strategy works. How can anyone study all of it alone man?? Yeah except for aliens like champion.

Boy2-seriously bro, the syllabus is vast. Lets pray we both pass the exam. Co-operation  and mutual help will make us pass this struggle. I am just waiting  for the moment  when we are done with history. It’s so brutal. We have it in class 10^th as well and its worse. They have comparative study between Gandhi and Nehru and other fighters. Who the hell cares  what these morons did some 60 years back? We should look beyond now. anyways, all the best  buddy!!

Boy1-I seriously agree with you dude. Gandhi is the worst of them all. He did so much and it’s so difficult to remember what all stupidity he did. All the best to you as well my friend. Catch you later now.

He hangs up the phone.

Au Revoir

Like the waves sweeping away everything on the sea shore, it’s all getting wiped.

I, walking on the beach, the cold sand, jagged pebbles, rubbing against my feet, I can’t feel it anymore.

The winds running past me, my loose hair, my skirt blowing away with the wind, It does not matters to me anymore.

It’s been such a long time, where have you been all this while?

Where have you vanished? You’ve become a stranger, your words don’t seem to answer my questions anymore.

The distances between us becoming wider and wider, now it seems we are miles apart.

Your soothing voice which used to linger in my ears day and night, I can’t hear it anymore.

My destiny is not bounded with you; I can’t see myself with you any longer.

Your vision in my memory is getting blurred and hazy; I think I am loosing you.

Your smell on my blouse, its fading away, my feelings, I think I can’t hold back to them all over again.

Your memories, haunting me, I think I can’t stand it now.

The sun is going down, the sky all red and crimson, I sitting on a rock; look at the deep waters gushing directly beneath me.

The time has come finally, a new life awaits leaving behind everything I behold, I take a deep breath and say,”Good bye my angel, we’ll meet again, this time forever, with no misery, no cries and no pain…!”