Ahmedabad
This flourishing metro city once used to be a calm and peaceful city and it was once also my lovely home .In these 33 years even the school has encountered a few changes along with me as well , "pragati school", they even changed the name to St Ann's huh i am a little bit sad .But either way even after these many years you have the same feeling of comfort for your school.
I used to carry small dreams and had a big hope of those dreams being fulfilled. Those days I used to have a very small social circle like the ones in the game of hopscotch just involving those seven circles. Home , school,my friends, love , expectations, carelessness, and childishness
Now that i am a successful writer, I've been honoured with a lot of awards, but then again these awards are nothing compared to the happiness i get when i see my name among the toppers list in my school.
Naina agarwal -1988-1989
But when i was in class tenth everything changed, that was in the year 1989 . It was the last time when i topped here , it was the first time i told such lie
Because 1990 is the year when my story began. there was only one channel aired on the radio. they used to play the old and new songs because we didn't have excess to free download and torrents
Words were valued a lot back then because we didn't have free video calling like today . there used to be a queue outside the pco since dawn just in order to speak to your loved ones as after 9'o clock at night the call rates used to get doubled
It was the time when Sachin was introduced to the international cricket team. Nobody then knew that this short heighted Sachin Tendulkar would once be also known as the master blaster.
That time watching movies used to be a big deal, be it in the theatre or the vcr rented from the shop to watch the film at home. as they charged Rs 15 extra for every hour of your delay.
Such amazing LED hoarding weren't there at that time. the painters used to paint the posters of the movies. Amir Khan wasn't a perfectionist, shah rukh khan was not known as the king khan and Salman Khan was know as Prem rather than bhaijaan
the morning then used to be very different the atmosphere had an aroma of positivity like something good would happen and everyday in life of a girl studying in class 11 is always considered to be good
"ah i now remember a really pleasant memories"
It was before class and me and my bestfriend were in the school canteen as i was happily eating my breakfast, i brought it from home and my friend started pulling me by my shirt from the sleeves as i angrily turned towards her
" hm start saying what you want to say"
then she started untying her hair wait oh no
" step cut just like Madhuri Dixit"
" yes i got it done yesterday" she said proudly
then suddenly something clicked my brain and i started frequing out
"hey what would happen if your mom discovers this your going to be in not so good situation " i told her
she smirked listening to this and started keeping hairband and told
" see this now no one would know
you should also do this she suggested me "
she looked so calm and here i am worried about her safety when she said that I lost my mind
" No, never both uncle and aunt are at home they will kill me if I get hair cut like this"
compared to me she is always chilling i wish i am like that . As soon as I completed my breakfast she dragged me to the class and even after her dragging me to class we were still late.
"so why are you late today?" teacher asked.
"Naina you can go and sit down and Swati i know you don't like studying but don't spoil other children with you" teacher started scolding her.
Well this is everyday drama and Swati listens to this every day even though it is not her fault we are late to class but in fact the fault is mine.
We are late because i don't have time to eat breakfast at home so i was eating in the canteen and Swati accompanied me even though i told her so many times not to come or tell the teacher the truth but she never listens to me as she tells some stupid excuses to the teacher and fun fact
even after all the scolding teacher gave her she tells that she is her favorite teacher and why not mrs Shanti has turned the boring subject like maths into a interesting one for boys and girls not just because she was a beauty but the cause is that she teaches extremely well and she is really friendly.
"why didn't you actually say what happened?" i asked her like daily as she doesn't allow me say to the teacher what actually happened
To this she smiled at me so brightly as she said "then she will ask me to come to the classroom by myself instead of waiting for you and i like waiting for you i can not live without you understand idoit"
she started saying these cheesy lines again, well she is cute when she says that though
"So my dear students the results for the maths test which was conducted last week is here" the teacher said
After hearing this I scanned the entire classroom because the expression from the students faces are always hilarious when they hear about results then I suddenly hear some praying to God for help her this time to make her able to pass the test and I know who it was after hearing this girls voice and that request for help i was not able to control my laugh at this girls actions .
"Swathi listen, how will your prayers help you now? you should have studied before the test stupid, laughing" i said
"Naina please be quiet" teacher told me by throwing a chalk at me
and now I will start calling names by who top in the class
Sanjay tripat
Naina Agarwal
Manoj
and so on
please check the marks if there any corrections
as soon as I took the paper from a teacher I handed over to Swati by saying her
"Swathi please check it for me"
and what are you going to do she asked me with a little bit pout on her face
"sleep for sometime I guess" I leniently answer
"you really like to sleep don't you", she said after sometime she woke me up by saying "hey listen, wake up wake up listen you got 3 marks when it should be seven go and tell the teacher to change your marks"she said
"huh what again i don't think it's needed", I said drowsyly
"And she already announced the topper and now she needs to change it again and I don't think it's much of a need I don't care either the way I said going back to sleep."
"what ,okay let me just do it for you then" she said with a smile on her face
"yeah sure do whatever you want I don't care"
huh wait wait of no she left before i could complete my sentence
"maa'm"
"yes Swathi"
"here you have given Naina only 3 marks were as in this question it was for 7 marks
then the teacher suddenly looks at me oh no i think i should sleep yeah that's a good method yeah right okay
"but why are you coming instead of Naina to tell me this instead she should talk for herself right doesn't she have mouth for herself to speak why do you always speak for her the teacher said "
"well ma'am today she isn't feeling well so I thought of asking you instead" Swati smiled as she answered but how can she just lie like that doesn't she feel scared.
"huh, she sighed and smiled as she understood something, she said okay
the marks have been recalculated and this time the first rank holder of the class is Naina she announced as i was acting as i am sleeping.
there was me who didn't give a shit about marks and there was he who simply didn't care about his life 1500 miles away from me in Nainital not for different from me there was a boy who is absolutely an idiot and absolutely impractical who always cared for his friends and never have been bother by others.
"Sameer"