Coming to Ferozpur Well after my Part II Exams, I went to Ferozpur where my Father had been posted. I met my old school mate – Shailja Tandon. We went around and had a gala time together !! I learnt how to drive ! I met yet another gang mate of mine – Bujji (Munni’s brother – Lt. Rao’s children who were with us in Hasimara – he was probably 4 years old then !) Bujji could drive very well – he offered to teach me how to Drive !…

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Caught red handed by Botany Professor I was not very keen to attend the Botany and Chemistry classes for I had come to know that you just need to somehow pass – get 35 marks – for it is not added in the Final Exam marks. That was it ! I had learnt all these new tricks only after coming to Kolkata – people here always refer to the previous year Question paper and prepare accordingly – they had done so in their Board Exams as well – I had…

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Kolkata : Pre College Joining Days – Being from CBSE, my results came out in June but West Bengal Board Exam result were to be announced only after August and admission in September . After 20 days of college – a month’s holiday for Durga Pujas. My Parents went back to Gangtok and I had to put up in my distant relative’s house at 6B Bright Street. Mr. K.L Lahiri was my Grandfather’s (Mother’s Father) maternal brother. He was the ex IG Forest. Retired. People addressed him as Bhalo Dadu…

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Posted to Allahabad (UP) – 1986 Next posting – Allahabad. Our school was a dilapidated building of the old British Military office !! Class XI – I took Science. Another cool city. We were given a brand new house – not lived in before – and our garden was huge – all forest ! My Parents made it into a beautiful garden – flowers in the front and vegetables at the back. The land was extremely fertile for the vegetables grew in amazingly large sizes and the flowers were just…

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Mathura (UP) Days – 1984-85 The stay in Mathura was cool! Class 9 – a multiple of 3 – multiples of 3 were always cool for me – the first time ever I came First in my class was in Class III (Sunny Modern School). Again most of the girls were Army officer’s daughters and there were many civilians as well. We obviously went to Vrindavan and other Krishna temples many a times whenever our relatives used to come over. The Mathura peda and Rabdi still remains the best I…

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Next Posting – Binnaguri – 1983 After Hasimara, we were posted to Binnaguri. Class 8th ! I told you earlier – number 4 and 8 have been unlucky for me….well – unlucky in the sense ‘Little lesser’ enjoyment. I joined Kendriya Vidyalaya – I had missed one month or so of the classes for transfer delays. The girls there were behaving very pricey. They immediately started giving names to me like – Haughty, Proudy …arrogant.They were actually screaming at the top of their voices and asking each other – Hey…

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Afzal Bhaiya made one project on ‘Venice’ for me. We were given a project to make a model – with clay or bamboo – whatever – and a team of 3 students per project. We chose to make Venice – the land of water or Islands – most probably. I told Afzal Bhaiya about it and he brought a big square wooden plank – painted it blue and chiseled bamboo and made a bridge and 2 –3 houses of their style – it was obviously the best project – so…

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  Some Incidents in Hasimara : Officer’s Institute and Parties : It was a very small station – and there was only one school – so the children we met in the morning at school – were the same ones who used to come to the Mess – and we had lot many parties / get togethers/ birthday celebs./new years/ holi…..because it was a very small Station, there were many get togethers to ward off boredom. We had a common discussion topic : Teachers – He / she is khadoos…

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