I always stood amongst top 3 in my class [from Nursery till 3rd std i guess :P]
With each passing year after that , my rank decreased exponentially .. I got more and more into playing/watching Cricket , Doing Loafergiri on roads, Playing Video Games , Bullying others and making a fight out of no where.. and hence i was least interested in studies anymore.
By the time i reached 6/7 std , i used to get scoldings from each and every teacher who used to come to my class, i used to get belted everyday at home [read 'by my mom'] , my tuition teacher used to slap me hard once in a fortnight [i mean he used to slap me almost everyday , but slap so hard that ends in breaking my glasses/spectacles used to come once in 15 days]
But But But.. Like I Cared.. :P :P
Most of my friends who used to be behind me in rankings were unapproachable now and had become legends of Ram Krishna Mission Vidya Mandir [yeah thats where i studied till 8th std].
It was sometime during Mid term exam of 6th std that i got to know , i wont be able to pass if i continue like this. I have to change myself to score good marks , to regain my image and to get less belted at home. Thats when i decided, i guess i will have to start CHEATING.
Not that i never cheated in exams before [fudging from a friends notebook was common] , but now i was talking about making cheat papers and taking them into exam hall..
I started trying with small paper , and a couple of long.important answers written on it [which were very difficult to mug up], and i SUCCEEDED..
Cheat papers went on increasing from 1 to 2, 2 to 4 with each passing Exam.
My confidence rose exponentially :) :) and i was the happiest man on earth. Not that i topped all the exams in 6th std. But the graph which was going down , stopped at a level and became constant.. and i remained one of the top ten for at least next 4-5 exams.. I brought stability to my results :P :P
I still remember very well , we used to have 2 exams in a day, and we used to get a 2 hr gap between the papers. While all my friends used to be busy in studying , i used to sit in one corner of an empty classroom and prepare cheats. Font Size had reduced immensly , More answers could fit in now in a single cheat paper , and i could guess the important ones very easily , I was a CHEATER now.. A Developing/Developed/Smart Cheater :) Some of my friends used to give a pat on my back [u know na ? how kamina these friends can get when it comes to leg-pulling]. They used to come and say Saala tu toh TOPE hai be, Mast hai be. Kaise cheat karta hai , mujhe bhi sikha na ? And i used to feel proud and answer TALENT chahiye be.. u need TALENT..
Time passed by.. Now we were writing 8th std Final exams. History exam was going on. I had some 4-5 cheat papers stuffed in my socks , pant pockets and all.. Seeing the suitable time i took out a paper , put inside my answer sheet , and decently copying stuffs from it.
Parallel to my bench , there was another bench where Sanjay Jain , one of my classmates was seated.
His face lit up with joy when he saw me cheating , as if i was on the verge of achieving something great.
so now , this guy looks towards me , smiles , looks towards the invigilator [standing at the door of the classrom] , smiles.. and then again looks at me , smiles , looks at teacher , smiles.. and continues this for a minute or so.. Mind it , i was completely unaware of all such gestures and deeply engrossed and busy writing [copying] my answers.. A couple of mins later i see , the teacher comes to my desk and takes my answer sheet away and keeps it on the table. He asks me to SHUT THE FUCK UP [read 'just keep my mouth shut and dont create a mess in exam hall' ] and sit at my place.
this might be a normal thing for many of u reading this , but why was it the one of the most scary/memorable/unforgettable moments ? Read the reasons below..
1.It was a final exam , i would be detained in the same class if higher authorities get to know abt it.
2.If my Mother gets to know , i would be HOMELESS , CLOTHLESS and HELPLESS [i was always shameless :P] , beaten to the core . She would call all my friends home , or she would probably come for next day assembly and beat me right there on the stage.
[Guess what my mom doesn't know abt this incident till date , i hope she doesnt end up reading this :P]
3.There used to be a Exam dept head by name SUMMER BABU SOR [yes u guess it right , he was as weird as his name or probably 10 times more than that.] If this guy gets to know - i would be insulted in front of whole school , he would make me kneel down right in the centre of the ground on a freakin hot sunny day. He would call my parents and insult them . He would beat me to death with a cocky stick, he would throw away my bags and notebooks miles away and none of my friends would dare to pick it up for me [even they would get belted if summer babu gets to know] and bet u !! he won't repent doing any of these things, yeah he was that ferocious/deadly for a 8th std poor kid . :(
4.My Friends would make fun of me, and i would be left with no respect in front of my other teachers who ve taught me for 8-10 yrs now .
5.No image in front of junior girls :P :P when they see me crying and kneeled down in the centre of the ground.
And for several other reasons on the similar lines whatever u guys could think..
I was scared, Shivering, Abusing Sanjay Jain and the teacher who caught me, crying and praying "GOD PLS TAKE ME OUT OF THIS SITUATION SOON"
10-15 mins later.. I am still seated at my place with just the question paper. All my kamina friends are writing as if there is no tommorrow.. me and teacher and talking in sign language..
ME: Joined my hands.. and begging pls sir.. pls sir..
Sir: Kepp quiet and sit..
And then he comes to my desk , gives back my answer sheet but keeps the cheat paper in his pocket.
He then asks me to take out all the other cheat papers i had.. I took out all i had and gave it to him.
I was happy that now i will get to complete the paper but I was upset as i was left with nothing to write [No cheat papers da :( ]
Some how i wrote some shit in that paper and came outta exam hall..
Went to meet the teacher whose name is SANJEEV BABU SOR. He had suddenly turned GOD for me.. as he didnt inform anyone abt this incident.. i touched his feet took blessings and decently went to play cricket after the exam that day :P :P
I swear .. that was the last time i ever took cheat papers to any exam hall. Yet again it was proved to me that LOVE is the best Medicine. The teacher never ever scolded me at all , in fact he tried to make me understand properly what i was doing was wrong and what could be the consequences of that...
I would never forget the gesture and i know its kiddish to be so emotional and remembering such a incident and writing a blog on it..
But thats the way i am.. there are a lot of special things in my life which needs to be given special places.. whether or not some ppl like it . Some things and incidents always remain special for u.. People might have different perspective and its not your job to think what ppl are thinking about you :)
Cheers !!! Stay connected !!
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