Half Way Through !

The exams r still continuing. And the pupils are still continuing with their old tricks of hiding `pharras' wherever and whenever they can. So much so, nowadays, they have gone high-tech ! Gone are the days when the pharraz were made very artistically on a small piece of paper in the minutest of handwriting. A slip was hidden here and another there. In the socks, in the seams of the coats, under the lining of the pockets, up the sleeves and finally the most visited place. . . . . . . the toilet. The pharraz are now scanned to the smallest size possible and hidden in the toilet. Behind the cisterns, stuck under the wash basin, behind the pipeline and every nook and cranny they can find. Suleiman, the lab assistant has been given the duty of examining these hideouts. But, the younger generation are clever. This whole game of cat and mouse is very funny. The administration and their scouts hunt for the places where these notes are hidden, while the pupils think of newer places to hide their stuff. Sometimes, the idea goes beyond the limit of imagination. It seems that a whole book (pretty thick) was hidden in the toilet ! ! ! However, Na-seem and his gang are always scouting around and on their feet. Whenever they find something hidden, a silent cry of triumph reverberates through the halls of the school and a sense of victory can be seen outlined on their faces. Since its no mean task to go on such a hunt and come back victorious..

However, these incidences do keep going on and life moves on. Every year some new tricks are used and very soon it is discovered and a stop is put to it. But at this point of time the school wears a very serious look. Steeped in silence ( Reminds one of the 'Silence Of the Lambs'), the school playground wears a deserted look. There's rustle of papers and scribbling of the pen on paper and a quietness of sorts. The minute the exams for the day are over, the school comes back to normal.( in one sense).Within seconds, the school seems to drown in the deep aura of silence.

The senior most class of the school, the present 11th finished their theory exams today and were pretty thrilled. This sense of exuberance was expressed through their arrival at the sports field and playing cricket with a soft ball, just after their last exam - - - The Chemistry - - - which puts the fear of the devil in them.They also appeared at the ground the next day, as they have a couple of days in between their practicals. These days the teaching faculty are as busy as bees. The staff room presents a ant colony. The worker ants busy with the business of correcting the answer scripts ! But who can stop women from chattering ! NONE !  Well, this is life !

The doodle alongside is a contribution from one Prabhat, an artist in his own and goes to show that there is no dearth of talent in our school ! U be the judge.