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Childhood ignorance


Memories of childhood are cherished by everyone & I’m no exception to it. Different people have different ways of remembering it. Some chuckle on the pranks they played, some treasure the friends they had. While sharing lighter moments, some divulge those funny incidents that are still undiscovered by others.(viz eating chetan’s tiffin in the classes, 1st movie in talkie by bunking Poonam ma’am class, that 1st fag on Vicky’s terrace….& yada-yada-yada).
My retrospection to the childhood has a different facet. I’m sure one would start doubting my IQ level by the time he reaches the end of this Blog.

The Chariot ride
The very first incidence on this juncture dates back when I was a toddler. We were riding a chariot, when my inquisitive mind asked this question to papa – “Why is this horse not wearing pants?” ……….This question still fazes my parents whenever they recollect that moment & I start groping for the answer as I still don’t have it.


Interview in Class IV
Second flashback is an interview scene that I was to face in an English medium school for getting admission in Std IV. You will find me a real lunkhead here…..
Guys already interviewed were flocked by those who were still to go for interview enquiring the questions being asked inside. I learned all those questions by heart with their answers. Typical questions were – “who is the chess champion; when was 1st & 2nd world war held; who is the world champion in football?” Soon came my term. After few formal questions I was asked – Who is Mr. Lalu Prasad Yadav? I replied after a pause of few seconds – “He is a Man” (..& laughter bursted out in the panel). Next question - “When was panipat’s 1st war held?” I remained bleak as I had no answer to it by any chance. A series of questions were then asked for which I had a blank face to answer. An Irked Gentleman in the panel then asked me – “Dear Chandan, what is that you know after all?”
I was prompt to reply on that. I happily puked all those questions that I heard outside from other guys. I said – “I know who is the chess champion, I know when was 1st & 2nd world war held and I also know who is the world champion in football”. A Lady in the panel then calmly says – “So, you did cheating outside”. I was astonished and started pondering that how come these people came to know about my cheating……! Well, that awful interview ended there. And guess what, I was selected…! (I donno for what reason).

The English Paper
Time kept rolling but I remained the same. I was taking exam of English in Std. VI. A part of paper had sentence making segment. There was a word – “Martyr” from which I had to make a sentence. This was the first time I had encountered this word & I had no clue of its meaning. But I had to make the sentence…so how do we go about it? I made a sentence that one can neither say it wrong nor right.(or, may be). My sentence was:
“Ram asked shyam that what is the meaning of Martyr”……isn’t it innovative...! Please do try it next time when u land up in such situation.

Now, please excuse me…I’m going to try something different yet again. I will jot it down in my next blog.

Comments

  1. Anonymous4:18 PM

    Dear Chandan,

    A very good start I would say. All your childhood memories made me laugh and it is really a good theme to start your blog. I hope you continue and even on this section I am sure you can still get some other funny stories out of your memory line.

    Keep going. I have seen nice your homepage also. May be after some time, I join you with my own blog...

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  2. kattey Spares3:44 PM

    Awesome...really great work dude..

    ReplyDelete

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