MEMORIES 4

Few memories of my life

             School-days

       School-days are very nostalgic, full of memory to everybody I think.  For me too.  I still can remember my first day in Lipika Girls’ High School---- Berhampore.  The first day I went there and I had no friends.  All were new to me.  Now the school building is a three storied one, but then it had only the ground floor;  I sat first day on floor.  First day first hour I met Jayshree then Rupali.  Rupali is still my best friend.  But Jayshree.....I don’t know about her after schooling.

          In class vi Sudeshna  became a very good friend of mine.  After Madhyamik, due to her father’s illness she went to her village and later she got married.  I really feel sorry for her.  I miss Sudeshna till the day.  Class vii Asima Mandal  became my friend.  She belonged to a very poor family but always stood first in the class.  Rupali, Sudeshna, Asima and me ---- became best friends.

          After H.S we got de-touched from Asima too.  But Rupali--she still is my friend.  She has also a daughter like me.

          I till can’t forget the day, when the film ‘Disco Dancer’ was telecast on DD National.  It was Thursday.  Like the students of all other schools in Berhampur, most of the students of our school too were absent.  I went but due to less number of students in every class the school was suspended for the day.  And I watched the film too.  Very next day our headmistress puished all the students who didn’t come last day in school; they all had to stand up long at the field.

          In class X, oneday our class teacher told us that next day we 10th class students would take classes.  Means, to act like teachers.  Students choose various subjects to teach.  When it was my turn, all said madam, to give me the role of headmistress.  And I became so.  On that day our all teachers called me and saw how did I look as an acting headmistress. 

          School memories are really sweet.  I never can forget my school.  I want to offer 'pranam' to all of my teachers specially headmistress madam Kaberi Biswas.  She is too much respectable to me.  

           Good wishes to the Lipika Girls’ students.

Ofelia