IDPL Dostaan

Did most of my schooling in IDPL school Balanagar -Hyderabad. It was the place where dad worked and hence all my classmates used to live in the colony. I can say i had an excellent school life with equal mixture of studies and fun and sports.

We were close friends of 5 people. We used to call ourselves Famous Five. We were equally good in studies as well as sports. Let me introduce each one of them as in the above pic

1) Me

2) Ramana- Currently in Washington DC area.

3) Ajay - Last seen in Florida. Hey bro, still pissed of with us is it? Please respond back

4) Sudheer - Salt lake City, Utah.

5) Kalyan - Last seen in California. Hope he is healthy now with his Calif adventures.

Anyways, me and Ramana were hardcore cricket players. Always playing cricket and doing drama bazee. Suddu - this guy used to run away as soon as his batting got over. I think he told his parents to call him as soon as he is done coz that used to happen everytime whenever we played in the park. Ajay was our ace leg spinner and drinks man. I still remember his Ding Dong sound of his bicycle bell. Kalyan-karate champ ,lover boy.

Our school episodes resembled "The Wonder Years" episode a lot. Fights, crush on girls, crush on teachers, making fun and getting punished. A heady concotion of all the above.

Fights: I can not forget the big fight A section had with B section. Sibqat vs Faqruddin. No, i was not studying in Pakistan.

Crush On Girls: 10th standard was particularly bad i thought. So many guys having flings, affairs, crushes and what not. How can i forget this guy cutting his hand and writing about his love in a diary. or . this other guy proposing to a girl right during the March Past as he knew the girl wont hit back.

Crush On teachers: Come on, who doesnt have crushes on teachers. Hmm, without naming them i can broach on the subjects they teached . Social Teacher, English teacher. Why do u think i scored such high marks in Social Studies? Coz i used to concentrate on the lecture coz of the teacher. Maybe should send this info to HRD ministry to "reserve" seats to OBTs. (Other Beautiful teachers).

Making Fun: We 5 used t othink we r superior to this bunch of girls led by 420. Dunno why? We found these giggling girls STUPID. We used to make fun of them so much that sitting back now, i feel we did a wrong thing. I am not sure where each one of them is but apologies.

Getting Punished: How can anyone in the class forget the day when we were making huge noise in the class and PT sir called all of us to the ground and made us do the frog punishment for 45 mins and made us hop the whole soccer ground. Man, that hurts even now.

Sports: I was in the Sarabjeet Sigh house and it sucked big time. We did not win anything. Not even a medal. I thought atleast we will be given consolation prize in the march past event but with kids like prasanna in front of me - no way we could win. Anways, happiest moment in my life is linked to Cricket in school.

Studies: Healthy competition in class. Suddu was topper always and i HATED it when he used to check other folks marks and tell it aloud. Suddu - why? there was this girl Uma Devi. Never sounded or looked bright but she always used to score big marks. Best part was - whenever we did not want a class - we used to go and ask the Social Studies teacher a doubt and she used to say -"Sudheer, get the dictionary" and there went the whole class.

Farewell Party: Hmm, QSQT was a huge hit and man - love was in the class. So many pairs in the class. So many rumors floating around. We all decorated the class and thought we will have the party in the class. SO much of preparation went and Principla squashed it. We all decided to meet in the eating area and i remember Azmath dancing to Tezaab tune.

In a nutshell, school life is an important phase of ones life. Instead of just concentrating on studies - one should enjoy it as it cannot be relived. With no worries and innocence in our hearts - i believe these are really "WONDER YEARS".

PS: The girl in the picture is the mystery girl. If any of you know her, let Ajay know.

Cheers