Walk Of Hope

Join me and the gang of Stanley Ka Dabba tomorrow at 11.OO AM for the Walk Of Hope.

Walk Of Hope??
Yes! We will have a walk along with my gang, my NGO friends and some bollywood personalities from Lokhandwala circle towards Cinemax fighting to support the cause in the fight against child labor.

Hope to see you at the walk!..:))

And hey, if you can't attend the walk tomorrow you can still support me by making the above image as your facebook display picture!!

Tree Of Hope - Stanley Ka Dabba

You are able to read this blogpost because you have learnt to read and write. Education.
There are many innocent poor kids in our country who are not blessed with the right to education. They are either poor, or work in shops and factories as labourers to feed their families.

Some of them are even deprived of a one time meal.

Stanley Ka Dabba in association with many other NGOs bring to you the Tree Of Hope. An honest initiative where you pledge your support ot Volunteer or Donate to cause. Be it Right To Education or supporting children go to schools.

We hope that with one click we can help prevent illiteracy and eradicate child labour. Join In. Let's give them hope.

The Tree Of Hope

500 School principals want Stanley

Two days left to go for that heartwarmer Stanley to make his way into your lives. 

Cinemas have already started getting block booking enquiries as the principals of several schools across the country want their students to see Fox Star Movies Stanley Ka Dabba directed by Amole Gupte.Tanuja Chandra who saw a preview says, "Stanley Ka Dabba is just a lovely lovely lovely...beautiful film. You will be wondering whether to laugh or cry...'' and internationally renowned filmmakerMira Nair says, "I was deeply moved by the film. 

It's a fantastically charming film, beautifully performed by Amole Gupte and the young boy Partho. It's a real side of the life that we don't see because children put up resilient, happy and shining faces. But behind those faces is a story like this often in the urban cities of India. Clearly Amole has a real pulse of children."
 

source: timesofindia

LIVE Video chat with Stanley and the Dabba gang!

The infamous and notorious Dabba Gang are coming all the way from school for some masti majaa with you guys today 4PM! Ask questions, share memories, shoot jokes and what not!

It's going to be BIG. It's going to be fun!


Be There: http://bit.ly/ChatWithTheGang

The secret in Stanley's Dabba

Amole Gupte, who was kicked about his new film Stanley Ka Dabba, has more than one reason to be anxious. Not only is this his only directorial venture, having to leave Taare Zameen Par half way, this film also launches his 10-year-old son Partho. Mumbai Mirror chats up with the little actor to find out more.

You seemed to have garnered a lot of attention for your role as Stanley. Are you nervous about your debut?

Yes, I am quite nervous

How did Stanley Ka Dabba happen?
When I was younger, dad was working on Taare Zameen Par. He had been conducting acting workshops for children, which I was interested in. So one day I asked dad if I too can come for one these workshops. I had lots of fun. From then onwards, I went to every workshop including the one happening at Holy Family school. I wasn't told about any movie though.

When did you get to know this was a workshop for a film?
One day, dad announced to everyone in the workshop that he was making a video. He didn't tell us it was a film. Only when we completed shooting, he called all of us and told us that it was a feature film.

How did you respond to that?
My heart started beating so fast. I was blown out of my mind. I got so scared. I asked him why he didn't tell us before. He did not want to affect our performances.

Do you feel like an actor?
Ummmm. Not exactly. My dad has made many short films with me. I thought this feature film was one of them.

How different are you from your character Stanley?
Actually, Stanley and I are not too different. For example (pauses)… Stanley makes up stories badha-chadha ke. If he gets a bruise, he makes up a whole story about how he got hurt. I also make up stories. When I don't do my homework, I say the dog ate it up.

Did you have to miss school to shoot Stanley Ka Dabba?
No way! Nothing has happened to affect my performance in school. I haven't missed a day. I also do my homework regularly.

source: Mumbai Mirror

Stanley Ka Dabba - Music Review

Read on the music review of Stanley Ka Dabba..:)

Life bahot simple hai. If you are not yet humming this, you’ll soon be, that much I can tell you for sure. Shaan almost does a bum bum bole without exactly getting into that mood and pitch. A soft, innocent, lovely song that is good for you, whatever age you are.

Sukhwinder’s Dabba has some trying-to-do-a-Gulzar lyrics and while the lyricist Amole Gupte gets some on and off success, the overall effect of music, lyrics, and Sukhwinder’s singing is quite likeable. The innocence in Sukhi’s voice once again tells you how that man of hiiiiighhhhh notes can be humble with his voice too. Nice.

The next comes Nanhi si jaan, a light rock number sung by Shankar Mahadevan with a melody that sounds somewhat like that of the ’90s to me. Still, Shankar makes the song worthwhile to an extent. And then, after listening to the entire album, I expect that the song will find its place as the movie comes up. Hopefully.

The next song, Tere andar bhi kahin, is sung by Vishal Dadlani. The song is a light rock number again, but this one is quite different in its treatment and words take precedence over everything in this one. Somehow Vishal’s voice seems to be doing justice to the poetry in this one. Not too ‘musical,’ but it’s lovely and I expect the movie will make this one a favorite.

The next song, the only one in the album with a female voice, Jhoola Jhool by Hamsika Iyer is a short lullaby that sounds lovely if you’re patient enough. A small piece of good work by Hitesh.

The next small piece, Aditya rox, a version of tere andar bhi kahin, is not really very musical, but I liked it nonetheless

Still, the overall impact of the album is good. The music is fresh and Amole’s lyrics definitely speak for his movie only. The good part is that even though you can relate the music to the children’s movie, you can enjoy it anyway, something I’d consider a huge achievement for a debutant album composer in Bollywood.
-http://happysing.com/

Stanley Ka Dabba is a film that needs to be viewed by millions

Karan Johar Thursday said that Amole Gupte’s upcoming film ‘Stanley Ka Dabba’ took him back to his school days and made him remember one of his teachers who really troubled him.

Johar came to support and release the music of the film. He had seen the film that revolves around the life of school children a few months ago and felt very nostalgic.

‘This film makes you smile and takes you back to school. In fact one character in the film reminded me of my biology teacher, who traumatized me in my schooling years. When I saw this film, I actually got a huge reflection of that,’ the 38-year-old told reporters here.

‘I was a good student, a first bencher, so I used to sit right in front of her eyes and she scandalized me and traumatized me. So this film took me right back to those days. When I watched this film, I felt a feeling of nostalgia and a feeling of tremendous power of cinema,’ he added.

The film that has been written, produced and directed by Gupte will be distributed by Fox star Studios. It will be released May 13.

Johar, who launched the music of the film at Landmark, said: ‘I had the pleasure a couple of months ago to see this film. The film completely moved me. It is a film that I feel needed to be viewed by millions of people.

‘The way Amole has projected children and the symbolism of food in the film, it is great. At the end of the film you will get up with a huge lump in your throat which very few films that make you laugh do,’ said Johar.

Who isn't fond of a Dabba.

Everyone loves homemade food. If your are not a star you forget the calorie intake limit and gorge on the delicious and mouthwatering food. 

However even the biggest of stars, who maintain a strict diet regime can be floored with a simple dabba .A Bollywood biggie recently proved this last week when he was shooting at one of Mumbais busiest bylanes.

The actor, who is on a restricted diet let go of his strict calorie intake when a family from the neighbourhood walked in with a huge dabba of home-cooked food for him. Unable to refuse them; and also the mouthwatering cuisine, the actor allowed himself to indulge. He gorged on the delicacies and heaped praises on the lady of the house.

Later, he even carried the tiffin home for his wife and his mother, with a promise to send the dabba back with his driver by the next day. 

The actor has a very strict diet routine unless, of course, someone sends him a mouth-watering dabba!

Every child is an individual

With Darsheel I didn't get as much time to teach him about cinema as I wished. With Partho it was different. I introduced him to the world cinema at the age of four. He attended acting and film workshops from that age," said Gupte.

"He isn't just a qualified child actor, he is a skilled actor. Partho understands the requirements of a child actor from within the camera range. He knows how to internalise a character and then put it forward. He has watched films about children with children in the lead, including the cinema of the Iranian maestro Majid Majidi," added the director who played a negative role in "Kaminey".

Gupte won't admit that Partho was born out of a feeling of betrayal that he suffered when "Taare Zammen Par" was taken away.

"That was so long ago. The past is washed away. I met Darsheel recently and he ran to me warmly. I've been working relentlessly with children in my organization Aseema. Every child is an individual. We can't compare Darsheel and Partho. But I can say this much - Partho has understood his character's requirements as well as any mature actor in this country," he said.

Darsheel and TZP changed the way child actors appeared on screen.

Amole protested: "Why 'Taare Zameen Par'? I'd say Shekhar Kapoor's 'Masoom' heralded a new natural style of acting by a child actor. Jugal Hansraj melted the viewers' hearts. I'd like to believe little Partho has the same quality."

-Indian Express

I hate it!!

Delhi was again confronted with the ugly truth of child labour in its midst when a 10-year-old migrant working in a beedimaking unit died after being allegedly beaten up by his employer.The boy was about to be buried on Sunday morning when an alert cemetery caretaker called the police.

Moin,who had come from Madhubani in Bihar,had blue bruises all over his body,the police said.It's not clear whether he died of asphyxiation or of injuries received on Saturday night.
Kaleemullah,the owner of the beedi unit being run from a rented room in northwest Delhi's Bharat Nagar,is absconding since Saturday night.Neighbours claimed that the child had been working there for almost two months.

Source: timesofindia

Victory of the human spirit!

This summer, a young Stanley has loads of fun up his sleeves for the audiences who are likely to grow familiar with his story! Directed by Amole Gupte, SKD revolves around a dabba and his friends. Set up in a school, the movie promises to make the audience remember their school days. With film studios, producers and directors willing to put their money on off-beat projects, Amole Gupte’s Stanley Ka Dabba, is slated to release on May13.

“Films with children as protagonists are rather universal in appeal, It is the shortsightedness of the audience that makes them believe that a chidren’s film isn’t for the adults.” feels Gupte, who is the writer of Taare Zameen Par. In India movies like Makdee, Blue Umbrella and Taare Zameen Par — with children at their centre — have enjoyed a good run at the box-office. This is probably why the makers are now insisting on targeting a larger share of audience with these ‘children’s films’. Gupte pitches Stanley Ka Dabba as the victory of the human spirit.

However, despite efforts to bridge the gap, children’s films still are few and far in between. The star-driven industry in India is to be blamed for it to a large extent. Unless we have Shah Rukh Khan playing a 10-year-old, it is difficult to bring audiences to the theatre. This is one of the reasons why studios shy away from backing kid-centric projects.”

There are other practical problems too. When children act in films, the shooting schedules are worked around their vacation. Gupte shot on Saturdays. “We shot for 76 days, all on Saturdays at Holy Family School in Andheri,” says Gupte, who handled the shoot like a workshop and then edited it into a full-fledged film. The child stars might be positioned as family entertainers in the new scheme of things, but they are still not treated as par with regular Bollywood actors. Their pay packet varies between Rs 25-75 lakh depending on their saleability and popularity.

Dismal marketing and lack of platforms remain major concerns too, threatening to scuttle the efforts to reinvent this genre. However, things are looking with major studios such as Fox offering their support. A known name always helps a movie sell. With studios backing these, it looks like the audience will also digest the newer genres.


source: Indian express

My comic strips

finally, finally i'm done with my comic making.. check it out..just a few... will keep posting more soon..my imagination runs crazyyyy... and this is because i get majorly bored during hindi lectures.. when its Mr Khadoos teaching...

Cheers!

Amole Gupte makes film out of children's workshop

http://bit.ly/dMjnm0

Guys check out the Stanley Ka Dabba article on IBNlive...

Cheers,

Stanley

Khadoos

So finally, today I get sometime to write about my day to day happenings.. I'm telling you with all the media hype I have hardly gotten time for myself... phew :P

I had a fallout with my teacher today, he's so khadoos its not even funny... I think he's jeleous of the fact that people love sharing their dabbas with me... and our dabba gang is like famous for getting the tastiest food in the entire school...

Besides that I have been so tired, i think im going to sleep early, by 7pm... yes, and now I dont even feel like watching IPL besides the Mumbai Indian matches... I hope I can go and watch it someday. Seeing Sachin play live is a feelings i cannot express... take me someoneee :'(

Stanley Aka. Partho

Hi everyone,

Check out Stanley Aka. Partho in today's Mumbai Mirror :)

http://bit.ly/gnt9h3

Cheers :)

Article by a fan

http://bit.ly/gfIwpz

Check this heartfelt article by one of the Stanley ka dabba fans :)

Cheers,

Stanley :)

My trailers

folksss check out all my trailers...

My Burping Tricks ;)

My April fools prank :P

and a lot more on www.youtube.com/arreystanley

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Check out our cool ad that came in papers yesterday... i showed it to all my friends...

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My pages :)

Hello all,

Just wanted to make sure you have access to my pages of Facebook, Twitter and Youtube.

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Cheers,

Stanley :)

My random rants about water

Water is a pretty awesome creation and if im not wrong God was the first one to patent it although he was 5 minutes late to reacht the patent office. Anyways after a solid presentation his creation was accepetd and he threw it down to another one of his mind boggling creations the earth. The BC version of earth was a prototype and after a few kinks the AD version was ready. Anyways throughout both versions this magical invention known as water existed. After millions of years looking at a lonely bottle of water sitting on the floor sweating out droplets of condensed sweat i marvel at its creation.Its one of the most essential thing in our lives. Not only does it keep us alive and helps support our nutrition, it makes up a massive amount of our body content. Ana amzing fact to notice at this point is that all living creations and bisleri bottles have a high water content. Water to this date remains as the most superior creation as its highly versatile and can be used for almost anything. Washing, cleaning, attacking people( its better in the frozen form then), it makes stuff soft and it can simultaneously be used to harden soft things. It also does a final function in enhancing the colour quotient of our planet giving it the awesome colour that it prefers to dress up in while going for intergalactic parties.Signs of water on other planets make scientists believe that either alien life exists or its another one of those space homes with the new frozen pool layouts. Water makes up the seas,rivers, and oceans, and any other random dormation of water. It also resided in floating bungalows known as clouds and sometimes occasionally gets high from the constant passive smoking of the land below, its at this stage that it loses control and ends up falling and joining its friends downstairs. Water droplets make a giant family of useless relatives, so as soon as one leaves the bungalow others go to take its place.Water can save or destroy life, yet many people dont agree that it should have broken its relationship with fire, they always end up clashing nowadays. Yet one can finally just observe how tiny molecules make drops that come otgether to create giant joint families. Water is available in all physical stages and this is one of its strong points along with its transparent personality. In its taste its simple and yet the best tasting drink on the whole planet. It can be used to mix other drinks and no matter what people may say its the ultimate thirst quencher.Amidst massive applause i would like to conclude this story/review by giving water a brilliantly awesome 10 out of 10. I am off now, a certain friend of mine who goes by the acronym of H20 wants to meet up...so i shall see you people later..till then keep drinking..Water!

April fools day...pheww

April fools day... the day started with someone playing a prank on me... nicely that i was sleeping, my cousin came into my room and started screaming that there's a theif in the house... i got scared but i had to be the superman i always am... so i took my favorite cricket bat and stood next to the door..

the next thing i come to know is that i have been waiting behind the door for 5-7 minutes and outside the door all my cousins and friends are laughing at me... well that was just the start...

i then thought its time for me to fool someone else and laugh on them, but little did i know that my jokes always back fire on me... so i told my friend im not coming to school... because i was really sick... so what that smarty pants did was informed my class teacher about me being sick...and when i entered class, the teacher started asking me of how i was and it was so wierd but yeah that was the second...

pheww... i was going through some page and i came across this one.. http://www.thethinkingblog.com/2007/04/top-10-april-fool-pranks-2007.html boy people out there are really taking april fools day seriously... :P

anyway its time for me to get back to computer class... talk to you guys later in the day..

Happy April fools day... :D

Cheers,

Stanley :-)

jeetega bhai jeetega India Jeetega

"Jeetega bhai Jeetega Indiaa jeeetega...!!" ... was being screamed on the top of our voices as Misbahs last catch was taken... India in the 2011 world cup finals... a dream... a dream that finally has come true...

 

Sad part? We have school on saturday. Now knowing how the teachers and parents are, i know we are not going to get a holiday or get to bunk school. How fair is that? after all how often does India make it to the finals anyway? Moreover how often does World Cup take place yaar...

 Chhodo, i can keep ranting... Aur ek gul hai... kal maths ka test hai... ye numbers ne toh meri puri laga di hai marks ki... kya bolu... algebra, geometry, blah blah lala aur what not... why do we have to learn all those things when we know they are never ever going to help us, besides when we teach our own children. :P

 So i finally got sometime today in school to complete another character for my super power comic book... let me know how you guys find it ;)

Cheers,

Stanley :-)

Paper Cranes for Japan

One week ago today, a devastating tsunami and multiple earthquakes rocked the island nation of Japan.

However, thanks to an incredible outpouring of support, things are beginning to look up. In particular,  friends over at DoSomething.org started a “Paper Cranes for Japan” campaign that has caught the eye of two incredible organizations: Architecture for Humanity and Students Rebuild, an initiative of the Bezos Family Foundation. And thanks to their generosity, these two new partners will match your crane contributions with dollars for reconstruction.

Mail your paper cranes to Students Rebuild to trigger $2 for each crane. The goal? 100,000 cranes received will raise $200,000 to support Architecture for Humanity’s reconstruction efforts in Japan.


Get a group of friends together and host a paper-crane party now! They'll even supply a pre-paid mailing label for boxes of cranes. Check out all of the details at StudentsRebuild.org.

And remember, you can always choose to donate to the Red Cross; they’ve got relief stations located across the country that will assist with citizen evacuation and medical needs.

Cheers,

Stanley :-)

MoonWalk :D

Oh my god, I cannot believe this... I just learned how to do a moon walk... and i did it on my own.. Now all i need is a michael jackson cap and a stick... yay! i cant wait to show it off to my friends.

So today I was at school... I cant help but think about the history paper that just came in front of me and went in the same manner... all i did was scribble some random dates and yeah, thats about it. I think i'm going to score a Zero... thinking about Zero... something that people relate to Kareena Kapoor than to the term "zero" itself.. Poor Aryabatta... I feel bad for him.. But right now i want to think about all possible Zeros besides my marks in history. :P

Tomorrow is India Pakistan... the most awaited match in the history of Cricket... and the world cup.. I know India is going to win, this is just more of a formality than anything else.. The finals i feel will be between Sri Lanka and India... and finally India is going to win... i have a tendency of predicting future... :P

Also I just got off the phone with yuvi, he told me he's dedicating his tmw's match performance to me... He's like a best friend to me... go yuvi boy! :D

Allright friends, I have to go now... home work :(

Will blog again soon..

Cheers,

Stanley :-)

Studies... phew!

I just got done with studying. The thing about studying is that you either do it or you just spoil the whole day. The choice is yours.

I was always the kid who wanted to get done with studying so that I could go around doing my thing without anyone nagging me all the time. I dont know if i'm a bright student or not but I always pass in my exams, i do well in elocution and debates and i love running around in school.

My friend Sam always tells me I was a popular kid, but I dont see how. I just love making a lot of friends, and during most periods today I was at OUTstanding student. If you know what I mean...

Ah my friends are calling me down to play some cricket.. I hope i get to bat... I'm the one who gives sachin all the tips before he goes to play for India. He thinks im a really good coach... :D

I'm going off to play now,

Happy Playing everyone :-)

Cheers,

Stanley :-)  

And England lost... I told them...

So here I am again. I knew England was going to loose vs Sri Lanka... I so knew it.

So the England captain called me during lunch after they were all out for 228 or something. I told them they had a hard chance of winning. The only way that would have been possible was if they got Sri Lanka all out in a short time.

I advised him to make a spinner bowl in the first over, that would have surprised the Sri Lankans, but he did not listen to me. Well and here is the result, they lost. Ha Ha. So anyway, Im making a comic strip of my own, its got super heros with super power.

So it looks something like this...

His name is Zodiac, a half ninja, half because i feel i drew him too thin... im still working on other super heros..

So now i'm going to continue drawing more and hearing less of what this Hindi teacher speaks...

tata for now,

Stanley :-)

my random drawings during boring lectures

The best thing i can do is start drawing. So i thought ill let you people see some of my "surviving boredom" drawings..

Its about super hero's.. here is the first two of them... :-)

 

Cheers,

 Stanley

Hobbies...

Do you enojoy your school a lot? If yes, than please come and share your experiences with me as well on facebook. It is a lot of fun on there.

Many students keep complaining that their life is dull, that everything what they see is the study, they are studying at school, than they come home and making home assignments again. Lessons, lessons, lessons. The whole life consists of lessons. Well, if to live in such a rhythm, one can really go mad.

That is why in order not to go mad; I think you should start doing some hobby. I love playing keyboards so i practice that everyday. It is so great to have a hobby and to make your mood perfect with the help of being busy with it.

It is so great to be a part of, for example, drama class. It is a great chance for you to meet interesting children, to express yourself, to get rid of all bad moods, which have gathered during the whole studying day.

Dancing is also a great activity. Beautiful music, cool moves, beauty of the dance also are able to make your mood great and to make your life full of bright colors. In addition to it, dancing will keep you fit.

I hope this helps you and cheers you up, it cheers me up for sure.

See you soon,

Stanley :-)

Phew, bachh gaya..

I was so proud that I wrote some non-sense answer and yet never got caught for that. When the boys at my class learnt this, one of them told me that may be Geo Maam didn’t notice the answer well but if I do it one more time, I will for sure get caught. I told him, "the way I manage to write non-sense things, I will never get caught”. Then he immediately said “Ok, Bet, in one of the next few class tests, you should some were write a tamil movie name or a beginning line of a movie song, and if you don’t get caught, then I will get you a FAMILY PACK DAIRY MILK”. Family pack dairy milk was smthng really big to us, so I readily accepted

 

The test day came, and there was a question “Name the hills of Western Ghats”. I never kw the answer for this anywayz, but with the bet at mind I wrote “Aanai Malai Hills is a part of western ghats, Annai Malai hills are the highest mountains in Western Ghats, annai malai anna mala anna mala asai vechen is located in high altitude”…… and if you read btwn the lines, I wrote the anna malai song a little. Some how with full guts, I closed the test note & submitted it. After doing this, I told every one in the class that I have done it….. the reaction from my mates were “oh my god" 

 

We kept the bet for joke, if she catches you she will go to any extent. You know our principal is very strict too, she doesn’t even allow us to dance for a movie song in cultural shows, how will she tolerate this now? She will ask u to bring ur parents & complain this to them…..bla bla bla” and I started to fear out. 

 

Hey What will I do now? Then everyone suggested “Stanley, miss will keep the test notes at her shelf in the staff room, tomorrow morning come early, before 8.15 am, go into the staff room (it will be unlocked by the peon at 8’0 clock), open the shelf, take out your test note and strike off the song words well or just strike out the answer itself”. I said what if I get caught by some one, then my class leader (Sashi Kumar) told that “ok I will also come with you, I will stand with you, if any teachers comes in, then I will say, I came to keep the project charts, maps etc… 

 

I will manage some stories, you come at 8’0 clock tomorrow”. I came at sharp 8 the next day & my CL came at 8.10, when we went into the staff room, god our Geo maam was already there and best part was she was correcting our test notes”…….She asked us “what you want”, “we said, nothing maam, came to check whether Maths miss has come, we have some doubts in our home work” and then came back to our class.

 

I panicked, but my friends said "We will meet your uncle today & tell him what ever happened. So if principal calls ur uncle later, it will not be big problem, don’t worry”. I almost got fever that day. The same day, our last hour was geography class, and god she came with the test notes. I was just praying every god that I knew. 

 

Before she distributed she said “very bad performance, no one has done well in the test. Only Hema Latha has done well”, all others do imposition”, then she gave the test notes. Oh, I got the test note in hand, she has striked out the entire answer as incorrect, “0” marks next to it, but I am SO HAPPY, no remarks, no watch out for those words…..oh god THANK YOU>>>>>>>>. Didn’t stop with that, I got that FAMILY PACK DAIRY MILK FROM THAT GUY…….

 

I became so famous in my school after this incident (of course at the student level only, no teachers I think kw this), my seniors, my juniors, my batch mates started to call me “anna mala anna mala” there after. Even now in face book & twitter, if I send a friend’s request to any of my school mates, they will easily identify me saying “Hey Stanley whats up”?????

 

I THINK I WROTE TOOOOOOOOOO MUCH in this blog entry, will write about our biology class experiences in the next blog.

 

Bye Bye

Stanley :)

 

Rivers or Rivers?

Incident Two : Just a month before half yearly exams, this great ma'am kept a surprise test. If some one says test before a month itself, I will not prepare well, how will you then perform well? 

She asked 3 questions, of that I managed for 2 but for the last one, The question was “What is perinial & what is non-perinial river?” For this I wrote (I still remember my answer so well, this ans then became school famous too) 

“Rivers that are perinial in nature and are not classified as non-perinial rivers are called perinial rivers. Rivers that are non-perinial in nature and are not classified as perinial rivers are called non-perinial rivers” – guys believe me I got a big tick against this answer & got 2 out of 3 (the deduction of 1 mark was because I didn’t give any examples….. ahahahah). 

The best part of this scene was, Gayathi, who is a highly intelligent student wrote the correct answer for this but got only 1 mark, she was so unhappy (this girl is very sensitive abt marks) & went to the ma'am along with the geography book and said “miss I have written the same as in book & why u gave me only 1 mark????”.

Our Geo ma'am was waiting for opportunity to bounce back on her and said “U know what is CBSE and how to approach exams in CBSE? U should never write what is their in books, u shld refer other books & write on your own, don’t just mug-up & vomit”…… he he he… 

all our batch mates were laughing on this for the entire day. Even now during our get-togethers & met-ups, conference calls, we use to talk abt this incident & tell Gayathri “Please don’t vomit”

Cheers! :-)