& d next OSCAR goes to....

Never thought wud hv to crib bout assignments in the college,thinking dey wer part of just school curriculum and never in m wildest dream ohh no,nt dreams bt nightmares,it occurred to m dat teachers wud make such a big deal out of it. Bt teachers cudnt be blamed fr dis wn dere wer students who wud toil extra hard,more dn evn in examz, to make deir assignment look like a science journal wd all sorts of diagrams,information,fancy pens ( all colors dat u cn imagine ),leavin ppl like m in amusement,bewilderment n at times annoyed. I wud think “do dey evn hv a life apart assingnments,lab work”,’y do dey behave like school kids”,” frm whr do dey get time”.( ohh m time???dat wud pass in eatin out almost evry single day,watchin movies n just sittin n chattin wd room mates,day dreamin..etc,etc). Dese students wer teachers favs,deir names wud be mentioned evrytime to humiliate you,make u feel u r d most useless creature on dis earth.

Bt den dere wer students like m,who wud submit deir assignment on d last day,last period n give such wonderful reasons fr doin it. M case is a bit different here. I tricked one teacher n one of m frend.

Dis happened somewhere in oct/nov 2007. v wer given some stupid assignment on Entomology( subject I hate d most) by DR.KAWATRA in aug i guess n d last date of submittin it ws end of sept, b4 d college( dept) trip to Dalhousie ( which by d way I dint go,annoyin al m frends n getting al deir anger ). Lazy as iam,I kept it postponing,thinking deres still a life-time to do it. As it turned out,dint submit it b4 trip. D reason bein – since iam nt goin fr d trip,I’l sit down n make d assignment n sneak it inside DR.KAWATRA’S drawer( its nevr locked ). Bt!!!!!!!!dat nvr happened…slept all dat time,finished JNU’s project work,again watched thousands of movies.

Everybody ws bck frm trip wd al d fun stories dey hd to tell m..n I hd only one thought- ASSIGNMENT. Later, I got to knw still some students hvnt submitted d assignment. Dre ws a sigh of relief..GOSH!!!!!,no need to worry,wil submit it wd dem( told m mind)..bt again nthin cn change m..dint do it. Had a plan though( m mind works super fast in makin stories,excuses,I think hv lots of neurons conditioned fr dem ). D plan ws – I”l blame Dr.Kawatra fr misplacing m assignment n dn ask him to give m some more time so dat I cn remake D LOST ASSIGNMENT. I told everyone I hd submitted d assignment so dat wn I cry fr m lost assignment,everyone wud believe m( sonali asked m specifically bout d assignment n I told her wd al conviction dat I hv submitted it ).

D day came wn DR.Kawatra ws distributin d assignments bck to us wd no.of marks each one hs secured. Evrone got d it bck except m( ofcourse dat had to happen). It ws m turn to act nw ( thinking of takin it professionally if I dnt end up big in corporate world,considerin hw well I acted ).

After he hd distributed all d assignments,I got up frm m seat n said – SIR,I dint get m assignment ( soundin sad )
Dr.Kawatra – oh ya???whts ur name??
I told him m name n he searched d left ovr assignments ( some students wer on leave dat day ).
Its nt here,come to m desk aftr class,it wud be dere.

I told sonali - hw cn he misplace m assignment,soundin like iam gonna die any minute. Poor her, she ws all sympathetic towards m( thinking mushkil se toh assignment dete hai,ab woh bhi gum gaya).
( thought of telling her d truth bt it ws getting al funny n dint want to spoil d fun ).
Next both of us( sonali n m ) went to his desk in staff room just after d class. He searched his desk,his drawers,almirah n wht nt. He evn searched othr class’s assignments n sonali ws helping him in d search,tryin too hard to find it( n DERE I ws standin nxt to both of dem,nt evn touchin his table, all relaxed,seein m sophistry turned into action..only I knew hw I ws controlling m laughter ).
He searched evry inch of d staff room,bt couldn’t find it( kept makin remarks,telling us it never happens). Durin his search he evn asked m if I hd submitted it. I told him,yes sir,very much so..( told him d exact date n time of submission,evn givin details bout d folder n d kind of paper I hd written m assignment on)
I thought since he s nt gonna find it,so he”l ask m to remake it.

After some 15 mins of his search he finally said- cnt find it here, dnt knw whr it hs been misplaced??( I ws like- dnt worry sir,it happens). I ws bout to say – I’l make it again sir.

Bt wht happened next ws incredible, he said – it isn’t here, bt dnt worry( haha..y wud i??) I”L GIV U MARKS.

HOLY CHRIST..WHT..U”L WHT?? BT HW?? Hd m mouth wide open…u’l giv m marks fr an assignment dat ws nt just nvr submitted bt nvr made,u’l mark m fr something dat ws just a thought. I ws on cloud 9,cudnt hv asked fr more.

All I wanted ws some extra time to make d assignment, bt wht I got ws more dn deserved bt dn who cares..m intentions wer good, bt m actin ws SUPERB( wht say sonali)

NB - I LATER TOLD AL M FRENDS BOUT DIS ENDEAVOUR N EVRYBODY WS LIKE YEAH,U CN DO IT.

FR U SONALI- SORRY YAR.
FR DR.KAWATRA- TRICKED U SIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!