A Tribute to Paulities

Recently I watched the film Stanley Ka Dabba. It not a high class, action packed crispy movies that makes us sit at the edge of the seat and chew our nails but it is definitely the one which cause an awakening in us and leave us with the feeling that India needs US. India has given the best it could give in the given situations and now the time is ours to return the best what we can to it in our present situation. The movie unleash India’s one of the major problem (I am not going to tell what it is as many of you might not had seen it) in a much talented, articulate and creative way but what caught my attention the most is the DABBA- The Tiffin Box. It stirred me a lot so I decided to write an article.

This article is not about discussing the India’s problem and ways to curb it but this is a tribute to all my school friends who knowingly and unknowingly had spent their exquisite irrevocable time with me even for a single second in my 12 years of groovy life in Saint Paul’s Senior Secondary School (Mala Road, Kota….hehehehhe (Mala Road) :-)). Although I didn’t remember much but will still try to excavate each and every memory related to my school life and write it down here. As I was talking of Dabba so to begin with I would like to remember ‘my Dabba past’- Harshpreet Singh-the topper and Rohan Singh Pahwa-the bindass guy; my 1st two best friends with whom I shared my dabba. I didn’t like much my dabba so I had theirs and they didn’t like theirs so they had mine. I still miss Harshpreet’s Mom Basen Ke Pakode and Rohan’s Mom Poha (as my Mom was not good in basen ke pakode and Rohan’s Mom Poha had finely chopped fried onions in it, that I loved the most- I am a Jain so we don’t had onions in food but still I like itJ)-Harshpreet and Rohan yaar kabhi moka mile zingadi mein to bulana yaar…. vapas ye sab khane ki icha h tum logo ke sath.Next person I remember is Mohit Sukhwani-the dandy dude; answer sheet in examination hall, games cd in class and talk about ‘our girls’ were few things we shared with each other. He is a lovable guy with extremely genial nature. Pallav Bagla-the neta; is a family friend whom I admired the most because of his dynamic nature though I never pretend that. Bagla the debater was loved by many teacher but not students (hehehehhe, just kidding). In class, we used to tease him by saying “Pallav hamara neta hai, subka ………………………”  (Ahem ahem). Mom and Dad in parent teacher meeting had always compared my performance with Mr. Bagla that I never liked but from inside I always knew that this factor will help me improve my performance. Mehul Sirohi- my abstruse buddy whom I befriended in 9th and within a flick of time we became very good amigo. Our ways of living were poles apart. I believe in funky life and he is a man of standard. My fantasy mode circuit used to get completed whenever he unleashes his mysterious life. We never ever concentrated in class lectures. We talked a lot and this was the only thing we used to do in 10th. While going to school, during lectures, in interval, going back to home we did only 1 thing and i.e. gossiping. When it comes to gossiping there was one more guy official called Gaurav Walia- the garrulous, having same living ethics as of mine. He was the one who brought the great locha of ****** Jain (sophian) in my life but I loved it. Thanks Man. Naman Lahoty- The austere lambu and Rajat Agrawal- the bollywood freak were the all-rounder’s of our class- good in studies, sports, and the most buzzed thing in school-the General Knowledge ( J ). These guys have awe-inspiring passion in them, passion to do something in life. The most and best commendable thing in Lahoty was his simplicity and of Rajat is his birthday party-innovative one. Mayank Sharma and Manish Sebastian-The reticent helpers are the two guys who always helped me in the examinations as my roll no. was in between theirs. Anish Maman: the Usian Bolt was a rock star in school because of his sprint. He grabbed much more gold medal than I passed classes in school. Nitin Lalwani- the Gel + Oil actor, the most funny thing I remember about him is care for his hairs-Shower then Oil then Gel and then again Oil (I didn’t remember the exact combination, its bit too confusing). He was known for his laudable Acting. Indeed, he is a great actor. He was the main character in the Big Major Play that ever happened in St. Paul’s (till 2006)- audi. Inauguration event.

Chhavish Jain- the goalie is one of the best goalies of our times.

Jaspreet Singh : always passionate want to be something different

Harneet Singh and Virendra Singh : two slim guys in our class…(don’t know who was the slimmest)

Jayesh Acharaya: the mimic, best mimic I remember is of Inzamam-ul-Haq- “bache acha khele”

Ashwani Sharma: who used to paste tattoo in his pant pocket….Strange!!!

Poorvank Bhatiya & Rishabh Bharadwaj: coolest temperament and always smiling guys.

Rahul Yogi: the guy who knows my secret of my one of the biggest crush.

Aaroop Shukla: Robert Pattinson of St. Pauls

Varun Kasat: the lover boy (garg classes)

These are the few of the hundred friends who made my journey in St. Paul’s memorable. Thank You so much for giving me millions of yaadein.