It was all calm inside the Principal’s room – an important file was being scrutinized – its content was to be abstracted and submitted to the University the next day and an innocent looking middle aged man-- sporting the east-Indian turban on as headgear, with stubbles of at least seven days appearing all over the unshaven cheeks--- peeped and a murmured ‘main aa sakte hun’ to reach the addressee--- this narrator. A typical modest veiled rural lady and a smart boy --- in BCET student-uniform were in company who followed the stranger. ‘Aaye baithieye kahiye’ was the natural response to make and then… It was the unfolding of a real life story—appalling and horrible! The commentary of a drama, in which, this narrator was also an uncanny actor!
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The boy-- the son of that man and the lady, a third year matured WBUTian is examinee of his B. Tech class … he was due to get his university admit card for the 6th Semester as the University Exam due in the week to follow…..and, now he is not really to get it-- as the College has sent his class attendance to WBUT as twenty percent against his actual attendance of five percent approx.