Second Year Started

Another session began...................

Summer vacations ended and college started, still the gown was on his physique but duties not on his shoulders.

                                 New batch-another history unfolds

All of the boys gathered in one of the classroom of left building in ground. Lights dimmed and slide show started “So here we are gathered today to decide what to do in Din aur Rang”

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Staff Room

“Bachay kahan hain?” (where are children?)

“array chor dein abhi Miss Ruby. Aaj tou discussion chal rahi hai Din aur Rang pe” (Leaveit Miss Ruby, for now. Discussion is going on, on Din aur Rang, today.)

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“November 1993 mein Daffty Institute of Learning mein honay walay protest aur honi wali teacher aur bacho k darmiyaan jhagray ne is soch ko ujaagar kiya k pabandi lagana zaroori hai kyun k discipline hona chahiye par azaadi bhi aham hai kyun k azaadi aur creativity pe dunya kaim hai. Iss soch ki badaulat Sir James Winston jo uss waqt yahan k principle thay aur humari principle jo uss waqt yahan pe Mathematics ki professor thi mil k yeh faisla kiya har naye batch ka mazahiya istaqbaal hoga aur wo istaqbaal college k larkay karein ge apne andaaz mein kyun k aag second year k larkon ne shru ki thi. Aur uss istaqbaal ko Din aur Rang k naam sey jaana jaata hai.”(In November 1993, the on going protest and fight between teachers and students gave rise to the thought that strictness is important because there should be discipline but independence is also necessary because world is developed on independence and creativity. Because of this thought Sir James Winston who was the principal of that time andour principal who used to be the professor of Mathematics at that time decided togather that every new batch will be welcomed humorously and that welcome will be done by boys because the fire was ignited by the boys of second year. This welcome is known from the name of Din aur Rang.), the video was posted on Facebook page.  “Istaqbaal ki taiyaari humari zimaidaari hai. Jo bhi plan ho ussay college k issateza ko title k saath file ki soorat mein batana aur dekhana lazzmi hai. Uss din tasveerein kheech kar board pe lagana aur scrapbook bana kar principal k haath mein dena hum par farz hai. Humaray istaqbaal mein orange juice aur ink mojood thi jiska hum ne khoob lutf liya tha aur un k saath mil k ink phenki thi” (Responsibility of Welcome party is ours. It is important to present the plan to teachers of college along with title in file. It is our duty to capture photos on that day and paste it on board and present scrapbook of it to principal. We were welcomed with orange juice and ink which we enjoyed a lot and we ourseleves threw ink on each other with them too.), slide was changed showing pictures. “kyun k” (because) then everyone chorused “hum padaishi Dafftian hain! Bachpan bhi Daffty aur Jawani bhi Daffty Burhapay ka pata nahi!” (We are by born Dafftian! Childhood spent in Daffty and Youth too, no idea of old age!) and then continued “dusri baat kyun k main hoon iss batch mein jis k aanay ka har bachay ko intazaar tha” (other reason is because I am included in this batch of whose arrival, every child was waiting.) and listeners were “ooye ooye” ignoring.

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Staff room

“Yaad hai seema 1998 ka Din aur Rang?” (Do you remember the Din aur Rang of 1998, Seema?)

“Haan yaad hai! Abhi tou first year walon ne pehla qadam rakha tha k net oopar se kheech li aur sub ko ek dou ghantay tak oopar latkaye rakha! Shukar hai larkiyon k saath yeh din aur rang ka koi chakar nahi hai! Warnakiya haal hota!” (Yes I remembered it! The First year boys stepped in a little that net pulled all of them up and they in one net remained hanging up for one to two hours! Thank god girls have no such Din aur Rang! What would happen then! )

“Larkiyon k saath phir kiya hota hai? Kyun k daffty tou bhae equality ki misaal kaim karta hai! Tou phir kuch tou hoga! Kiya hota hai?” (What happen with girls? Because Daffty also set examples of Equality! So there would be definitely something! What would be it?)

“larkiyon ko in sub ki jaga milta hai par kuch aisa nahi!” (Girls are given something but not like this)

“kiya?” (What?)

“sabar karo! Warna surprise kharab ho jaye ga” (Be patient! Otherwise surprise would be distorted.)

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“Iss baar hum karay gein yeh……” (This time we will do this……)

                        First day

 The gate opened, as the feet of neat and clean boys came in, their feet then when hands were seized and legs were fixed to apply LIPSTICK.

The boards were filled with pictures of red faces due to Lipstick having a title between them “Haye Meri Laila” (Oh my Laila)

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Habit of eating chocolate, habit of being straightforward and habit of speaking glued eyes and made the discussion “yeh tou Fajahad ka dusra part hai!” (Its second part of Fajahad!)

And when they met near canteen when girls were sitting on path and boys were standing in front with “yeh hai Fajahad!” (He is Fajahad!)

“tum tou wahi ho na jo Zaid ki bus mein pichlay haftay ko baithi thi” (Aren’t you that one who sat in Zaid’s bus last week!), and his friends like “abay! Tu ab din aur bus bhi yaad rakhta hai! Yeh koi sawal hai poochnay wala! Chariyay” (hay! Now you remember day and bus too! Is it a question to ask! Ape!)

“main bus walon k naam yaad nahi rakhti! Par dekhay huay lag rahay ho” (I don’t remember bus drivers and compounders names. But it looks as if I have seen you somewhere.)

“Yahi tou, hum dono Zaid ki bus mein milay thay! Tum larkiyon k hissay mein baithi hui thi aur main tum se bus mein baithne k pandra rupay maangnay aaya tha!.....khair any ways! Tou tum ho Farheen, my so-called real sister or my part 2” (That’s the point! We met in Zaid’s bus where you were sitting in females’ portion and I came to collect 15 rupees from you for sitting in bus!....Anyways! So you are Farheen! My so called sister or my part 2.)

“jee. Aur aap Fajahad jo jis say mujhay milaya jaa raha hai?” (Yes. And you are Fajahad with whom I am being met?)

He nodded.

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