Today the chirrup did not wait for the last bell to ring. Unlike other days, when the disciplined silence ruled till the second hour of the noon, corridors were ringing with joyous laughter and chirping. Today was nice and vibrant since the beginning.
The beginning of the summer vacations marked this palpable difference. The otherwise well-ordered students would walk out in single files, standing in the order of their heights. Trudging towards the boarding school India, they were so aligned that you would wonder if it was an arranged swarm of bees. And yet, the entire charade was unsupervised and as easy going as it could be. You wouldn’t notice a single child go off track.
But today was different!
At the Noida International School, the afternoon that marked the beginning of the summer vacation was the only occasion when you would find chaos in the school playground. And it was happily accepted. Children running astray waving goodbye, vowing on their friendships and hugging their mates make the scene a hubbub of activity. Soon, the huge iron gates would creak open and kids would run to the open arms of their waiting parents.
But amid this clamour, Partho lacks the zeal of his mates. He is in no hurry to rush forward. He doesn’t make any attempt to get into the race till the door while everyone is waiting with baited breath for it to open. Neither is he willing to participate in any conversation, for he knows, he will have no summer vacation this year.
To be continued!...
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