Topchachi Picnic

Saby:
All... Talking about 8c...do you remember the picnic at Topchaci going in that lorry. Lets try recounting what we remember

Ravi:
I think the truck was courtsey Kulin Lath. I changed places between the roof of the driver's cabin & the back of the truck.
Topchachi is a "major" tourist attraction for people coming from Central & Jharia coalfields I think a lot of us were waiting for our "ride" neat the entrance of the school. Being Sunday a lot of visitors were coming for the mass at the chappel. I still remember Sikdar was walking against the mass goers amidst
an uneasy silence. Something happened and we all started laughing. It was at that moment someone in the crowd flipped and "she" gave a earful of "scolds". Even threatened to inform Br. Foley about the "misbehaved" kids By the time we came back it was pretty dark.

What did we do for our eating. Did we have anyone taken with us or did we pack food.

I think it was Sandeep Chaudhary who had a camera in that trip and his parents had come to Topchachi. Of course he royally left for home... instead of going back to school :)

I also remember another picnic (in a bus) in which we ended up at Shailesh Ravel's place.

OK thats all I remember of this picnic.

Sudeep:
I was there during the Topchachi picnic morning sitting on the grill. Frankly, I was the culprit guys!! On the morning of the Topchachi day trip, there was a scary looking lady walking down with an afro hair style, plus enormous amount of ugly make up, which would make the Lakme company very happy......through the SVTS gates.

We were sitting on the grill beside the entrance. Samudra Sen was beside me. I told Samudra that "Look Samudra, this one looks like the 'Witch of the Blackbird Pond' by Elizabeth Speare novel" .......  Somehow the lady heard my private analysis of her to Samudra Sen.

She spun around like a 'desi latto' just released from it's retched string and started screaming..."Oh my god you naughty boys calling me a witch. I am the prettiest woman in Hill View Park, bla bla...". She got extremely upset. She went completely ballistic like Diwali 'tubhri'. Even few birds sitting on the overhead branches got scared and flew off.

Thank god, I had a narrow escape. No one identified the source. We were bad boys but we were united too.