The Doon School Weekly (August 29, 2020)
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Established in 1936 “I sketch your world exactly as it goes.” -Arthur Foot August 29, 2020|Issue No. 2579 Rahat Indori A CHANDBAGH BEGINNING Doonspeak A homage to the late poet and lyricist An interview with Mr. Love Trivedi, Perspectives on what Chandbagh Dr Rahat Indori. a new Physics master at School. feels like without Doscos. Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 The Menagerie Vihaan Ranka The zoo was bustling with activity. Children were running around, wreaking havoc. The adults were exhausted. The zoo workers struggled to calm the children down and manage the menagerie simultaneously. A guide was travelling along with a group of schoolchildren, inquisitive and full of energy. The teacher looked calm and cheerful noticed this and smiled, reminiscing hours!” as she no longer had to control about a similar experience from The third one was the cream of the little devils. The children his childhood. The guide took the crop. The guide once again seemed extremely engrossed in the the children to the first chamber. started his practiced speech. “This installations and the exhibits. The “Now kids, we should proceed one is the perfect schoolboy. guide was more than happy to fuel with caution. These humans are He is a gentleman on and off their curiosity. “So children, you known to be irritable if offended. the sports field. He shows his are about to witness common yet So the first one on your left is passion and aggression with a amusing specimens. Their species quite a common one. This one ball at his feet and a pen in his is a fascinating yet a twisted one. spends his days making custom hand. His chamber is spick and There’s only one golden rule, and Nike colourways. He surfs through span, and his attire is always ideal it is extremely imperative that you countless sneakers and shoes, and for the occasion. His punctuality follow it. Do not disturb these puts them in his online shopping is stuff of the lore. He can talk creatures. They are quite odd and cart. He never buys them though.” charismatically and is amiable take offence at the smallest of The guide spoke the last few words with his peers.” The children felt things. ” with a slight grin as he realised the inspired and determined just by The guide then took them to the irony of the situation. looking at this display. They could heart of the Exhibition. As the The next one was more amusing see two fine blazers hanging on a children approached the displays, than the previous one. This peg in the wall, one coloured dark they let out a gasp of awe, of chamber consisted of a huge bed blue and the other black. A black amazement. The exhibits were and curtains to block out light. tie was hanging on the third peg. housed in a series of chambers, The exhibit’s snores resonated The guide continued, “However, put together to form a colossal in his chamber. The guide then specimens like this one are as structure. The human exhibits said, “This one is very common. rare as the Halley’s Comet. They were put in different habitats It spends its time loitering around come in only once in 76 years!” which were dependent on their and sleeping in his chamber and The teacher chimed in. “Children, personalities and behaviour. The even in his class. If you hand this this is who you should aspire to sheer peculiarity of it all seemed one some snacks, he might pretend become. Success comes your way to satisfy the thirst for knowledge to be your friend for a few minutes, only if you chase it.” The children the children harboured. The guide and if you’re lucky, maybe a few nodded in agreement, even though (Continued on Page 2) 2 the doon school weekly (Continued from Page 1) fluent in these is considered to be a connection between the past and present of this nation.” If you hand this one some One of the next few exhibits featured a similar specimen, but this one was blasting the latest rap snacks, he might pretend to be music on his speaker to the benefit of his friends your friend for a few minutes, were there, and he was singing along to the song. His friends sniggered and uttered the words, “Wannabe.” and if you’re lucky, maybe a The rapper was riled up, ready to throw some punches. few hours! The guide quickly took them to another exhibit before things went south. The next chamber featured a live the teacher’s words held no meaning for them. class. Only one child seemed to be interested in the As the children ventured further into the Exhibition, teacher’s lesson. As the children quietly approached one could hear their ‘oohs and aahs’. The fourth one the chamber, they could hear the voices of the taught was a spectacle in itself. Hunched over his desk, he and the teacher. was tutoring some of his peers while empty cups of coffee and biscuit crumbs littered the table top. The The children felt inspired and peers who surrounded the one teaching them seemed determined just by looking at to take his teachings as gospel and looked relieved. The guide started his speech once again. “This one is this Dosco. They could see two quite uncommon, but is the gem of our exhibit. He fine blazers hanging on a peg in is the lifeline of his peers during the harsh Trials, a turbulent time period for the menagerie’s members. the wall, one coloured dark blue The Trials involve our specimens to be put up for and the other black. A black-tie exhibition to prove their worth. If they fail, they are thrown out of our elite menagerie.” The students was hanging on the third peg didn’t seem to care about this. They were still soaking in the beauty and bizarreness of the exhibit. They “Sir, before we leave, I just wanted to remind you were nodding their heads in agreement without that you had assigned us some work yesterday. Here comprehending a single word. This exhibit clearly had it is.” a paramount impact on the students. The guide then The teacher replied, “Oh yeah, thanks for reminding let the students in on a secret. There were four more me.” Meanwhile, the entire class glared at that student. exhibits, quite similar to the one they were watching. The students started making excuses, everything from In fact, these exhibits had different names assigned to ‘I forgot it in the House’ to ‘I had a fever’. them, in a language the children couldn’t recognize. As the children were finally getting accustomed to They seemed mere gibberish. The guide could see the the magnificence of the Exhibition, it all came to an confused expression the students had on their faces, end. They had reached the gates, which were heavily and went on to say, “These exhibits are named in guarded in case the specimens tried to make a run for long-extinct languages of India. Only a handful of it. With a sigh, they left the zoo, hoping to return to scholars can interpret these languages, and a person these grounds of Doon as residents. Web(s)cam Paras Agarwal Saturday, August 29 | Issue No. 2579 the doon school weekly 3 Around the World in 80 Words The African continent successfully eradicated the wild polio virus, with the last case being recorded in Nigeria. Many parts of the USA that have been Who is Austin Richard Post? battered by the coronavirus now brace for Hurricane Laura. Test results from a hospital in Berlin have Tanmay Kucchal : A singer suggested that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who Suryansh Singh: An artist was admitted there on August 22, was poisoned. The Kabir Subbiah: A songwriter HRD ministry in India was renamed as the Education Abhay Jain: A writer Ministry. FC Bayern Munich defeated PSG 1-0 to win the UEFA Champions League. Austin Richard Post, known professionally as Post Malone, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer. With his introspective songwriting and laconic vocal style, Malone has Reject your sense of injury,“ and the injury itself gained acclaim for amalgamating and bending a range disappears. of genres including country, grunge, rap and R&B. He is known for albums like Stoney, Beerbongs and Bentleys, and Hollywood’s Bleeding. Marcus Aurelius Teri Yaad Aayegi Inderveer Oberoi pays tribute to the late poet and lyricist, Dr Rahat Indori. gels t~;knk [kq”kfdLer vkSj gels t~;knk cnfdLer dksbZ Hkh for the Bollywood industry. Films such as Munna ughaA ge ftUgksaus jkgr lkgc dks ”ksj i<+rs gq, ns[kk] ge ftUgksaus Bhai M.B.B.S, Khuddar, Mission Kashmir, Main Khiladi muds bardky dh [kcj lquhA Tu Anari were some of them. He had an array of & vkfej vtht awards and achievements throughout his career, such Rahat Qureshi, later known as Rahat Indori, had as the ‘Honour from Houston City Council (USA)’, the most typical tough-times to tinsel-town life ‘Honour from Embassy of India (Saudi Arabia)’, journey. Rahat Saab was born on January 1, 1950 ‘Award of Excellence in Urdu Poetry’, ‘Mirza Ghalib to Afatullah Quresh and his wife Maqbool Un Nisa Award, Jhansi’. Begum. Having completed his secondary education Some of his published books are, Naraz, Maujood, from Nutan School, Indore, he passed his MA in Chand Pagal Hai, Mere Baad, etc. Urdu literature from Barkatullah University in 1975. We lost Rahat Saab on August 11, 2020 at the age of Equally competent in prose and poetry, Rahat Saab 70.