Tip:
Highlight text to annotate it
X
Done with your studies for tomorrow?
Ill just brush up a little tonight Ma
Mind your handwriting.
Divedi Sir always used to complain.
There is no handwriting in tomorrow's exam
Why?
Every question is given with four options
You just need to mark the right answer
OK, then mark the answers properly
I wonder why I care so much about his studies
I may not be able to afford his studies anymore
He dreams to become an engineer
The poor boy is yet to realise that in our situation
Even dreams cant be set free
But how can I take away someone's aspirations?
We used to sell 25 packets of flowers everyday
But last month the aunty behind Metro Cinema passed away
So we just sell 24 now
My schools are over.
But tomorrow I am appearing for the national engineering entrance exam
I have worked hard for it. I wish I get a good rank
But frankly speaking it does not even matter
Because I know that
we cant afford to study engineering
But getting a good rank
Would make Ma very happy.
Page 3 had everything
A small town girl like me could wish for
Celebs
Gossips
Fashions
Models
Premieres
Parties
Who is no 1 ?
Who slipped to no 2 ?
Being with the biggest stars
Sharing coffee with them
It was what I dreamt of as a journalist
Not Anymore
Penning your dreams comes at a cost
Dreams about writing real life incidents
Incidents that inspire people
May be in this world of aggressive advertising
Unadvertised inspirations are hard to find
But I believe now and then
They knock on your door
But I wont let you go without a treat huh!
Ok Bye, we'll catch up later
It was my brother from Pune
He got chance in engineering
Your son also appeared for the exam right?
Did you get the report card?
Here are your flowers.
And you also ordered from some extra roses
Oh yes, roses. How much for these?
Fourteen
Fourteen...
I don't have four bucks change.
Can I pay it tomorrow?
No no...this is only ten bucks.
You asked about my son's rank.
He ranked fourteen in the country
Are you admitting him in any college?
Let me keep these for today.
You mind if I return these tomorrow?
OK
Real stories which inspire people
They indeed knock on your door.
A country with a billion people
Having billion aspirations
Creating billion stories
A country
That can never run out of inspirations
A boy
A story
Two hours
Two thousand people
All eager to bear the fees of a boy
They have never seen
Never met
All ready to fulfill a dream
that someone else dreamt of
Is materialism and artificiality taking the nation over?
Well, they may be in fashion
But fashions die out
This is too great a nation to be defined by whats in
It is defined by something
Which is much more perennial
It is defined
By Dreams
My dreams
Your dreams
Someone else s' dreams
Dreams dreamt by
A billion people
Together