When I Stood UP Based on a story sent by

Anil Ekbote

for My Classmate! Script: R.Nalini

Illustrator: Durgesh Velhal
Colourist: Umesh Sarode
Based on a story set in the 7940s
"NEW SCHOOL., NEW CLASSJ?OOM. I SPOTTEO
AN EMPTY SEA T ANO WENT THEJ?EBUT...

YOU CAN'T SIT HEQE !

THIS IS QOHAN'S
SEAT!

HE DOESN'T
KNOW HOW SMELLY
IT GETS THEQE !
HOOHOOHOOO !!

I WONDEQ
WHAT'S SO fUNNY? AQE
THEY SAYING I SMELL ?
"SOON, A BOY CAME IN ANO SA T "BUT BEFOt<E HE
OOWN TlMIOLY BESIOE ME. r COULO FINISH...
IMMEOIA TELY SENSEO THAT THE
CLASS WAS HOSTILE TO HIM. BUT
r THOUGHT r SHOULO INTt<OOUCE
MYSELF ...

"I COULON'T SMELL A THING!

I WONOEt<EO WHY THEY WEt<E
ASSOCIA TlNG MY BENCHMA TE WITH
SMELL ...

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"I THOUGHT IT BEST NOT
TO ANNOY HIM, SO TO
MY ETE~NAL SHAME ...

''..JUST THEN THE TEACHE12CAME IN "I FELT AWFUL BECAUSE I HAD LET MY
AND THE BOYS FELL SILENT.., NEIGHBOU~ DOWN, I STOLE A GLANCE
AT HIM AND FELT WO~SE ...

"A WEEKPASSED, I BEGAN TO ADJUST "ONE BY ONE THE BOYS STOOD UP

TO MY NEW SCHOOL. THEN ONE DAY,.. AND ANNOUNCED THEI~ AMBITIONS ...
BOYS, TODAY
EACH OF YOU
WILL STAND UP
BY TURN AND
TELL THE
CL.ASS WHAT
YOU WANT TO
DO WHEN YOU
GROW UP!
L.ET'S BEGIN
WITH
MOHIT ...
 "THE TEACHE~ OION'T UNOE~STANO
THE ~EASON FO~ THE LAUGHTE~,
QUICKLY, SHE TU~NEO TO ME",

"N0800Y HAO EXPECTEO SUCH AN

ANSWE~, THE CLASS WAS TAKEN A8ACK.
THEN THE TEACHE~ FOUNO HE~ VOICE",

I~

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'\JUST THEN THE 8ELL
"ANG. THE 80YS "AN OUT...

WHY fOQ GOO'S

SAKE 010 YOU
HAVE TO
SAY SUCH
A THING ?!!!
ANO WHEN HE RETIRES IN A FEW MORE YEARS,
HE WILL LOSE THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE GIVEN
TO HIM. THE FAMILY WILL BE HOMELESS
UNLESS ... UNLESS ONE OF HIS SONS TAICES
OVER THE JOB.

ANO HE'S
THE ELOEST SON,.
NOW 00 YOU SEE WHY HE
WANTS TO BECOME A
GARBAGE COLLECTOR?
IS IT A WRONG OECISION ?
NO. NO ONE
SHOULO WE LAUGH
SHOULO LAUGH.
AT HIM?!
HE'S BEING
SELFLESS ANO
COUR AGEOUS !

"ANO FOf2 THE FIf2S T

TlMEISAW MY
NEIGHBOUf2 SMILE !"

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 Writer: R.Nalini

A LfSSON IN MUSIC
HAKUNA MATATA ...
Illustrator and Colourist:
Arijit Dutta Chowdhury

SWAQIT, STOP OAO, THEQE'S

WHAT A WONOEf2FUL. HOWL.ING ANO A TAL.ENT SHOW
PHf2ASE ... GET OOWN AT ABC CL.UB
fQOM THE TOMOQQOW ... I'LL.
TABL.E QIGHT BE SINGING ...
NOW!

YOU'QE NOT WASTING

Pl2ECIOUS TIME BY GOING
fOQ SOME SILL.Y TAL.ENT
SHOW ... IS THAT CL.EAQ ?
LOOKFO~ SWAQIT, HAVE YOU I WILL, OAO! I'M GIVE ME THAT
THEBA~E FINISHEO YOUQ JUST LEAQNING WALI(MAN ! FINISH
NECESSITIES ... HOMEWOQI( ? THIS SONG! IT'S YOUQ HOMEWOQI( IN
THE SIMPLE BA~E SO COOL ... THE NEXT HALF AN
NECESSITIES ... HOUQ!

OAO, I'M
OONE! CAN
I HAVE THE
WALI(MAN
BACI(,
PLEASE!
NO AMOUNT OF 8EGGING ANO PLeAOING
COULD CHANGE HIS OAO'S OECISION ...

I've NO CHOice BUT

TO COMPLY... He'LL
NeveR LeT Me SING
AGAIN r
 E-ASY, BOY! YOU'QE- AT THE- LE-T'S 00 AN ON-THE--SPOT
QIGHT TIME- AT THE- QIGHT AUOITION! JUST A
PL.ACE-... I'M SHASTQI - ANO FOQMALITY ... BE-CAUSE- IF
I'M HE-QE-TO AUOITION YOUQ YOU ASK ME-, YOU'QE-
SCHOOL'S KIOS FOQ .THE- ALQE-AOY IN !
ME-GA SINGING CHALLE-NGE- !
weLl. OONe, SWAQIT!
NeXT OeSTINATION -
THe seMI-fiNALS !!
OAILY QeHeAQSALS
fOQ A fOQTNIGHT ...
THEOAY OF THESEMI-FINALS AWIVEO-

OH NO! I'M LATE

FOQ SCHOOL ...
SEE YOU IN THE
EVENING, OAO!

HELLO, PQATII( ! THIS IS

SWAQIT'S OAO ... COULO
YOU TAI(E SWAQIT'S
LUNCHBOX ... ? HE
FOQGOT ...
B-BUT... TH-THAT MEANS ... HE LlEO
TO ME t... MY SON HAS BEEN
L.YING AL.L. THIS WHIL.E... THEQE
WEQE NO EXTQA CL.ASSES
OQ PQOJECTS ...
 THEY'VE OUG UP THE I(IOS OON'T GO
QOAOS NEAQ SCHOOL, TO SCHOOL ON .
OAO! THEQE'S SO MUCH A PUBLIC .
TQAffIC ... HOLIOAY ...
 YOU TWO
LOO\( fOQ
flQEWOOO
ANO WATEQ!
OON'T TALI(
TO ANYONE
YOU MIGHT
MEET.
ANO WIll. YOU ""OMISE I ""OMISE ! I ""OMISE !! I'll. NEVEQ
NEVEQ TO TQOUBL.E THE TQOUBL.E THE VILl.AGEQS AGAIN!! I WON'T
VILl.AGEQS AGAIN! TQAMP\..E THEIQ CQOPS, I WON'T STEAL.
THEIQ GOATS, I WON'T ...
 YOU WENT ON fOOT
ANO QETUQNEOBY I NEVEQQEACHEO THE
CAQT ! 010 YOU CITY ANO NOW THEQE
STQIKE IT QICH IN IS NO NEEO fOQ ME
THE CITY? TO GO THEQE TO
EAQN A LIVING !

tJ •:
ANO THE JAT
TOLO HIS
NEIGHBOU{;
THE WHOLE
STO{;Y.

I OON'T KNOW
WHY WE HAVE TO
WALK SO fAQ!
 I OON'T kNOW
WHY WE'QE OOING
ALL THIS!!

FINALLY GETTINGA WAY F~OM HIS ..HOPING THAT THEOEMON WAS A THOME ANO
WIFEANO CHILO~EN, THEMAN WATCHING...ANO HE WAS!
SEATEO HIMSELF UNOE~ THE T~EE
ANO 8EGAN TO MAKE A ~OPE ...
AH, Yes ... I'M GOING TO Tie I CAN see
YOU UP ANO... ANO...OQAG YOU'Qe
YOU TO THe QA,JA ! FQIGHTeNeO !
 -
Butte fin r5 and Story: Khyrunnisa A.
Script: Rajani Thindiath

the a e pillar Illustrator and Colourist: Abhijeet Kini

HE'S PQEPARING fOR AN
INTERCLASS SKIT COMPETITION.
THEY'RE PERfORMING 'A
MARTIAN LOST ON
THE MOON'!
AMAQ, STAY AWAY fQOM
THAT BUSH! THEQE'S A OH YEAH! WHAT
CA TE12PILLA~ON IT ! ASPECT ACULAQ
SPECIMEN!
I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE, AMAR ! SO I'LL SMUGGLE IT
YOU CAN JUST fORGET WHATEVER TO I(IRAN'S HOUSE
MISCHIEf YOU HAVE BEEN PLOTTING! ANO 00 THE
STITCHING THERE!
NOW, I'LL. HAVE A
QUICK BATH ANO
GET l2EAOY ...
 ..ANO WIPES HIMSELF. BUT
AS HE'S WIPING HIS FACE-

WHAT'S THIS!
IT'S THE
QEMAINS Of A
CA TEQPILLAQ !

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 OH NO!
THEQE GOES
OUQ SI(IT !
flQST THE
CATEQPILLAQ,
NOW THIS! IT
CAN'T GET
WOQSE!
ACTUALLY, THAT MAYBE YOU I'M A MAQTIAN LOST ON
CATEQPILLAQ SHOULO TQY THE MOOOON ! BUT I L1k:EIT
WAS A BLESSING GETTING STUNG HEQE 'C02 BACk: HOME THEY
IN OISGUISE ! NEXT TIME! THINk: I'M A LOOOON !

PEQfECT! THAT'S ALL

WE NEEO ! A SWOLLEN
HEAO TO MATCH HIS
SWOLLEN fACE!
·The Tea PaMy
Based on a story from The Wouldbegoods by
Edith Nesbit
. Script: Rajani Thindiath
Illustrator: Arijit Dutta ChowdhUfy
Colourist: Umesh Sarode

OSWALD, DO,;?A, DICKY, ALICE, NOEL AND H,O, WE,;?E GATHE,;?ED

AT THE 8,;?EAKFAST TA8LE WITH THEI,;?UNCLE - .

THE: MAIOSTONE: SOCIETY Of

OIGGE:RS WANTS TO OIG IN
THE: BURROW, SHOUL.O We
AL.L.9W IT ?
 ; PEOPLE, I HAVe A PLAN. WE
"NOW THEQE IS NOTHING TO BE
FOUNO IN OUQ BACI(YAQO. BUT ...

EXACTLY, OOQA !
ANO THEY AQE
SO OUSTY BY
NOW, THEY CAN
PASS Off fOQ
ANY "INO Of
OLO THING!
 WE CAN WATCH
fROM THAT WALL
WHEN THEY BEGIN
OIGGING HERE !

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 .. ----------- .. THE FINO MAOE, THE SOCIETY MEMBEI?S MAOE THEIl?
:" Wf; I(NOW ": WAY BACK TO THE HOUSE. SOMETIME l-A TEl? -
: WHAT THAT :
:, COULO Bf; ! ' THAT WAS A GOOO
fINO! YOU AQf; SUQf;
YOU OON'T WANT TO
1(f;f;P ONf; ?

---------------
" ,.... J ••••••.

Wf; SHOULO " " Yf;S, Lf;T S. " Wf;LL THAT WAS A Hf;Hf;Hf; ! UNCLf;, THAT
Tf;LL UNCLf;. ,: :' Hf;'LL HAVf; SUCCf;SS. THf;Y HAO A WAS NO fINO! Wf;
'- A GOOO GOOO Tf;A-ANO MAOf; fOOLf;O THf;M WITH
"" LAUGH. A MAJOQ fINO! BITS Of POTTf;QY
THAT Wf; HAO MAOf; !

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