When I Stood UPfor My Classmate!

Based on a story set in the 7940s

Based on a story sent byAnil EkboteScript: R.NaliniIllustrator: Durgesh VelhalColourist: Umesh Sarode

"NEW SCHOOL., NEW CLASSJ?OOM. I SPOTTEOAN EMPTY SEA T ANO WENT THEJ?EBUT...

YOU CAN'T SIT HEQE !THIS IS QOHAN'S

SEAT!

HE DOESN'TKNOW HOW SMELLY

IT GETS THEQE!HOOHOOHOOO !!

I WONDEQWHAT'S SO fUNNY? AQETHEY SAYING I SMELL ?

"SOON, A BOY CAME IN ANO SA T "BUT BEFOt<E HEOOWN TlMIOLY BESIOE ME. r COULO FINISH...IMMEOIA TELY SENSEO THAT THECLASS WAS HOSTILE TO HIM. BUTr THOUGHTr SHOULO INTt<OOUCEMYSELF ...

"I COULON'T SMELL A THING!I WONOEt<EOWHY THEY WEt<EASSOCIA TlNG MY BENCHMATE WITHSMELL ...

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"I THOUGHT IT BEST NOTTO ANNOY HIM, SO TOMY ETE~NAL SHAME ...

''..JUST THEN THE TEACHE12CAME IN "I FELT AWFUL BECAUSE I HAD LET MYAND 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 UPTO MY NEW SCHOOL. THEN ONE DAY,.. AND ANNOUNCED THEI~ AMBITIONS ...

BOYS, TODAYEACH OF YOUWILL STAND UPBY TURN ANDTELL THECL.ASS WHATYOU WANT TODO WHEN YOUGROW UP!L.ET'S BEGINWITHMOHIT ...

"THE TEACHE~ OION'T UNOE~STANOTHE ~EASON FO~ THE LAUGHTE~,QUICKLY, SHE TU~NEO TO ME",

"N0800Y HAO EXPECTEO SUCH ANANSWE~, THE CLASS WAS TAKEN A8ACK.THEN THE TEACHE~ FOUNO HE~ VOICE",

I~

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'\JUST THEN THE8ELL"ANG. THE80YS "AN OUT...

WHY fOQ GOO'SSAKE 010 YOU

HAVE TOSAY 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 HOMELESSUNLESS ... UNLESS ONE OF HIS SONS TAICES

OVER THE JOB.

ANO HE'STHE ELOEST SON,.

NOW 00 YOU SEE WHY HEWANTS TO BECOME A

GARBAGE COLLECTOR?IS IT A WRONG OECISION ?

SHOULO WE LAUGHAT HIM?!

NO. NO ONESHOULO LAUGH.HE'S BEINGSELFLESS ANOCOUR AGEOUS !

"ANO FOf2 THE FIf2S TTlMEISAW MYNEIGHBOUf2 SMILE !"

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A LfSSON IN MUSICWriter: R.Nalini

Illustrator and Colourist:Arijit Dutta Chowdhury

HAKUNA MATATA ...WHAT A WONOEf2FUL.

PHf2ASE ...

SWAQIT, STOPHOWL.ING ANOGET OOWNfQOM THETABL.E QIGHTNOW!

OAO, THEQE'SA TAL.ENT SHOW

AT ABC CL.UBTOMOQQOW ... I'LL.

BE SINGING ...

YOU'QE NOT WASTINGPl2ECIOUS TIME BY GOINGfOQ SOME SILL.Y TAL.ENTSHOW ... IS THAT CL.EAQ ?

LOOKFO~THEBA~ENECESSITIES ...THE SIMPLE BA~ENECESSITIES ...

SWAQIT, HAVE YOUFINISHEO YOUQHOMEWOQI( ?

I WILL, OAO! I'MJUST LEAQNING

THIS SONG! IT'SSO COOL ...

GIVE ME THATWALI(MAN ! FINISH

YOUQ HOMEWOQI( INTHE NEXT HALF AN

HOUQ!

OAO, I'MOONE! CANI HAVE THEWALI(MANBACI(,PLEASE!

NO AMOUNT OF 8EGGING ANO PLeAOINGCOULD CHANGE HIS OAO'S OECISION ...

I've NO CHOice BUTTO COMPLY...He'LLNeveR LeT Me SING

AGAIN r

E-ASY, BOY! YOU'QE- AT THE-QIGHT TIME- AT THE- QIGHT

PL.ACE-... I'M SHASTQI - ANOI'M HE-QE-TO AUOITION YOUQ

SCHOOL'S KIOS FOQ .THE-ME-GA SINGING CHALLE-NGE- !

LE-T'S 00 AN ON-THE--SPOTAUOITION! JUST A

FOQMALITY ... BE-CAUSE- IFYOU ASK ME-, YOU'QE-

ALQE-AOY IN !

weLl. OONe, SWAQIT!NeXT OeSTINATION -THe seMI-fiNALS !!OAILY QeHeAQSALSfOQ A fOQTNIGHT ...

THEOAY OF THESEMI-FINALS AWIVEO-

OH NO! I'M LATEFOQ SCHOOL ...

SEE YOU IN THEEVENING, OAO!

HELLO, PQATII( ! THIS ISSWAQIT'S OAO ... COULO

YOU TAI(E SWAQIT'SLUNCHBOX ... ? HE

FOQGOT ...

B-BUT... TH-THAT MEANS ... HE LlEOTO ME t... MY SON HAS BEENL.YING AL.L.THIS WHIL.E... THEQE

WEQE NO EXTQA CL.ASSESOQ PQOJECTS ...

THEY'VE OUG UP THEQOAOS NEAQ SCHOOL,

OAO! THEQE'S SO MUCHTQAffIC ...

I(IOS OON'T GOTO SCHOOL ON .

A PUBLIC .HOLIOAY ...

YOU TWOLOO\( fOQflQEWOOO

ANO WATEQ!OON'T TALI(TO ANYONEYOU MIGHT

MEET.

ANO WIll. YOU ""OMISENEVEQ TO TQOUBL.E THE

VILl.AGEQS AGAIN!

I ""OMISE ! I ""OMISE !! I'll. NEVEQTQOUBL.E THE VILl.AGEQS AGAIN!! I WON'T

TQAMP\..E THEIQ CQOPS, I WON'T STEAL.THEIQ GOATS, I WON'T ...

YOU WENT ON fOOTANO QETUQNEOBY

CAQT ! 010 YOUSTQIKE IT QICH IN

THE CITY?

I NEVEQQEACHEO THECITY ANO NOW THEQEIS NO NEEO fOQ ME

TO GO THEQE TOEAQN A LIVING !

•tJ :ANO THE JAT

TOLO HISNEIGHBOU{;THE WHOLE

STO{;Y.

I OON'T KNOWWHY WE HAVE TOWALK SO fAQ!

I OON'T kNOWWHY WE'QE OOING

ALL THIS!!

FINALLYGETTINGA WAY F~OM HIS ..HOPING THAT THEOEMON WAS A THOME ANOWIFEANO CHILO~EN,THEMAN WATCHING...ANO HE WAS!SEATEO HIMSELF UNOE~ THE T~EEANO 8EGAN TO MAKE A ~OPE...

AH, Yes ... I'M GOING TO TieYOU UP ANO... ANO...OQAG

YOU TO THe QA,JA !

I CAN seeYOU'Qe

FQIGHTeNeO !

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Butte fin r5 andthe a e pillar

Story: Khyrunnisa A.Script: Rajani ThindiathIllustrator and Colourist: Abhijeet Kini

HE'S PQEPARINGfOR ANINTERCLASS SKIT COMPETITION.

THEY'RE PERfORMING 'AMARTIAN LOST ON

THE MOON'!

AMAQ, STAY AWAY fQOMTHAT BUSH! THEQE'S ACATE12PILLA~ON IT !

OH YEAH! WHATASPECT ACULAQ

SPECIMEN!

I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE, AMAR ! SOYOU CAN JUST fORGET WHATEVER

MISCHIEf YOU HAVE BEEN PLOTTING!

I'LL SMUGGLE ITTO I(IRAN'S HOUSE

ANO 00 THESTITCHING THERE!

NOW, I'LL. HAVE AQUICK BATH ANO

GET l2EAOY ...

..ANO WIPES HIMSELF. BUTAS HE'S WIPING HIS FACE-

WHAT'S THIS!IT'S THE

QEMAINS Of ACA TEQPILLAQ !

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OH NO!THEQE GOES

OUQ SI(IT !flQST THE

CATEQPILLAQ,NOW THIS! IT

CAN'T GETWOQSE!

ACTUALLY, THATCATEQPILLAQ

WAS A BLESSINGIN OISGUISE !

MAYBE YOUSHOULO TQY

GETTING STUNGNEXT TIME!

I'M A MAQTIAN LOST ONTHE MOOOON ! BUT I L1k:EITHEQE 'C02 BACk: HOME THEY

THINk: I'M A LOOOON !

PEQfECT! THAT'S ALLWE NEEO ! A SWOLLENHEAO TO MATCH HISSWOLLEN fACE!

·The Tea P My Based on a story from The Wouldbegoods bya Edith Nesbit. Script: Rajani Thindiath

Illustrator: Arijit Dutta ChowdhUfyColourist: Umesh Sarode

OSWALD, DO,;?A, DICKY, ALICE, NOEL AND H,O, WE,;?EGATHE,;?EDAT THE 8,;?EAKFAST TA8LE WITH THEI,;?UNCLE - .

THE: MAIOSTONE: SOCIETY OfOIGGE:RS WANTS TO OIG INTHE: BURROW, SHOUL.O We

AL.L.9W IT ?

; PEOPLE, I HAVe A PLAN. WE"NOW THEQE IS NOTHING TO BEFOUNO IN OUQ BACI(YAQO. BUT ...

EXACTLY, OOQA !ANO THEY AQESO OUSTY BYNOW, THEY CANPASS Off fOQANY "INO OfOLO THING!

WE CAN WATCHfROM THAT WALLWHEN THEY BEGIN

OIGGING HERE !

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.. ----------- ..:" Wf; I(NOW ":: WHAT THAT ::, COULO Bf; ! '

THE FINO MAOE, THE SOCIETY MEMBEI?S MAOE THEIl?WAY BACK TO THE HOUSE. SOMETIME l-A TEl? -

THAT WAS A GOOOfINO! YOU AQf; SUQf;YOU OON'T WANT TO

1(f;f;P ONf; ?

---------------" Wf; SHOULO "

Tf;LL UNCLf;. ,:

,.... J ••••••.

" Yf;S, Lf;T S. ":' Hf;'LL HAVf;'- A GOOO"" LAUGH.

Wf;LL THAT WAS ASUCCf;SS. THf;Y HAO AGOOO Tf;A-ANO MAOf;

A MAJOQ fINO!

Hf;Hf;Hf; ! UNCLf;, THATWAS NO fINO! Wf;fOOLf;O THf;M WITHBITS Of POTTf;QY

THAT Wf; HAO MAOf; !

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