Pasanga 2 Page #2

From what youve said, it must be

either dyslexia or dyscalculia.

Kavin!

Kavin baby! Wakey wakey.

Let me sleep, Mom!

Wake up, honey.

Let me sleep on holidays...

Smells good!

Dear, brush your teeth before

drinking coffee.

She keeps insulting me.

Mom!

Its JUST half past three.

Need to shower.

School is off. Let me sleep!

-It's late. Get going.

Im the Lion King.

I swear on my Jungle, I wont shower.

Swaying in the rain!

Kavin...

-Flying in the rain!

Kavin!

-Swaying in the rain!

Come out, quick!

Kavin!

Won't you stop dancing?

Stop! I said, stop!

Why did you turn off the T.V?

-Yeah?

Put on your shirt.

Is this any time to eat breakfast?

God knows when youll return.

Thats the kind of place youre headed to.

True.

Where are we going, Mom?

Ill tell you.

Wont you stay put?

Always jumping around

Phew!

I woke up at 3 A.M to cook.

How is the breakfast?

Look, dear.

You keep on cooking.

And Ill keep eating.

The day your food tastes good,

I will let you know.

How do you like it?

-Superb, Mummy.

See, he likes it!

Daddy, if you say its not nice,

she only glares at you.

But when I say it, she doesnt just spank.

She bites!

Fine!

Where are we going?

You get yourself expelled

from every school so easily.

See how hard it is

to get an admission.

Come on!

Hello, Mister.

I got here by 5 A.M.

But youve given me token number 1093!

There are people who've been waiting

since yesterday.

Fair enough.

Why should we stand in this queue?

Lets go to a school with no queue.

No, son.

This is the best school in the area.

Even though they charge a lot,

they have great standards.

Theyll make you a first ranker.

Everyone in this queue must be thinking that.

But there can be only one first ranker.

Turn around, boy!

Youll only believe them.

Not us.

Come on, Daddy!

Hands off!

Sorry, Madam.

Stop fidgeting about, boy.

Back in our days, headmasters would

come home and beg us to send children to schools.

But now, we are paying them money,

standing in queues and begging for admissions.

There was a time when the government ran schools

and liquor stores were owned privately.

But now, the government owns the liquor stores

and schools are run privately.

These are tough times.

It's seven rupees.

-Isn't it five?

Sir, I don't have change.

Dad, why is it so crowded here?

Are they giving out free stuff?

Not giving;

Theyre taking stuff away.

Daddy, stop!

What is it?

Its my teacher.

Good morning, Sir!

Good morning. Go.

Thats your teacher?

Yes, Dad.

Hello, Sir? Just a minute.

Hold my spot. Ill be back.

What?

You teach at a government school,

but put your children at a private school?

Were trusting you with our children.

Its not just me.

Thats just how things are.

If you want, join the queue.

But its hard to find a spot.

We dont believe in schools.

We believe in our children.

Good for you.

Carry on.

Our public schools will improve only if their teachers

are barred from enrolling their kids in private schools.

How is that school

different from my school, Dad?

Kids in your school curse in Tamil.

In their school, they curse in English.

Thats all.

Should have stationed a cop here

to manage the crowd.

I am a cop, too.

I am here for my son.

God knows what he'll put us through

at the interview tomorrow.

Why has she switched schools every year?

We weren't satisfied with any of the schools.

We heard this was the best school in city.

What is your name?

-Naina

Say something you know.

I know a lot.

What do you want to hear?

Rhymes or a story.

Tell me anything.

Rhymes or story?

They're not taking her in.

Tell me a story.

A story I read, or one I wrote?

You write stories, too?

Why not?

We won't get admissions here

for many generations.

Okay, tell me any story.

The Evil Ravana

abducted Queen Sita to Sri Lanka.

King Rama asked for

The Monkey Lord Hanuman's help.

And Hanuman said, "Okay, I'll come"

I can't tell stories

if the listener doesn't react.

Okay, okay. Next?

Lord Hanuman called his friend Spider Man.

Tell me, bro.

-I need a favour, buddy.

Why?

Because there are mountains

and seas between India and Sri Lanka, right?

But Spider Man can just shoot his webs

and fly across them!

Lord Hanuman can fly, too.

He can

But he's carrying The Hill of Herbs in his palm.

He can't fly too fast.

Lord Hanuman and Spider Man flew to Sri Lanka

really fast and fought with the Evil Ravana.

And they saved Queen Sita!

Sita thanked them.

Why?

One must thank those who help them.

Yes. And then?

Hanuman called The Hulk!

Tell me, bro.

Why Hulk?

They flew in easily.

But they need someone to carry Sita back!

Hanuman could carry Sita?

He can't.

He's holding The Hill of Herbs with one hand

and Spider Man's web with the other.

Correct.

You may laugh for this.

My parents don't laugh at anything I say.

They only get pissed.

That's the end of the story?

No, no.

On their way back to India,

they met my friend Ranjan.

Sita and him had a nice chat.

Why did they meet your friend Ranjan?

This is my story.

I decide who can feature in it.

The three of them came to India

and waited at Vadapalani Bus Stop.

Vadapalani Bus Stop? What for?

They lost their way.

So they stopped.

Hulk had an idea.

He called Dora.

Dora, where are you?

Hello, Hulk!

How may I help you?

Who is Dora?

This is why

you should spend some time with me.

Dora knows her way around.

She has maps and everything.

With Dora's help, they dropped Sita

at Velachery Venus Colony.

That's all.

Why did they drop her at Venus Colony?

Because that's my home.

I am Queen Sita.

We want you at our school, dear.

Good job, Nainu!

Thank you, Ma'am.

Thank you so much.

Don't mock me.

I'm begging you.

You're going to 2nd grade.

This is your 4th school.

Your dad had to beg police officers

to get you in.

We have to get your dad transferred

every time we change your school, too.

Make me a promise.

What promise?

That you'll study well and score

within the top three ranks.

You shouldn't disobey your teacher.

You won't call your teachers by name,

or speak bad words.

Or hit other children.

You won't get up and dance

everytime you hear music.

Promise me all this?

-Okay, Mummy.

I will try my level best.

Okay?

Naina honey, be good.

Okay?

Go on.

"She is a bad influence on the other kids.

Please, take her away."

"Your daughter does this all the time.

She hits and bites!"

"She never listens.

She keeps talking back to her teachers."

"The teachers want to resign..."

"So badly behaved in class..."

"I've never seen such a bad student

in all my years as a teacher."

"We can't handle such a student."

"We'll return the fees and the donation you've paid.

Please pull your child out of our school."

Repeat after me.

"I see a rainbow..."

"Across the sky"

Hey! Come and sit in your place.

"I see a rainbow,

across the sky."

Miss, Naina is poking me with a pencil.

Get up.

Switch places with her.

Okay, students.

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