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Renesa Farewell Edition 2021
The Chronicles of Shenanigans Written By: Supal Padmashali Illustrated By: Rutvi Shah
“...even with the broken hallway cameras, we were always watching them, looking out for them.”
Characters:
allowed them to have here.
Jayanti Bhai: Room cleaner. Has worked in the B wing for more than 15 years. Loves the kids like his own.
Bittu: True. I wonder if they’ll ever be grateful to us for that.
Kannu Bhai: Hallway cleaner. Veteran like Jayanti bhai. Hates the kids. Bittu: Wash area cleaner. New to the job. Doesn’t hate the kids because he is one himself.
Kannu Bhai: (scoffs, filling the room with smoke) Grateful? Those kids are never going to be grateful. They are so full of themselves, they don’t even see us. Jayanti Bhai: Speak for yourself. They didn’t see you because they hated you, and you hated them. You had no business ratting them out for finishing their drawing assignments as a group activity.
An empty room in the hostel. After finishing the tiring task of cleaning all the empty hallways, Jayanti Bhai and Kannu Bhai are sitting on a mattress-less bed. Bittu enters with three paper cups and chai in a pouch. He settles down on the ground.
Kannu Bhai: (smirks) Can’t believe you’re so naive. Of course, you wouldn’t tell on your “precious” little kids. They are just a bunch of ungrateful miscreants who will never realize nor appreciate how much we care of them.
Jayanti Bhai: (looking around the empty room) I wonder how these kids are putting up at home.
Bittu: Say whatever, but they are obviously entertaining. Without all of the crazy things that they come up with, we would never have The Chronicles of Shenanigans.
Bittu: Tied up back at their parents’ house? Hahaha, pretty sure they miss their freedom.
Kannu Bhai: (coughs) They won’t be so ungrateful if they knew about the books. (coughs)
Kannu Bhai: (lighting his beedi) After all, the freedom we
Bittu: (laughs out loud) Are you actually suggesting that?
