Photo with all friends from Class 7th of Jyotiranjan Gudia
(All Classmates of Jyotiranjan Gudia, UGME School, Kudumulugumma, Malkangiri, Odisha, India
All our friends were really good. I
had a good relationship with almost all of them. Some of them took great care
of younger students, some sang very well, and some were active volunteers. But
I was good at drawing and painting. Both boys and girls were my good friends. I
mingled well with everyone. Among the boys, my close friends included Mohan,
Santosh, Loknath, Bapi, Jitendra, Debi Prasad, Sameer, Kahnu, Kartik, Balaram,
Krishna, Lakshman, Gopal, Ashish, Manas, Shiva, Sarbeswar, Krishna Bhuya,
Sahadev, Subash, Raju, Mahendra. Among the girls, my good friends were Gouri,
Rashmi, Sagarika, Shanti, Ruchika, Sasmita, Tula, Meera, Lalita, Saudhamini,
Nisha, and many others. Whenever we got a break to play, we used to gather and
enjoy playing kabaddi, football, volleyball, and hide-and-seek together. Santosh
(Biju)’s mother used to send me different types of pithas (traditional
cakes) during festivals. Some of my girl-friends like Gouri, Nisha, Sagarika,
and Shanti would often bring homemade achar (pickles) to school and
share them with me. When we were in Class 7, we had to appear for the Board
Examination, which was required back then. After we passed Class 7, the
Class 7 Board Exam system was discontinued. The photo shown above was taken
just a few days before that board exam. In that photo, we are accompanied by
our respected teachers- Pratap Kurmar Rath (music teacher), Uma Shankar Das,
Debendra Kumar Bala, Maheswar Maharana, Keshab Chandra Pradhan (head teacher),
Priyambada Raut, Bada Didi, Alakananda Mahalik, Santosh Kumar Mahuri Sir, and
other madams. Those days are etched in my memory as some of the most joyful
moments of my life. We didn’t have smartphones or the internet, but we had real
connections, laughter, and pure friendship. I still remember the smell of
classroom chalk, the sound of the school bell, and the excitement of tiffin
breaks. Even now, whenever I see my old classmates or look at that photograph,
it brings a smile to my face and fills my heart with nostalgia. Our school was
not just a place for learning but a place where lifelong memories were made.
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