The Haircut :P

Howdy folks,

Hope you all enjoyed the previous post – MEDALS !

In continuation to my previous post and being a Throw Back Thursday, lemme share one more interesting episode of my / our School life. This post I dedicate to my buddy Gopi who rekindled the memory of this episode.

Our beloved principal was always known to maintain our school as one of the most disciplined schools during our period of schooling. We students were groomed too in that manner be it our Uniform, Cleanliness, Way we eat our lunch with napkins, Speaking in English, Prayer Songs, Assembly aaaaaaaannddddd HAIRCUT !

This episode again dates back to around 9th grade ! As mentioned earlier, our Principal madam was very keen that we should be always groomed and neat. But it wouldn’t be nice if there are no law breakers.

In one such month, she was very particular on all our hairstyles alone. She kept on telling all our guys that we should have Clean & Short hairs and no Long & Stylish hairstyles. This rule was applicable for all grades. She patiently kept on persisting almost for two weeks. To the best of my knowledge many obeyed, but few of my friends weren’t really in a mood to agree.

Finally, the drama was set to happen. All our guys, including me were asked to come out and go to the Shed which was near to our School ground. We thought some sports activity selection and went happily. Few said it was District Level Football or Volleyball selection. Imagine how crazy we were on sports.

But when we arrived things weren’t rosy. A barber was eagerly waiting for us with Sharp Scissors and Comb. We were like Chalo, its gonna be another fun filled day. Our PT teacher made us stand in line and made sure we all had very short haircuts, I mean it really short like Actors in Bala Movie lol. We didn't forgot to have fun even during that time, started playing some small games and kept on teasing each other after their Hair Chopping was over.

One by one we all had nice Summer cum Military cut. My friends who were really targeted were Pushpa and Gopi. Really Poor fellows. Pushpa had a scare on his forehead bcos' of some surgery so to hide that he used to had long hairs in the front which used to cover his forehead. (Now he doesn't bother to cover it, reason - Company Secret). Next was Gopi who always had long funky type hair covering his forehead. For both, the hairs were chopped off.

We always used to tease Pushpa as Kutchi (which means Spine like hair) and that day he really became like that and Gopi too was not far behind. The Porcupine Brothers. The only guy I guess who didn’t looked differently was me, because I had curly hair so that didn’t affect much. Also my friend Ramesh & Navanee too didn’t had much difference because had a short hair cut the previous day. My Senior, Srinivas too was targeted for the same, who had similar long stylish hairstyle in the front.

Drama concluded at Principal’s room when all guys were given Green signal to go to class if their haircuts was satisfactory to her, else were again asked to re-cut. Greatest of all comedy was when we guys were asked to pay Rs.15 odd to the barber for the haircut. No ways were we all in a mood to give. We all unanimously said we don’t have money and finally the school paid it. Finally almost half a day class cut....yupieeeeee :)

The next day, all the parents who didn’t like their wards hairstyle came and staged a big drama, but our Principal stood bold and never cared. My mom wasn’t aware of such incident itself. Because I didn’t look different.

Of course, Pushpa and Gopi continued to grow and kept their Long hair after that and made sure their foreheads were covered. Most of us too came to their regular styles.

It may or may not be too humorous or funny to some, but on real terms it was quite a Nightmare at the beginning atleast for my buddies Gopi & Pushpa and later turned out to be a one of the most memorable incidents for all of our life.

Guess I should dedicate this to all of my School batch mates, because this incident would flash in their memories after reading this and bring a COLGATE SMILE on their faces.

The hero in the pic is Gopi during our school days, see how he has covered his forehead !! This must be around 6th or 7th grade so imagine how it would be in 9th Grade !!!

All schools teach bookish education, but our School always stood out, bcos’ it also taught us valuable lessons of life and gave us such wonderful memories which are unforgettable and which never fade away. As I always say and will also say, it also gave some wonderful friends for life time. 

#ThrowBackThursday !!!