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He gave me a withering look as if I had asked him an irrelevant question. I tried to sustain the conversation and win his confidence. "Beta, these are crucial days. Parents are worried". He appreciated my point. "Uncle, it’s not only the parents who are worried, the children are also serious. After all an India-Pakistan series is not to be taken lightly". It was a dead end. How could I make him talk about mathematics or science in this season of cricket? After a five-minute silence, I asked him a direct question, "Son, what do you think of mathematics?" He replied, "If the average of the first six batsmen remains greater than 55 in any test match, then mathematically we will be on a very sound footing". I told him that I had met his science teacher and he was very upset. "I know my science teacher could not get passes for the Mohali test. That is why he was perturbed," explained my nephew. The parents of all those children who are sitting for this year’s Board exams must be very frustrated with the clashing of the cricket season and the exam fever. Probably the BCCI wants more and more students to leave their academics and play cricket. I told my nephew, "It’s not your fault. The BCCI should have taken care of the examination dates". My nephew angrily said,
"Is it not the duty of the school board authorities to keep the
examinations only in those days when there are no matches?" |
"What’s
the progress?" I asked my nephew. He said, "At present, 33 for
no loss". I told him that I was enquiring about the progress of his
preparation for his forthcoming Board exams.