Commentator Chinmoy:- Good afternoon to all the listeners of ‘Akash-Baani’ radio center of Calcutta. You are listening to the live relay of the 1st semi –final match of ‘Queen Victoria Diamond Cup’ tournament from Maidan. The match will be played between ‘Royal Bengal Tigers’ Club’ (RBTC) and ‘Liverpool Lions’ (LivLio). In the RBTC team, Gosthopal and Manna are not playing in this match due to their knee injury. Iliyas and Pradip have replaced their places. Thapa is the standing captain of RBTC in this match. The match has started now.
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Commentator Chinmoy:- 44 minutes of the 1st half has passed, but, still the match is goalless. The ‘LivLio’ got 4 golden chances and the ‘RBTC’ got 5 golden chances to score goals, but alas, both the team players have failed to convert those opportunities. Many of their shots went out of play after hitting any of the bars of the goal post. The referee has blown the whistle for the half –time. Let us see if this match becomes an interesting one in the 2nd half or not.
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Commentator Chinmoy:- 86 minutes of the match has passed. This semi-final match is turning out to be one of the dullest games of this tournament. Both the teams are playing safe football. Moreover, the ‘RBTC’ team is suffering a lot in its forward line due to the absence of Gosthopal and Manna. Habib and Chuni are not getting enough support and they have been marked superbly by Anderson and Robinson, the two great defenders of ‘LivLio’ team. Anderson and Robinson are twin brothers. It is very difficult to differentiate them by their looks. The only way to differentiate them is by looking at their jersey number. The jersey number of Anderson is 26 and that of Robinson is 43. Oh! I am talking about Anderson and now he is sprinting with the ball towards the ‘RBTC’ goal post. Actually, it is a counterattack from the ‘LivLio’ side. Anderson has taken a right footed shot from a one-on-one situation. Haradhan failed to tackle Anderson. The ball has hit the right bar of the goal post but unfortunately went inside the goal post too. Only 3 minutes left in this match. The ‘LivLio’ team is now leading with 1 goal. Thapa is having a discussion with his team players. Maybe, he is telling them to go for ‘all out attack’ in these 3 minutes. After the center kick, the ball has been received by Sujoy. There is no one in the defense area of ‘RBTC’. All went up. Even Haradhan is now standing out near the border of the penalty box. Sujoy is sprinting with the ball and gave pass to Krishnendu. Krishnendu is taking too much time with the ball. The ball has been snatched by Gerrard, the midfielder of ‘LivLio’. Arindam charged at Gerrard’s left leg to snatch the ball. Arindam was lucky enough for not being booked by the referee. Now, Arindam is sprinting from the left flank. He dribbled the ball on his right and gave a small back pass to Habib. Habib chipped the ball on his right side towards Iliyas. 10 men of ‘RBTC’ are now in and around the penalty area of ‘LivLio’. Can they score the equalizer? Only 2 minutes left in this match and maybe another 2 minutes extra as injury time. Iiliyas has been tackled and the ball went out for corner. Thapa is going to take the corner kick. The corner kick was a ground shot only. But, Pradip has taken a deadly shot at the goal post. Fabien, the goalkeeper of the ‘LivLio’ team just punched at the ball. The danger is not yet over for ‘LivLio’. The ball is still in play. Oh! It’s a goal. The ball got hit at the Sujoy’s right leg and went inside the goal post. Sujoy was surprised to see that but it hardly matters how the goal comes. Ultimately, you want to score a goal. Sujoy has accidentally scored an equalizer. He is overjoyed and dancing all the way. But, the game is not over yet. The linesman has declared 3 minutes of injury time. Now, the ‘LivLio’ team is playing ‘all-out attacking’ football also. Oh! Kramlin, the striker of ‘LivLio’ team took a shot which could have almost gone in. The ball just kissed the top bar and went out. Haradhan is lucky this time. Only 75 seconds left in this match. Haradhan has taken the goal kick. Radhanath received the ball and straightaway without wasting any time has taken a long shot at the goal. Oh! My goodness, what a shot! What a goal! Radhanath has scored the winning goal of this match by taking a terrific shot from a distance of 26 meters from the goal post. Fabien tried his level best but the ball was out of his reach as the Radhanath’s right footed shot was a classic out-swinger. Only 5 seconds are left. The referee is going to blow his final whistle and yes, it is indeed. The match has ended with full of high-voltage drama in the last 5 minutes of the match. The ‘RBTC’ club has reached the final. In today’s match, Iliyas is the man of the match as he was the game-maker for ‘RBTC’ for 90 minutes.
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Roland:- Are you alright, Sir? I have read in the newspaper that an Indian rebel hurled a bomb at your 4-wheeler to kill you. Thank God, you have survived!
Houghton:- Yeah, I have survived luckily. The Indian rebel who hurled a bomb at my car is only 16 years old. His name is Kashiram. He has been arrested and the Calcutta High Court is going to order the decision of ‘Hanged till Death’ very soon. I always thought that the Midnapore town is very peaceful. But, the Indian rebels are also present here. I really wonder that from where they get such a courage and spirit. Those two words of Bankimchandra’s ‘Anandamath’ book works like a magic for them. Whenever these Indian rebels utter the words ‘Bande Mataram’, all the other Indians start shouting those two words and then they unite together to rebel against the British government. Even nowadays, the Indian rebels have started shouting, ‘Jai Hind’ and ‘Inqalab Zindabad’. By the way, today your team played the semi-final match, right? Have your team won or not?
Roland:- Yeah, yeah, we are through to the final to clash against that bloody Indian club. Ha ha ha…what a name of that club, ‘Royal Bengal Tigers’ Club’! What a mockery! Those pussy cats regard themselves as tigers.
Houghton:- Don’t underestimate them, Roland. In their first year itself, they have been able to reach the final. That is itself a credit for them, no matter, whether they lose or win the match. But, your team has won for the last two times. If your team wins the tournament, then it will be a hat-trick. When is the final match?
Roland:- It is on 29th July at Maidan. I hope that you will surely come to watch that match. Even Mr. Hastings and Daisy are also coming to watch that match.
Houghton:- Oh! I totally forgot about Daisy. Roland, congrats to you as Mr. Hastings has accepted you as his future son-in-law. The engagement is on 28th July at the Victoria Palace, right? I have already received the invitation card from Mr. Hastings. By the way, Roland, are you free on 26th July?
Roland:- Yeah, I am free on that day. No appointments have been scheduled for me on that day. Why?
Houghton:- I have kept a small anniversary party at my newly constructed house. My two little daughters and my wife have come to India. My elder son is in England only. He is too busy in England with his job to get time to visit India. This will be our 25th marriage anniversary.
Roland:- Wow! That’s great, Sir. I will surely attend that party.
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Arindam:- Hey, Rishi, I came to know from Sashi that you know a secret route to enter inside the Sutanuti administrative block office campus. Can you tell me that route, please? If you tell me that route, then I will give you the chocolates, books and a football which I am holding in my hand.
Rishi:- Aah…uncle, that is not a secret route, but it looks secret only. Some portion of the border walls of Sutanuti administrative block campus have broken due to heavy rainfall and storms. The portion of the wall which is broken cannot be seen by anyone so easily because there are large bushes in front of it. One day, I was passing by that road adjacent to the back-wall boundary of the Sutanuti administrative block campus. Suddenly, I felt the nature call and went towards that bush to perform it. Luckily, I found out that some bricks have broken and there is a gap in the wall. A man can easily go inside that gap, if that man is not so fat.
Arindam:- Ok, now it is dusk time. Can you show me that gap?
Rishi:- Sure, sure, come with me.
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Mrityunjay:- I am Mrityunjay, the younger brother of Dhananjay. I am a member of ‘Akhil Bharatiya Swadeshi Sangha’ (ABSS). Our office is at Manicktala. Tilak, Sukhdev, Bhagatram and Ramprasad are also the members of ‘ABSS’.
Sujoy:- That’s ok, but, what help do you want from me?
Mrityunjay:- My elder brother promised our ‘ABSS’ that he will give some amount of money that has been looted from the ‘Imperial Bank’ of Ahiritola.
Sujoy:- But, those money have already been distributed among the poor villagers. Whatever was left after that is with me only as I am the cashier of ‘Swadeshi Andolan’ group. But that amount is not too much also. I have only 7910 bucks in the treasury of ‘Swadeshi Andolan’ group. But, as Dhananjay was associated with us and if he has promised to pay to your ‘ABSS’, I don’t have any objection to that. I will give you his share to you. It is coming around 1635 bucks. But, I will provide you the money on one condition.
Mrityunjay:- Yeah, tell us, what condition do you have?
Sujoy:- On this week itself, you have to start the ‘Bharat Chorho’ (Quit India) movement. Gather all the Indian freedom fighters and start the campaign from the College Street area and start marching towards the ‘Shahid Minar’ of Esplanade. If the British Policemen charges lathi on your people, don’t just wait and watch like the followers of Mahatma Gandhi. Just counterattack the policemen, no matter, what happens after that.
Tilak:- Sujoy ji, we are ready for that. But, our ‘Quit India’ should not remain confined in Bengal only. The movement should spread like a fire in all parts of India. Sukhdev, Bhagatram and Ramprasad and I are not Bengalis; but Indians only. If we get enough funding and other supports from the ‘Swadeshi Andolan’ group that was formed by Prafulla daa, then we will surely be successful in our movement throughout India.
Sujoy:- Ok, done. We will fully support your ‘ABSS’. We want freedom of our motherland at any cost within the next few years.
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Roland:- Patrick, you will now act as the Inspector-In-Charge of Sutanuti. Take your job as a challenge, though almost all the Indian rebels of Sutanuti have been gunned down, but, still, you should be more alert and vigilant rather than being complacent.
Patrick:- Yes, Sir. I promise you that you will not get any chance to complain about my work.
Roland:- Yeah, that’s should be the spirit. Now, go to your room. Balaram, the security-in-charge cum caretaker of this Sutanuti administrative block will take you to your quarter and your office room also. Just go with him. I will be going to Midnapore tomorrow morning and will come back the day after tomorrow. After coming back from there, we will discuss about some new plans to tackle the Indian rebels in the Sutanuti.
Patrick:- Sure, Sir. As you wish, Sir. I will be waiting for that discussion.
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Hayden:- Hello! Am I speaking to Mr. Richards, the President of EICFF?
Richards:- Yeah, yeah, speaking. Who’s this?
Hayden:- Sir, I am Mr. Hayden, the in-charge of ‘British Government Sports Governing Council’ (BGSGC). Currently, I am in Calcutta to take care of the Maidan ground.
Richards:- Oh! After the retirement of Mr. Collingwood, you have taken the charge. That’s great. I am yet to meet you. You must visit our EICFF headquarter in the Midnapore town, if you get any time in the near future. Anyway, tell me, why have you called me up?
Hayden:- Sir, as the ‘RBTC’ club have reached the final, the people from all over Bengal and its neighboring areas are very much eager to buy the tickets of that match.
Richards:- That’s a good news. What’s the problem in that?
Hayden:- See, at present the price of tickets are 7 bucks for stall and 15 bucks for gallery. The Maidan is having a seating capacity of 30000 people. But, we are expecting that around 32000 people may turn up to see the match. The craziness to watch this match is at the peak now. Even we are getting calls from Kumilla, Chittagong, Khulna, Sylhet, Jorhat, Dispur, Dhaka, Gangtok, Mayurbhanj, Darbhanga, Jamshedpur, Dhanbad, Balasore, Cuttack and Agartala for the tickets. These areas are not under proper West Bengal, but still the Bengali people of these areas want to watch the match. I have a plan to increase the business of both ‘BGSGC’ and ‘EICFF’.
Richards:- Wow! Really! Please tell me about your plan.
Hayden:- If we hire some agents in and around the Maidan ground, who will buy around 60% of the total tickets from us, then it will be a profitable for us. We will hire those agents with the condition that they have to pay the 50% of their profit to us and the remaining is theirs. We will print around 35000 tickets. Don’t worry; I will make five temporary galleries to increase the total number of seats to 34000. Now, out of these 35000 tickets, 15000 tickets will be for the galleries only. If we hire 10 agents, then each agent will be allotted 900 gallery tickets and 1200 stall tickets. If these agents sell each ticket at double the original price, then we will earn 50% of [(900*7) + (1200*15)] = 12150 bucks extra from each of them. After selling tickets to those agents, we will also earn 24300 bucks from each agent. Therefore, for the sale of 60% of total tickets, we are earning (243000+121500) = 364500 bucks in total.
Richards:- hmm…that’s a great plan to be executed. Accha, do another thing. The rest 40% ticket that will be with us only, will be sold at 10 bucks for each stall ticket and at 20 bucks for each gallery ticket. Therefore, from these 40% tickets, we will earn [(6000*10) + (8000*20)] = 220000. All total, we will be earning (364500 +220000) = 584500 bucks, which will be shared in 70:30 proportion within ‘EICFF’ and ‘BGSGC’. So, ‘EICFF’ will earn the revenue of 409150 bucks and ‘BGSGC’ will earn 175350 bucks. Just open the counter from tomorrow morning itself. Mr. Hayden, due to your plan of ‘black –ticket’ policy, the revenue of EICFF will increase by at least 45% in this tournament this year. I must appreciate that you have a fantastic and intelligent brain, Mr. Hayden. Keep up the good work like this in future also.
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Arindam:- Don’t worry; for each valuable information about Roland, I will give you 100 bucks. Is there any valuable information about Roland today?
Balaram:- Ok, then listen to me. Tomorrow morning, Roland will head towards Midnapore town and will come back at the day after tomorrow. Also, let me also tell you another thing that on 28th July, Roland is getting engaged with Daisy, the daughter of Mr. Hastings at 9 PM. The engagement party will take place inside the Victoria Palace.
Arindam:- Hmm…Thanks Balaram. Now, keep these 200 bucks with you. You deserve the extra 100 bucks. Just keep it.
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