Thursday, August 19, 2010

ROYAL BENGAL TIGERS' CLUB (EPISODE - 15) !!!


Santosh: - Tomorrow, we are going to clash with the defending champions ‘Yorkshire Youngsters’.  Tomorrow is an important day for us. We have come a long way to reach the final of this tournament. We have struggled; we came back from behind and we fought for our pride. At the end, we have won all the matches. We have to win one more match to lift that cup. As we have won all the previous matches, it does not guarantee that we have played the best football so far. For those victories, don’t become complacent. If you are complacent then surely it will degrade your performance in the final match. Always make your mindset in such a fashion that it should always say, ‘We have played better football so far but not the best. The best performances are yet to come.’ The team which can handle the pressure and keep themselves as cool as cucumber in the final match of any game always becomes the champion. Your opponents will do sledging; they will even try to bully you unnecessarily to make you people angry.  Don’t respond to all those tricks and refrain yourselves from committing any foul.  Don’t lose your concentration on the game of football in the final match, no matter what happens. I have seen many good teams losing in the final match because they lacked concentration in the game. In the final match, play the mind game. Don’t play traditional and defensive football that you people displayed in the semi-final match. Stretch out and capture the entire field and then force your enemies to succumb in front of you. The problem with you people is that you are limiting your own territories. In football, no footballer has any fixed position. According to the situation, all the footballers need to play different roles. When you are leading by 2 goals and playing defensive football, then the strikers also need to provide support to the defense line. On the other hand, when you have to score goals to win, then the defenders need to act as flying strikers. In this team, the biggest strength lies in the midfield area, but our defense line is very weak.
Sujoy:- We are trying our level best.
Santosh:-  You people are doing a blunder by following the opponent’s strikers. Don’t do that. Once your opponent team coach understands that, then he will add two more players from the midfield area to the forward line to add pressure on your defense line-up. Follow the ball and keep an eye on the support players of the strikers. Spread out in the defense line in such a manner that it forms a virtual maze for your opponent strikers.  In this final match, we will play in the formation: - 2-1-2-3-2.
Gosthopal:- What kind of formation is that? Santosh babu, please tell us in details. I can sense that you have some superb plan for the final match.
Santosh:- Then listen to me carefully. Pradip and Krishnendu cannot play the final match due to their knee injury. Haradhan is down with a serious viral fever. So, he will be unable to play in the final. Therefore, we don’t have any player in our reserve bench to go for the substitution. That’s why; I want you to play in this formation in the 1st half to save your energy. In the 1st half, we will play ‘ball –possession’ football.  Sujoy and Arindam will act as the two pillars for Bhunia. Sujoy will be at the right back and Arindam at the left back. Manohar will play like a connector between the midfield and the defense line. Side –by-side, he will be the main stopper and will signal the two intermediary players, when to go up and when to come down.
Manna:- Who are these intermediary players?
Santosh:- Intermediary players are the linkers between defenders and midfielders. Radhanath and Iliyas will do the job here. The other 3 midfielders will act like game-makers. Their job will be to handle the ball well and create opportunities for the two lead strikers. Chuni, Habib and Thapa will play that role. Gosthopal and Manna need to stay at their position to convert any opportunity into goals. Now, we will start our practice session in this formation only. We will not practice on 28th July; that is the day before the final match. On that day, you need to relax yourself and don’t think too much about the outcome of the final match. The more you think, the more you are pressurizing yourself. Be cool and play the final match without any tension. Automatically, your performance will improve on that day.  Come on, make two teams and start the practice match.
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Amritlal:- Go and take the interview of Mr. Hayden. He is the mastermind behind all these things. For him only, the tickets for the final match will be sold at double the original price.
Kamini:- But, dad,  I have not taken any interview before. Can I handle it?
Amritlal:-  That hardly matters. First interview will be somewhat a tough one for you but after that you will not feel tensed in taking any interview. Don’t call me dad in the office. I have told you earlier also. Call me as Sir when you are in my office. Accha, don’t argue too much with Hayden. He may react very aggressively after hearing your questions.
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Kamini:- Sir, there is a serious allegation against you that you are doing business in the name of sports. You have taken the decision to sell the tickets at double the price. Even you have hired some agents to sell the ticket in black.  Some eminent persons of Bengal are even eager to file a case against you regarding this matter. How will you react to it?
Hayden:- All these allegations are baseless. We have hired no agents to sell the tickets in black. Rather these agents are acting like distributors only. They are distributing the tickets to different sections of people at original price only.  Maybe, some agents are charging 5% more than the original price as their commission. That’s all. And if we have doubled the price of the ticket then it has been done to bear the expenses for constructing the temporary galleries for the spectators. We are using hi-fi quality bricks and mortars for those galleries. So, there will be huge expenses in it. By the way, Miss Kamini, who is the Chief-in-Editor or owner of your newspaper? I am really angry with the ‘Amritbazaar Patrika’. Till now, they have published three articles where it is clearly written that I am bringing corruption in the game of football. I want to meet the owner of your company.
Kamini:- Sure Sir! Anytime, you are welcome in our office. The name of my boss is Amritlal.
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Amritlal:- Look, Mr. Hayden, the truth is truth and ultimately it triumphs at the end. No matter, how much craps you say in front of me, I know what kind of ‘black business’ you are doing by selling those tickets in black. I will not stop publishing the articles about this scam. Let the people of Bengal know the truth. Already after reading our articles, two of your hired agents have been beaten by the public of Bengal and at the end, the agent had no other choice than to sell the ticket at 1 buck more than the original price only.  Can you see my white hairs and beards? I have not painted it white but these became whitish in color due to my experience in the media industry. Therefore, don’t try to threaten me. At the end of the day, you will be in serious trouble and I will get another spicy topic to publish it in my newspaper. The sale of my newspaper will increase automatically.
Hayden:- Oh! I am sorry for my rude behavior with you. You seem to be a very hard nut to crack. Why not! After all, your Bengali daily newspaper is the No.1 newspaper in West Bengal and East Bengal. How much will you take?
Amritlal:- Now, you are showing your real character. Sorry, Mr. Hayden, I don’t accept bribes.
Hayden:- Have I told you that I am trying to bribe you? I am just keen to give you a gift or a token of appreciation for your good work as the Chief Editor of ‘Amritbazar Patrika’ newspaper. Look, Mr. Amritlal, this is India. Here people will shout about corruption or scam after reading the media reports or articles but after few days the public will forget everything. So, what’s the point in fighting against the corruptive people like me? Ha ha ha…I hope you understand my words, Mr. Amritlal. Don’t worry; I will give you more than enough. The transaction will be secure and secret as it will be done under the table.
Amritlal:- Ok, if it is more than enough for me, then I have no problem in accepting your gift. After the transaction, I promise you that not a single article will get published about you and your corruptions.
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Houghton:- Welcome to our anniversary party, Roland. Come with me. Let me introduce you with my wife and daughters.
Roland:- Oops! Sir, you are looking like an injured soldier now. There is a bandage in your right leg and left arm. Also I can see some scratches in your face.
Houghton:- I have survived. That is the best thing for me. I was in the back-seat on that day. Generally, I sit in the front seat, beside my driver. But on that day, luckily I sat at the back. A constable was sitting beside the driver. He has died. Kashiram threw the bomb directly at the constable. Had I been sitting at the front seat, I would have dead by now. After the incident, my wife is very upset and is willing to go back to England. Aah…here comes my wife. Her name is Mary and they are my two daughters; Clara and Collin. Both of them are studying in St. Xaviers School now.
Roland:- Your daughters are very sweet. By the way, what is your son doing in England?
Houghton:- My  son, Mandrake has become one of the top entrepreneurs of England at the age of 23 years only.  His company is nowadays a rampaging bull in the London Stock Exchange. Come on; let us have some drinks while sitting on the balcony. Let the others party and dance.
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Roland:- Cheers! Sir! Your newly constructed house is really good. The ambience in front of this balcony is just too silent. There is a pin drop silence out here. In Sutanuti, I cannot spot so many stars in the night sky, but here in Midnapore town, I can see a clear night sky. There are so many stars in the night sky tonight.
Houghton:- Hmm…I understand that after seeing a fantastic moonlit night in this calm ambience, you are missing Daisy here. Don’t worry; just after two days, both of you will get engaged and then after a week or so, she will become your wife. After marriage, who knows, maybe, you will become the next Viceroy of Bengal. I was never lucky to get married to a daughter of a Viceroy.
Roland:- Sir, are you dissatisfied with your job?
Houghton:- It is not dissatisfaction, but, somehow I have lost my motivation in my job. I have been serving under East India Company for around 16 years, but yet to get an opportunity to become a Viceroy of any province. Maybe, I don’t know buttering. I got promoted from a lieutenant to an Administrative General 7 years ago. Hastings got promoted to an Administrative General just 3 years ago and last year he became the Viceroy of Bengal. I am not jealous on Hastings. He is a nice guy. But, I am somewhat dissatisfied with the High Command of East India Company. When I got attacked by Kashiram two days ago, no one from the High Command contacted me also to know whether I am alive or dead. It was Hastings only, who has sent some additional 15 security guards for me.  What does that mean? It means that I have no value for the East India Company High Command. Then what’s the point in serving for them!
Roland:- Sir, You are sounding emotional tonight. I always had the impression that you are a very tough man.
Houghton:- Yeah, I am a tough man. As my subordinate, you have always seen my toughness, but, side by side, I am also a human being. When I see my family members, I can feel the existence of humanities within my heart.
Roland:- I am not understanding the meaning of your statements, Sir.
Houghton:- Anyway, just leave it. You are yet to become a family man. That’s why; you will not understand these feelings now.  What’s your future plan, Roland? I mean to say that will you take the risk to stay in India with your beloved Daisy after the marriage.
Roland:- No, I want to go back to England after my marriage with Daisy. India is becoming a very dangerous place for us. Indian rebels are now attacking us every now and then. I hate these Indians.
Houghton:- Indians also hate us.  There are enough reasons for them to show hatred towards us. Our British government has always treated the Indians as slaves. Had the British government given the equality status to all the Indians like the Mughals and other ancient rulers did in India, then these Indians would have never taken up arms in their hands? Let me tell you that Mr. Hastings is also going to retire from his post and Mr. Canning will be succeeding him. Mr. Canning is a cunning man but doesn’t regard Indians as slaves. In his tenure as the Viceroy of Madras, he has created many job opportunities for the Indians. Even the Indian women of Madras province got some kind of social empowerment under him only. Anyway, I am feeling sleepy now. Your room is on the right side of this balcony. Have a nice sleep, Roland. Good night.
Roland:- Good night, Sir.
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Kamini:- Please open your mouth. I have something to let you eat. This is the prasad (holy sweet) of the Kali puja that I performed at the Kalighat today morning.
Arindam:- Hmm…ok, let me eat it.
Kamini:- I have also brought a tabeez (holy string) for you. You just tie it in your right arm. If you tie it in your arm, then you will surely win the final match.
Arindam:- Dhaath…jatto sab, faltu jinish…I don’t believe in all these superstitions. You keep this tabeez with you only. Performance on that particular day matters, not these prasads or tabeez…uuh…
Kamini:- These are not superstitions. These are our faith in God. Uuh…you will not understand these things. While performing the Kali puja, I prayed for you only and you are now scolding me…You are a very bad boy.
Arindam:- Uff…tai naaki…tumi amar janyo prarthona korley…aaha re…bekaar samay nasto korle…Kalighat mandir e tey giye…he he he…because I am an atheist.
Kamini:- Sudhu ki ami…You have no idea. When I went inside the Kali temple of Kalighat, there were many devotees who came from different parts of Bengal. They were performing the Kali puja and was uttering,’Hey Goddess Kali, you give us the victory of Royal Bengal Tigers’ Club Team against the British team in the final. If our Indian team wins the match, then we will slaughter 18 goats in front of you and will distribute the mutton curry as the prasad of Kali puja to all your devotees’.
Arindam:- Are you saying the truth or just cooking up a story?
Kamini:- I swear in the name of Goddess Kali. I am telling the truth only. You don’t have any idea about how much expectations the Bengali people are having towards the ‘Royal Bengal Tiger’s Club’ football team. They also want to see their favorite football team winning against the bloody British people.
Arindam:- Hmm…I understand the feelings. We have to give our best on that day.
Kamini:- Ei…let us go and sit behind the bush. Everyone is looking at us while passing by this place.
Arindam:- So, what? I have always smooched and hugged my Durga while sitting at this very same place. This bank of the Hooghly River is the ideal place to do romance. Maybe, I think that the people are looking at you because they have always seen Durga sitting beside me at this place. Maybe, these people are thinking, ‘Who is this new girl sitting beside Arindam?’
Kamini:- Dhhuth…oto soto tomar analysis ami suntey chaaina….I am always a very shy and introvert type of a girl. I feel very odd when someone keeps on looking at me.
Arindam:- Your character is totally opposite to that of Durga. Ok, ok, come on, let us go and sit behind that bush only.
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Kamini:- I am feeling more comfortable in this place which is behind the bush. No one can see us from the street. Now, you can do anything to me. I will not feel uncomfortable.
Arindam:- What do you mean by the word, ‘anything’? And by the way, why should I do anything with you?  You cannot take the place of Durga.
Kamini:-  I don’t want to take the place of Durga but…
Arindam:- But!…but, What? Come on; you are on the verge of telling something to me. Speak out.
Kamini:- Can’t you read my eyes? Do I need to tell everything with my mouth?
Arindam:- I have read your eyes much before than you expected me to read it. But, the biggest confusion lies with me only. Still, I don’t know whether I love you or not. I don’t know whether you are acting with me or you have true love towards me.
Kamini:- How did you find out that Durga truly loved you?
Arindam:- The case of Durga is totally different. We never proposed to each other, but still we loved each other like anything. Our friendship began in our childhood. Hardly there was any secret between us. Both of us knew everything about each other. We used to fight with each other on every alternate day to fall in love again the very next day…he he he…But, the irony is that she is no more in my life.
Kamini:- Jut stop talking about Durga. I am feeling depressed now. She is no more, so just forget her. I can also satisfy you as much as Durga did.
Arindam:- Wow! My goodness! Am I your first love?
Kamini:- Yes, you are my first love. That’s why; I was so jealous on Durga.
Arindam:- Hmm…Durga was also jealous on you. Maybe, she would have killed you also, had she been alive  on this evening, he he he…
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Bhaduri Babu:- The forthcoming final match is a very important match not for me and my club members but also for the Indians. You will not believe me, Mr. Richards. Till date, I have received around 1500 letters and greetings cards, where all the fans of ‘Royal Bengal Tigers’ Club’ have wished the entire team, ‘Best of Luck’ for the final match. Even people have sent rasogollas, jalebis, nalen gurer sandesh and other sweets packets to us.
Richards:- Yeah, I can sense that. Can I eat one rasogolla? Please don’t mind. But I really love this special sweet of Bengal.
Bhaduri Babu:- Ha ha ha..Why only one? Eat as much as you can. Our fans have sent around 25 rasogolla bhanrs (sweet pots) each containing 50 rasogollas.  I have distributed all those rosogollas to our villagers but still 2 bhanrs are remaining, he he he….
Richards:-  No, no, I will eat two rasogollas only. Actually, I am a diabetic patient but cannot control my temptation towards rasogolla.
Bhaduri Babu:- Ha ha ha…yeah, rasogolla is a special sweet indeed. Anyway, it’s a pleasure that you have come at our club house. But, suddenly, why have you come here?
Richards:- I came here to give you a special ticket. We have constructed a special gallery for the VIP (Very Important Persons). There are only 50 seats for VIP gallery. I am giving you four VIP tickets. You can watch the match with your family members.
Bhaduri Babu:- Ha ha ha…you made me laugh.  I have only one family member and that is my son, Radhanath. He will be in the field only. Anyway, I will keep these 4 tickets with me. Mr. Beadon was asking for tickets to me. By the way, Mr. Richards, who is the referee of the final match? I hope that the referee will be a neutral one.
Richards:- Don’t worry about that, Bhaduri Babu.  Mr. Charlie Churchill will be the referee of the final match. He has the first name of Charlie Chaplin and the surname of Sir Winston Churchill, but the irony is that he has the character like Adolf Hitler. He is so strict that he has a record of showing 9 red cards in a football match. Ultimately, the match got abandoned, he he he…After that match, we have requested him to lower down his degree of strictness a little bit. In the next match, he showed 3 red cards. Till date, there has been not a single final match of ‘Queen Victoria Diamond Cup’ tournaments where at least a player has not seen a red card. Thanks to Mr. Charlie Churchill. I can only request you to tell your boys to play safe and ethical football, he he he…
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Hastings:- Ladies and Gentleman! May I have your attention please? Tonight, I declare Roland, the lieutenant of Sutanuti administrative block, as my future son-in-law. My daughter Daisy is getting engaged with Roland tonight. Both will wear the engagement ring from each other. Ladies and Gentleman, please give a good round of applause for this young love-birds and wish them a happy married life in the future ahead. Now, all of you can enjoy the drinks and foods. If you want to dance also, then the ball room is open for all of you till 12.30 AM.
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Roland:- Hey, sweetheart…come on, let us dance.
Daisy:- Tonight, I am very happy, Roland. I am still thinking…like how it happened so quickly. I fell in love with you at the first sight. And tonight we have got engaged with each other. I always used to search for my dream man. I always tried to fall in love, but was unsuccessful in so many cases.  But, I never tried to fall in love with you, it just happened automatically…So surprising, it is indeed.
Roland:- Daisy, love is an accident, not an incident. But, in this accident, a person never gets physically injured but mentally, because he/she always loses his/her heart to his/her beloved one.  Sweetheart, I want to settle down in England after our marriage. I hope that you will not be having any objection to that.
Daisy:- Wherever you go, I will follow you, dear, because I love you. Anyway, my dad is also going back to England after his retirement. But, suddenly, why are you so keen to go back to England? What is wrong in India?
Roland:- England is more peaceful than India. You can live peacefully as a family man in England. After all, England is our motherland.
Daisy:- England is not so peaceful nowadays. Adolf Hitler is always threatening to destroy England.  I have also heard that Hitler is willing to help the Indian rebels too.  By the way, dear, both India and England are my motherland. But, I have spent more time in India than in England. Anyway, I have no problem to live with you in England after my marriage.
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Commentator Chinmoy:- Good afternoon to all the listeners of ‘Akash- Baani’ radio center of Calcutta. I am Chinmoy Chattopadhay, the commentator of ‘Akash-Baani’. You are now listening to the live relay of the final match of the 5th ‘Queen Victoria Diamond Cup’ to be played between ‘Royal Bengal Tigers’ Club’ (RBTC) and ‘Yorkshire Youngsters’ (YoYo). The YoYo team is the defending champion. They have been winning this tournament for the last two years consecutively. What an ambience it is indeed in this Maidan ground. Almost all the spectators are supporting their favorite RBTC team. All the supporters are waving the ‘Green & Maroon’ flag. Some people are even dancing with the mask of a tiger in their face. After all, they have come to support the Royal Bengal Tigers’ Club only. In this final match, the chief guest is our honorable Viceroy of India, Mr. Mountbatten.  Mr. Richards and Mr. Mountbatten are shaking hands with the players of both the teams. Even Mr. Hastings and Mr. Dalhousie have also come to watch this final match. They are sitting in the VIP gallery. Mr. Beadon is also there with his family members and sitting beside Mr. Devdas Bhaduri. The match is about to start now. Mr. Churchill, the referee of this match is tossing the coin. Gosthopal, the captain of RBTC team won the toss and will take the first kick at the center. Roland, the captain of YoYo , is shaking hands with Gosthopal. Mr. Churchill has blown the whistle. The match has started.
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Commentator Chinmoy:- Already 15 minutes has passed in the match. This match is turning out to be a very competitive one. No one is leaving a single inch. Till now, not a single player has been able to take any shot at the goals. Everyone is trapping everyone within a certain area. The main battle is happening at the midfield area.  Oh! Butcher, the midfielder of YoYo is sprinting with the ball from the right flank. Arindam gave a deadly charge at the ball. Butcher fell down and talking in slang languages to Arindam. But, it was a fair tackle. That’s why; the referee gave the ‘throw-in’ signal in favor of YoYo. Lots of sledging and bull fighting is going on from the YoYo team players but the RBTC players kept their cool and keeping the ball in their possession. Till now, RBTC is having 76% ball possession of the match, but, why they are not going for full-fledged attack is still a mystery! This is a final match. Even 1 goal is enough to create the pressure on the trailing side.  Habib has snatched the ball from a YoYo defender and has taken a long shot, but, Harris, the goalkeeper of YoYo saved it with a decent dive at his right side. Harris is one of the best goalkeepers of England. He has played for the England football team last year. At present, Seaman is the main goalkeeper of England team. Oh! Roland is sprinting through the right flank and Arindam is running beside him. Arindam is not tackling him but guarding him in such an angle that Roland is unable to take any shot at the goal from that angle. The ball went for the goal-kick. Oh! No! Some war of words is going on between Roland and Arindam. Oops! Roland has pressed on Arindam’s bare right foot with his boot.  The referee is now running towards Roland.
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Arindam:- Look, Sir! What he has done! He pressed on my leg with his boot.
Churchill:- I am giving you a warning, Mr. Roland. Next time I will show you a red card.
Roland:- Oh! Sir! Arindam is just doing a role play. If they cannot bear our boots, then who told these bloody men to play football with their bare-feet? He is saying abusive languages to me.
Arindam:- Sir, Roland has started that. When he failed to take the shot at the goal, he said a slang language to me.
Churchill:- I am warning both of you. Next time, if I find any trouble, I will show both of you the red cards. Be careful.
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Roland:- Guys, listen to me. These bloody Indians are playing ‘ball possession’ football and trying to waste the time of the 1st half. They are keeping their stamina in reserve to pounce upon us in the 2nd half. Just play in the formation 3-3-4 and spread out as fast as you can, the moment our goalkeeper takes the goal kick. Play ‘touch and go’ football in utmost speed. Give the passes in zigzag manner in certain angles. If we can do that, then we will surely break their traps to score goals.
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Commentator Chinmoy:- Both Mr. Turner and Mr. Santosh are looking very tense at this moment. Mr. Turner is the coach of YoYo team and Mr. Santosh is of RBTC. 43 minutes has passed in this match, but still the score is 0-0.  Till now, RBTC has got 6 corner kicks and YoYo got none. RBTC has got 3 free-kicks and YoYo got none. But still, RBTC has not scored a goal. RBTC need to convert these opportunities into goals. In the meanwhile, Paul, the striker of YoYo team got the ball. He passed the ball to his right direction to Gary. Gary without receiving the ball just chipped the ball towards Roland who is sprinting from the left flank. Roland has taken the shot with his left foot without wasting any time. The ball hit the right bar of the goal post and went in. Bhunia has nothing to do in this case. This is the 4th goal for Roland in this tournament. He is the top goal scorer in this tournament now.  The referee has blown the whistle to end the 1st half. After the 1st half, the RBTC team is trailing by 1 goal. There is a shocking silence in the Maidan ground. All the supporters are looking at each other and discussing among each other about where RBTC really went wrong. RBTC team played well in the 1st half. They played much better football than they played in the semi-final. But, somehow, the RBTC team has failed to convert their opportunities. On the other hand, YoYo got only one chance to score a goal and they converted that opportunity. This is known as bull’s eye. Can RBTC come back in this match or YoYo will lift the cup for the third time? To know more about it, just stay tuned to our ‘Akash-Baani’ center. I will be back after 15 minutes of break.
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Santosh:- Have you people forgotten to take corner kicks and free kicks? You people got so many chances that any other team would have scored at least 3 goals till now. Arindam, Sujoy and Manohar; you people failed to defend them!
Manohar:- Santosh Babu, for 43 minutes, they got no chance to score a goal. But, somehow, I am really surprised to see them breaking our traps.
Santosh:- They have understood our strategy. That’s why; they are passing the ball from one end to the other at one touch. Even a fraction of a second counts here. Do one thing. In the 2nd half, play in the formation of 2-2-3-1-2. Now, you people need to play ‘touch and go’ football. Don’t waste your time in receiving the ball and keeping it in your possession. Try to understand the mind game. They are leading by 1 goal. Therefore, their natural tendency will be to defend their lead. Therefore, either they will play in 5-3-2 formation or 4-3-3 formation. You people have not wasted all your stamina in the 1st half because you people played very slow and ball possession football. Now, play the speedy football and attack them continuously. They will counterattack. But, make sure that their strikers should fall in the trap of ‘offside’. Sujoy, you will not leave your defense position. If they counterattack also, don’t go forward and charge them. Just make them run inside our penalty area and then force them to create a difficult angle for themselves. Manohar and Arindam, you need to go up and down a lot faster and play the trick that you are about to tackle a striker, though you will not do that unless there is an emergency case. I hope that you have understood what I am trying to say. Always induce the fear factor among the opponent’s strikers that they will be tackled. That fear factor will force them to give wrong passes inside our penalty area. I am wishing best of luck to all of you for this 2nd half. Give your heart out and don’t be tensed about the outcome. Just relax and play the game with cool head.
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Commentator Chinmoy:- 77 minutes have passed in this match. RBTC is still trailing by 1 goal. But, the way they are playing really deserves some appreciation. I have never seen RBTC team playing such a speedy football in this tournament. Gosthopal took two dangerous shot at the goal, but Harris saved it. Manna and Habib took one shot each at the goal but of no use. Harris saved those shots also. Harris is becoming the real thorn for RBTC. The defense line of YoYo is not so strong but the goalkeeper Harris is too good for the RBTC players. In this tournament, YoYo is yet to concede any goal, which means that Harris has maintained the record of ‘clean-sheet’ in all the matches of this tournament.   Can the RBTC players beat Harris?
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Commentator Chinmoy:- Only 6 minutes left in this match. RBTC is still fighting to get that equalizer. YoYo team players are now wasting time by passing the ball among themselves. Basically, YoYo is now playing total defensive football because they know that if they can waste another 5 minutes or so, they are going to lift the cup.  Habib has snatched the ball from one of the midfielders of YoYo and passed the ball to Chuni. Chuni is dribbling the ball. Oh! Boy, this is not the time to show your skills but to score the goal. Chuni gave the pass to Manna. Manna chipped it towards Iliyas at the left flank. Iliyas missed to capture the ball. Luckily, Arindam was there as his backup. Arindam is cruising with the ball in the left blank and centered the ball towards Manohar who is running in from the Central midfield region. Manohar received the ball with his right leg and dribbled the ball with his left leg and has taken a shot. What a powerful shot! Harris judged the angle of the ball rightly but was beaten by the speed. Really, the fraction of a second counts in football. Just listen to the roar of the crowd. The crowd of the Maidan is alive again. The crazy Bengali supporters are now dancing with joy. They are hugging each other. There are spontaneous smiles all around. Manohar, the defender never even thought of scoring a goal in this tournament and what a moment to score for his team. In the meanwhile, Samuel and Gower are kicking Manohar at his back out of frustration. There is a chaos inside the ground now. Now, it is the fight between the Indians and the British. The British footballers are yet to accept that they have conceded a goal. Thapa, as usual, the angry young man gave a tight slap on Samuel. Oh! My goodness, is Samuel alive after getting that slap on the face? Yes, he is alive. But, Mr. Churchill has shown red cards to Samuel, Gower and Thapa. YoYo is down with 9 men and RBTC with 10.  Oh! Sujoy has tackled John, the striker of YoYo team inside the penalty box. Sujoy has been shown the red card and YoYo has got a penalty. Roland is going to take the penalty shot. Can he score the winning goal? Oh! Dear! What a save by Bhunia!  The ball was travelling at a high speed towards the top left corner of the goal post. Hardly have I seen anyone saving that kind of a shot! Bhunia has saved a stunning shot and stunned Roland. Roland is still staring at Bhunia and maybe wondering how a man on earth can save such a fantastic shot! I was praising about Harris a little while ago but I doubt that Harris would have also failed to save this shot. The RBTC team players know what Bhunia has done for their team. They are giving a pat on his back.  Only 2 minutes left for the match. The injury time is for 2 minutes. So, in total, both the teams have 4 minutes to score the winning goal. Roland is still shaking his head out of despair because he knows what he has missed. In the meantime, Manna gave a pass to Iliyas. Iliyas just forwarded the ball to Habib. Habib is a very strong man. One YoYo defender just fell down with a slight body touch from Habib. Habib is running with the ball.  Another defender to beat; he has beaten him. Now, it is one- on-one. Habib has taken the shot. Oh! It’s a bad luck. In the last moment, Harris stretched his leg on his left side and ball went out for a corner kick. 70 seconds left in the match. Gosthopal is going to take the corner kick. He has taken the corner kick. The ball has swung a little bit. Thapa gave a header but it bounced back after hitting the left bar of the goal post. Arindam has received the ball and has taken a left –footed shot at the goal. Can you believe it! Arindam angled the ball so well that it was out of reach from Harris. Arindam has scored the winning goal for RBTC. Oh! The two defenders of RBTC have scored the goals for RBTC. What a time to score the goal! The referee has blown the final whistle. Just hear the roar of the Maidan crowd. I am feeling as if both the Durga Puja festival and the Kali Puja will be celebrated today simultaneously. On one hand, I can hear the sound of fire-crackers and on the other hand, people are dancing in the tune of Dhak, Kansar Ghanta and Dhol. Even they are performing ‘Dhunuchi Dance’. Wow! Even the Indian constables who work under the British government are dancing with joy. They have forgotten their profession today. They only know that they are Indians and the Indian footballers have defeated the British footballers.
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Commentator Chinmoy:- The award ceremony has started. Bhunia has been awarded the man of the match award and Roland got the best player award of the tournament for scoring highest number of goals. Now, Gosthopal and his team members are going to lift the ‘Queen Victoria Diamond Cup’. What a moment it is indeed! They have created a history. Spectators who have come here to watch the match are the witnesses of this golden day of Indian football. This day will be remembered years after years as a golden day of Indian football.  The winning team got an award of 100000 bucks and the runner-up team got 50000 bucks.
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Roland:- I am really sorry about my behavior towards you. You have really proved that you are an Indian zamindar.
Bhaduri Babu:- Mr. Roland, I am so happy today that I have forgot all your bad behaviors towards me. I should thank you, Mr. Roland. Had you not behaved so badly with me, I would have never formed this Indian football team. Anyway, you have understood your mistake, I am very happy to hear that.
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Beadon:- Hey guys, I am very happy today. I promised you people that I will come to watch the final match if your team qualifies for that. Really, you people played like real royal Bengal tigers. You people came back from behind and emerged as champions.
Gosthopal:- You also deserve some credit, Mr. Beadon. Had you not told about the essence of playing attacking football all the time, we would have always played the traditional defensive football only. You are not alone? Are you here with your family members?
Beadon:- Oh! Yeah! I have patched up with my wife again. She is my wife, Clara and he is my son, Bob. They have come to India to spend their holidays. They will go back to England on 19th August.  I am also planning to resign from this job and settle down in England with my family members.
Bhaduri Babu:- Mr. Beadon, you have to come to my ‘Bhaduri Bungalow’ on 15th August because one that day, my son, Radhanath will get married to Lily. Not only have that. Also Arindam and Sujoy are going to marry Kamini and Mayuri respectively on that very same day. I invite you and your family members in that wedding party.
Beadon:- Sure, sure, why not! 
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Houghton:- Roland was so depressed after that final match that he has committed suicide. He has taken too much sleeping pills to commit suicide. Now, Mr. Mayo will succeed him. Mr. Wellesley will be succeeding me.
Hastings:- Yeah…Mr. Canning will reach Calcutta tomorrow only. I am not concerned about those things. I am happy to retire from this job, but, I am very much depressed about the death of Roland. Daisy is just shedding tears all the time. She is inconsolable, though, time heals all wounds.
Houghton:- Yeah, it’s so sad. I never expected a strong guy like Roland to commit suicide due to a defeat in the football match. Actually, he could not accept the fact that an Indian football team has defeated them. He always used to hate Indians like anything. Anyway, I will be boarding the ship to England on 5th August. When is your ship?
Hastings:- It is on 5th August only. You are going in the ‘Vikings’ ship, right?
Houghton:- Oh! Yeah, yeah…then I will see you there on the ship only. Goodbye for now.
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Mayuri:- Arindam, it is so sad for you that Roland has committed suicide. Before you could kill him, he killed himself.  Arindam, you got no chance to take the revenge.
Arindam:- Ha ha ha…oh! Really, is it so! Mayuri, I was surprised to see Roland on the Maidan ground during the final match. I was damn sure that Roland will die before that match, but, it did not happen. Thank god! He died after the match. At least, no one will doubt his death as a murder.
Mayuri:- What? I do not understand anything.
Arindam:- Balaram is the son of Ramdin. After Ramdin’s death, Balaram got the job but he had anger on the British people because of his father’s murder by Kepler’s people.  Balaram also hated Roland too much but for the sake of earning money, he was doing his job as a security – in-charge of the Sutanuti administrative block campus. I utilized Balaram. I took all the information from Balaram. Shashi, who lives in my neighborhood, told me about Rishi. I found out the secret route to enter the Sutanuti administrative block campus. Balaram even told me that Roland suffers from sleeping disorders and always drinks at least 3 pegs of scotch after dinner. After drinking the scotch, he always takes one sleeping pill and goes to sleep. I did not ask about this information to Balaram, but he gave this information on his own. That’s why; I gave him 100 bucks extra. On 26th July, Roland went to Midnapore town to attend the wedding anniversary party of Houghton. On that night, I entered inside the Sutanuti administrative block campus from that secret route.  Balaram intentionally kept the back door of Roland’s house open for me to enter inside it.  I entered inside Roland’s bedroom and found that there is a refrigerator, where 3 big bottles of ‘1786- Royal Vintage’ scotch is kept. Out of the three bottles, one bottle was half filled, which means that at present he is drinking scotch from that bottle only. At the topmost slab of the refrigerator, there is an ice-tray. The ice-tray has 20 small slabs. I opened the drawer of his bedroom. I found two files of ‘Slumberdose (500 mg)’ tablets.  Last month only, this ‘Slumberdose’ tablets got banned in Europe due to its side –effects and it is a very strong sleeping pill. If you take one pill, then you will have a deep sleep for at least 10 hours. 4 tablets of ‘Slumberdose (500 mg)’ are more than enough to kill a person. I bought 20 tablets of ‘Slumberdose (500 mg)’ from different medical shops. I have not bought the 20 tablets from a single medicine shop because then I would have been under the scanner of medical shop owners. I crushed the 20 tablets into granules and mixed it with 500 ml of water to make a poisonous water solution. On 28th July, when Roland was enjoying his engagement party at the ‘Victoria Palace’, I went inside his room and threw away all the ice-cubes in the wash room. Then I filled the ice –tray with my poisonous water solution and kept the ice-tray inside the refrigerator again. Then I opened the drawer and took out 3 tablets of ‘Slumberdose (500 mg)’ and dropped it inside that scotch bottle which was unsealed. I was expecting that Roland will drink on the night of 28th July, but, he drank so much in his engagement party that he came back to his place and went to sleep. I was hiding myself to see the silent death of Roland. But, alas, on that night, he just went to sleep without touching the scotch bottle.  On 29th July, after getting defeated by us, Roland has surely drunk too many pegs of scotch with those ice cubes. If he had used 4 ice cubes with a large peg of scotch, then it is more than enough for him to die. The investigation team had come to the conclusion that Roland has committed suicide by taking excessive sleeping pills. Roland believed in the theory of ‘Kill the snake without wasting a single bullet’. I just applied his theory on him only.
Mayuri:- But, how come the investigation team has not got your finger print or boot print in any of the objects that you have touched inside Roland’s house.
 Arindam:- I went inside his room by wearing gloves with my bare –foot. I made sure that my feet are dry when I am entering inside his house.
Mayuri:- Really, Arindam, you have used your brain as your weapon rather than using revolvers.
Arindam:- I could have killed Roland by using a pistol, but, then I would have suffered the same fate like Durga or Prafulla daa…That’s why; I killed Roland by using Roland’s strategy only.
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Richards:- Wow! The wedding party is looking like a festival. Mr. Bhaduri, I have a good news for you. RBTC club has been declared as the first National Football Club of India.  You will not believe me. Already, we have got requests from many businessmen from Bengal. They also want to open their own football clubs. Bengali Muslims are demanding for a separate football club. Even the Bangaals want their own football club. One day will come when Calcutta will have so many football clubs that there will be a ‘Calcutta League’ tournament in Calcutta.
Bhaduri Babu:- Ha ha ha…that is good for Indian football only.
Richards:- Well, there is a complaint against your club. Mr. Ramesh, the No. 1 environmentalist of India has filed a case against your club that you people are using the name of an animal in your club. Also, you people are using the logo which features the face of the royal Bengal tiger. The Calcutta High Court has sent a letter to me to request to you to change the logo and the name of your club.
Bhaduri Babu:- Hmm…if this is the case, then we will change our club name as ‘Mohan Bagan’ and our logo will be the ‘Traditional Bengali Boat with a mast’ (Paal –tola  nouka). Don’t worry about that. Just enjoy the wedding party. Within a short while, Mr. L.K. Saigal and Ustad Bismillah Khan will be arriving at the party. They will perform live on our stage.
Purohit Purushottam:-  Arrey, Bhaduri Babu, boli lagno jeh boye jaaye….bor koney der ke daakun….subho kaajey deri kiser….
Bhaduri Babu:- haan haan…oi toh ora asche….ei, all the girls and women are requested to do ‘Ulu Ulu’…please do ‘ulu ulu’….
Richards:- Wow! I have never seen a Bengali wedding before. It is really nice to watch.
Beadon:- Mr. Bhaduri, please don’t mind. My son, Bob wants to eat more rasogollas. He has already eaten 12 rasogollas.
Bhaduri Babu:- Arrey, Mr. Beadon. Eat as much as you can. Just enjoy. Tonight, the villagers of entire Sutanuti province have been invited to eat here. The eating procedure will continue for the whole night.

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Madhusudan:- Hello, Santosh! This is Madhusudan Dutta from London. Congratulations, Boss….You don’t know what you have done as a coach. You have proved that Bengalis can also beat the British footballers. Boss, I never thought that a lawyer like you is a great football coach also. Well done, Santosh. You are really a royal Bengal tiger.
Santosh:- Thank you, Madhu daa…I just gave them the tips. Ultimately, they performed. All my boys are the real royal Bengal tigers. They came back from behind to pounce on the British people.
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Bose:- Namaskar!  I am Bose and he is Rashbehari. We have heard about your ‘Royal Bengal Tigers’ Club’ football team. That final victory in the football ground is not confined to that ground only but it has created a sense of nationalism in the hearts of millions of Indians.  I and Rashbehari have decided to form a nationalistic party whose name will be ‘Royal Bengal Tigers’ Association’. We want you people to join our party. We will form a militant force of our own to counter against the British forces.
Arindam:- That’s great! All our boys of ‘Swadeshi Andolan’ and ‘ABSS’ will join your party.  Already, the British people have felt the power of Bengali people. That’s why; they are so scared now, that they shifted the capital of India. One week earlier, Calcutta was the capital of India. Now, they have made Delhi as their capital to secure their main head offices. Delhi also has a secure geographical location than Calcutta. Will we ever get  freedom of our motherland?
Rashbehari:- Don’t worry; Mr. Canning has promised to give around 40% area of South Calcutta to the Bengali  people. Mr. Canning believes in ‘live and let live’, which is a good sign for achieving our freedom.
Bose:- If these British people have shifted their headquarters from Calcutta to Delhi, then we will march towards Delhi to capture all those offices and for that we have to form our own militant forces, where the ‘Royal Bengal Tigers’ like you people will be recruited. Jai Hind.
Arindam:- One day, we will surely get the independence of ‘Akhanda Bharat’ and for that , the victory of this  “ROYAL BENGAL TIGERS’ CLUB” cannot be ignored in the pages of Indian history. JAI HIND.

Monday, August 16, 2010

ROYAL BENGAL TIGERS' CLUB (EPISODE - 14) !!!


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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ROYAL BENGAL TIGERS’ CLUB   Written by: -   ARINDAM SAIN Disclaimer The entire story and its characters are entirely fictitious. ...