Surname plays a very important role in almost every field in India, be it sports or administration or studies or anything that I haven’t gone through. Everyone wants to utilize the surname as much as possible. After all, it’s a legacy of our forefathers who didn’t know that this could harm the thinking at the extent of blood. Well, this is not what I am going to tell you right now but a story of a boy who had to undergo a lot of ridiculously funny situations just because he has the surname of the ruling family.
The story begins when a poor family of Brijesh Drupad finally gets a boy as a gift of god after 3 daughters. They name the boy as Panna Drupad. After all the celebrations, Brijesh decides to register the name Panna Drupad as his son’s name in the municipality. After standing for 4 hours in the office, Brijesh gets to speak with the babu there. Babu gives him the form and looks at him with an eerie eye. Brijesh ignores it and starts filling the form. The babu says that drop the form in the box because it’s the lunch time and he will take care of the form after he takes the lunch. Brijesh completes the form slowly as he is 2nd class drop out from the school of his village. After depositing the form, he comes to the home and starts playing with his son. His eyes are like the 'Panna' and were giving a glittering looks of a real pearl.
Brijesh goes to the municipality office to take the certificate of the registered name for his son but the destiny had something else for him. The name was rejected and he was beaten badly for arguing about why the name was rejected. He couldn’t do anything and had to return to the home. He goes to the Pandit’s home and asks for another name but the Pandit says that Panna is the best name for his son otherwise he might face problem in growing up and may suffer from malnutrition. Brijesh is in great trouble.
Next day, a municipality babu comes to his home and gives him the certificate for the new name of his son: Shyamdas Drupad. Brijesh rejects it at first and warns the babu that if anything bad happens to his son, then he will kill the whole family of that babu. Babu run from that place instantly.
Brijesh is called in the municipality office. The senior officer offers him the tea and toast and asks him why he can’t choose another name for his son. Brijesh bluntly asks why do everyone want him to change the name. The officer frowns and throws the tea on him. Brijesh saves himself from the attempt and runs from the place. He decides that he is going to the collector to ask for the justice. He goes to the city and finds the collectorate in 2 days. He reaches there and asks for the appointment with the collector which he is denied.
He sits outside the collectorate and demands an appointment. A newspaper reporter sees him with the certificate of municipality in his hand and approaches him to ask what the problem is. Brijesh tells the whole story in one breath and asks if he can arrange the meeting. After listening the whole story, the reporter understands all the problem in just one second that this villager is not given this name because the son of the chief minister has the same name and in the next to next elections, Panna Drupad is going to be the next CM, so they cant allow anyone to have a family name with complete resemblance. He takes Brijesh to his office and arrange his one of the good friends of a news channel to cover the news.
Brijesh gives in writing that he is denied the name of Panna Drupad for his son just because of the similarity of the name of the ruling family. Just after the seconds of release of the news, the matter becomes of great importance because a common man is denied the freedom to have a name of his own choice in a democratic country. The matter reaches to the high command. Meetings are held to solve the matter and retain the name.
CM: “ solve this matter with immediate effect. I want the name to be retained by our family only.”
Secretary: “sir we have a settlement scheme if you wish to hear.”
CM hears the whole scheme and finally agrees to it. Brijesh is given the name Panna Drupad for his son immediately and the matter resolves with the wows of CM saying that every person in India have right to chose his own name. Brijesh returns home happily with the certificate.
After 4 years, Brijesh’s son is going to the school. He is denied the admission on the grounds of unavailability of seats. He wanted his son to study in English medium but due to refusal received from everywhere, he has to send his son the the local government school of the town. His son is punished everyday for the No Homework Done reason even though his son completes it on time.
Brijesh knows that he is getting older and can’t handle the problems with son at the time when his daughters are of the age of getting married. His daughters are denied everywhere for marriage. The problems are shooting one by one. His Kirana store is now next to hell because the other nearby shop is now butcher stand. One day, a municipal babu reaches his shop and asks for a bidi. He asks, how his son is ? Is the name going well ? Brijesh looks him going through the passage and decides something.
Today, Brijesh’s daughters are married. His son is in class 11th.
Attendance time: Kumar Shyamdas !
Brijesh’s son: Yes teacher.
