But he called up Urmilla‘s mother and asked , “Urmilla
didn’t do
homework couple of days ago . Now she has been doing
homework
properly for last five days . Do you help her ? I mean is there anyone who help
her in doing her
homework .” Her mother , Jyothika , replied , “No . She does
homework all by herself .” At her reply Daya Sir looked stressed . Jyothika
surprised , “If Urmilla does homework , is there any problem .” Daya Sir
answered in a low voice , “No , but she writes a ‘3’ on each page of her copy .
Don’t you feel anything ?” Jyothika replied , “Children write anything which
doesn’t make any sense . But I don’t feel anything if she writes ‘3’ on the
pages of her homework copy .” Daya Sir apologized , “Sorry , I am very sorry
for disturbing you .” On that night Daya Sir couldn’t resist his curiosity
about the oddity of Urmilla . He went to Urmilla’s house and rang the door-bell
. Jyothika opened the door and surprised , “Sir , can I help you .” Daya Sir
replied , “I have come to see Urmila . How she does her homework ?” Jyothika
denied , “No , Sir . You are her teacher , a well-wisher . But
homeworks are
given to be done in home and checked in the class . I can’t allow you now . You
will check her copy tomorrow in the class . If you check homework at home , so what
is the use of giving homeworks ? Please , Sir I can’t allow you now you can go
now .” Daya Sir seemed to be depressed . He left but couldn’t resist his
curiosity . He came back and went to the backside of Urmilla’s house . He
stopped in front of a window and started searching Urmila from there . At that
moment , Jyothika entered the room and found Daya Sir . She came close to the
window and asked in rage , “What the hell ! What are you doing here ?” Daya Sir
replied that he was looking for Urmilla . Jyothika shrieked in fury , “Oh God !
You are after my daughter . I am gonna call the cops .” Daya Sir pleaded , “No
, please don’t do this for God’s sake . I have reasons for doing all this .”
Jyothika screamed , “ What reason , huh ?” Daya Sir answered in a low voice ,
“When I was in Standard II , I had a friend , Arun . We were friends since
childhood . Arun was studious as well as intelligent . I wasn’t good in studies
. Teachers loved him whereas I would get slaps in front of Arun . I used to feel
envious for him , but I couldn’t do anything . We used to play together . It
was 13th March , we were flying kites from the roof of his house .
Arun was concentrating on flying kites . At that moment , I pushed him . As a
consequence , Arun fell from the roof and died . Arun used to write ‘3’ on the
page of his homework copy . Urmilla didn’t do homeworks . Now she started to do
homeworks incorrectly . She , also , writes ‘3’ on his pages of her homework
copy like Arun .” Jyothika felt that Daya Sir perhaps lost his mental balance .
So Jyothika suggested , “Sir , I think you need to consult some psychiatrists
.” Daya Sir agreed , “Perhaps , you are right . I will consult psychiatrists tomorrow . I am sorry . I
disturbed you again . Please forgive me .” He left the place . When he stepped
out of Urmilla house , he heard a old familiar voice calling him , ‘Daya’ . Sir
turned back and found a blurred image of his old best friend , Arun , whom he
killed . He heard faintly from the image , “Daya , you are not mad . But you
will loose your mental balance now .” Only this . Next morning , it is seen
that our class-teacher , Dayanath Gupta , sitting on road like a mad . He was
calculating all kinds of mathematics on the road with a bundle of chalks and
saying , “I have killed Arun . But he is back . Now he will kill me .”