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Sketches

Tripti Verma
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CHARACTERS

Kasuke – A 17 years old average college student, born and brought up in a middle class family.

Dekeshi – Kasuke’s classmate.
Naomi – A good looking and attractive classmate of Kasuke.

Ribika – Dekeshi’s best friend.
Setting: - A classroom in a high school, a library near the classroom block, a centre park in the

high school campus and a hospital a little far from high school.
Scene 1

(Kasuke was sitting on the last corner seat of the classroom so that no one was able to interact

with him. Dekeshi enters the classroom.)
Dekeshi (to Kasuke): - “Can I sit with you”???

Kasuke said nothing. He sat there and started telling his story about how he was able to join
this high school even after not scoring good in the selection exam, but it was feeling like Kasuke

was not interested in all this. He was just looking at Naomi. Meanwhile Ribika enters the

classroom.
Ribika (to Kasuke): - Hy! Ribika this side, daughter of the principal of this high

school…….
Kasuke shakes hands with Ribika…...

The class ended.

Kasuke (to himself): - I think Ribika is the reason why Dekeshi is here, he helped Ribika to
come out from depression, as a pay off her medical help, she helped Dekeshi to join high school

by using his father’s approach!... oh it’s 11 pm I should sleep now, else I would be late for 8am
class.

(He slept.)
Almost a month passed. Kasuke’s schedule was fixed. Going to class, picking up a window

seat, looking into the sky, coming to the library and studying. He was tired of all this and

wanted someone to share his memories, his journeys and many more but there was no one to
listen here. His only companion was his diary in which he used to write what he felt.

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