Contributed by: Dr. Equbal Wajid
As per the hidden agenda to make a grand personal property in billions the Director always escaped to have any kind of strong relation in recognizing the school permanently with the Government Organizations. Had he been intended to work or sacrifice for the Nation he could have followed the model of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan the founder of the Aligarh Muslim University, to build a permanent Institution and had granted it to the Nation.
The School was established in 1966, but the students of Insan School used to appear in the Board Examination in the name of other schools. Except for few years when Mr.Karpuri Thakur then the Chief Minister of Bihar granted a temporary recognition for five years which later extended for one year and then it expired, failing to meet the criterion of the Government. The first recognition was granted to Insan School as “An Experimental Proprietary Institution”. If somebody can think of the legal status of the School, very sooner he will get the clue of the ‘grand hidden agenda’ of the Director. The word ‘experimental’ shows the grand agenda that when acquiring the land will cross the saturation point [300 acres], the Director will create some artificial situation in which the teachers will stand against him and then he will luckily let the institution go fall, blaming it up on the teachers, and make the senior teachers leave the institutions. By that time the Director’s sons could have grown up, completed their study and have been able to take charge of the Institutions. It was all preplanned on every step.
When the College started the students appeared in the name of Barari College, Karhagola, District Katihar. Then they appeared from Araria College Araria and then through Forbesganj College Forbesganj. The years in which the students were appearing in the name of other Colleges, Insan College produced its best results in the Mithila University but unluckily the teachers of Insan College never got proper appreciation for their work.
Once the students of intermediate failed to appear in the final examination and lost their session due to the vague principles of the Director. Anyhow in 80s by some concern the Bihar Intermediate Council granted recognition to the Intermediate level and the Students appeared in the name of Insan College, but the criterion for a permanent recognition never being fulfilled.
In the College I was the man who was being assigned to co-ordinate with other Colleges and University for official works. It was my extra assignment for which I was not being paid. I remember, when the College was upgraded to degree standard in Arts and Commerce, the Honors Classes were declared open in Urdu. The first batch was ready to appear in the examination. It was time to fill the examination forms. The students were prepared to take the B.A. Honors [Urdu] examination. Unluckily, just before a month or two to the final examination, the students shocked to know that they cannot appear in Honours Course as the forwarding College [Barari College Barari] was not entitled to have get students appeared in honours courses. At that time Mr. Mozahir Hasan [ Political Science] was handling this job. Hence, I was sent to Barari College to enquire about the matter.
Luckily Mr.Anwer Malick who was a teacher in English in the High School, had his father posted in KarahaGola near to Barari College as a Police Inspector. So I asked the Director to allow Mr. Anwer Mallick to go with me as we may need any help from his father. It was a very cool night . We went to Katihar by train and then by road to Karahagola. Anwer malick’s parent treated me very nicely. They were much courteous. I briefed Rizvi Sahab about the case. Next morning he took us to the College’s Secretary’s house. We talk to the Secretary and then went to the College. The Secretary tolled their men to co-operate with us. Had Mr. Rizvi Sahab the Police Station In-Charge not helped us it would have very difficult to get out of the Barari’s College’s clutch.
I asked clearly, that I want to with draw the enrollment from the College and want to try for some other College. The main problem was that the Registration slip of the whole Barari College together with Insan College students were on hold at Mithila University for some reasons. So without the registration slip no College can allow our students to appear in the examination. It was a great task to take out the Registration slip from Mithila University.
I came back to Kishanganj, reported the status to the Director and then the other day travelled to Darbhanga. Went to Mithila University, and approached the clerk who was in-charge of this matter. I told him that I need the registration slips of the students of Barari College. The clerk was a young tall man. He told me that he will do it against 200 rupees as bribe money. I bargained and bring him down up to 170 rupees, he agreed. He told me to come after sun set. When the sun disappeared I met him in the office, everyone had gone, the clerk opened the Almirah and and searched for the files and then took it out with him. We took a rickshaw and went to hotel in the down town, here he handed me the registration slips. I gave him Rs170 and we both departed.
Next morning I met Mr. Nehal Sahab, Principal Millat College Darbhanga. I ask him to allow our student to appear in the forth coming examination. He told me if we could pay the fees for the whole session he will allow it to do. I was ready at all. I came back to Kishanganj by bus the other day and reported Dr. Syed Hasan and asked for his consent. He agreed. In the mean while a guardian form Araria , Sarwar Bhai pursued Dr. Hasan to let the students appear from Forbesganj College. Dr. Syed Hasan asked my opinion I agreed as an staunch follower. Then Mr Sarwar took me to Forbesganj. He introduced me with Abdurrazzaque the head clerk of Forbesganj College.
Abdurazzaque was a bold man, he had confidence to do all kind of illegal works. He had a Yezdi Motorcycle. He belong to the village Rampur, near about four kilometers far from Forbesganj Town. He had his own office at his house. I traveled Forbesganj many times for years. I had become familiar with Abdurrazzaque’s family. Whenever I have to go to Forbesganj, I start from Kishanganj by 10’oclock as there was no direct bus service. I have to change the bus at two points. Kishanganj to Bahadurganj Zero Mile and then from Bahadurganj Zero Mile to Araria Zero Mile and then to Forbesganj. Usually I reach Forbesganj at sun set. Then I look for a rickshaw and go to Rampur. Then Abdurrazaque could come by Esha prayer. He could ask his children to manage a chicken. Then at the night a chicken could have made and by 9’oclock we could ate rice, pulse, chicken, vegetables and prickles together.
Then the other day I could come back to Kishanganj. Sometimes I had spend my night in Nepal with a village friend of mine who was an auto electrician in Jogbani. He had his own shop. Once or twice I had spent night with him. Once he took me to a cinema hall. It was a small hall. There were wooden benches to sit. When we reached near the door I saw that the people looked suspicious. A ‘XXX Only for Adults, sign was shown at the door. It stricken me and my assumption came to true, it was not a usual picture. It was a one and half hour blue film to which I had heard about and viewed for the first time in my life. Emotionally I became more agitated and tense.
The relation with Forbesganj College continued for years. When Insan College collapsed in 1992-94, my routine terminated. In recent years I came to know that Abdurrazzaque has died.
The money which I use to pay Abdurrrazzaque never had receipt against it. Everything was verbal. There was no proper record. The irony is that even the Principal of the Forbesganj College was astonished, when to saw new faces appearing in the name of Frobesganj College as regular candidates. How Abdurrazzaque could have managed everything is still a secret. I told the Director that the way we are appearing through Forbesganj College in not fair. The Director spoke nothing and thus an illegal act continued by hand for years through his consent. [to be continued]
