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This short play is about two brothers who are affectionate
and respectful to each other. The story also shows that
learning from our day to day experiences is as important as
what we learn from books in the school. This play is based on
the famous story in Hindi-
written by Munshi Premchand.
Bade Bhai Saheb
My Elder Brother
English
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This short play is about two brothers who are affectionate
and respectful to each other. The story also shows that
learning from our day to day experiences is as important as
what we learn from books in the school. This play is based on
the famous story in Hindi-
written by Munshi Premchand.
Bade Bhai Saheb
My Elder Brother
English
Grammar
Maths
Marigold
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This short play is about two brothers who are affectionate
and respectful to each other. The story also shows that
learning from our day to day experiences is as important as
what we learn from books in the school. This play is based on
the famous story in Hindi-
written by Munshi Premchand.
Bade Bhai Saheb
My Elder Brother
SCENE1 , A hostel room. Two brothers aged 9 and 14 years
sitting at a study table. The elder brother , Bhaiya,
is reading a book and the younger one, Munna, is
drawing pictures of birds and animals.
BHAIYA
MUNNA
BHAIYA
MUNNA
BHAIYA
MUNNA
BHAIYA
Whatareyoudoing,Munna?
Iamdrawing.
When will you study? Where were you in the
morning?
I was playing. Bhaiya, how can
yousitwithabookforhourstogether?
That's because I want my foundation in
education to be very strong. If the base is
strong then the building will stand firmly.
Sometimes it takes me two years to do one
year'swork.
Bhaiya,youarefiveyearsolderthanIamand
three classes ahead of me. I wonder why you
keep writing the same word twenty times, one
sentence more than twenty times and copy
poemsseveraltimesinbeautifulletters?
You know, studying English is no child's play,
onehastoworkveryhardinordertolearnthe
subject. To speak or write English properly,
tremendouseffortisrequired.Butthemoment
you get a chance, you run to the field, play
marbles and fly paper kites, or sit idling away
with friends for fun! Can’t you sit down and
study?
(turning pale)
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This short play is about two brothers who are affectionate
and respectful to each other. The story also shows that
learning from our day to day experiences is as important as
what we learn from books in the school. This play is based on
the famous story in Hindi-
written by Munshi Premchand.
Bade Bhai Saheb
My Elder Brother
English
Grammar
Maths
Marigold
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This short play is about two brothers who are affectionate
and respectful to each other. The story also shows that
learning from our day to day experiences is as important as
what we learn from books in the school. This play is based on
the famous story in Hindi-
written by Munshi Premchand.
Bade Bhai Saheb
My Elder Brother
SCENE1 , A hostel room. Two brothers aged 9 and 14 years
sitting at a study table. The elder brother , Bhaiya,
is reading a book and the younger one, Munna, is
drawing pictures of birds and animals.
BHAIYA
MUNNA
BHAIYA
MUNNA
BHAIYA
MUNNA
BHAIYA
Whatareyoudoing,Munna?
Iamdrawing.
When will you study? Where were you in the
morning?
I was playing. Bhaiya, how can
yousitwithabookforhourstogether?
That's because I want my foundation in
education to be very strong. If the base is
strong then the building will stand firmly.
Sometimes it takes me two years to do one
year'swork.
Bhaiya,youarefiveyearsolderthanIamand
three classes ahead of me. I wonder why you
keep writing the same word twenty times, one
sentence more than twenty times and copy
poemsseveraltimesinbeautifulletters?
You know, studying English is no child's play,
onehastoworkveryhardinordertolearnthe
subject. To speak or write English properly,
tremendouseffortisrequired.Butthemoment
you get a chance, you run to the field, play
marbles and fly paper kites, or sit idling away
with friends for fun! Can’t you sit down and
study?
(turning pale)
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This short play is about two brothers who are affectionate
and respectful to each other. The story also shows that
learning from our day to day experiences is as important as
what we learn from books in the school. This play is based on
the famous story in Hindi-
written by Munshi Premchand.
Bade Bhai Saheb
My Elder Brother
English
Grammar
Maths
Marigold
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65
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This short play is about two brothers who are affectionate
and respectful to each other. The story also shows that
learning from our day to day experiences is as important as
what we learn from books in the school. This play is based on
the famous story in Hindi-
written by Munshi Premchand.
Bade Bhai Saheb
My Elder Brother
SCENE1 , A hostel room. Two brothers aged 9 and 14 years
sitting at a study table. The elder brother , Bhaiya,
is reading a book and the younger one, Munna, is
drawing pictures of birds and animals.
BHAIYA
MUNNA
BHAIYA
MUNNA
BHAIYA
MUNNA
BHAIYA
Whatareyoudoing,Munna?
Iamdrawing.
When will you study? Where were you in the
morning?
I was playing. Bhaiya, how can
yousitwithabookforhourstogether?
That's because I want my foundation in
education to be very strong. If the base is
strong then the building will stand firmly.
Sometimes it takes me two years to do one
year'swork.
Bhaiya,youarefiveyearsolderthanIamand
three classes ahead of me. I wonder why you
keep writing the same word twenty times, one
sentence more than twenty times and copy
poemsseveraltimesinbeautifulletters?
You know, studying English is no child's play,
onehastoworkveryhardinordertolearnthe
subject. To speak or write English properly,
tremendouseffortisrequired.Butthemoment
you get a chance, you run to the field, play
marbles and fly paper kites, or sit idling away
with friends for fun! Can’t you sit down and
study?
(turning pale)
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This short play is about two brothers who are affectionate
and respectful to each other. The story also shows that
learning from our day to day experiences is as important as
what we learn from books in the school. This play is based on
the famous story in Hindi-
written by Munshi Premchand.
Bade Bhai Saheb
My Elder Brother
English
Grammar
Maths
Marigold
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This short play is about two brothers who are affectionate
and respectful to each other. The story also shows that
learning from our day to day experiences is as important as
what we learn from books in the school. This play is based on
the famous story in Hindi-
written by Munshi Premchand.
Bade Bhai Saheb
My Elder Brother
SCENE1 , A hostel room. Two brothers aged 9 and 14 years
sitting at a study table. The elder brother , Bhaiya,
is reading a book and the younger one, Munna, is
drawing pictures of birds and animals.
BHAIYA
MUNNA
BHAIYA
MUNNA
BHAIYA
MUNNA
BHAIYA
Whatareyoudoing,Munna?
Iamdrawing.
When will you study? Where were you in the
morning?
I was playing. Bhaiya, how can
yousitwithabookforhourstogether?
That's because I want my foundation in
education to be very strong. If the base is
strong then the building will stand firmly.
Sometimes it takes me two years to do one
year'swork.
Bhaiya,youarefiveyearsolderthanIamand
three classes ahead of me. I wonder why you
keep writing the same word twenty times, one
sentence more than twenty times and copy
poemsseveraltimesinbeautifulletters?
You know, studying English is no child's play,
onehastoworkveryhardinordertolearnthe
subject. To speak or write English properly,
tremendouseffortisrequired.Butthemoment
you get a chance, you run to the field, play
marbles and fly paper kites, or sit idling away
with friends for fun! Can’t you sit down and
study?
(turning pale)
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youhavemasteredthegame.Youhavetowork
hardtobesuccessfulinlife.Whenyouhaveto
study a subject like Algebra or Geometry in
higher classes then you will understand the
importanceofhardwork.
In Geometry, if one writes ‘acb’ instead
of ‘abc’ the answer is marked wrong. The
examinerswillnotspareyou.Theywantyouto
learnwordbywordfromthetextbooks.
Oh Bhaisaheb! This is scary. I dont think I
want to go to the 9th class now, but I will still
complete my days homework so that I get no
punishmentinclass.
Just today, we were asked to write a short
essayonthetopicof infourpages!
Andimagine,cansomethingbewrittenonfour
pagesandstillbeshort?Itsallsomixedup!
Thank God, it was time for
schoolorelse,thescoldingwouldhavegoneon
andon.
Ah!Iamlucky.Icanpasseasily.
Ineednotstudysohard.NowIcanplaygames
with my friends and fly kites. But I should
still be careful that Bhaiya does not see me
flyingkites.
MUNNA ’
’
BHAIYA
MUNNA
MUNNA
Punctuality
’
(thinking aloud)
(talking aloud)
SCENE3 The results were out once again and it so
happened that Munna passed and Bhaiya
failed again. Bhaiya was really upset. Munna
was also sad seeing his brother so unhappy.
Bhaiya now becomes gentler with Munna.
Munna became naughtier because of this and
studied even less than before.
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