Do you want a partner?

There are those who help you answer tests, and there are those who are eating YOUR tiffin under the table while you asking to lend their rubbers! There are those who weep inconsolably when your seats are changed, and there are those who draw impermeable Indo-Pak borders with a compass to demarcate your area of the table and theirs.

Do you remember your benchmate from school? Some of you, I’m sure are still best friends with your ‘partner’. Inkspillz reminisces on the partner system in Indian schools and the three simple modes of assigning you one.