Pagla Dashu ("Crazy" Dashu)

Set in the 19th century Bengal, a province of India, the story revolves around a group of school mates, one of them being a little ... let's say, a bit eccentric. This is a translation of the Bengali story "Pagla Dashu" by Sukumar Roy. "Pagla", in Bengali literally means mad. Is he silly? Is he mad? Is he an alien!