Person with a difference

India as a country, seems to have always placed teachers in the pedestal. Famous Tamil verse places teachers just next to mother and father. We are not actually sure how much the students really respected the teachers, but at least going by what the epics try to convey, the teachers were kept in such greatness that Ekalayva was ready to sacrifice even his thumb for Dhronocharya, who actually even refused to teach him. (Was Ekalyva the first and the only person so far to learn archery thro correspondence course! Don't be surprised if SRM starts offering one soon)

I think I am deviating away from what I actually wanted to convey through this blog. Today very few youngsters respect teachers and very few want to become a teacher. Teachers are given nick names , made fun of, and all those sort of things. But then there is one person who is showing us the right ways. He is none other than our honorable President Dr. APJ. Abdul Kalam.

He had recently come to Tamil Nadu for attending in various functions. His schedule was tightly packed. He had to move from one college to another giving lectures and interacting with students and also had to attend so many functions that practically he had no time to rest. Inspite of his busy schedule, he infact found time to do two things that was not originally in his schedule, that surprised every one:-

1) He decided to visit the grave of his lecturers in a very dark night, he asked his car driver to focus the head light on the name of his lecturer written there, and stood in reverence for some time.

2) He also spent time with one of his old lecturer, who is 98 years old.

How many of us have visited our school teachers after we have passed out of our school. Don't we feel ashamed to sat that we are too busy to do it. Are we too busy than our President. Definitely not. So why don't we learn from our President.

( Our president also says that he will return to teaching once his presidential term is over. He is so passionate about teaching and shaping thae young minds of the country. In this context, even the lecturers and teachers have to learn a great deal from him)

Jai Hind and Long Live Our honorable President.