To Sir & Madam....with love
Teacher’s Day is here, and my son’s school has declared a holiday today! It seems they celebrated Teacher’s Day yesterday and then decided to give a much deserved rest to the teachers who spend a better part of
their lives running after these 4-5 year olds day in and day out.
Now, I remember the way we used to celebrate Teacher’s Day in school (my sincere apologies if I sound like those grown ups who always seem to speak about the ‘good ol’ days). We used to carry little handmade cards for our teachers which we made by cutting chart papers, folded the paper and spent a considerable amount of quality time on the afternoon of 4th September every year to make something special for our teachers. The more enterprising ones of our friends used to carry flowers, especially for the teachers who were very strict !
On this very special day, I remember some of my school teachers (the reverend teachers of my medical college are not included here due to constraints in space and time, but I will write about them too very soon). Though many of my friends in my friend list will not remember them, I know that the few who are from Guwahati Public School will definitely reminisce about the days well spent in both Bamuni Maidan and Panjabari……
1. Mr Bidya Sharma: My earliest memories of Guwahati Public School (GPS) is of this frail and fair man with bright eyes going for rounds in each classroom. A pioneer in the field of school education in Assam, Bidya Sharma Sir was a class apart…He was a very apt school principal, and was very loving towards us all.
2. Bura Hindi Sir: My memory fails me as I try to recall his name (Hiranmoy Das Da, Meghalee Barthakur Ba, …you may recall his name). Clad in stark white dhoti and kurta, he liked to call his students and slap on our backs!
3. Mr. Golap Dutta: Maths Sir! And his ‘cruel’ punishment of putting a pencil in the gap between the forefinger and the middle finger and press hard till our fingers almost broke. Rumour was that he had two wives.
4. Art Sir: Wheatish with a small moustache and spectacles, he punished us with beatings on our palms with wooden scales. I always got A constant “C+” in his class.
5. Ms. Kaju Bhattacharrya: Loving, but a terror when we were upto some mischief.
6. Ms. Mrinalini Sharma: Vice Principal Madam and Geography teacher, famously called “Buri”. I met Ma’m a couple of years back. She is older now, but still maintains the authority she commanded in her heydays.
7. Ms. Ratna Gohain: I am not very sure how many of us remember this beauty of a teacher with an awesome complexion and short hir.
8. Ms. Rajashree Baruah: Maths teacher, friendly yet very much revered.
9. Ms. Bharati Choudhury: My favourite till date….No one like her.
10. Ms. Saline Ledger: I was very very scared of her. Caught me reading a Mills & Boon novel once when I was in Class VIII. No one could match her excellent diction and command over English.
11. Ms. Papory Baruah: History classes became interesting courtesy this good looking Ma’m who loved her students a lot. I am very eager to meet her.
12. Ms. Bibha Devi: I was one her favourite students. I owe my interest in Assamese literature to Bibha Ma’m.
13. Ms. Arati Kalita: ‘Mitochondria’ and ’ Golgi bodies’ became cult words, courtesy Arati Ma’m.
14. Mr. Sinam Iboton Singh: Sir, you were the best!
15. Ms. Ayesha: Remember ‘Loin’ (read LION)? ‘Tiktiki’ Ma’m wore excellent cotton sarees.
16. Mr. Praneswar Goswami: Sanskrit Sir……
17. Mr. Sashi Das: ‘Craft’ Sir….I miss his Bihu songs (which he sang on our annual function day each year, though I am not very sure whether Moloya Ma’m listened or not!).
18. Mahanta Sir: I passed in Maths in school only because he forced me to practice my sums.
19. Mr. Pranab Goswami: How many of my school friends remember this handsome Chemistry teacher? Ah! for the good old school days……
20. Petla Hindi Sir; Come on, how can I forget his name? May his soul rest in peace! (K.P. Roy Sir?)
20. Mr. P.K. Sharma: This list will be useless without the mention of ‘Keru’. I guess he was the first teacher of GPS whose posters were put up by my classmates (I will not name them) in Panjabari and Ganeshguri as “WANTED”! No matter whatever opinion we may have of him, school life would not have been the same without him.
The list would have gone on and on had I not capped my pen here. Whatever I am today, I owe it all to these learned people who gave their hundred percent in shaping our future. Thank you Sir and Madam; though the demands of everyday life have taken me away from you all, you all are always in my heart and mind, and I pay my sincere gratitude and regards to you on this special day. Happy Teachers’ Day!
Now, I remember the way we used to celebrate Teacher’s Day in school (my sincere apologies if I sound like those grown ups who always seem to speak about the ‘good ol’ days). We used to carry little handmade cards for our teachers which we made by cutting chart papers, folded the paper and spent a considerable amount of quality time on the afternoon of 4th September every year to make something special for our teachers. The more enterprising ones of our friends used to carry flowers, especially for the teachers who were very strict !
On this very special day, I remember some of my school teachers (the reverend teachers of my medical college are not included here due to constraints in space and time, but I will write about them too very soon). Though many of my friends in my friend list will not remember them, I know that the few who are from Guwahati Public School will definitely reminisce about the days well spent in both Bamuni Maidan and Panjabari……
1. Mr Bidya Sharma: My earliest memories of Guwahati Public School (GPS) is of this frail and fair man with bright eyes going for rounds in each classroom. A pioneer in the field of school education in Assam, Bidya Sharma Sir was a class apart…He was a very apt school principal, and was very loving towards us all.
2. Bura Hindi Sir: My memory fails me as I try to recall his name (Hiranmoy Das Da, Meghalee Barthakur Ba, …you may recall his name). Clad in stark white dhoti and kurta, he liked to call his students and slap on our backs!
3. Mr. Golap Dutta: Maths Sir! And his ‘cruel’ punishment of putting a pencil in the gap between the forefinger and the middle finger and press hard till our fingers almost broke. Rumour was that he had two wives.
4. Art Sir: Wheatish with a small moustache and spectacles, he punished us with beatings on our palms with wooden scales. I always got A constant “C+” in his class.
5. Ms. Kaju Bhattacharrya: Loving, but a terror when we were upto some mischief.
6. Ms. Mrinalini Sharma: Vice Principal Madam and Geography teacher, famously called “Buri”. I met Ma’m a couple of years back. She is older now, but still maintains the authority she commanded in her heydays.
7. Ms. Ratna Gohain: I am not very sure how many of us remember this beauty of a teacher with an awesome complexion and short hir.
8. Ms. Rajashree Baruah: Maths teacher, friendly yet very much revered.
9. Ms. Bharati Choudhury: My favourite till date….No one like her.
10. Ms. Saline Ledger: I was very very scared of her. Caught me reading a Mills & Boon novel once when I was in Class VIII. No one could match her excellent diction and command over English.
11. Ms. Papory Baruah: History classes became interesting courtesy this good looking Ma’m who loved her students a lot. I am very eager to meet her.
12. Ms. Bibha Devi: I was one her favourite students. I owe my interest in Assamese literature to Bibha Ma’m.
13. Ms. Arati Kalita: ‘Mitochondria’ and ’ Golgi bodies’ became cult words, courtesy Arati Ma’m.
14. Mr. Sinam Iboton Singh: Sir, you were the best!
15. Ms. Ayesha: Remember ‘Loin’ (read LION)? ‘Tiktiki’ Ma’m wore excellent cotton sarees.
16. Mr. Praneswar Goswami: Sanskrit Sir……
17. Mr. Sashi Das: ‘Craft’ Sir….I miss his Bihu songs (which he sang on our annual function day each year, though I am not very sure whether Moloya Ma’m listened or not!).
18. Mahanta Sir: I passed in Maths in school only because he forced me to practice my sums.
19. Mr. Pranab Goswami: How many of my school friends remember this handsome Chemistry teacher? Ah! for the good old school days……
20. Petla Hindi Sir; Come on, how can I forget his name? May his soul rest in peace! (K.P. Roy Sir?)
20. Mr. P.K. Sharma: This list will be useless without the mention of ‘Keru’. I guess he was the first teacher of GPS whose posters were put up by my classmates (I will not name them) in Panjabari and Ganeshguri as “WANTED”! No matter whatever opinion we may have of him, school life would not have been the same without him.
The list would have gone on and on had I not capped my pen here. Whatever I am today, I owe it all to these learned people who gave their hundred percent in shaping our future. Thank you Sir and Madam; though the demands of everyday life have taken me away from you all, you all are always in my heart and mind, and I pay my sincere gratitude and regards to you on this special day. Happy Teachers’ Day!
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