Loaded with an amazing feeling today …
What a day today ,,
after 50 years on this planet , the most beautiful planets in the universe ( as
i think ,, arguably though ), I was wondering since I got up today
..
" Who the hell I am ...???"
" Who has given me the skills to appreciate the beauty of this lovely
earth"
" Who has taught me take a dive into the world of unknown ..."
" Who has given me the mind to visualize the picture of Hotel California
""""
" Who has shown me the path to enlighten my soul ... "
It took me back to the
memory lane , where I started my journey to be a soul ,, a soul with a
mind , a soul with a mind with a memory …
I was there in “Charu
Babu’s School “ at Panchanan tala , I do not remember the schools full name ,,
but for sure all those lovely teachers , I still remember them ,, Arati Miss ,
Geeta Miss , Konika Miss and Juthika Miss ,, they have were the angels who
triggered my journey as a human being.. I still can see Arati Miss playing
organ and singing for us ( as I am writing these words my vision is getting
blurred with tears ) , Geeta miss and Konika Miss trying calm us down for
afternoon “sleeping class” .. It was way back in 1969 …
Days and years passed on
, , so many teachers toiled to shape my life ,,,but few of them cleansed and
put my thought processes on to the groove ,, I was bohemic by heart during my
younger days( I don’t know if I still continue to be so) .. I grew up in a
suburban town with river Hooghly flowing by it.. our school was on the river
bank ,,, lessons from sky , from the tunes of chirping birds , from the
flutters of the sails of cargo boats used to be more fascinating than snail’s
law or lessons of literature … then I bumped with one of the heros of my life
,, I am having no shame to say that I scored on 13 out oh hundred in class nine
maths exam ,, I was almost rejected by all ,,, only Mr Nemai Chand Kundu ,, known
in the locality as Nemai babu , took it up as his personal challenge and showed
me the path , he has given me the vision how to look at the life .. today I owe
all my learning ability to him ,, he made me a learner ,,by way of teaching me
the philosophy of mathematic ,, its much beyond the science ,,
Few of my friends likes
to see me with my guitar ,, now it would not have been so , had I not come across
my best friend “Boga Kaku” ,,, oops I mean Soumya Dasgupta , who did the first
hand holding , when I was mere a fledgling in the world of music ,,, he made me
love guitar .. fall for the hidden treasure of music ,,
At a much ripened age, I
met Amyt Dutta, he has given me the
tools and tackles to enrich my musical ability ,,
Today at standing at the
age of 50, with grey hairs and frowns on between the eye brows ,,I was not
really aware what was waiting for me this 5th September.. The first
post this morning on my Facebook timeline was a wish ,, someone wished me as
her teacher , as her mentor ,,, I was amazed ,, I was overwhelmed ,,,, it
continued ,, I received a phone call , wishing me happy a teacher’s day ,,,
then came an unexpected SMS, he called me the best mentor he came across ….
I never knew that I had
a teacher in me , a mentor in me ,, .. it made me smile and I found a different
person in the mirror ,,
But the question is who
makes a teacher a teacher ???? Are the teachers the leaders ...??? Is it the teachers who make a teacher or the students make ,,, but at the end of the day ,, its all for the
quest of knowledge and peace ,,,,,
Baba, I have read in the books that its not the designation that tells a human what kind of a leader he is, but its his knowledge and the air of humbleness he carries tells that. To me, you are that character from the book that has come true, and I wouldn't shy away to tell the world I am lucky to have known you.
ReplyDeleteIf I may answer your question:
1) Who makes a teacher,
2) If teachers are leaders?
I believe not everyone has the luck to be A Teacher, A Guru, I think they are God's favourite angel, his/her messenger to guide the one's in his/her world when they tremble. I personally wouldn't call them leaders, they are the one's who guide the leaders on how to lead. They are just Teachers, God's chosen one! and you are his/her chosen one for me, and you will always be. :)