Happy Teacher's Day

@iyerviji

That must have been a thrilling moment and such moments ever stay green in one’s memory.

2. A very timely post on the day of birth anniversary of late Dr Sarvepalli Radha Krishnan which day we in India celebrate as Teachers’ Day.

3. There were numerous ASAANS, GURUS, ATHYAPAKS, PANDITS, UPADHYAYAS & preceptors in my school, college (B.Sc.), MIT TO WHOM I feel greatly indebted as they were instrumental in wharptever I am today.

5. Across my age, I found too many were teaching me including my spouse, my son and my daughter. I should say, that each of us always surrounded by teachers as we constantly learn from other.

6. Even fellow members in IL are my teachers as I learn a lot from their threads and FB responses.

7. We learn from animals too. They too remain our gurus.

8. It is said parents are FIRST teachers and TEACHERS are our second parents.
Numerous anecdotes cross the mind but I have no patience to pour them all here.

9. One is considered lucky to get true asans. Late president KALAM sahib said that if some one recognises him as a teacher that moment is the proudest moment for him.

Thanks and Regards.

 

If my memory serves me correctly, then in recent times there is not a single English snippets in non fiction forum ever gone unnoticed by you that includes mine.
But I do not mind if my snippets or other tidbits in other fora remain unanswered and till date that type of statistics has not hampered my interest in my postings here in IL .

HOWEVER I appreciate your views and receiving regular feedbacks from a ripe experienced persons and followers like you in IL.
Thanks & Regards.

God Is neutral & unbiased.

 

There are ever so amny teachers in our life.We cannot find a single object which does not teach lesson to us.We learn paropakara from plants and rivers, patience from mother earth.Even people who are evil we think, teach us how not to be.Our experiences are our best teachers.Crisis teaches a lot. Recently corona has imparted/and still imparting too many lessons.Scriptures and books, young and old,even kids make us learn.Shrimath Bhagavatham speaks of 24 Gurus which include deer, honey bee, hunter, courtesan and even prostitute .Even alphabets teach us. The letter nga in Tamil is Guru and it looks like nandhi.My father was teacher from 1910 to 1947 in St. Joseph's Trichy and later upto 1975 in Tutorial institute.His teaching experience for 65 long years.Many ICS officers were Appa' students in American History.Those days!1

Jayasala 42

 

I learnt from this feedback several points .
Thanks for explanation that tamil letter nga -ங -look like Nandi is a preceptor.
Regards.

 

@iyerviji
On Teachers day a friend shared these anecdotes. The philosopher's day and humour!

Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the great teacher, philosopher and the president of India in whose honour Teachers' Day is celebrated today, was an exceptionally witty man.

The King of Greece came to India on a state visit. President Radhakrishnan welcomed him at Palam airport. “Your Majesty. You are the first King of Greece to come to India on invitation. The last time, Alexander the Great came uninvited.”

Gandhiji: Don’t drink milk, which is the essence of beef.
Radhakrishnan: “In that case we all are cannibals.
For we drink our mother’s milk, which is the essence of human flesh.”

Winston Churchill while having a cup of tea said to Dr. Radhakrishnan:" Sugar is the only English word where "s" is pronounced as "sh" Dr. quipped: "are you sure?"

Once Winston Churchill hosted a State banquet in honor of Dr Radhakrishnan, who washed his hands before eating and used his hands for having the food while Churchill used spoons and fork.

Churchill could not stop himself from advising Dr.Radhakrishnan to use spoon and fork saying that they were more hygienic.
Radhakrishnan replied, “Since nobody can use my hand to eat, my hand is more hygienic than any spoon or fork you use”.