Rail Diaries#2 - A journey to remember....
*A birthday blog for my Professor
Now that DG Sir has immortalised this
breath taking scenery through his lens, I miss Planet E even more. A couple of
months back, to witness this lush green landscape with the elephant mountains
chalking out the horizon, all we had to do was look out of the wagons.
This B-E-A-utiful pic reminds me
of the numerous train journeys to and from Planet Etti! Of those, one was with
DG sir J. As always, it was fun having a
tete-a-tete with him. Let me try and recollect what it was all about.
We were sitting on the platform
waiting for the train to chug in. Sir walked towards us with a Cola (Believe it
or not) in his hand – may be Planet E was too sunny that day. We had a deal
that we won’t tell Mam about this J. But now, Mam being in a different
continent altogether, let me take that risk J.
We stood by the train’s door. Sir talked
about his student days. How he got in to Ponds and how preoccupied he was
during those two years at IIM, yet so gleeful. Then we talked about Saanidhya,
their summer getaway and how they love to come back by bus and only bus J.He
reminisced about his Berkeley days and Mam’s globetrotting days.
How he loves to see a city waking
up. What great fun it is to take an early morning walk through the by lanes of Palakkad.
His liking for Kanji, the Kerala dish and the mangoes of Delhi.
My point here is, through light hearted
conversations like these and through the class room sessions, the learning that
you have instilled in us is immense. From the comment that you made “Even I
want to wish dg sir a happy birthday”, I sense an element of surprise and of
being overwhelmed - Surprised, may be because how exceedingly wonderful the years at ASB turned
out to be and Overwhelmed, of course by our affectionJ.
I know I speak for many many of your
students when I say you have earned every bit of that affection. So here’s
wishing many many more Decades
of
Goodness J. Happy Birthday!
Arun Babu
i certainly am overwhelmed now arun! i and you know that you didnt need to write this. but you did. so thank you for remembering and wishing me so. and you do know that i enjoyed that journey immensely. that secret coke, this incredible ride, and that bright smile of a student for company:-) may life gift us many more such journeys...
ReplyDeleteThank you sir :) :) ....May we get to go on many such journeys :)...and this is an annexure to 'Lest u forget' ;)
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