tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606715.post5086221636071250282..comments2023-10-31T07:59:32.793-07:00Comments on wannabewodehouse: HEHMMHSwannabewodehousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13203391268297565393noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606715.post-36496719506031310892011-04-08T03:12:12.319-07:002011-04-08T03:12:12.319-07:00Thank you, Nishad. Did you read another blog - ...Thank you, Nishad. Did you read another blog - 'Death of a School' on the same subject? It was carried by the Hindu years ago.wannabewodehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13203391268297565393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606715.post-30530280205927138032011-04-05T10:54:03.950-07:002011-04-05T10:54:03.950-07:00Hi Sir,
Astonished by reading your post about our...Hi Sir,<br /><br />Astonished by reading your post about our school. You are super senior to me.Nishad Esmail Saithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10112971604014437286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606715.post-89692030169149118362011-04-05T10:48:48.609-07:002011-04-05T10:48:48.609-07:00It's my pleasure to see a super senior!!! Ast...It's my pleasure to see a super senior!!! Astonished by reading your good old days at our school.Nishad Esmail Saithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10112971604014437286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29606715.post-34576258016120779542009-09-29T06:51:37.080-07:002009-09-29T06:51:37.080-07:00Remembrance of Things Past:
It makes wonderful re...Remembrance of Things Past:<br /><br />It makes wonderful reading when one finds how similar the experiences had been. Though nostalgia has become a cliché, it still is relevant in the personal realm. Your post, however, made me think - when did we lose our innocence? <br /><br />I started learning inside a church literally. The LMS church (London Mission Society of those days) in the village doubled up as a primary school on week days. Sitting in a circle on the floor, we formed a class. Most of the boys wore no shirt, I remember. We certainly celebrated our childhood in bare innocence. Cut to the present. In a public (read strictly private) school in Trivandrum, the teacher asked a question about ‘the poor man’s car’ and one small kid replied immediately: “Maruti”. Rich innocence isn’t it.<br /><br />Take, for instance, your Biology teacher Mrs Hallegua. A Jew teaching in a Muslim school! Can you imagine this now? We lost our innocence in the name of God!<br /><br />Let us consider this. The celebrated Malayalam poet G Shankara Kurup told one of his post-graduate students passing out from the Maharaja’s college: “I will give you a letter addressed to Mar Thoma College, Thiruvalla. You can join there as a lecturer”. (The student was Prof. K P Appan, noted critic). Will this be possible now with colleges run by Mar Thoma, NSS, SN, MES or any other management?<br /><br />Thank you for reminding me of the innocence lostAshok Menathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468133172371448210noreply@blogger.com