To my teacher, with love - Article

"I did my schooling at Birla's Sunshine School in Kolkata. Ratna Ghosh was a teacher I really admired and respected. She taught us English literature and was our headmistress. We shared a warm relationship. She was the one teacher who made me cry a lot; I was punished a number of times by her. What I hated about her was that she made me stand in a corner of the classroom, which used to be embarrassing. I always tried to be in her good books and studied properly to please her. In the process of trying to impress her, I became a really good student of English literature. Now that she is no more, I just want to say, 'Madam, I warmheartedly remember you on every Teachers' Day.

"The other teacher I can never forget is Shomik Chatterjee. He was my computer teacher and my first crush. I was in Class 5 then and was so possessive about him that no other girl in the class dared to say anything bad about him. My dreams were shattered when he married a fellow teacher two years later. I listened to lots of sad songs to overcome my dejection."

Neha makes it a point to visit her school whenever she goes to Kolkata. She says, "I love to visit my school and talk to the students there. All my teachers have become grannies now. It feels good to meet your teachers after you make something of yourself. Even they feel proud to see their student's success."

http://www.indya.com/news/newsDetails.aspx?xfile=2009/September/News_20090905_21