Guru (Teacher)

I am 21 now and life has passed in front of my eyes in a blink. It is one year since the inception of this blog and my excitation is on a fairly high level, for more reasons than one. A lot has happened in past 10 days. I formed an Event Management company and did its first event and in the process learned the hooks and nooks of business. Did fairly well in exams. And today was unexpectedly awesome. Today is also the first anniversary of this blog, though not much is written on it. A lot has been said, a lot is yet untold. But then, what would remain of life when all that has to come is revealed all at once!

Because of an early away-from-home-schooling that I got, I have seen a variety of teachers. Some were bad some were good and some were weird. But every one of them gave me something I didn't had. Because of the positive outlook that I possess, I tend to see the best in people most of the time and I learned a lesson from somewhere that says - "Every man in this world, no matter how meager he is, has something unique to give you which no other man can." There is a special anecdote that I want to share that has not been shared with any one ever before.

I was in a coaching institute in Kota and was taught by some of the best minds of this country. In them was our head-of-department Mathematics cum Head Coordinator that taught us Mathematics. Now, I had no fucking clue what he used to teach because during those times I used to bunk a lot. Also I wasn't even familiar with his temperament though I heard a lot about his sudden display of anger. When ever I attended his lectures, I used to be shit scared that he would, at some point of the class, find that all this time he was speaking to someone who is a dumb-ass thinking of him to be a decent scholar. And then the moment of truth arrived. He gave us a question and started taking rounds of class when he suddenly found out I was just sitting idle doing nothing.

But, to my very disbelief, instead of shouting and scolding at me he very gently asked me to try and solve the question. I stared at my notebook for a few minutes and that is exact the amount of time it took him to understand that I wasn't the brightest of the lot. He said he is noticing me for a few days now and knew there is no way on earth I could have done that question. But no scolding? No throwing out of the class? He said he saw a scope of improvement in me and that I can do great things if showed the right path. Now people stop only at telling you these kind of things, but he actually guided me to my way. He counseled me for some 15 minutes and gave advice on everything from career to personal life. He did what a true mentor must, show the path to eternity. The right path.

Until next time,

Adios!