Well, apparently not quite ALL!
Tanmoy Chakrabarti, with whom I go back nearly thirty years, has thought it fit to recollect our classes together on his video blog. Take a look.
My heart is full, Tanmoy. My most loving blessings upon you and your family.
12 comments:
Dear Sir,
This video brought back memories of the fun we had in our classes. In our case, it was Venice. I gently stepped on a magic carpet that carried me off to Venice and Belmont, showed me the history of Jews, mimicked the voice of the Prince of Morrocco.
'Mislike me not for my complexion. The shadowed livery of the burnished sun, to whom I am a neighbour and near bred......' You read in a booming voice.
Your narrative was so lifelike that I saw a masque, sailed in a Gondola and saw Shylock sharpening his knife - not on his sole, but his soul. You told us, 'My ex-students send photos in Shikaras. You must send me photos from a Gondola.' Someday, I might.
One day you showed us a huge photo of a library clicked by an ex-student. Never before had I seen a teacher who remembered his ex-students so fondly.
You nurtured my love of science fiction with stories like The Nine Billion Names of God, Royal Jelly, The Last Question and Arena. I saw a man shaking on top of a Yak in Tibet, the stars going out one by one, excited monks entering data in a supercomputer, all in The Nine Billion Names of God. The students in your online classes will not know what they missed.
I have been lucky in the sense that I was not scolded by you, we never had arguments, and we mostly have common interests and opinions. It has been a few years since I passed ICSE, and anywhere I go, people in my circle get to know you. Be that my teacher in the twelfth or my friends at college - they all know about my old English teacher.
I was never good at English, and still ain't. But you developed in me a love and respect for the English language that I shall always cherish.
When I started, I did not know what to write. I threw up my hands and told myself, 'Write what comes from the heart.' And here it is.
Yours faithfully,
Swarnava Mitra
2016
Dear Suvroda
You continue to inspire me. Thank you.
Regards
Tanmoy
Sir,
This video blog is really wonderful. Sincere thanks to Mr Chakrabarti!
You're not only a teacher, sir. You're much more and I have no words to express my love and gratitude towards you. Thank you for everything you've done for us!
Wishing you good health and a nice time ahead.
Hello Suvroda,
Wanted to thank you on Teachers day as one of the few teachers I enjoyed immensely while in school.Also I am grateful to notice my interest in space during your geography classes inspite of my being an underdog.I have pursued quite a bit of science in life
Yours sincerely
Soumava Palit,
Class 10 student in 1992.
The video is perfect and it matches with my emotions also. It took me back to my school days. This year my elder son passed school final.....till now I love to share my experience with Sir and follow his guidance.His classes are a total package of knowledge, practical experience, learning time management, think out of the box, read as many books as u can....and lots n lots. I m blessed to get a teacher like him. Happy teacher's day Sir.
Thank you all, especially Ruby. As any serious reader of this blog knows, it is not often that a girl/woman cares to acknowledge her debt thankfully!
It was when I was in my 8th standard I met sir ( we were Sir’s first batch of class 8 and I now feel so grateful that my parent decided to admit me a year later to school than my actual age , else I would have missed it) . Sir literally changed the way I used to think and had a great impact on my life as a whole . Today some of the good habits which I am able to cultivate in my life , like the habit of reading good books and the attitude with which I live might not be possible had I not met him during the forming years of my life.
I become nostalgic when I recollect those old gleeful days of mine , when I was his student . I used to get mesmerized by the kind of knowledge he had , I wondered how can a person remember all of his hundreds of students names and recite the poems he read in his childhood where I cannot memorize just two lines of mine.
I remember the care and compassion he had for us, he was the person who first taught me that there is something much more greater than marks and what real greatness means. To not to follow the herds and the importance of punctuality.
I remember every time when I used to feel sad and depressed he was there for me in spite of the busy schedule he had to go through all 7 days a week. He was a great listener and had very genuine care for all of his pupils , he really wanted all his students to excel in their life and that what brought him so closer to my heart.
In those days when I had a great disdain for books ( especially text books ) I found an uncanny attraction towards his class for it was so different from all other classes and that too for a shy person like mine who never had the courage to interact with any of his teachers. It was sir only who greatly helped me overcome this limitation of mine . Two of his favorite quotes were :
“Tomorrow never comes “
“You can take a horse to water but can never make it drink”
I have still preserved the home work note book even after so many years , hope one can imagine how precious it is to me , for it has got all the lively memories which still doesn’t fail to lift up my mood.
I am grateful to life that I have got an opportunity to meet a person like him and he lets me to keep in touch with him .
I hope many more pupils of him will realize the blessing they have got in the years to come .
Amar pranam grahan korben Sir
Kaustav Sanyal
Sir,I am surprised to know that what you said 30 years ago is same as what you tell us now. After seeing the video it felt like someone of our age was recalling his experience with you to us ( eventhough he is quite elder to me and around my father's age).And lastly sir Happy Teacher's Day to you again.
Ayushi Tewari
Dear Sir,
The video does strike a chord. Because it is true and so many of us are fortunate to have been in your class. Thank you Tanmoy da for such a wonderful tribute.
I would like to recount a recent experience. I have read 'To My Daughter' multiple times, save the last chapter. Now, having moved to a new place for a new job, and away from somewhere, that was familiar for the past seven years, and all alone in a big townhouse, I read 'Come to God'. It did fill me with a sense of peace, and respite from the gnawing loneliness. In so many ways, you have done so much that a lifetime of gratitude will fall short. There would have been no 'Fafaia', nor 'Asimov' or 'Russell' in my life if there was no Suvro Sir in an otherwise inconspicuous corner of the world, thousands of miles away from where I am now. Thank you, Sir, and wish you a Happy Teacher's Day. It is not a hyperbole when I say that I must have done some good deed in my previous life to have been under your tutelage in this one.
With regards,
Saikat.
The video blog is a beautiful way to express gratitude for a visionary teacher. No wonder your ways and means three decades back continue to be relevant today and are infact now echoed in the "National Education Policy". Learning (especially for your students) refuses to stop for anything whatsoever. Thank you for being the guiding light for so many and for so long. Wish you the best of health and happiness.
We continue to learn from you Sir!!
Regards,
Sreetama
Hi Sir,
Video blog ta ja ja bolchey ta sobtai sotti. You have been an inspiration for people like us. Insta te apnar ekta video dekhlam where you were reading a story. AweShadharon laaglo, purono diner kotha mone pore gelo. What you have taught will always be with me till my last breath. I tried to get in touch with you through facebook. But couldn't, ei blog tar kotha recently jaante pari. So thought about pinging you.
Amio ektu adhtu blogging kori, chobi diey moner bhab prokash korbar chesta kori. Parle visit korben. Feedback deben khub bhalo laagbe ta hole
https://sujoyvividimaginations.blogspot.com/
Thank you for writing in, Sujoy, and for the kind words. I shall definitely visit your blog and comment on its contents if you want me to. My email i.d. is suvrochatterjee.dgp@gmail.com . Please send a short email to me if you want me to get in touch.
Sir
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