This was the subject Manjula sharma madam gave me in a tutorial class which I remember till date.
She knew well that the broom will sweep well only when the sweeper is well skilled. Only new broom does not do that and so she used to go to every seat to check the assignments and to understand our tight handness in english( matlab vo jan ne ki koshik karti thi ki ham kitne paani me hain aur sudhar ki kya gunjayas ha). There I remember two professors of English in RECK one Mr KB Singh, who was a perspiring( matlab mere pasine nikalte the samane jane se) personality for me to face . He used to teach the phonetics and talked about the dictionary of "Oxford advanced learners" that never came to my head and I used to stare at him like a goat sees towards falling leaves from a tree in hope of satisfying the hunger but which never fruition.
[ ] Another was Prof Manjula sharma who was an inspiring personality to the students who basically belonged to hindi medium and she knew our this weakness well and encourged us at every step and she was interested in correcting our weakness i.e. our tight hand in english and wanted whole heaetedly to hone our english skills( matlab vo jan ne ki koshish karti thi ki inki uljhan kya ha aur isme sudhar ki kitni gunjayas ha). So used to visit each desk to check and encourage us.She used to give tutorial subjects for checking the paras specially from point of view of grammar and ability of expression of thoughts.
In tutorials I was always used to sit on back benches with Jay Raman & Bhupath. But in her tutorials was not such case.
Though my interaction with her was limited upto class only as I was not having any extra curricular activities that time. But going through posts of various friends it is learnt that she was an all rounder professor with skills like editorial, writing, good oratorship etc. She was a good mentor to all her students too. She left us yesterday but will continue to live in our thoughts throughout our lives.
I pay my hearty respects to the noble soul and pray the almighty for eternal peace to her. Whatever I can write in my rough and unrefined english ( tuti- futi english) today , I owe a lot to her. Jo kuch mai nhi seekh paya usme mera hi dosh ha madam ke prayas me koi kami nhi thi.
Shat shat naman.
अगस्त 84 एडमिशन ,रैगिंग हुई भरपूर, अभिमन्यु भवन तीर्थ था ,आस्था थी भरपूर। खिचाई तो बहाना था ,नई दोस्ती का तराना था, कुछ पहेलियों के बाद ,खोका एक ठिकाना था । भट्टू ,रंगा ,पिंटू ,निझावन ,मलिक ,राठी , सांगवान और शौकीन इतने रोज पके थे, रॉकी ,छिकारा ,राठी ,लूम्बा भी अक्सर मौजूद होतेथे । मेस में जिस दिन फ्रूट क्रीम होती थी, उस दिन हमें इनविटेशन पक्की थी। वह डोंगा भर - भर फ्रूट क्रीम मंगवाना, फिर ठूंस ठूंस के खिलाना बहुत कुछ अनजाना था, अब लगता है वह हकीकत थी या कोई फसाना था ।। उधर होस्टल 4 के वीरेश भावरा, मिश्रा, आनंद मोहन सरीखे दोस्त भी बहुमूल्य थे , इनकी राय हमारे लिए डूंगर से ऊंचे अजूबे थे। दो-तीन महीने बाद हमने अपना होश संभाला, महेश ,प्रदीप ,विनोद और कानोडिया का संग पाला । फर्स्ट सेमेस्टर में स्मिथी शॉप मे डिटेंशन आला ।। हमें वो दिन याद हैं जब नाहल, नवनीत,विशु शॉप वालों से ही जॉब करवाने मे माहिर थे , तभी से हमें लगा ये दोस्ती के बहुत काबिल थे । थर्ड सेम में आकाश दीवान की ड्राइंग खूब भ...
Well said Mohan. A fine tribute indeed.
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