Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Its almost one a.m. & I have been thinking what should my next post be about. Should it be about my visit to Hyderabad?? No , that would sound like one of those 'My Holiday' essays we used to do as kids, & in any case people know more about paradise ki biryani , salarjung museum , hussain sagar more than what I could know in 4 days .

Holidays are always such eye openers . they open my eyes to the kind of person i've mor
phed into , the kinds of changes i've undertaken . I realised that even though the no. of readers reading my blog had increased by about six times than what it was initially , the language or rather the ideas i used were somewhat childish or rather immaturish ( not that i have any hurry to grow up & all ) . The whole idea of being " truthful " was to be what i am . But somewhere down the line i adopted the mannerisms which were not mine so that people would think that ya i'm on the same level as they are . Yup that was me then & this is me now.

& before i bore you furthur with my introspections &
retrospections lemme tell u about the two books i read last week .

I know that most of you must have heard about T.D.W.P ( laurent weiseberger) courtesy the movie & maybe like me had no idea about 'Tuesdays with Morrie ' ( sorry for the generalisation , i tend to forget that others are not as ignorant as i am ) .

Have any of you had teachers you remember even now ?? Someone who instilled something in you ?

I remember my class 7 science teacher Mrs Shipra Ghosh . That was the time when maths & me were like chalk & cheese , in fact the continuous 7/30 or the highest 15/30 had dealt such a blow on my confidence that i had started fumbling in other subjects too . That was the time we had Ghosh as our teacher . She was first of the many teachers who changed the way i looked at my science book . & then came the strictest maths tutor I had seen in my life Mr Chowdhury & our physics sir Mt Gugan , who used to think studies were something to be liked . this thought of their's had us gaping because some where in our 14 years of school dom we had realised that since these teachers had such surly faces while teaching things they themselves were not interested in their subjects . & then these new teachers came & made us sit up & realise that " yay baby there's a lot to be learned from all spheres of life even if u think otherwise " .

Do keep in mind that I'm not some IIT ian ( which here is is still considered to be the nishani of an intelligent kid , & IItians don't take it otherwise :) )


So what do you do when your favourite teacher is holding on to the last threads if his life ??That is the basic premise of "tuesdays with morrie" where a student meets his old dying teacher every tueday & talks to him , listening to his experiences about life .


The Devil Wears Prada , too is about a teacher , though , of quite a different kind.
Miranda Priestly is THE boss from hell . She'll make you lose your boy friend , your best friend ,your confidence and then will complain that her cappuccino has gone cold & end it all with a "that's all" no hello's, no sorry's & certainly no thank you's.
Andrea the new assistant ( read slave ) learns to run around in stilettos, survive on soup for 24 hrs & stay mum all at the same time & at the same place she thought was not where she belonged .

What would you do if you had a boss / teacher like Miranda ??

Initially my answer was WTF , if I had a boss like that I'd go & complain to her & tell her to treat me like a human . But then again , when are such people ever accommodating ???

What Morrie taught in T.W.M was followed by Miranda ( a lil negatively) . Never be sorry for the person you are , don't doubt yourself or your abilities . Miranda never doubted that what she did was right & hence was supersuccesful. I'm not suggesting here that you treat the rest of the mankind as lizards or something , but it's like I / we have to stop thinking that something in us is bad . The more we believe in the goodness in us the more
will it come out.

Teachers are all around us . Even when we are like 100 yr old there''ll be someonewho can teach us about the world , what it had been & what more changes it will experiment with. & maybe someday if we are lucky we might impart something to someone too :)

p.s =If this post sounds a lil preachy & holistic & if you don't like it plz feel free to express yourself . Of late Ive been feeling that people might get offended if I comment about my disagreement with their blog posts . Is it necessary that we have to align with someone's thoughts in order to interact with them ???

just realised the anamoly here . even though i wrote about not feeling sorry for the person you are , i've already apologized more than twice !!!!

17 comments:

Priya Joyce said...

Hey this is so very true ....
there was no moment wer i need to feel tat its some kindaa advice like.

**teachers are all around..

true

these teachers can be came across at any point of life it needn't necesarily be school tymes..as u said..

Preeti said...

nice one.. will get tat book soon :) I saw a movie sometime back called Teaching MRS Tingle. It was nice. try watching tat. Sure ou ll like it ::)

Amrita said...

ahhhh holidays i loveeeeeee em.. the best thing is they give sth to look fwd to .. but they get over :(
and hyd is a place i am n love with :)
and ur post was a very mature one and i read wid fultu conc till the end.... :)

A Benevolent Sultan for Life said...

very well written post .

Myra said...

really, really nice post :)
worth jumping back home and reading it !

Keshi said...

I believe we r all teachers to each other...younger or older, black or white, tall or short, rich or poor, smart or dumb...we r all teachers to each other.


**The whole idea of being " truthful " was to be what i am

Excellent! Just be urself always. Never try to be someone else. Rem I said 'Life is too short to be someone else' :)


And ur fantastic just the way u r!

Keshi.

Tara said...

Good post. I liked the teacher bit. True, teachers are all around us, not just in the breathing form. No one is a master here, everyone is a learner. We learn something from each other. And just be yourself, there's something in you that makes you YOU, and not anyone else. And never lose that bit of you, girl! Keep writing...:)

Resurgence said...

Teachers....... wow...... You made me go through the past to bring out the array of characters who have taught me in school and college... and true we always learn........ :)

Gal...... haven't I told u that u think a lot? U proved that again.... Itne saare ideas ek hi post me samet liye..... :) ...... And as far as being urself is concerned.... just keep in mind that learning and changing is also a part of being urself and thus when we mature the core still remains the same but the periphery appears to be different...... don't worry about changing... U'll find that ultimately U'll be the same person within (Unless changed by dramatic incident as mostly happens in our movies).....:)

I'll try 2 be truthful said...

@priya joyce
Thanx , i hate it too if things tuen preachy.

@preeti
I think I've heard ab out that movie . will watch it when i get a chance to. :)

@amrita
*the best thing is they give sth to look fwd to* :) mere muh ki baat cheen li . & thanx

I'll try 2 be truthful said...

@tyro
thanx rosy :P :P ( I'm bursting at seams with this nu found happiness :D :D )

@vanilla sky urf saheli
yes & then a prince will kiss u , & u"ll turn into a beautiful princess & u"ll live happily ever after :)

I'll try 2 be truthful said...

@keshi
I think I've learnt quite a bit from you too . So i Guess I could call u my blog teacher only much friendlier .

*'Life is too short to be someone else' :)*

@tara
Yup I am what I am.

@resurgence
hey long time no see.yup change is the only constant of life. being averse to changes would only make me an undeveloped kinda person . hehhe like the way u remember my almost an obsession with movies .
what was that line again " hamari picturoon ki tarah agar last me sab thik na ho jay to picture abhi baki hai mere dost " :D

A Benevolent Sultan for Life said...

Rosy was never meant to be a proper noun .
" Tera zara sa bhi dole jo imaan, tu sala kaam se gaya " ... :p :P .

I'll try 2 be truthful said...

abe rosy
i hate that song
" sari duniya se thaa karke ":P

joie de vivre said...

i wud say sumthin worth to read..

A Benevolent Sultan for Life said...

Ai bachchi, pata hai I had a expericence of lifetime today, I met a reallife hero and his heroine,wonderful wonderful couple,I went to their place today,then went outside, my first colleague who is a frnd " saari duniya se thaa karke ".I am too happy today,:)

A Benevolent Sultan for Life said...

Tu bhi to killer hua karti thi, inni artificial kuion ho gayio yaar ? :{ .

Mihir jha said...

While reading,it touched at some instance.Nice Post.

A true Teacher,these days,to be honest are rare.Those who do it for the sake of doing something are a garbage.But then those who have a passion to add value to the profession do make a difference.

One can learn any time and everytime and i suppose that no teacher is better than "Time".That's the biggest teacher which makes you learn the lesson in its truest sense.

Good work.