RANDOM THOUGHTS

                                  BEING IN CLOUD NINE  Everyone in my age group or for that matter any age  group ,  will I am sure recall the fond memories of their  First Ride on a Bicycle . The many falls , scratches or bruises that you had to endure before you finally got the hang of the delicate art of balancing the two wheels is I am sure still fresh in your minds  . Further finding resources for hiring these cycles was always a tough challenge and many a hardship of good all around behaviour for many hours daily had to be  endured before you could lay your hands on that piece of 25 Paise coin for your one hour of being in heaven on your hired bicycle.  Fast Forward to the present age . At almost the same age but in a totally different era , I now see my Granddaughter on a GLIDER PLANE in Canada as an Air Cadet and trying to master the art of Flying an Aircraft ....

 NOVEL METHODS OF LEARNING  Our Parents and especially our Teachers had novel and unique ways of teaching the subjects or Languages during our early school days . I distinctly remember the  difficulty i had in memorizing the spelling of ASSASSINATION .  My English Teacher at Kharagpur was one Dr Bakshi whose ways with the students was always special . A bachelor of sorts and  well past his middle age , he always seemed to sprout a permanent frown on his face . Even the ever charming and elegantly clad Jarieth Madam , our Junior School English Teacher , seemed to have no sway over him . It was often rumored that the only time there was a slight twitch on  his lips was  when the huge Great Dane that he had in his house used to growl at an uninvited guest  . This six foot something man always carried a three  foot nothing cane on his hand . I and many of my classmates have been at the wrong end of this cane on quite a few occasions  . Now ,...