Enthralling Trails

  “There is no teacher equal to mother and there’s nothing more contagious than the dignity of a father.”― Amit Ray Devlekhaa’s greetings appeared on my social media post. Many years ago, she was a student of mine. My inquiry revealed that she was doing well and pursuing her higher education abroad. She sounded strong and confident, just like her mother Iraavatii. My first words were, ‘Congratulations on doing well, all credit to your mother who helped you do well. She answered, Thank you ma’am, but we lost her last year during the Covid’ I was thrown back to Iraavatii’s serenity and acceptance of life, and I saw many more faces of the young students and their parents. I kept musing about life…so short yet so long… I have worked as a school teacher for many years. In every place that I worked, I found one thing that students did not appreciate much was the Parent Teacher Meeting (PTM). I do not remember my parents visiting my school, they had great trust in my teachers. Occasionally, t